Discovery Mobile, the mobile programming effort of the Discovery network, is launching 14 made-for-mobile series. The shows will roll out throughout the summer.Four of the new series focus on promoting environmentally friendly lifestyles by offering tips and featuring new technologies.Other programming includes a series...
Promising to "put the 'wow' back" into Motorola Inc.'s products, CEO Ed Zander announced a new Razr model that he referred to as the "Razr Two." (The handset's printed name, Razr(2), is designed to imply "Razr squared.") Zander did not announce carrier deals for...
Third Screen Media finally found a well-heeled suitor.The Boston-based mobile advertising startup was acquired by Time Warner Inc.'s AOL Internet division for an undisclosed sum. Third Screen will operate as a subsidiary of AOL's Advertising.com business, which the Internet giant acquired three years ago."AOL...
Nokia Corp. upped its market-share forecasts for the second quarter, news that helped boost the company's stock almost 4% to around $26.04 per share. The world's largest handset maker said it expects to gain market share thanks to a reduction in "excess device inventory"...
Leap Wireless International Inc. is set launch its Cricket-branded services in Charleston, S.C., tomorrow. The flat-rate carrier plans to open two company-owned stores, and has established a network of seven exclusive wireless retailers and 20 retail locations in the Charleston area. The Charleston launch...
Ask.com announced it will offer a GPS-enabled mobile search application, a move that puts the company in direct competition with the likes of Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.-and also further crowds the market for location-based services. IAC, parent company of Ask.com, is calling Ask...
British mobile gaming company Cometa Wireless Gaming Systems announced it received nearly $2 million in its first round of funding. Mfusion led the investment."We are delighted to be working with Mfusion. Their commercial experience and knowledge of the gaming and mobile phone industries will...
PopCap Games announced it hired Andrew Stein, who most recently served as the senior marketing manager of games for AT&T Mobility's Media Mall. The move is the latest in the ongoing executive shuffle at the nation's largest carriers.PopCap said Stein would take over the...
Jott Networks Inc., a firm that offers a free speech-to-text service, announced it closed its first funding round of $5.4 million. Bain Capital Ventures led the round, with Draper Richards, Ackerley Partners and Atomico Investments also participating."We see a lot of mobile startups that...
Infrastructure spending by North America's mobile operators increased slightly during the first quarter, while wireline capital spending decreased 9%, according to a report from Ovum-RHK.Mobile carriers spent $5.1 billion during the quarter, up 2% from last year's first quarter. Mobile revenues were up 11%...
Yet another executive is exiting through Sprint Nextel Corp.'s revolving front-office door.The carrier said last week that Mark Schweitzer will step down from his post as chief marketing officer at the end of the month. Tim Kelly, who currently oversees the operator's Customer Management...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our Monday feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Compete's Miro Kazakoff, Jupiter Research's Julie...
Investment capital continued to flow into the mobile social networking space as two new startups closed their first rounds of funding.Project Goth, which operates the "global mobile Internet community" mig33, said it pocketed $10 million in a first round of funding led by Accel...
Shared Spectrum Co. didn't need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference in Dublin last month. It was the real deal, a potential breakthrough technology for military and...
The yellow carpet was rolled out, margaritas and other libations flowed and costumed characters mingled with a crowd celebrating the 400th episode of the Simpsons at the 20th Century Fox studio lot last week.The star-studded outdoor affair got under ...
State groups said the Supreme Court need not review a lower court ruling that struck down a Federal Communications Commission decision pre-empting states from regulating line-item charges on cellphone bills.Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc., the third- and fourth-largest cellular carriers, respectively, asked...
Sprint Nextel Corp. has joined the cadre of telecom companies that have sued small Iowa operators and Internet calling services for alleged "traffic pumping," while the small companies themselves have formed a coalition to formally oppose the telcos' efforts. Sprint Nextel's complaints virtually mirrored...
There's a lot of doom and gloom in the predictions being floated around as the dinosaurs of traditional media battle and play catch-up with the rise in new media alternatives. Some say the newspaper is dead, compact discs eventually will be resigned to be...
Hedge*hog*ing v. Interrupting conversations in an office environment by poking your head over the top of the cube.Major props to all involved in this story: If you built a tower, wrote some software, etc., give yourself a pat on the back. Take the day...
Long billed as the killer app of tomorrow, location-based services finally appear to be gaining mass-market appeal. And network operators are well positioned to cash in. A study released late last year from In-Stat found that 53 percent of the 1,000 wireless users polled...
USB Cellular modem shipments could grow to more than 22 million units by 2012, according to a study from ABI Research."Proliferation of 3G networks is the primary driver of growth of cellular modems regardless of form factor," said Dan Shey, principal analyst at ABI....
Few music companies have pursued mobile as aggressively as The Orchard Enterprises Inc. The New York-based company serves as a kind of digital music aggregator, distributing content from dozens of independent record labels and more than 14.000 artists from Bing Crosby to Bloc Party....
It's full steam ahead for Motorola Inc.Free, for the moment, from the shadow of billionaire and dissident shareholder Carl Icahn and his influence on Motorola Inc.'s direction, CEO Ed Zander hit the road last week to tout new, 3G handsets set for launch tomorrow.As...
Counting on "small details" to differentiate its latest product launch, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P. announced it will launch its new S500 handset in the United States. Pricing and distribution were not announced.The quad-band, EDGE-enabled handset focuses on colors, materials and finishes-CMF, in industry...
