LONDON-Billing company Cerillion Technologies Inc. said it signed a contract with Manx Telecom that calls for the company to provide a new mediation solution to support Manx's launch of High-Speed Downlink Packet Access technology.The first phase of the project calls for Manx to use...
WASHINGTON-The Communications Workers of America said progress is being made unionizing Cingular Wireless L.L.C. 's workers in the South, particularly former AT&T Wireless Services Inc. employees. Larry Cohen, chosen to succeed Morton Bahr as long-time president of CWA at the union's annual convention in...
WASHINGTON-European researchers said a major study found consumers are not apt to have a nervous-system tumor known as acoustic neuroma develop during the first 10 years of mobile-phone use, but cautioned that an increased risk after longer use could not be ruled out. The...
SANTA MONICA, Calif.-Boingo Wireless Inc. reported roaming agreements that will add 36 airports in North America and Europe to its roaming system that now includes 169 airports worldwide.Boingo said the North American roaming agreement with Opti-Fi Networks includes 30 airport locations in the United...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. announced cash tender offers for up to $1 billion of certain of its outstanding debt.The company said the offer included all the $200 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of its 6.5-percent notes due in 2008 and all $325 million aggregate principal...
WASHINGTON-Cell-phone lawyers asked a District of Columbia Superior Court judge to suspend proceedings in six brain-cancer lawsuits, pending industry's petition for the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appellate court ruling that revived five class-action lawsuits seeking to force wireless carriers to supply...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Camera phones are more gateways to digital cameras than replacements for them, according to a study released from IDC.The survey found that 30 percent of U.S. camera-phone owners plan to buy digital cameras because they were introduced to digital imaging through their phones....
BURBANK, Calif.-Nickelodeon is teaming with wireless entertainment publisher FunMail to offer images of popular characters from the children's network.FunMail, which markets ringtones, animated ringers and peer-to-peer social applications, will create a channel for wireless images from "SpongeBob SquarePants," "Dora the Explorer," "The Fairly OddParents"...
LONDON-In a new report, the Global mobile Suppliers Association confirmed that commercial GSM/EDGE network launches have tripled since last year to reach 96 EDGE-enabled networks in 60 countries. The breakdown is 38 commercial networks in 26 countries in Europe, 17 in Asia, 32 in...
NEW YORK-Virgin Mobile USA Inc. announced an exclusive deal to bring content from alternative rockers the Gorillaz to wireless.The operator launched ringtones, realtones and wallpapers from the band's platinum album "Demon Days" through Virgin Mobile's First Dibs program. Wallpapers include "signature graphics" from members...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.-Destinator Technologies Inc. marked its entry into the North American market this week, opening its U.S. headquarters in Scottsdale, Ariz. The expansion coincides with the company raising $9 million in its B round of funding, bringing the total amount of capital raised to...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobile application service provider iLoop Mobile Inc. and MyMoneyPlus, an ATM/Debit card technology company, formed a partnership that will allow iLoop clients to offer branded prepaid content cards and credit card sales for mobile content such as ringtones, screensavers, music and videos....
CHICAGO-U.S. Cellular Corp. became the latest carrier to court the Hispanic market, announcing a deal with the wireless arm of media company Univision to provide Latin content and Spanish language wireless services to its subscribers.The Tier 2 operator added a new category, "En Espanol,"...
SAN FRANCISCO-Granite Ventures said it closed Granite Ventures II, a $350 million venture-capital fund that will focus on early-stage communications and software companies, including wireless firms.Granite's total capital under management is more than $1 billion, it said.
SICHUAN, China-Nokia Corp. said it has opened a mobile infrastructure research and development center in Sichuan, China, marking the sixth R&D center the company has opened in China to date.The new R&D center is located in Chengdu, the capital city of the Sichuan province...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. boosted its product line-up with the release of three new power management integrated circuits. The company said the chips target the low-, mid- and high-tier segments of the market."Qualcomm is redefining the concept of a systems solution by offering a complete...
Motorola Inc. plans to unveil its long-awaited iTunes-capable mobile phone Sept. 7, said an analyst familiar with the company's plans. The device will sell through Cingular Wireless L.L.C. Roger Entner, vice president of wireless telecom with research and consulting firm Ovum, said the phone...
WASHINGTON-Internet-based telephone companies have joined cellular carriers in having difficulty meeting federal enhanced 911 requirements, prompting the Federal Communications Commission to give Voice over Internet Protocol service providers an additional 30 days to come into compliance. The FCC, saying progress is being made on...
DENVER-While much attention at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show last week in Denver was given to interoperability, at least one inventor was pushing something else. Though his technology is not new, Joe Miller's digital magnetic frequency transmissions have never been applied...
SARASOTA, Fla.-Global Signal Inc. signed long-term master antenna site leases with USA Mobility Inc., opening the door for USA Mobility to lease space on sites owned or leased by Global Signal. Global Signal was negotiating a new lease with USA Mobility for the sites...
SAN RAMON, Calif.—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. signed an agreement with push-to-talk vendor Kodiak Networks to install Kodiak’s PTT software in its phones. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Kodiak does not charge handset makers for the use of its software. The company instead...
BOSTON-In just a year, Nokia Corp. has managed to steal the W-CDMA show. In the second quarter of last year, the handset vendor was fifth in terms of W-CDMA handset shipments, behind the likes of NEC Corp., LG Electronics Co. Ltd., Motorola Inc. and...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-VeriSign Inc. announced a deal with Rural Cellular Corp., which operates in the Midwest, Northeast, Northwest and Southern regions, to provide VeriSign's wireless billing service for RCC's GSM customers. RCC already uses several VeriSign products, including billing and customer management solutions, the...
As Sprint Corp. and Nextel Communications Inc. begin to merge their separate identities into one company, there will be obvious comparisons to how Cingular Wireless L.L.C. integrated AT&T Wireless Services Inc. to form the nation's largest wireless carrier.Sprint Nextel Corp. is not planning to...
