Pulse

Following are infrastructure contracts announced during the past week: Alcatel-Lucent France: With Completel to undertake a major upgrade of its backbone communications network. Completel will deploy Alcatel-Lucent’s 100 Gigabit per …

Stephen King fans can check out the author’s latest work on their phones through a deal between Marvel Entertainment, CBS Mobile and Simon & Schuster subsidiary Scribner.The companies have teamed …

BARCELONA, Spain – Yahoo Inc. claimed it plans to reinvent mobile communications with oneConnect service, a mobile product with an open architecture that aggregates a user’s e-mail, instant messaging and …

Mobile may not be the final frontier, but it sure is the latest frontier for media companies looking to expand their reach. As more and more people consume media on …

Trying to form a sense of the sprawling chip market for mobile phones is akin to getting a tape measure around an elephant’s waist. With dozens of players and product …

WASHINGTON-U.S. law enforcement and homeland security officials gave their blessing to Japan-based NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s proposed $72 million purchase of Guam Cellular & Paging Inc. and Guam Wireless Telephone Co. …

WASHINGTON—U.S. law enforcement and homeland security officials have given their blessing to Japan-based NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s proposed $72 million purchase of Guam Cellular & Paging Inc. and Guam Wireless Telephone …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission requested additional information on NTT DoCoMo Inc.’s proposed $72 million acquisition of two wireless firms in Guam, a relatively small transaction being challenged by a telecom …

In the modern age of mobile TV and wireless porn, a simple caller-ID application may not get your pulse racing. Unless you’re Rick Hennessey. The chief executive officer of Seattle-based …

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 …

WASHINGTON-Could a small wireless deal in an age of blockbuster mobile-phone mergers be a threat to national security? The Federal Communications Commissions will make the call as it considers Japan’s …

BOSTON—Place your finger on the pulse of U.S. consumers desperately seeking a mobile phone this summer and you find all the attributes that makes anything a success in America: It’s …

Nothing kills a party like running out of food and booze. And, when guests show up in droves, beyond expectation, you check your supplies and commandeer friends for a mad …

Mobile advertising has come a long way since the early days of “American Idol.” The hit show is credited with catalyzing text messaging in North America, generating more than 13 …

Big brands and high-powered advertising agencies are stampeding to wireless in an effort to snuggle up next to consumers. But they’re finding that effective mobile marketing usually means more than …

It appears the roller-coaster ride isn’t over for Jamdat Mobile Inc. The wireless entertainment publisher celebrated its first full year on the Nasdaq last week, announcing third-quarter revenue that more …

Deals were announced and applications launched last week as the large wireless vendors fanned the flames of the hot and getting-hotter mobile content market. L.M. Ericsson said it will distribute …

SAN FRANCISCO-Lucent Technologies Inc. launched the Lucent Hosted Custom Applications Center, saying the center aims to enable service providers to rapidly introduce differentiated services, with low upfront investments and other …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. released the industry’s first mobile phones featuring Immersion Corp.’s VibeTonz touch feedback technology. Samsung’s VibeTonz-capable SPH-G1000 and SCH-G100 handsets are available in the Korean …

NEW YORK-Nexense, an emerging sensing technology and research and development company, contracted Fujitsu Ltd. to manufacture an ASIC chip for non-invasive monitoring and tracking of vital signs via mobile phones. …

Last week was a good one for developers. The wireless industry has begun to give developers the attention they deserve, as evidenced by the slew of wireless-focused announcements at JavaOne …

HOUSTON-MedicTouch L.L.C., which develops wearable health devices, and Sun Microsystems Inc. launched the Pulse Meter mobile health solution for Java-enabled mobile phones. The product allows users to monitor their pulse, …

“We’re a bunch of wireless guys that absolutely love wireless data,” Russell Simatic said of his three partners, himself and their one-year-old venture, Pulse. Simatic, president and chief executive officer, …