WASHINGTON—Apple Computer Inc. is attracting attention with two new patent applications that outline plans for a wireless-enabled iPod. The application, filed 18 months ago but only recently published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, describes a device with a wireless browser "interacting with...
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. CarrierRBC Capital Markets lowered its 2006 EPS estimate on Alltel Corp. to $3.36...
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...
SANTA ANNA, Calif.—Powerwave Technologies Inc. said it is in talks with U.K.-based Filtronic plc to buy the company’s power amplifier businesses, which is part of its Wireless Infrastructure division. Neither company provided further details, saying only, "There can be no certainty that these negotiations...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Nex-Tech Wireless, which offers cellular service in central and western Kansas, signed an agreement with One Voice Technologies Inc. that calls for the company to offer One Voice’s MobileVoice service to its subscribers, according to the companies. The service provides group conference...
NEW YORK—Federal prosecutors are looking into the questionable stock-options grants by Comverse Technology Inc. that earlier this week forced the ouster of three top Comverse executives. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York has launched a criminal investigation into the...
DULLES, Va.—AOL L.L.C. is teaming with Craig McCaw’s Clearwire Corp. to offer high-speed wireless broadband access. The service, which is available starting for $26 a month, has been deployed in three mid-sized Clearwire markets in California and Florida. Subscribers can access the Internet using...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Increasing mobile gaming revenues weren’t enough to offset a hefty quarterly loss for Electronic Arts Inc. The publishing giant reported a $16 million net loss for the quarter ended March 31, marking a dramatic swing from the $8 million net profit EA...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Terabeam Inc. reported first-quarter net losses of $4.5 million from revenue of $18.5 million. The company’s revenues were up from the $6.6 million it posted in the year-ago quarter, but Terabeam’s net losses also widened from last year’s net loss of $970,000.Terabeam...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. kept its patent attorneys busy this week, filing a countersuit against fellow mobile e-mail service provider Visto Corp. The BlackBerry maker took all of one business day to fire back against Visto, seeking a declaration from a federal court...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.—Sprint Nextel Corp. is targeting Spanish speakers with a live video and audio service for its Power Vision subscribers. The offering, dubbed TV En Vivo, includes channels in both Spanish and English delivering breaking news, sports, music videos and weather. The carrier...
WASHINGTON—The House Judiciary Committee is poised to take up legislation to ban illegal gambling over the Internet, wireless and other technologies, following passage of a bill by a subcommittee. "Gambling on the Internet has become an extremely lucrative business," said Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.),...
SAN DIEGO—While its annual analysts meeting got underway in New York, Qualcomm Inc. launched a minor salvo of financial and product news today, including a collaboration with Microsoft Corp. to speed time-to-market for its chipsets for smart phones. The chip maker’s news, in brief:The...
WASHINGTON—President Bush has tapped John Kneuer, a former private wireless lobbyist, to head the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Kneuer, who currently serves as deputy NTIA chief, would succeed Michael Gallagher as the key telecom advisor to the White House. Gallagher left NTIA earlier...
ESPOO, Finland—ATI Technologies Inc. and Nokia Corp. announced that the two firms have entered a long-term strategic partnership to enable multimedia experiences such as 3D gaming and mobile TV on the Finnish vendors’ handsets. The partnership will promote open standards to attract the interest...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Trade Commission Wednesday filed civil complaints against five data brokers, urging the court to find that the data brokers violated the FTC Act and that they must give up any money they obtained from the practice of obtaining and selling customer call...
LOS ANGELES—Voce, the luxury mobile virtual network operator, has begun offering its services on a small scale in the L.A. area. Steve Stanford, Voce’s chief executive officer, described the quiet start as an invitation-only market trial, with participation capped at around 500 people. Stanford...
WASHINGTON—Motient Corp. said Chairman Steven Singer and four other directors will not seek re-election at the wireless company’s annual meeting, a development that comes at a time when Highland Capital Management L.P.—the company’s largest single investor—is lodging a proxy fight to completely revamp the...
BERWYN, Pa.—SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc.’s stock plunged about 20 percent Wednesday on Wall Street, as investors reacted to the company’s widening financial losses during the first quarter. SunCom’s total revenues dropped about 1 percent compared with the first quarter of 2005, to $201.8 million;...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday declined to set specific technological standards for how packet-mode technologies are to comply with the digital-wiretap act, but said those companies using such technologies, including Voice over Internet Protocol carriers, must comply in one year. The FCC said it...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—The IEEE 802.11 working group voted down an initial draft of the proposed 802.11n standard, virtually ensuring development of a 2.0 version. But whether the vote was a dramatic defeat or an expected speed bump is open to interpretation.Draft 1.0 of the measure...
LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—Alltel Corp. posted mixed first quarter results, with strong wireless growth and healthy customer numbers but lower net income due to merger-related expenses from the acquisition of Western Wireless Corp. and the upcoming spin-off of the company’s wireline operations. Alltel’s total revenues...
NEW YORK—Off-deck technology company Bango said it plans to power a direct-to-consumer mobile video offering from World Wrestling Entertainment. WWE will offer at least 75 made-for-mobile video shorts including news updates, athlete interviews and the "Slam of the Week." The subscription-based service is to...
DENVER—Qwest Communications International Inc. said its focus on service bundles is paying off, with the plans helping to raise the company’s average revenue per user and driving growth in the telecom company’s wireless segment. Qwest’s overall operating revenue was essentially flat at $3.47 million—but...
