LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.—The old adage has it that everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it. The opposite is true of mobile-device cloning: Few vendors wish to discuss it, but they’ll do something about it in markets where they can. Motorola...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Wireless broadband developer Alvarion Ltd. and information-technology vendor IBM Corp. announced plans to jointly develop and deliver Internet Protocol-based wireless networks to municipalities and public safety agencies. The companies said they have been piloting their wireless network offerings in Fresno, Calif., supplying...
LAS VEGAS—Microsoft Corp. today released a beta version of its redesigned Windows CE operating system, making it available to application developers worldwide. The OS is the basis for Windows Mobile, used in mobile phones, raising the possibility that a revamped Windows Mobile OS could...
SAN DIEGO—Leap Wireless International Inc. said its consolidated net income more than doubled during the first quarter to $17.7 million, up from $7.5 million reported during the first quarter of 2005. The company’s stock climbed nearly 2 percent on the news to around $46.84...
WASHINGTON—The Sprint Nextel Corp.-cable TV joint venture today took the first step toward competing for spectrum at the advanced wireless services auction this summer, a move with implications for the No. 3 mobile phone carrier and cable TV operators as they attempt to strengthen...
SAN DIEGO—Novatel Wireless Inc., maker of wireless PC cards and broadband access solutions, reported a net loss of $1.3 million on revenues of $40.2 million in the first quarter. That contrasts with net income of $2.7 million and revenue of $32.3 million in the...
SAN FRANCISCO—As gamers and the gaming industry gather this week in Los Angeles for the E3 2006 conference, Telephia offered an upbeat view of the mobile gaming industry’s growth. Wireless users bought more than 8.2 million games for their phones in March, up 53...
CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa.—Regional wireless operator and current Sprint Nextel Corp. CDMA affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. scored 3,800 new subscribers during the first quarter, customers that brought the carrier’s total subscriber base—excluding reseller subscribers—to about 451,700 customers. The results were well below the 10,000 to 12,000 net...
TORONTO—Nortel Networks Ltd. completed the company’s transfer of its manufacturing operations and related assets to Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based manufacturing services firm. The transfer includes product integration, testing, repair and logistics operations, all based out of Nortel’s Systems House in Calgary, Alberta. Nortel...
SAN ANTONIO—Mobile TV vendor MobiTV Inc. continued to expand its business options through an agreement with AT&T Inc. to sell mobile TV services to AT&T Wi-Fi users. "Television viewing has moved beyond the TV set and we’re making it easier for consumers to get...
OXNARD, Calif.—CalAmp Corp. said it signed a definitive agreement to buy Dataradio Inc. for about $54.6 million in a move it says will expand its wireless data communications business for public-safety and machine-to-machine applications. CalAmp provides wireless equipment, engineering services and software for critical...
PLAINFIELD, Ind.—Brightpoint Inc. reported that its net income more than tripled during the first quarter from $2.9 million last year to $8.9 million this year. The company’s strong profit growth, however, did not excite investors, who sent the company’s stock down 2.9 percent to...
SARASOTA, Fla.—For the fourth quarter in a row, Global Signal Inc. blamed its net losses on the company’s $1.2 billion cash purchase of 6,600 Sprint Nextel Corp. towers, which the company announced in May 2005.Posting first-quarter losses of $35.1 million from revenue of $120.9...
BERWYN, Pa.—Regional wireless carrier SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. said its Chief Financial Officer Eric Haskell will assume the company’s chief executive officer duties while SunCom’s Chairman and CEO Michael Kalogris recovers from injuries he sustained in an automobile accident.SunCom said Scott Anderson, a member...
ST. LOUIS—The number of mobile subscribers in India is growing by leaps and bounds, according to Datacomm Research Co., as the number of new subscribers per month in India has tripled over the past year. According to Datacomm, the boom in India is directly...
SAN DIEGO—Qualcomm Inc. may be closer to snaring a European deal for its MediaFlo mobile TV offering through a new agreement with digital TV platform operator British Sky Broadcasting Inc. The two companies agreed to test MediaFlo in the United Kingdom this summer. The...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Fabless semiconductor company Sandbridge Technologies Inc. scooped up $15.4 million in a Series B round of financing. Samsung Ventures America led the round, the company announced. Sandbridge said it’s developing flexible "software-defined" baseband and multimedia chips for mobile handsets. The company is...
WASHINGTON—A former aide to Rep. Robert Ney (R-Ohio) who worked with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff to help MobileAccess Inc. win a contract to improve in-building wireless service in the House pled guilty to conspiring to influence lawmakers by providing them with free meals, trips...
SAN FRANCISCO—More than one-quarter of all European mobile subscribers replace their handsets every year, and 60 percent replace after two years, according to San Francisco-based Telephia’s first-quarter report on the subject. Purchase rates are highest at the 12-, 24- and 36-month cycles, which matches...
WASHINGTON—Online wireless retailer InPhonic Inc. said it narrowed its losses from continuing operations during its fiscal first quarter, news that sent the company’s stock up more than 14 percent to $8.41 per share. The company reported a loss from continuing operations of $4 million,...
ALEXANDRIA, Minn.—Rural Cellular Corp. continued to bleed customers as its churn rate edged upward to 2.6 percent in the first quarter of 2006. However, the company’s revenues were up by about 8 percent, with particular strength in roaming revenue, and it also increased its...
DETROIT—WiMAX and other fixed wireless technologies will be getting increased attention at AT&T Inc., according to Edward Whitacre, chief executive officer of the company. Whitacre, delivering a keynote address to the Detroit Economic Club, outlined new initiatives designed to enhance the company’s broadband Internet...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp. reported that its subsidiary Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. has initiated a cash tender offer for its $250 million aggregate principal amount of first priority senior secured floating rate notes due 2011 and a consent solicitation to amend the related noted...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—So you’ve been thinking about launching a mobile virtual network operator service for multi-cultural ethnic groups in the United States that features prepaid and postpaid plans, and affordable international calling? After all, America is a melting pot of immigrants who maintain fond ties,...
