MUNICH, Germany-In a deal that strengthens its wireless broadband portfolio, Siemens AG signed a takeover agreement with operational support systems startup Garderos Software Innovations GmbH.In the deal, Garderos will continue to be run under its existing name as a fully owned Siemens subsidiary and...
SAN FRANCISCO-L.M. Ericsson said it will distribute ringback tones from EMI Music's catalog of music as part of Ericsson's hosted ring-back tone service in the United States. The nonexclusive deal with EMI Music North America means Ericsson can offer U.S. carriers preapproved music from...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile TV and video services could run into capacity constraints on third-generation networks in as little as two years, according to a new report from Analysys.The report, "Making a Success of Mobile TV and Video," said operators are offering streamed TV and video...
TAMPA, Fla.-Syniverse Technologies Inc. landed a three-year contract with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. to provide clearing and settlement services for roaming partnerships beginning in January 2006.Syniverse said it will provide Cingular with its ACCESS service, which it said simplifies the exchange of billing data between...
Unlike the freewheeling and sometimes thought-provoking keynotes of previous CTIA Wireless I.T. shows, Tuesday's opening keynote session was a trio of rudimentary company presentations on business basics from Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp. and Intel Corp. executives. The keynotes-spruced up with slick video presentations and...
WASHINGTON-U.K.-based Inmarsat Ltd. applied to the Federal Communications Commission for a 2 GHz mobile satellite service license that would allow it to offer interoperable communications to first responders and homeland defense officials, adding a new twist to current efforts by satellite companies to regain...
Amp'd Mobile Inc. and Disney both offered details this week about their upcoming mobile virtual network operator services. Amp'd Mobile said it's on track for a pre-holiday service launch of its MVNO service that will target the increasingly attractive youth/young adult market and rely...
MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom's network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico.PetroCom will use the Digi Connect WAN GSM to provide Ethernet-to-wireless Internet Protocol connectivity to...
FOSTER CITY, Calif.-Equinix Inc., which provides network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, signed an agreement allowing Hawaiian operator Mobi PCS to establish operations within Equinix's Honolulu Internet Business Exchange. The deployment will serve as Mobi PCS' main point of presence and switching center...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-The majority of cell-phone users support policies that limit wireless usage in schools, according to an survey of 2,400 consumers by Amplitude Research. Eighty-five percent of the 2,400 respondents said they support polices that allow phone use immediately before and after school...
PHILADELPHIA-Hewlett Packard Co. and Earthlink Inc. will have to wait another few days for the City of Philadelphia's announcement of which company wins the city's Wi-Fi infrastructure contract.The announcement was scheduled to be made Monday, Sept. 26, but Dianah Neff, chief information officer in...
SAN FRANCISCO-Wireless data package adoption among the top five U.S. service providers showed a 22-percent penetration rate for the first half of 2005, according to new research from Telephia.The company said average package charges have increased 5 percent to $7.86 during the second quarter...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Three wireless industry vendors announced new funding this week. Roamware Inc., which provides mobile roaming solutions, said it raised $14 million in a series C round of financing.Proceeds of the funding round will be used to enhance the company's product line and...
The GSM Association signed an agreement with NeuStar Inc. to offer Root Domain System services to more than 680 global GSM mobile operators. NeuStar's Root DNS will manage a global common directory, enabling GSM networks to interoperate, which will give wireless operators, across networks,...
WASHINGTON-Coming on the heels of a successful lobbying effort to change the 2 GHz band plan, rural wireless carriers are asking the Federal Communications Commission to revise the 700 MHz band plans to allocate more spectrum in smaller chunks.The Rural Telecommunications Group late Tuesday...
WASHINGTON-Mandatory negotiations between Sprint Nextel Corp. and 800 MHz licensees it must pay to move as part of the Federal Communications Commission's rebanding process began Tuesday for Wave 1 licensees in Chicago, the northeastern United States, Northern California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Colorado.Sprint Nextel...
SAN FRANCISCO-Coding Technologies GmbH, which supplies audio compression technology, and MSpot Inc. a mobile entertainment company, said MSpot has switched to the Coding Technologies MPEG-3 aacPlus format for its MSpot Radio service through Sprint Nextel Corp.The aacPlus streams will play on newer aacPlus-enabled phones,...
IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. launched a new software product called Blink that simplifies the use of Bluetooth when connecting cellular phone handsets with PCs, said the company.Bluetooth Link is a result of cooperation between Broadcom and BVRP Software International, which is now Avanquest Software. The...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced availability of new tools designed to help companies bring Bluetooth products to market faster.The Bluetooth SIG said the goal is to simplify the qualification process that devices undergo to become certified. The tools are part of an...
SAN FRANCISCO-Electronic Arts Inc. will lumber further onto the wireless gaming playground in coming months, releasing wireless versions of seven of its PC- and console-based franchises.The publisher said it will launch mobile versions of casual PC games Harvest Mania, Word Whomp, World Class Solitaire...
SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. launched the Lucent Hosted Custom Applications Center, saying the center aims to enable service providers to rapidly introduce differentiated services, with low upfront investments and other operational and financial advantages."This is a crucial component in Lucent's overall applications strategy," said...
SAN FRANCISCO-Syniverse Technologies Inc. signed an agreement with LM&O Advertising, Arlington, Va., to provide its Mobile Marketing solution as part of an integrated marketing campaign for the Army National Guard. The two-way message broadcasting tool delivers time-sensitive information via text messaging.LM&O Advertising created the...
M-commerce software developer Valista has teamed with Motricity Inc. to develop a mobile retail platform for operators and content providers. The offering couples Valista's transaction and content packaging technology with Fuel, Motricity's content delivery platform. The companies said the platform is designed to address...
WASHINGTON-Citing the significant progress and resources spent by interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol providers to warn their customers that calls to 911 may not go through, the Federal Communications Commission said again Tuesday it will not enforce the latest of three deadlines regarding notification....
