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Intrinsyc Software Buys GPS Navigation Company - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 20 May 2008 09:11 AM PST

Intrinsyc Software, a Vancouver, B.C.-based company that uses Windows Embedded CE to make software for mobile phones, said today it has acquired certain assets of Destinator Technologies for $8.5 million…

Clearwire-Sprint WiMax Merger: Few Hurdles Left Until Closing; Termination Fees Are High - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 19 May 2008 04:13 PM PST

About a dozen documents were filed with the SEC today by parties involved in the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax merger, making the complicated deal—worth about $14 billion—look a lot more…

Reports Differ On Whether Data Revenues Will Make Up For Slowing Subscriber Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 19 May 2008 10:52 AM PST

Two recent reports are weighing in on the big question facing the wireless industry: will rising data revenues make up for slower subscriber growth in the U.S.? Facts: The U.S.…

@ NCTA: Comcast’s Roberts: Pivot Was A ‘Me-Too’ Service Cable Ops Weren’t Vested In, Didn’t Need - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 18 May 2008 12:52 PM PST

I’m in New Orleans at The Cable Show, where the Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax JV owns some of the biggest buzz. Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) CEO Brian Roberts and Intel (NSDQ:…

Clearwire’s McCaw Aims To Succeed Where He’s Failed Before; ‘Not Worried About The Demand Side’ - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 16 May 2008 01:45 PM PST

Craig McCaw has a lot to prove. His last two mega-million projects fizzled out, and now he’s starting another: a $14.5 billion joint venture between Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint…

Mobile DRM Vendor BeepScience Bought By Safenet - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 16 May 2008 02:18 AM PST

Norway-based mobile and online content DRM vendor BeepScience has been quietly bought by US security technology company SafeNet, reports DRM Watch. The deal terms were not disclosed. Beep Science’s client…

Gadget Round-Up: Kindle’s 2010 Estimates; BlackBerry Gets Touchy; Palm Downgraded To Sell - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 15 May 2008 05:38 PM PST

-- Amazon’s (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle: There’s some big expectations for Amazon’s Kindle, which allows people to buy books and access other content over Sprint’s (NYSE: S) wireless broadband network. Citi…

Still A Long Wait For Mobile Contactless Payments - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 15 May 2008 04:53 PM PST

Despite a lot of hype and a fairly strong push from manufacturers, it’s likely to be another four years before mobile contactless payments using near field communications (NFC) become mainstream,…

Knight Foundation Announces News Challenge Winners—Greater Focus on Mobile This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 14 May 2008 10:39 PM PST

The Knight Foundation is awarding $5.5 million for a “Freedom Fone” and other projects as part of the second annual Knight News Challenge. Sixteen digital experiments intended to transform community…

AT&T Says It Will Dramatically Increase Network Speeds In 2009 - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 14 May 2008 01:07 PM PST

AT&T (NYSE: T) sounded defensive about the speed of its network during a presentation to Wall Street analysts this morning. Currently, AT&T offers DSL-like speeds where it has HSDPA deployed,…

Nokia Plans Improved Map Service For Ovi - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Tue 13 May 2008 03:39 PM PST

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has announced plans to add a mapping service (Nokia Maps 2.0) to its Ovi portal at the end of May, unsurprisingly based on technology from its incipient…

Earnings: Clearwire Reports Strong Q1 Revs and Subs; No New Markets; Mobile WiMax Coming This Year - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 12 May 2008 01:33 PM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), the company that just announced a massive plan to merge with Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel’s WiMax division, reported Q1 results today, saying that compared to the year…

iPhone Round-Up: Launches In Asia; Rumors Of Black iPhone And Jobs’ Upcoming Keynote - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 12 May 2008 11:32 AM PST

-- Australia-Asia Availability: SingTel will bring the iPhone to its 2.3 million subscribers in Singapore; Bharti Airtel will offer it to its 64 million customers in India; Globe Telecom will…

Sprint Nextel Affiliate iPCS Files Suit To Block WiMax Merger With Clearwire - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 12 May 2008 11:10 AM PST

A Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel affiliate operating in Schaumburg, Ill. said it has filed a lawsuit against its parent company to block the joint venture it was forming with Clearwire…

Mobile Content Bits: Indiana Jones; Yahoo Go 3.0; Australia 3G - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Fri 09 May 2008 05:42 PM PST

-- O2 and Samsung are teaming up to sell exclusive content for the new Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie. Wallpapers, true tones, voice tones and…

Cablevision’s Plan To Pay $350 Million To Provide WiFi In One Market Is At Odds - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 09 May 2008 12:50 PM PST

Four cable companies announced plans last week to get into the wireless broadband business—and one of them is not like the other. Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) said it will pay $350…

Mobile Content Bits: Navteq Verizon Navigator; Chaka-Uta Full R Hits 200 Million - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 09 May 2008 06:02 AM PST

-- NAVTEQ (NYSE: NVT) Powers Revamped VZ Navigator: Digital map provider NAVTEQ has signed a deal with Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ), to use its NAVTEQ Traffic Mobile to power the…

Cablevision To Build Wireless Broadband Network - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Fri 09 May 2008 03:02 AM PST

Just days after Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) announced their WiMax deal, cable TV provider Cablevision (NYSE: CVC) said on Thursday in a conference call to discuss its…

Clearwire’s Stock Falls Today After Downgrade; Joint-Venture Faces Huge Hurdles - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 08 May 2008 01:19 PM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) shares are tumbling today, following yesterday’s announcement that it has formed a joint venture with Sprint (NYSE: S) and has received a cash infusion of $3.2 billion.…

Sprint-Clearwire: Our Coverage In Links - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 07 May 2008 10:50 PM PST

A lot going on today since Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) confirmed their agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form a new company as…

Sprint-Clearwire: Comcast’s Tom Nagel: ‘Full Control’ Is ‘Significantly Different From Pivot’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 10:00 PM PST

Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) Tom Nagel was up past 3 a.m. this morning, putting the finishing touches on the Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel-Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) WiMax JV—but he managed to stay…

Sprint-Clearwire: Analysts React: Sorting Out The Winner And Losers - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 07 May 2008 07:24 PM PST

The market had trouble making up its mind on the proposed Clearwire-Sprint (NYSE: S) WiMax JV. After spiking at the open, both companies ended up down slightly on the day.…

Mobile Content Bits: VZ Navigator; Paramount Games; Java Video - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Wed 07 May 2008 04:15 PM PST

-- Verizon (NYSE: VZ) launches VZ Navigator version 4: Verizon has launched version 4 of VZ Navigator, which lets customers access information about traffic incidents on major roadways, obtain traffic…

Sprint-Clearwire: Sprint’s SVP Atish Gude: “We Know We Are The Pioneers” Of The Mobile Internet - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 12:50 PM PST

After speaking to Clearwire’s Ben Wolff, I also interviewed Sprint’s (NYSE: S) Atish Gude, the SVP of Sprint’s Xohm mobile broadband operations, about the pending deal that would create a…

Sprint-Clearwire: Interview: Ben Wolff, CEO, Clearwire: Deal Is “Locked And Loaded” - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 07 May 2008 08:49 AM PST

Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) has pulled off an extraordinary deal that includes merging its WiMax operations with Sprint’s (NYSE: S), and raising $3.2 billion from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Google (NSDQ: GOOG),…