SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. sent yet another shot across Nokia Corp.’s bow, filing a lawsuit in the United Kingdom against the Finnish handset maker for alleged violations of two of Qualcomm’s GSM-related patents focusing on GPRS/EDGE handsets. The suit seeks an injunction against further handset...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission said it will not investigate whether telephone companies violated consumer-privacy laws by reportedly releasing millions of phone records to a U.S. spy agency. In a letter released Tuesday, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said an inability to obtain classified material would...
OTTAWA, Canada—Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol software developer SIPquest said it picked up $7 million during its third round of funding, money that comes as the company works to rename itself FirstHand Technologies. FirstHand sells mobile client and server software through equipment vendors, systems...
CHICAGO—U.S. Cellular Corp.’s parent company, Telephone and Data Systems Inc., is reportedly delaying plans to buy the 18 percent stake in the wireless carrier that TDS does not currently own. Bloomberg News reported that Leroy Carlson Jr., president and chief executive office of TDS,...
LOMABARD, Ill.—Startup tower company Central States Tower Holdings L.L.C. said it picked up $30 million during its first round of equity financing through Sweetwater Capital and Merchants Capital Partners L.P. The company says it plans to use the funds to develop 150 towers in...
ATLANTA—Boost Mobile L.L.C. users can exchange cash electronically for prepaid calling minutes at various locations, due to a recent arrangement with CheckFreePay. Boost is a subsidiary of Sprint Nextel Corp. CheckFreePay is a business unit of CheckFree Corp. and offers consumers the ability to...
NEW YORK—Investment bank UBS joined the latest wireless parlor game: Will Nokia Corp. or Qualcomm Inc. get the upper hand in the two companies’ intellectual property rights licensing negotiations? UBS analyst Maynard Um wrote in a report on Nokia that the Finnish handset behemoth’s...
SINGAPORE—Cellular subscribers in seven Asia-Pacific markets soon will be able to receive an international version of Mobile ESPN sports content. The Bridge Mobile Alliance plans to distribute ESPN Star Sports content and service applications; the move is part of Bridge Mobile’s regional service strategy...
SEATTLE—Qpass is hoping to tap the user-generated content market with the launch of a self-service mobile storefront. The offering, dubbed TheContentMarket.com, is designed to enable amateur content providers to build fully functioning storefronts on their own Web sites. Site owners can create free accounts,...
WASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps questioned separate proposals to bypass the spectrum-auction process in an effort to aid public-safety interoperability and bring broadband access to more Americans. Speaking at a morning press conference , Copps told reporters: "The auction thing is even more clear...
MUNICH—Siemens AG is the latest in a series of vendors to announce new contracts in China, signs that the country continues to stand as a major opportunity for infrastructure makers. Siemens announced two deals with mobile operators for GSM equipment and an order for...
MIAMI—Music and video editing software company Magix announced a new product that allow users to transfer videos and slideshows to any mobile device, including cell phones, personal digital assistants, portable video players and laptop computers. The Magix Movies2go product allows users to convert videos...
WASHINGTON—XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and WCS Wireless L.L.C. said they terminated an agreement that called for XM to buy WCS after the companies failed to secure government approval for the transaction. The companies announced the agreement in July of last year. The deal...
BOSTON—American Tower Corp. said it received a subpoena in the rapidly widening probe of stock-option grants that is ensnaring several major wireless players. The company, which owns and operates more than 22,000 broadcast and wireless communications sites, confirmed it received the subpoena from the...
PITTSBURGH—Penthera Technologies Inc., a software provider for mobile broadcast TV and multimedia, announced the launch of its Penthera Broadcast Center 1.0, a carrier-grade mobile broadcast control and data system designed to support advertising, branding and metering. Though terms were not disclosed, the company said...
By Julie Johnsson and Sandra JonesCHICAGO—Motorola Inc. is racing to open a store on North Michigan Avenue—its first retail outlet—on June 5, before archrival Nokia Corp. can open its own store just a block away.Motorola, the world's second-largest maker of cell phones, behind Nokia,...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—AT&T Inc. said it has expanded its global Wi-Fi footprint through an agreement with WeRoam, a Switzerland-based aggregator and open roaming platform provider that allows the U.S. telecom company to use multiple wireless Internet service provider networks. According to AT&T, the arrangement means...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Wavion Inc., a new metro Wi-Fi gear-maker, announced its corporate launch, along with the availability of its Multiple Input, Multiple Output-based hardware. The startup says its Spatially Adaptive Access Point quadruples the coverage and capacity of current Metro Wi-Fi and cuts equipment...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Google Inc. took yet another step into wireless, introducing a mobile version of its RSS aggregator service. The new mobile-friendly interface for Google Reader allows registered users with a personalized home page to use their phones to read news, e-mail and perform...
BEDFORD, Mass.—Prepaid services provider Boston Communications Group Inc. appears to be the latest wireless company to fall under suspicion for questionably timed stock-options grants. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, BCGI approved stock-options grants to senior executives three times during a...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom—Off-deck wireless content provider Bango reported increased quarterly revenues but offered a lowered forecast for its non-U.K. businesses. The direct-to-consumer technology company said it generated $14.19 million during the quarter ending March 31, more than doubling revenues during the year-earlier period. But...
ATLANTA—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. signed a three-year agreement to provide advanced wireless services to state employees in New Jersey. Cingular will serve as the primary provider of messaging services and devices such as Research In Motion Ltd.’s BlackBerrys, plus wireless priority services that will allow...
By Julie JohnssonBoingo Wireless Inc. is acquiring Concourse Communications Group L.L.C., a Chicago telecom company that provides Wi-Fi service at O’Hare International Airport and Midway Airport.Deal terms were not announced. Joe Beatty, chief executive officer of Concourse, says he intends to step down after...
A quarter century ago, RCR's inaugural issue rolled off the presses. Radio Communications Report was launched by Titsch Communications Inc. as a monthly spinoff of another publication, Two-Way Radio Dealer, to cover the emerging cellular telecommunications industry. In its second year of publishing, with...
