PORTLAND, Ore.-Enhanced directory assistance provider Metro One Telecommunications Inc. said it has received notification from Sprint Nextel Corp. that the carrier is terminating the master services agreement between Metro One and Nextel Operations Inc. effective Jan. 9. Nextel Operations is a subsidiary of Sprint...
NEW YORK-MTV Networks International and Motorola Inc. launched a series of eight comedy shorts created exclusively for mobile phones."Head and Body," which depicts a character with a detached head, are being disseminated through MTV's wireless distribution channels and through Motorola's Web site in markets...
BRACKNELL, United Kingdom-Macromedia Inc. said it completed its acquisition of Mobile Innovation, a user interface designer for mobile devices. The value of the deal was not disclosed.Macromedia sells a scaled-down version of its Flash player for mobile phones, technology that can display simple graphics...
DOUGLAS, Isle of Man-O2, Manx Telecom and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that Europe's Isle of Man will have a commercial HSDPA network by Nov. 1, providing mobile high-speed data services based on Lucent's UMTS/HSDPA and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem solutions.The companies said the third-generation...
TORONTO-Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola filed a lawsuit asserting that Zafirovski breached the noncompetition and trade-secret agreements he signed while employed at Motorola.The...
ACTON, Mass.-AutoCell Laboratories Inc. announced it received follow-on venture funding from investors that participated in the company's series C financing round, including Motorola Inc., Siemens Venture Capital and Thomas Weisel Venture Partners. Terms were not released.The company also announced it filed more than 70...
OREM, Utah-Q Comm International Inc. announced it's teaming with Movida Communications to offer prepaid airtime cards, pins and handsets to Hispanic customers.Q Comm provides solutions for prepaid transaction processing and electronic point-of-sale distribution, and Movida Communications is a mobile virtual network operator that targets...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission may not be the best agency to oversee the E-rate, according to a report released Tuesday by the House Commerce investigations and oversight subcommittee.The 52-page report said its examination of the E-rate revealed "a well-intentioned program that nonetheless is extremely...
Sprint Nextel Corp.'s Nextel WIP Corp. subsidiary filed its second lawsuit in as many weeks against network affiliate Nextel Partners Inc., part of its ongoing attempts to set a price for Sprint Nextel's expected acquisition of Nextel Partners.The lawsuit seeks access to Nextel Partners'...
HONG KONG-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it is expanding its broadband access portfolio with the launch of Lucent Multimedia Access Platform, an Internet Protocol-based solution that Lucent said delivers profitable, high-bandwidth video/IPTV, multimedia and Voice over IP services on a mass-market scale.The company said the...
NEW YORK-Nearly half of 10- to 18-year-old Americans use cell phones, and nearly one-third of them are subscribers of Verizon Wireless, according to a study from GfK NOP Technology.The results from the research firm's annual mKids survey, which was released Tuesday, found that U.S....
BEIJING-Chinese manufacturer TCL Communication Technology said it will use chips from Texas Instruments Inc. in its line of low-cost handsets. TCT will use TI's DRP-based, single-chip technology to develop inexpensive 2.5-generation handsets, said the companies. The first in a series of handsets using TI's...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-A T-Mobile International AG subsidiary is launching "Internet 4G," saying the next-generation wireless broadband access service is fast enough to allow subscribers to let go of their fixed-line access. T-Mobile Czech Republic said it will demonstrate during launch events this week how...
HONG KONG-Nokia Corp. released a trio of new phones the company described as "infusing cultural and ethnic influences with luxurious touches of the unexpected." The fashion phones are part of Nokia's new "L'Amour Collection.""For many consumers, the mobile phone has truly become an extension...
WASHINGTON-A watchdog group said the Department of Homeland Security is considering requiring radio frequency identification chips in drivers' licenses, an option that it warned carries huge costs and poses privacy risks to Americans.In a new report, "Real ID: Big Brother Could Cost Big Money,"...
Motorola Inc. continued its stellar ride with another record quarter, driven in large part by continued demand for the company's tremendously popular Razr phone. Indeed, Motorola said it shipped 6.5 million Razr devices during its third quarter, totaling 12 million to date, which stands...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. fell short of reduced expectations for customer growth during the third quarter- adding 867,000 total subscribers-but maintained its position as the industry's largest wireless operator with 52.3 million total customers. Cingular managed to surpass the 808,000 pro-forma subscribers it added during...
SEATTLE-The mobile music space continued to heat up across the Atlantic this week as two European carriers rolled out new services.02 Germany unveiled a wireless and Internet storefront that allows users to browse, search and download full-track songs directly to their handsets and PCs....
Verizon Wireless again was singled out for superior customer service quality in Vocal Laboratories Inc.'s quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service among the industry's largest wireless operators. The survey uses data and call recordings from carrier customers and feedback on customer...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless late Monday asked the Federal Communications Commission to waive its rules requiring location technology to be embedded in 95 percent of a carrier's handset base by the end of the year, but Verizon Wireless said it can meet the requirement by June-much...
Alltel Corp. said it rolled out new rate plans to former Western Wireless Corp. and Cellular One customers who Alltel acquired when it purchased Western Wireless Aug. 1. The new rate plans take advantage of Alltel's extensive roaming agreements and include its Total Freedom,...
WASHINGTON-The Michigan House of Representatives could vote this week on a bill banning teens under the age of 18 from talking on cell phones while driving."When I was working in the Oakland County prosecutors' office, I saw several cases where accidents and even deaths...
WASHINGTON-Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said Tuesday morning he plans to offer an amendment to set the hard date for completing the digital TV transition at the end of 2006 or early 2007-not April 7, 2009, as proposed by Senate Commerce Committee staff."Can we really...
REDMOND, Wash.-Hot-spot aggregator Wayport is teaming with Nintendo to provide free Wi-Fi service to Nintendo DS users at 6,000 U.S. McDonald's restaurants.Wayport will power complimentary access to Nintendo's Wi-Fi Connection, a wireless gaming community scheduled to go online Nov. 14. The offering will allow...
