WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association released its "911 System Reference Guide" to help carriers-primarily Voice over Internet Protocol providers-and public-safety answering points plan and build their own routing solutions. Access to selective router information is difficult for nonincumbent wireline carriers to get because often...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. launched two next-generation wireless platforms-DO Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions and HSDPA Multi-carrier Multi-link extensions. The company said the DMMX and HMMX platforms support the roadmaps of CDMA2000 1x EV-DO and HSDPA technologies into the year 2010. Qualcomm said the DMMX and HMMX...
NEW DELHI, India-Motorola Inc. expanded its operations in India, and plans to begin assembling phones in the country. Previously, Motorola shipped phones into India. "India is all about opportunity-and today's announcements make it clear that Motorola is here to be a major player," said...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Jamster is hoping to scrub its image with a worldwide rebranding effort. The content provider launched a marketing campaign touting a new logo, redesigned Web site and new print, TV and online advertisements. The company, which sells content directly to consumers via...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-Wherify Wireless Inc. said it now plans to launch its Wherifone GPS-capable mobile phone in the United States sometime in the first half of next year, almost a year after the company initially planned to offer the gadget. Wherify's John Cunningham said...
LONDON-Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. stepped into the global infrastructure limelight, announcing an agreement with U.K.-based Vodafone Group plc to supply mobile network infrastructure equipment to Vodafone's networks worldwide. "Huawei has successfully fulfilled the selection criteria required by the Vodafone supplier qualification process to become...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission continues to face relocation problems with its third-generation mobile-phone spectrum plan, a situation that could affect the timing of June's auction and combine with other factors to lower revenues the United States needs to move Pentagon radio systems to new...
In these early days of wireless entertainment, it appears content providers have effectively deployed a variety of Digital Rights Management solutions to protect their wares. But many believe all those "solutions" are actually a problem.Behind-the-scenes haggling over royalties continue between MPEG LA, which holds...
It's bad enough to be implicated in a Washington scandal, but being reduced to a letter or a number is really a slap in the face in a town that prides itself on vanity.Indeed, it's getting hard, perhaps even inadvisable, to be on a...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. launched its fourth-generation single chip assisted global positioning system solution for mobile phones, which the company says enables users to connect to a satellite from their mobile phones to get directions and maps to the nearest ATM or store, find friends...
The Federal Communications Commission should auction the 24 megahertz of spectrum at 2 GHz that mobile satellite service companies gave back to the government. To do anything else would set a bad precedent for spectrum policy.The spectrum in question was returned to the FCC...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The enterprise wireless LAN market showed strong results in the third quarter, increasing 9 percent sequentially to $249 million. According to Dell'Oro Group, growth was due greatly to WLAN switch, server and appliance sales, which rose 22 percent in the third quarter....
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said it has resumed production and shipping of base station subsystem products after a labor dispute halted manufacturing for about a week at its Shenzhen, China, plant. The company said its 1,600 workers in Shenzhen began returning to full production...
WASHINGTON-The broadcast industry is fighting a proposal that would reserve vacant TV channels for unlicensed uses following the transition to digital TV. "The fact that you don't see anyone operating on a particular channel does not necessarily mean it's vacant. We can get into...
XM Satellite Radio quietly launched an application to bring its radio service to Windows-powered mobile phones. The largest U.S. satellite radio provider launched Pocket XM Radio, which streams commercial-free XM content directly to Windows Mobile devices. The software sells for about $20 through distributors...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless provider Telus Mobility said it launched its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO-based network in a handful of urban centers. The initial markets include Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. The carrier said it has plans to extend coverage next year. Telus Mobility said the network,...
What traditionally has been a holiday battle for market share among nationwide operators this year has turned into a struggle to compete against the Verizon Wireless juggernaut. The industry's second-largest operator has been on a roll this year, adding several million more customers than...
WASHINGTON-The Iraqi government's issuance of mobile-phone licenses appears to have been pushed back from next month to June, a delay attributed to political uncertainties associated with the scheduled Dec. 15 election of a new parliament. The licensing is being watched closely by Motorola Inc.,...
Qualcomm Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. tightened their ties with a new deal that calls for Samsung to build Qualcomm's chips for CDMA and W-CDMA phones. The agreement further solidifies the partnership between one of the world's largest mobile-phone makers and one of...
LONDON-Mobile entertainment publisher Telcogames Ltd. said it has acquired Magic Productions Ltd., a Paris-based developer of games for smart phones running Symbian- and Microsoft Corp. Windows-powered smart phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.In addition to broadening its portfolio of titles, Telcogames said...
WATERLOO, Ontario-BlackBerry investors were forced to tighten their seatbelts again as the company lowered its subscriber forecasts due to product delays. The news sent BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd.'s stock down more than 4 percent in trading to $64.24 per share. RIM said...
The Sprint Nextel Corp. affiliate acquisition train continued to roll as the carrier picked up its largest cargo yet-CDMA affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. for $4.3 billion. The purchase price includes Sprint Nextel assuming $900 million of Alamosa debt.Under terms of the deal, Sprint Nextel...
SYDNEY-Australia's Telstra Corp. launched its network transformation strategy, announcing new contracts with Alcatel Alsthom, Cisco Systems Inc. and L.M. Ericsson. Telstra said its five-year agreement with Alcatel is valued at $2.55 billion and will migrate the Australian carrier's traditional voice and broadband access networks...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Swiss carrier Swisscom announced it will sell IXI Mobile Inc.'s Ogo messaging device. The carrier plans to sell the GPRS gadget-which features a QWERTY keyboard and no voice functions-for around $37 with a two-year service agreement. The deal is notable for IXI,...
