TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks Ltd. landed a mobile WiMAX network supply deal with Chungwa Telecom in Taiwan. Nortel said a countywide WiMAX network will be built in Northeastern Taiwan in Yilan County as part of the country's Mobile-Taiwan initiative. The initiative is aimed at boosting...
WASHINGTON-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin told Congress he asked agency lawyers to determine whether fellow GOP Commissioner Robert McDowell can be ethically cleared to participate in the agency's consideration of the politically deadlocked, $79 billion merger of AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corp. But...
PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.-U.S. wireless subscribers are increasingly using their phones to send and receive e-mail, according to new figures from The NPD Group. The market research firm said 6 percent of mobile consumers used personal e-mail on their phones in September, doubling the percentage...
LOS ANGELES-Carriers worried about becoming a "dumb pipe" should jump headlong into the digital music waters, according to entertainment executive Kedar Massenburg.Network operators have "the opportunity to become the record companies of the future," the lawyer-turned-music-mogul urged during his keynote address at the Mobile...
Comcast Corp. aims to find out if customers will buy wireless service from a cable company: the nation's largest cable provider is launching a trial of wireless service in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. in two markets: Boston and Portland, Ore.The launches are the...
Are Helio execs good at playing "Follow the Leader." During a keynote at the CTIA Wireless I.T. Show, Helio CEO Sky Dayton made a couple of pointed jabs at his fellow panelists representing fellow MVNO Virgin Mobile (old-man socks were mentioned, for example.) At...
Consider video the wireless industry's equivalent of Powerball. But nobody's betting on the content providers.In these early days of well-heeled venture capitalists and hockey-stick projections, there is no shortage of cash in mobile video in the United States. Handset manufacturers are scrambling to rush...
The mobile virtual network operator space isn't cooling down, according to the head of mobile virtual network enabler telSpace. However, instead of following the models of Amp'd Mobile Inc. or Helio L.L.C., the newcomers to the space are incumbent local carriers seeking to stem...
A lot of ink is expended on the competitive machinations of the top five global handset vendors-for good reason. This year, together, they will account for perhaps 80 percent of the nearly 1 billion handset shipments around the world. Big research-and-development budgets that support...
LOS ANGELES-Fixed-line Internet companies and industry associations have long grappled with potential pitfalls and consumer-unfriendly tactics such as spam, click fraud and unwelcome pop-up ads from in-your-face marketers. In the world of wireless, though, carriers are hoping to boost mobile data services by keeping...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint Nextel Corp. launched a downloadable e-mail client from Seven that allows users to access multiple accounts from various e-mail providers. The application is available as a free download to Sprint Nextel data plan subscribers on select phones. Users can access e-mail...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace is offering customers with select handsets the chance to use its mobile local search for free for 60 days.The InfoSpace Find It Java application includes GPS-enabled local search, spoken turn-by-turn directions, help in locating Wi-Fi hot spots, and local event listings. It...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Nielsen Mobile announced a deal with Sprint Nextel Corp., the nation's No. 3 wireless carrier, to monitor the operator's weekly ringtone and full-length over-the-air song download sales data. Nielsen Mobile is a division of Nielsen Entertainment, which primarily provides TV viewership statistics."Sprint...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The nation's handset vendors are kicking into high gear in time for the holiday shopping season-which started on "Black Friday," the day after Thanksgiving-with a range of new, advanced products. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., the world's third-largest phone maker by volume, announced...
French chipmaker Sequans Communications further established its standing in the WiMAX ecosystem, announcing an investment from Motorola Inc. along with an agreement with Alcatel Inc. to supply the vendor with WiMAX chips for customer premise equipment in India and other emerging markets. Though Sequans...
WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. has struck a deal to lease satellite TV spectrum from EchoStar Communications Corp., an arrangement that will give the No. 3 wireless carrier on-demand satellite capacity for its emergency response team and engineering sales support programs. "Sprint Nextel leads the nation...
BOSTON-Comcast Corp. launched wireless service in partnership with Sprint Nextel Corp. in two markets: Boston and Portland, Ore. Comcast's Mobile Access service is "a new arrangement from Comcast and Sprint that will make it easier for you to access all your home and entertainment...
SAN FRANCISCO-In September Sprint Nextel Corp. said it would help marketers target ads for its mobile Web pages by gender or region, for example. Now the nation's wireless-service providers are getting ready to roll out a new targeting tool for marketers that will identify...
BOSTON-The four national wireless carriers have agreed on a plan to help shoulder the cost of providing wireless service in Boston's Big Dig tunnels, so that drivers will not have their cell-phone conversations interrupted. According to documents filed with the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, the...
U.S. network operators are losing their grip on subscribers who stroll off their decks to buy ringtones, access adult content or simply surf the wireless Web. When it comes to knowing where users are, though, carriers still hold the cards.Call it the Starbucks scenario:...
What goes better than ringtones and rap? Not much. Multi-platinum selling rap artist Chingy has gone the extra step and today can announce girlfriends' names when they call their friends' cell phones. Chingy has replaced the word ``girl'' in the chorus line of his...
BASKING RIDGE, N.J.-Verizon Wireless touted the "sideloading" functionality of its mobile music service, unveiling an application designed to make it easier for Vcast Music subscribers to manage their libraries on PCs and mobile phones. The offering is a shot back at Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s...
Prepaid is a fast-growing segment of the wireless market. The industry's third-largest carrier Sprint Nextel Corp.'s growth in the past few quarters has been fueled by sales of its prepaid Boost Mobile L.L.C. product. During the fourth quarter of 2005, a large percentage of...
Revenue assurance company Subex Azure Ltd. has added to its product portfolio with features designed to help operators better judge their risk of losing revenue on a customer, and an integrated platform that is designed to give chief financial officers the same visibility into...
