ARLINGTON, Va.-Young people are leading the way in the trend of cutting the cord.A new report from the Consumer Electronics Association said younger consumers, especially singles and those who rent their homes, are shifting away from landline telephones in favor of wireless technologies. In...
NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. reported increases in sales and income for the third quarter.The company reported sales of $299 million for the period, up 21.8 percent from sales of $245 million during the same quarter last year. For the nine-month period, Comverse reported sales...
LOS ANGELES-CBS is finally wading into wireless, inking a deal to bring TV shows to Verizon Wireless L.L.C. subscribers. Verizon's Vcast users can access clips from the station's hit "CSI" shows as well as "The Amazing Race," "The King of Queens," "Survivor" and "The...
SEATTLE-Customer relationship management provider Par3 Communications Inc. announced the acquisition of EnvoyWorldWide, a Massachusetts-based notification services company.Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Par3 provides automated interactive notification technology to Nextel Partners Inc. and T-Mobile USA Inc. as well as Bear Stearns, Progressive Insurance, Symantec...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate UbiquiTel Inc. said its lawsuit against Sprint Nextel has been pushed back from its original trial date of Dec. 16 until Jan. 9. The lawsuit has also been consolidated with similar cases filed by fellow affiliates Horizon Personal Communications...
YONKERS, N.Y.-Wireless carriers struck out for a fourth straight year in the annual survey of cellular service and phones conducted by independent evaluator Consumer Reports. Cingular Wireless L.L.C. acquisition of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. came under particularly harsh criticism because of problems reported by...
WASHINGTON-The U.S. mobile phone industry, having watched a slew of headset and brain cancer suits returned to state courts the past year and a half, is scrambling to keep three other health suits with the Maryland federal judge who sided with wireless companies in...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, joined by the rest of the telecommunications industry, last week asked the Treasury Secretary to intervene and stop the Internal Revenue Service from continuing to collect the 3-percent tax on talking."The IRS' issuance of broad and inclusive guidance that comprehensively addresses...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-Mobile virtual network enabler Visage Mobile accumulated $30 million in Series D funding, bringing the total capital raised by the company to more than $80 million. Visage said it plans to use the new funding to expand its platform capabilities that enable...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. announced it's updating several products with Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem standards in order to enable cellular carriers to bring IP-based services to their networks.Cisco's support for IMS technology has been limited in the past. However, as a large IP...
WASHINGTON-A group opposed to assessing universal-service contributions based on telephone numbers said it had sent nearly 600,000 e-mails and letters to the Federal Communications Commission before this Friday's expected vote.The Keep USF Fair Coalition says that changing from the current system, which assesses contributions...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it plans to launch eight new mobile TV channels including wireless versions of HBO, MTV and Twentieth Century Fox Television. The new video content will be packaged with the operator's existing Mobile TV offering in a number of Vodafone markets,...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Mobile search technology provider JumpTap Inc. snared $21 million in its latest round of financing.New investor Redpoint Ventures joined existing backers General Catalyst Partners and BCE Capital. JumpTap said it will use the cash to fuel product development, increase staff and expand its...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said it has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, saying it aims to be directly involved with ensuring wireless local area network technology is compatible with the company's Mobile Station Modem chipsets. "Qualcomm is pleased to take the important step of joining...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it won a seven-year contract to manage wireless operator 3's network and IT infrastructure in the United Kingdom. The deal is worth an estimated $1.9 billion. Ericsson said the deal calls for 3 to retain ownership of and be responsible...
SAN DIEGO, Calif.-House of Blues Entertainment licensed Soapbox Mobile's Anywhere product, a mobile marketing and customer relationship management platform. Soapbox Mobile said its product will allow House of Blues to manage a growing set of keywords and calls-to-action across multiple short codes, including personalized...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Operating system company SavaJe Technologies raised $40 million in equity financing, which the company said it plans to use to enhance its sales and marketing efforts.Investcorp's Technology Ventures Fund II led the round, while existing investors VantagePoint Venture Partners, Ridgewood Capital, RRE Ventures...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. officially took the high-speed plunge with the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA-based BroadbandConnect network. The carrier said its next-generation network is initially available in 16 markets covering nearly 35 million potential customers. Those customers reside in Dallas, Houston and Austin, Texas; Baltimore;...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced the winners of its annual Forum Nokia PRO Awards, which recognize accomplishments in the development of content and applications during 2005.Quickoffice Inc. won the Developer of the Year award for its Quickoffice Premier S60 mobile office suite, which supports Microsoft...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. said its Jamster subsidiary is working with Melodeo Inc. to develop a digital music platform that will support full-track music downloads.Verisign noted that Jamster was reviewing Melodeo's MobilDRM digital rights management product, which has been approved by four music labels...
WASHINGTON-In an attempt to educate Capitol Hill staff about the importance of cost recovery, the Foundation for Rural Service released a paper saying that Voice over Internet Protocol could not be possible without the underlying telecommunications network provided by small rural wireline carriers.The Foundation...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will use ArrayComm L.L.C.'s smart antenna technology in its wireless base stations, the companies announced.ArrayComm said its antenna technology is designed to help equipment providers boost system range, capacity, data rates and coverage quality on W-CDMA, HSDPA and...
Qualcomm Inc. snared its first customer for MediaFLO last week, as Verizon Wireless said it will use the chipmaker's new network to broadcast live TV to subscribers. The nation's second-largest carrier announced plans to use the $800 million network to offer live mobile video...
Free, municipally run Wi-Fi Internet access will become a permanent fixture in New Orleans, according to Mayor Ray Nagin, who announced plans to cover the entire city with a Wi-Fi mesh network within a year. "We are among the first cities to feature a...
