Mobile and Wireless Industry Reports

Vantage Communications, a company providing hosted unified communications, has announced that the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) has chosen its Vantage IP Service (VIP) as a finalist for the 23rd annual CODiE Awards, in the “Best Communications Solution”

SEPANG, Malaysia (AP) — McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen were penalized five grid places Saturday for impeding other drivers and rival Ferrari took pole position for the Malaysian Grand Prix.

A federal appeals court gave few signals how it will rule on Sprint Nextel Corp.’s challenge to the Federal Communications Commission’s 800 MHz rebanding ruling last year, leaving uncertainty over whether the No. 3 carrier will face sanctions for failing …

If the incumbent smartphone vendors give you the blues, all you have to do is wait a week for Velocity Mobile.This new smartphone vendor will launch at CTIA 2008 and seems certain to draw the curious. In such a brutally …

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility ran the table at the 700 MHz auction, accounting for most of the record $19.6 billion in bidding that broke historic ground on open access, lost ground on public safety and gave dozens of mostly …

HTC Corp.’s “first mobile computer” — a mini-laptop with 7-inch screen dubbed “Shift” — will be available starting March 24 in the United States from HTC.com, Amazon.com and Sprint Nextel Corp.Count your pennies. The device, which runs on Sprint Nextel’s …

Palm Inc.’s fiscal third quarter yielded revenue of $312 million but a loss in net income of $31.5 million, despite a 13% rise in handset unit sales. Revenue was down 24% from the year-ago quarter and net income dropped even …

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available. Gizmoz: DoCoMo Capital Inc. led a $6.5 million Series B funding round into Gizmoz, …

Verizon Wireless and AT&T Mobility won the vast majority of the 700 MHz spectrum up for grabs during the Federal Communications Commission’s recently completed auction. Verizon Wireless was the event’s biggest spender, doling out $9.63 billion (fully half of the …

A coalition of consumer and public-interest groups asked the Federal Communications Commission to probe the 700 MHz auction’s failure to attract a winning bidder for the national commercial-public safety D-Block license, an outcome of growing interest to Congress.“In particular, PISC …

BURLINGAME, Calif. – The perception of what wireless technologies can enable for other industries is years, if not decades, ahead of reality. As mobile devices have ever-so-steadily become a pocket-sized version of personal computers, they still deliver nowhere near the …

The notion that an ambitious Chinese handset vendor will make a bid for Motorola Inc. has received some press in the United States, perhaps aided by a touch of nationalistic horror.The Chinese government and Chinese banks already finance a big …

Seems there are nearly as many wireless March Madness applications as there are teams in the men’s NCAA basketball tournament.First-round games tipped off this morning, and hoops fans have plenty of ways to track the action — and their savaged …

Alltel Corp., now a privately owned company following its $27.5 billion acquisition by private-equity firms, reported notable customer additions during the fourth quarter, numbers that made 2007 a record for the company in terms of subscriber gains.The carrier beat out …

Hello! And welcome to our Thursday column, Worst of the Week. There’s a lot of nutty stuff that goes on in this industry, so this column is a chance for us at RCRWirelessNews.com to rant and rave about whatever rubs …

With the close of a 700 MHz auction whose mixed results still remain largely unknown, the spotlight now shifts to how policymakers at the Federal Communications Commissions and Congress will respond to a national commercial-public safety license left to languish …

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications warned yesterday that its first quarter results, due April 23, will reflect weaker than anticipated handset volumes, leading to lower revenue and flat gross margins. The company said it would ship about 22 million units for …

SBA Communications Corp. said it will spend up to $193.5 million for as many as 430 towers in the United States from TowerCo L.L.C. SBA said it will use cash on hand as well as drawing on its existing $335 …

Sprint Nextel Corp.’s Boost Mobile said it is offering ads on its mobile storefront and wireless Web portal.The prepaid, youth-focused service announced a deal to deliver ads for Fox Searchlight Pictures and Acura, and will allow users to call Boost …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services raised its rating on Telephone & Data Systems to BBB- from BB+. The outlook is positive. …

It took 38 days and 261 rounds, but the Federal Communications Commission’s 700 MHz spectrum auction came to an end this afternoon, having raised $19.592 billon for the U.S. treasury. The haul is a record for an FCC-run auction and …

Sprint Nextel Corp. is touting an updated Web browser designed to deliver “a PC-like experience” on mobile phones. But some users aren’t impressed.The carrier announced plans to launch Openwave Systems Inc.’s OpenWeb, a browser that transcodes Internet content for the …

NMS Communications Corp. subsidiary LiveWire Mobile said it pocketed Groove Mobile for $14.5 million — less than half the investment capital the startup had attracted in its six-year existence.LiveWire, which was rolled out as a separate division in December, targets …

In the hands of well-heeled, early adopters, the iPhone’s large touchscreen, user interface and an unlimited data plan lead to high rates of browsing, video viewing, music listening and social networking, according to a new report from M:Metrics.Overall, that’s good …