The venture capital arm of German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom AG has joined Intel Corp. in investing in Jajah Inc., a two-year-old company offering global Voice over Internet Protocol service.The …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire struts mobile WiMAX: Service levels ‘higher than 3G services’ >by jscarboby jscarbo
Clearwire Corp. announced it completed the first phase of a mobile WiMAX field trial in Hillsboro, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Individuals participating in the trial, which covered 15-square miles …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">uLocate finds $11M in funding >by jscarboby jscarbo
Location-based application developer uLocate Communications Inc. pocketed $11 million in a funding round led by Venrock. Existing investors GrandBanks Capital and Kodiak Venture Partners joined the round, and Venrock partner …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire’s stock bounces briefly on analysts’ confidence >by jscarboby jscarbo
Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp.’s stock rose briefly today as analysts issued favorable reports of the company’s prospects, but later continued its downward trend. Clearwire’s stock rose more than …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Big ads for small packages : NBCU plans to sell blurbs against mobile video in May upfronts >by jscarboby jscarbo
NBC Universal plans to start selling ads for its mobile video programming when the upfront season kicks off in May. That’s the latest piece of evidence that the once-scoffed-at business …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Lobbying efforts surge for big firms, flat overall >by jscarboby jscarbo
A group that tracks political money found that while the previous Congress didn’t pass much major legislation-such as telecom reform-last year, companies in high-tech and other sectors were spending big …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Partnerships key for pushing content >by jscarboby jscarbo
ORLANDO, Fla.-The day two keynotes at CTIA Wireless 2007 were all about collaboration. And, of course, money.From music to video to m-commerce, Wednesday’s speakers hammered home the need for content …
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DanielsDavid Parker has been promoted to managing director at Daniels & Associates. Parker is a member of the firm’s Telecommunications Group and is responsible for advising communications service providers and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Silicon Valley group pushes for white space access : Provides compliant Wi-Fi device in attempt to sway FCC to make spectrum unlicensed >by jscarboby jscarbo
High-tech and electronic giants last week gave the Federal Communications Commission a Wi-Fi device to test that they said can operate in vacant television frequencies without disrupting high definition TV …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">New Wi-Fi device promotes opening TV ‘white space’ >by jscarboby jscarbo
A group of high-tech and electronic companies is set to deliver to the Federal Communications Commission a Wi-Fi device it says can operate in vacant broadcast frequencies without disrupting high-definition …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Dexterra stirs up $36M in VC funding >by jscarboby jscarbo
Mobile software developer Dexterra Inc. picked up $36 million in a fifth round of venture funding.New investor New Enterprise Associates led the round, joining existing investors Canaan Partners, Intel Capital, …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire nets $600M in IPO, details to come… >by jscarboby jscarbo
Clearwire Corp. has finally gone public, with an opening trading price of $27.25 per share that fell to less than $25 in busy midday trading.The company, which trades under the …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire lines up new advertising agency >by jscarboby jscarbo
WiMAX carrier Clearwire Corp. hired Los Angeles-based Omnicom Group’s DDB as its new advertising agency following a review of its advertising business. Clearwire offers WiMAX service in 35 markets, most …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">AT&T offloads 2.5 GHz spectrum to Clearwire for $300M >by jscarboby jscarbo
Clearwire Corp. was the winner of AT&T Inc.’s mandated spectrum sell-off, agreeing to spend $300 million for 2.5 GHz spectrum in the southeastern United States.AT&T committed to unloading the spectrum …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">3GSM: EYEING THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM >by jscarboby jscarbo
BARCELONA, Spain-Adding to the somewhat surreal nature of this year’s 3GSM World Congress was the presence of Sprint Nextel Corp.’s CTO Barry West, who headlined a panel discussion on WiMAX …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire details IPO pricing >by jscarboby jscarbo
More details emerged about Clearwire Corp.’s planned initial public offering, with the company’s most recent Securities and Exchange Commission filings showing an offering of 20 million shares for an anticipated …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Nokia-Intel deal off: Shaky business case for HSDPA modules? >by jscarboby jscarbo
Nokia Corp. has cancelled its plans with Intel Corp. to develop HSDPA modules for laptops, a spokesperson for the Finnish vendor said.Back in September, Nokia’s cellular HSDPA module was heralded …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Ringtone provider Moderati charts new direction >by jscarboby jscarbo
Content aggregators are fleeing the ringtone dance floor and scrambling to develop different types of content and build new business models.The latest vendor to read the writing on the wall …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Mobile TV group: carriers should build own network >by jscarboby jscarbo
Carriers looking to cash in on mobile TV services should pony up and build their own dedicated multimedia network, according to a new report from a consortium of industry players. …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Clearwire gets new chief of strategy >by jscarboby jscarbo
Wireless broadband service provider Clearwire Corp. named Scott Richardson its new chief strategy officer.Richardson joins Clearwire from Intel Corp. where he was vice president of the company’s Mobility Group and …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">High-tech interests against increased spectrum for public safety >by jscarboby jscarbo
Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major portion of which is being sought …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Linux forces merge and accelerate >by jscarboby jscarbo
The promise of an open-source platform for mobile phones-and, undoubtedly, competitive pressures-has led a group of competitors and allies to formally found the LiMo Foundation to spur adoption of Linux.Motorola …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">High-tech interests come out against increased spectrum for public safety >by jscarboby jscarbo
Mobile-phone and high-tech sectors urged the new Democratic-led Congress to oppose any effort to dilute the pool of auction-bound 700 MHz spectrum, a major portion of which is being sought …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Skeptics be damned. WiMAX supporters shoot for the stars >by jscarboby jscarbo
SAN JOSE, Calif.-The potential for mobile WiMAX is as big as the Internet itself, if you trust the true believers gathered last week in San Jose, Calif., for the Wireless …
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< class="penci-entry-title entry-title grid-title penci_grid_title">Sprint Nextel details WiMAX strategy >by jscarboby jscarbo
Sprint Nextel Corp. has chosen the Chicago and Washington, D.C., metro areas for the first deployment of its WiMAX network, with a rollout that it expected to cover at least …