OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. has modified how its customers reach an automated service line and how their identities are verified following concerns raised by customers about their privacy on a Web site. According to Sprint Nextel spokeswoman Jennifer Walsh, subscribers who called customer...
Motient Corp. scored a solid win against Highland Capital Management L.P. and its president, James Dondero, with news that Motient stockholders voted to elect all of the company's six nominees to the board of directors at its annual stockholder's meeting. "Today's vote is a...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband network in the hometown of parent company AT&T Inc. The wireless carrier announced that it has added San Antonio to the list of metropolitan areas where its high-speed wireless data service is available. According...
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Friday upheld the Federal Communications Commission's 2004 decision to reconfigure the 800 MHz band to fix interference caused by then-Nextel Communications Inc. to public-safety radio systems in the same frequency range.Mobile Relay Associates...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's spectrum-sharing test-bed proposal attracted a mix of responses that appear to support parochial agendas among incumbent telecom carriers and others looking for a platform to leverage emerging, smart wireless technologies that may offer solutions to the nation's dwindling supply of...
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents.The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.TCS alleges the companies infringed its patents having...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. said it filed a lawsuit against Mobile 356 Inc. and WiderThan Americas Inc. claiming the companies infringed on its patents. The lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.TCS alleges the companies infringed its...
SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world’s third-largest mobile handset vendor, said revenue from mobile-phone sales fell 4.5 percent to $4.2 billion from the year-ago quarter on shipments of 26.3 million units, missing analysts’ reduced expectations for the company. The company blamed erosion...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched its UMTS/HSDPA mobile broadband network in the hometown of parent company AT&T Inc. The wireless carrier announced that it has added San Antonio to the list of metropolitan areas where its high-speed wireless data service is available. According...
FORT WORTH, Texas—Teletouch Communications Inc. said it has chosen the law firm Masur & Associates L.L.C. to assist the company with its mobile content licensing efforts as well as with strategic business issues including potential partnerships and acquisitions. MasurLaw’s experience in the mobile content...
MIAMI—Cellpoint Connect and VoodooVox said they have teamed up to offer Cellpoint’s ringtone products to people who call radio stations via VoodooVox’s interactive voice response technology. VoodooVox provides IVR technology for more than 400 radio stations nationwide. According to the agreement between the companies,...
ATLANTA—Gerald Hickman, senior vice president and general manager of EMS Technologies Inc.’s EMS Wireless division, announced he is retiring from the company. Paul Domorski, president and chief executive officer, will act as the division’s general manager until a replacement for Hickman is named.Hickman joined...
LONDON—Mobile Streams plc said it will spend more than $10 million to acquire Mobilemode Ltd. in an effort to tap the Asia-Pacific market. Mobile Streams, which provides wireless entertainment content in Europe, the Americas and Australia, said it will pay $1.8 million in cash...
The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available. Click here for additional infrastructure awards from RCR Wireless...
The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms. Click here for wireless ratings from past weeks from RCR Wireless News. CarrierCredit Suisse First Boston raised its estimates and price target on AT&T Corp.,...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.—Verizon Wireless will sell LG Electronics Co. Ltd.’s "Chocolate" phone, a stylish, black device that slides open and plays digital music. A picture of and information on the phone were posted on Verizon’s Web site. The site lists the sliding-style phone as...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Aquafairy Co. said they are jointly developing a micro fuel cell for the Japanese operator’s 3G handsets, a move intended to counter the power demands made by advanced services such as mobile video. The two companies have worked on developing...
IPSWICH, Mass.—The Consumer Respect Group, which examines how companies treat online customers, has found that the telecom industry—particularly traditional landline and wireless companies—does a better-than-average job of interacting with customers through the Internet. The study looked at indicators such as site usability, companies’ willingness...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission fined LocateCell.com $97,500 for repeatedly failing to respond to subpoenas to provide information in connection with the agency’s investigation of data brokers that deceptively gain access to consumers’ cell phone records from mobile phone carriers. It is the FCC’s first...
WASHINGTON—U.S. District Judge Paul Crotty today approved a final settlement requiring Mario Gabelli and 38 affiliated companies to pay $130 million to end a lawsuit alleging the Wall Street money manager created sham small business companies to buy discounted wireless licenses at Federal Communications...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Tackling the No. 1 problem reported by users of municipal Wi-Fi networks—poor or nonexistent connections—mesh equipment maker Tropos Networks Inc. said it launched new software designed to help deliver better Wi-Fi connections to end users, which the company said results in fewer customer...
OAKLAND, Calif.—Clearwire Corp. filed a lawsuit against a community college district that wants to get out of a deal allowing Clearwire to use its excess spectrum in the 2.5 GHz band. According to court filings by Clearwire, the company signed an agreement in December...
WASHINGTON—The Association of Public Television Stations and the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency said they completed the second phase of a pilot program to design a national digital platform to distribute emergency alerts to cell phones, personal computers and other devices....
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Wireless mesh network equipment vendor SkyPilot Networks said it raised $21 million in its latest funding round led by August Capital. Current investors including Mobius Venture Capital, Invesco Private Capital, Palo Alto Investors, Nexit Ventures and Selby Venture Partners participated in the...
