LOS ANGELES-Jamdat Mobile Inc. said it will work with ATI Technologies Inc. to develop three-dimensional wireless entertainment applications."3D games are an important part of the future of mobile gaming and by working with ATI, a leader in the 3D graphics space, we will continue...
Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. attracted $600 million in private-equity funding from Madison Dearborn Partners L.L.C. and TA Associates as part of a $739 million minority equity investment in the carrier. MetroPCS said it will use a portion of the proceeds to fund...
Initial shipments of Motorola Inc.'s long-anticipated iTunes-capable phone appear somewhat sluggish, according to a recent analyst report from Piper Jaffray. The firm said its recent store checks show that some locations are recording strong sales of the device, but the majority see only weak...
Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA Inc. provide the highest retail sales satisfaction among the wireless industry's six largest operators, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Retail Sales Satisfaction Study. The study was based on the experiences reported by 6,144 wireless users...
Wireless Facilities Inc. said it's joining forces with Google Inc. to bid on San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi project. WFI specializes in the design, deployment and management of wireless networks and said it's ready to provide Google with its services."As noted in the proposal, WFI...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile unveiled its latest phone for the youth market, the glossy black i835 from Motorola Inc. The phone features Boost's Walkie-Talkie service and support for multimedia messaging and downloadable Java applications. It will sell for $175."The black i835 handset makes a bold...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Casio Hitachi Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. announced it will use over-the-air updating technology from InnoPath Software Inc. The technology will allow CHMC to remotely update the software in its phones."As the first company to deploy FOTA update technology for device management, InnoPath's...
Tower giant Crown Castle International Corp. said it's considering whether it should hang onto its 77.6-percent ownership in Crown Castle Australia, which is Australia's largest tower operator with 1,387 towers.CCI has asked UBS Investment Bank to act as its advisor as it reviews its...
LUBBOCK, Texas-Sprint Nextel Corp. wireless affiliate Alamosa Holdings Inc. set a record date of Oct. 17 for the dividend payment on its 7.5-percent series B convertible preferred stock. The dividend payment will be made Oct. 31 at the annual rate of 7.5 percent of...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Vodafone Group plc has chosen L.M. Ericsson to supply a W-CDMA upgrade and mobile softswitch to expand its network in Fiji in a deal that Ericsson called the first third-generation network in a Pacific Ocean nation.Under the five-year agreement, Ericsson also will provide...
Sprint Nextel Corp. said it has closed on its $287.5 million acquisition of network affiliate Gulf Coast Wireless Ltd. Partnership that was originally announced last month. Sprint Nextel noted that the closing also resolves litigation Gulf Coast filed against Sprint Nextel in connection with...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, gave a "suggestion" to San Francisco that the city let Cingular's EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies submitted proposals to supply San Francisco's 750,000 or so residents with Wi-Fi Internet access....
Motorola Inc. scored its first content agreement for its forthcoming iRadio service, a deal that will make Universal Music Group's extensive music catalog available to iRadio subscribers. The news comes as Motorola quietly pushed back the release date for its iRadio service. Earlier this...
WASHINGTON-Communication Technologies Inc. announced it completed a citywide commercial broadband-over-powerline technology deployment in Manassas, Va. The company and City of Manassas officials plan to hold a news event to announce the network Wednesday.
BONN, Germany-T-Mobile International AG said it expanded its agreement with Starbucks Corp. to Austria, allowing T-Mobile Austria to provide its HotSpot Wi-Fi service in eight of the nine Austrian Starbucks coffeehouses.With the deal, T-Mobile and Starbucks now have agreements in every country in which...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Avaya Inc. marked its fifth anniversary as an independent company by outlining its goal to become a market leader in enterprise mobility and fixed-mobile convergence applications by 2008.The company also said it will equip nearly half of its 20,000 employees with new...
RICHARDSON, Texas-Navini Networks Inc. said it's working with British Telecommunications plc on mobile WiMAX trials for the U.K. market and expects the trials to continue into the first quarter of 2006."This is an opportunity for BT to explore the commercial viability and customer experience...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Regional wireless operator Dobson Communications Corp. entered into agreements with certain holders of its 12.25-percent and 13-percent senior exchangeable preferred stock that will exchange 8,700 shares of the 12.25-percent stock and 30,021 shares of the 13-percent stock for 5.982 million shares of Dobson's...
Verizon Wireless is expected to launch a streaming television service early next year using a network being deployed by tower company Crown Castle International Corp. Verizon Wireless currently offers a streaming service through its CDMA2000 1x EV-DO powered Vcast service that provides continually updated...
CAMARILLO, Calif.-Power-One Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit last week against Artesyn Technologies Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division. Power-One alleged Artesyn infringed on two of its patents with its DPL20C POL converter announced...
Nortel Networks Ltd. is reorganizing, forming two new product groups and four regional teams to strengthen its enterprise focus, drive product efficiencies and deliver global services. Nortel said the new alignment includes two product groups each led by its own president-Enterprise Solutions & Packet...
TAMPA, Fla.-Regional wireless operator MetroPCS Communications Inc. said it has launched its flat-rate, unlimited calling service in Tampa and Sarasota, Fla. The carrier noted the new markets join its current offering in the Miami area, and subscribers in the Tampa and Sarasota markets can...
The battle between BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. and patent-holding company NTP Inc. took another strange turn as the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office rejected the last of NTP's patents under re-examination. The patents form the basis for the current legal battle between...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mobile entertainment took center stage for CTIA's Wireless I.T. & Entertainment Day 2 keynote as music, data and gaming executives took their turns extolling the promise of wireless data that so far has seen mixed results. Warner Music Group Chairman and Chief Executive...
