CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell is buying out Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s stake in a joint venture between the two companies. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings by Cincinnati Bell, the company must pay $83 million for Cingular's stake. The sale is anticipated to close next month....
WASHINGTON-Even as FCC Chairman Kevin Martin administered the oath of office to returning colleague FCC Commissioner Michael Copps and new Commissioner Deborah Taylor Tate, he could be closer to finding himself in the majority. The White House is rumored to be vetting Robert McDowell,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may lack the time to make changes to designated-entity rules before this June's third-generation wireless auction, a possibility that may upset the agency's two Democrats at a time when litigation has surfaced alleging Wall Street mogul Mario Gabelli skirted small-business...
Official Washington is suddenly awash in jittery philanthropy. Hardly a day passes without congressional members-Republicans and Democrats alike-deciding to give a portion of their campaign contributions to some charitable cause. President Bush is on the bandwagon, too. This is striking, since the holidays are...
WASHINGTON-Brian Kidney, CTIA's chief operating officer, has left the wireless trade association, CTIA confirmed to RCR Wireless News. "Brian Kidney and CTIA President Steve Largent had different management styles and have mutually agreed to part ways," said John Walls, CTIA vice president of public...
WASHINGTON-Minnesota has become the latest state to enforce legislation restricting cell-phone use by teenage drivers, the 10th state to do so in the face of mounting research on the dangers of talking on the phone while driving. Given their inexperience behind the wheel, teens...
WASHINGTON-The National Association of Theatre Owners is considering asking the Federal Communications Commission to allow theaters to install equipment that would jam mobile-phone signals, but the trade group has yet to take such action. Jamming equipment is banned today. "The petition is still under...
Crown Castle International Corp.'s media subsidiary debuted a new name and marketing campaign amid details about its plans to use its tower network and unencumbered spectrum rights to launch live mobile TV in the nation's top 30 markets, including a launch in New York...
Human RFID chipmaker VeriChip Corp. said it filed for an initial public offering, but the company did not release information on the number of shares it expects to release or the share price or what it plans to do with the money it raises...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office awarded a patent to Google Inc. for a technology that makes more data exchanges possible at faster speeds on a CDMA-based wireless network. Google did not return requests for comment on the patent, which was awarded to...
WASHINGTON-California Public Utilities Commission member Geoffrey Brown is seeking to delay the scheduled Jan. 26 vote on a scaled-back telecom bill-of-rights plan, while Commissioner Dian Grueneich crafts an alternative consumer protection measure. Brown-whose telecom consumer-protection package was approved in May 2004, before being suspended...
Online sales are skyrocketing-and wireless carriers are keeping pace as consumers increasingly look to the Web as a venue to shop and buy. Online sales (excluding travel) raked in $30.1 billion during the holiday shopping season, and sales of consumer electronics such as cellular...
WASHINGTON-CTIA told the Federal Communications Commission that the agency should focus on reforming the intercarrier-compensation system rather than attempting to snuff out so-called "phantom traffic." Phantom traffic is network activity that cannot be billed either because no one claims the traffic or the originator...
LAS VEGAS-Amp'd Mobile unleashed a far-reaching list of entertainment content from major television and cable networks that it plans to offer its subscribers. The content includes:ABC's "Alias," "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," including a 3D mobile game for "Alias;"NBC content including...
TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Network gateway vendor Starent Networks Corp. announced it scored an investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund. The amount of the investment was not disclosed.Starent said the investment will help the company expand into the W-CDMA market. Starent has made its mark to date in...
South Korean electronics vendor Pantech Group said it plans to increase its handset sales in the United States by 20 percent this year. The company also said it will work to sell its products directly to U.S. wireless carriers."Even though we are a relatively...
With the first few mobile virtual network operators out of the starting gate and more marching to the post, 2006 looks to be the year of the launch. After 2005, during which several MVNOs spent gearing up for and touting their upcoming launches, the...
Motorola Inc. is the lucky winner of a handset deal with Google Inc. as the Internet giant turns its considerable focus toward wireless. Motorola said it has designed a handset with a Google button that connects users to Google's wireless Internet services. The company...
SEATTLE-U.S. consumers with Motorola Inc. Razr or Sanyo Corp. SCP-8200 handsets are more likely to consume mobile content than owners of any other wireless phone, according to figures from M:Metrics. The firm's latest study found that half of all Sanyo SCP-8200 owners purchased ringtones...
TOKYO-Four years after NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its 3G network-the world's first major W-CDMA network launch-the carrier has sailed past the 20-million-subscriber mark. DoCoMo said it reached the milestone on Dec. 29.The carrier said it expects to tally 23.5 million 3G Foma subscribers by...
TOKYO, JAPAN-Four years after NTT DoCoMo Inc. launched its 3G network-the world's first major W-CDMA network launch-the carrier has sailed past the 20-million-subscriber mark. According to DoCoMo, the subscriber figure was reached on Dec. 29. It expects the number of 3G Foma subscribers to...
LAS VEGAS-Amp'd Mobile unleashed an far-reaching list of entertainment content from major television and cable networks that it plans to offer its subscribers. The content includes:ABC's "Alias," "America's Funniest Home Videos," "Lost" and "Desperate Housewives," including a 3D mobile game for "Alias;" NBC content including...
SAN FRANCISCO-Motorola Inc. is nipping at the heels of Nokia Corp. and could challenge the company for the top spot in the handset market following years of Nokia dominance in the space.A new study from research firm Visiongain notes just one year ago Motorola...
CINCINNATI-Cincinnati Bell is buying out Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s stake in a joint venture between the two companies. According to Securities and Exchange Commission filings by Cincinnati Bell, the company must pay $83 million for Cingular's stake. The sale is anticipated to close next month.Cincinnati...
