MIAMI-Strax Holdings Inc., which sells mobile phones, phone accessories and data services, announced it acquired European accessory makers more…Mobilfunkzubehor GmbH and more…International Ltd. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The new company will become one of the largest and fastest growing mobile phone accessory...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc., which provides technology and clearing services to wireless companies, said it has renewed its contract with regional wireless operator SunCom Wireless Holdings Inc. Syniverse said the deal calls for it to continue to supply the carrier with services designed to...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wireless mesh networking company Firetide Inc. and EDX Wireless announced a strategic partnership to target the growing market for municipal Wi-Fi products.Under the partnership, EDX will include Firetide's HotPort mesh node specifications as part of its SignalMX software. EDX develops planning software...
SAN DIEGO-Sky MobileMedia Inc., which provides wireless software platforms, named Naser Partovi as its new president and chief executive officer. Previously, Partovi was managing director at Enterprise Partners Venture Capital, where he managed investments in media communications, networking and telecommunications companies. Enterprise Partners led...
GOLDEN, Colo.-T-Mobile USA Inc. users are now able to make their own designs for their phones' casings under a new deal between the carrier and SkinIt Inc. T-Mobile USA customers can access SkinIt's Personalization Partnership Platform (SP3) and upload their own images or choose...
LOS ANGELES-Xingtone Inc., an Internet storefront for third-party content providers, launched an automated e-commerce offering that it says allows independent content owners to market and sell real-music ringtones from their Web site directly to users.With Xingtone's mStore builder, artists or record labels can upload...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Kristin Rinne, chief technology officer for Cingular Wireless L.L.C., will serve a second term as chairperson of 3G Americas after being re-elected by the GSM technology organization's board of governors. Rinne has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 25 years and...
WASHINGTON-California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger as early as today is expected to appoint former Federal Communications Commission member Rachelle Chong to replace Susan Kennedy on the California Public Utilities Commission. Chong, a Republican, was an FCC member between 1994 and 1997 and was closely involved...
MADRID, Spain-Wireless operator Telefonica SA received conditional approval of its $31 billion takeover of U.K. operator O2 plc from the European Commission. However, Telefonica had to agree that one of its subsidiaries, Telefonica Moviles S.A., will leave the FreeMove alliance of European wireless operators...
WALL, N.J.-Regional carrier Centennial Communications Corp. lowered its stock price substantially in recent weeks as part of a process to evaluate "strategic alternatives" for its operations. On Dec. 21, Centennial announced that it had completed a $550 million senior notes offering and that it...
LOS ANGELES-Mobile content provider UrbanWorld Wireless launched its first mobile game and added the voices of National Football League running backs Warrick Dunn and Deuce McAllister to ringtone offerings. UrbanWorld unveiled Hip Hop 101, a trivia game about the urban music industry that rewards...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless made headlines last week at the Consumer Electronics Show when it unveiled a new full-track mobile music download service. But the carrier is busy this week defending the offering's lack of support for MP3 music files. Verizon Wireless' Vcast Music offers...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc., which provides wireless clearing and settlement services to cellular carriers, tapped Tony Holcombe to lead the company. Holcombe, who has served on the Syniverse board of directors since March 2003, was named president and chief executive officer of the company....
NEW YORK-Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a location-based feature that allows users to access nearby movie theaters and listings by pressing a single button.The carrier added location capability to its MovieGoer application, which is powered by mobile media company Zingy Inc. Users can choose to...
RESTON, Va.-Service on Sprint Nextel Corp.'s network was interrupted for about three and a half hours beginning Monday afternoon, when cuts in two of the carrier's fiber lines in the Western United States caused disruptions in the company's wireless, wireline and long distance services....
TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. named former General Electric Co. executive Don McKenna as its new vice president of Global Manufacturing Services. Nortel said McKenna will play a "pivotal" role in transforming the company's supply chain as he oversees all aspects of manufacturing services, from materials...
ATLANTA- Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said that it teamed up with RadioShack Corp. to encourage people to sign up for Amber Alerts on their cell phones. The alerts include information on missing and abducted children.The two companies announced a 2006 goal of signing up one...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Tower company Optasite Inc. announced it obtained a new $65 million credit facility. The company said GE Capital Markets Inc. led the financing arrangements.GE Capital Markets was also the lead financer of SBA Communications Corp.'s recently announced $160 million credit facility. SBA is...
WASHINGTON-IBM Corp. received the most patents last year from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, earning almost twice the number of patents as the nation's No. 2 patent recipient Canon Inc.IBM has topped the USPTO's list every year for the past 13 years. In...
SARASOTA, Fla.-SkyLynx Communications Inc., which provides dedicated wireless data networks for mobile and fixed applications, said it acquired Vetco Hospitals Inc. for $3.25 million in stock. Vetco provides veterinary products and services and operates animal hospitals and vaccination clinics in Petco retail outlets in...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Video-game maker Namco America Inc. officially launched its wireless gaming unit, Namco Networks.The company announced plans to do so in October."While the wireless content division of Namco America has always been heavily involved in the publishing and development of mobile games, the...
SEATTLE-Dijji Corp., the mobile media company formerly known as Dwango Wireless, announced its Napster Ringtones service is now available to Alltel Corp. subscribers. The service provides ringtones, MusicTones, voicetones and artist "shoutouts" from the Napster Ringtones library for between $2 and $3 each. Alltel...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. announced a cross-licensing agreement that brings to an end the companies' two-year patent dispute. Under the terms of the agreement, Kyocera gets access to Nokia's patents for CDMA, PHS and PDC technology and will pay Nokia an...
TAMPA, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced it has acquired the next-generation cable network technology assets of privately-held Broadband Innovations Inc. for an undisclosed amount. Motorola said it expects the acquisition to improve the quality of its advanced services, including high-speed data exchange and video over Internet...
