Cingular Wireless L.L.C. plans to launch additional mobile TV services later this year using a platform from RealNetworks Inc. The supplier said its new Helix OnlineTV solution will enable Cingular to offer its third-generation subscribers personal interactive TV on their mobile devices. RealNetworks' deal...
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-By 2010, worldwide subscribers will reach 2.3 billion individual wireless subscribers, according to Visant Strategies "World Mobile Subscriber Markets 2005" report.Of those 2.3 billion subscribers, nearly half will use third-generation services, said the company."What we are seeing today is not only the...
SAN FRANCISCO-Intel Corp. announced a deal with Research In Motion Ltd. in which RIM will use Intel technology in future BlackBerry devices that will run on EDGE networks.RIM is adopting the Intel XScale architecture and will use the Intel PXA9xx cellular processor, code named...
Several handset makers, including UTStarcom Inc., Motorola Inc., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Kyocera Wireless Corp., chose wireless trade shows from San Francisco to Singapore as venues to introduce new handset models Tuesday.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet company Openwave Systems Inc. announced it will purchase Musiwave, a music entertainment services, applications and content supplier, for more than $120 million, with an additional $18 million in contingency earnouts.Openwave said it expects Musiwave to contribute about $50 million to...
SINGAPORE-The GSM Association Tuesday said it will begin offering handsets for less than $30 as the second phase of its program to bring affordable handsets to emerging markets. Additionally, the GSM Association awarded the second-phase sole-source contract for the program to Motorola Inc. Motorola...
CARSON CITY, Nev.-Gateway Access Solutions Inc. said it has signed a definitive agreement to sell 52 Educational Broadband Service channel leases to Pegasus Broadband Communications L.L.C. The leases cover 23 markets in five states. The deal is valued at $3.2 million. Gateway said it...
Most industry insiders look at wireless and see the future. Van Toffler looks at wireless and sees 1981. The president of MTV Networks Music Groups unveiled a deal to create wireless video content with Warner Music Group Corp.'s stable of artists. The network said...
SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile Software Value Chain forum here, while Opera Software used the event to announce plans...
The Superior Court of California in Los Angeles issued an order earlier this month that preliminarily approves a settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Verizon Wireless regarding the Motorola Inc. V710 handset.Plaintiffs in the case alleged Verizon Wireless did not disclose accurately that certain...
ESPN Inc. today announced it will unveil its first mobile phone and limited service later this year, teaming with Japanese handset maker Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. to offer a high-resolution EV-DO-capable multimedia handset that offers users real-time access to sports content such as...
MIAMI-Mobile value-added services developer Zed announced plans to re-launch service in the United States next month. Zed's origins go back to LaNetro, which was founded in 1996 as a mobile-content company in Spain. In 2004, LaNetro acquired all of Zed, which before that was...
LONDON-The worldwide public Wi-Fi market is expected to reach 100,000 hot spots by the end of this year, according to Informa Telecoms & Media's Wireless Broadband Analyst report. There were 84,283 hot spots worldwide at the end of the second quarter, said the report....
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Aeris.net, a machine-to-machine wireless services provider, announced that its new AerFrame service delivery platform is available, and already is being used by Qualcomm Inc. to support its T2 un-tethered trailer tracking program. Aeris.net said its AerFrame platform represents a new paradigm in...
SAN FRANCISCO-Men and women alike use ringtones, but there are big differences between the sexes when it comes to other mobile services.A new study from M:Metrics finds females are significantly less likely to use mobile data services compared with men, but they are about...
ATLANTA-SouthernLinc Wireless announced it is offering the Motorola Inc. i76 phone, which offers features such as Linc View and Java-enabled pre-loaded programs and games.Linc View allows pictures, My Info content and other contact information to be sent via the push-to-talk button.
Mobile TV company MobiTV announced it crossed the 500,000-subscriber mark, news that coincides with the launch of its new multimedia software platform. "Things are just going through the roof," boasted Paul Scanlan, chief operating officer of startup Idetic Inc., the company behind the MobiTV...
SAN FRANCISCO-AG Interactive and SI Mobile announced an exclusive multiyear partnership that calls for the companies to distribute premium content from Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Issue through AG Interactive and SI-branded mobile, instant messaging and online channels. Products will include video ringtones, wallpapers, videos, eGreetings...
SAN DIEGO-New announcements from Qualcomm Inc. and LG Electronics Co. Ltd. show industry is racing to embrace dual-mode devices. Indeed, new research shows the combination of wireless wide area and local area technology could produce almost 30 million dual-mode devices by 2009. First up,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it was reaching out to public-safety officials in Texas to make sure they knew that 911 calls should be rerouted if a public-safety answering point is damaged by Hurricane Rita. FCC Chairman Kevin Martin was summoned to Capitol...
RESTON, Va.-A Sprint Nextel Corp. spokesman confirmed that the carrier has received antitrust clearance from the Federal Trade Commission for its pending $427 million acquisition of network affiliate IWO Holdings Inc. The deal is still subject to approval by IWO's shareholders, but Sprint Nextel...
WASHINGTON-Key Republican and Democratic senators officially unveiled legislation overhauling the nation's half-century-old emergency warning system by tapping into wireless and other digital technologies to alert citizens in real time to emergency situations. The introduction of the Warning, Alerts, and Response Network Act was announced...
NEW YORK-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. hopes to offer a full-track music download service next year. An executive for the No. 1 U.S. carrier said Cingular plans to sell a push-to-talk phone later this year and hopes to offer song downloads in 2006, according to news...
As industry leaders gather in San Francisco this week they may wish to consider refining what can best be described as a muddled message on cell phones and safe driving.Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board urged states to prohibit inexperienced teenage drivers from...
