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Mobile Content Bits: Navteq Verizon Navigator; Chaka-Uta Full R Hits 200 Million; - 0 Comments
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…

Sprint-Clearwire: First Reactions To JV Are Mixed: ‘Spaghetti-like Mess,’ Google, Intel ‘Good Signs’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 06 May 2008 08:00 PM PST

A joint-venture deal between Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) that includes investments of $3.2 billion coming from Intel (NSDQ: INTC), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA), Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), Google…

Updated: Qwest Inks Deal With Verizon Wireless; Sprint Is Likely Out Of The Picture - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 05 May 2008 02:10 PM PST

With all the fuss today about Sprint Nextel’s future, this is a piece of news I’m sure they rather not get out. Qwest announced today that it has signed a…

Google Seeks Open-Access Pledge From Verizon - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Mon 05 May 2008 01:32 PM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is still not confident that Verizon (NYSE: VZ) will honor the open access rules on the C block of the recent US spectrum auction, which requires Verizon…

Can “Free” DVB-T Drive Mobile TV Uptake? - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 05 May 2008 03:20 AM PST

Is mobile TV gaining momentum or isn’t it? In recent weeks, both Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Qualcomm have said the service isn’t getting the take up it had expected, with…

Industry Moves: Sprint CFO; Verizon CEO Remains Chairman - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 01 May 2008 02:32 PM PST

-- Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel has appointed Robert H. Brust, 64, as Chief Financial Officer. Brust was previously CFO of Eastman Kodak Company and CFO of Unisys Corporation following a…

Mobile Content Bits: Whrrl Events; iPhone Goes To Canada; Madonna Live; Nokia Music - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 29 Apr 2008 09:51 AM PST

-- Pelago Adds Events to Whrrl: Pelago, which has a social networking site called Whrrl that provides restaurant information and reviews, said it is adding news about local events. Whrrl…

Earnings: Verizon Communications Profits Climb 9.8 Percent; Boosted By Wireless And Data Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 28 Apr 2008 05:20 AM PST

Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), the US’ second largest phone company, reported first quarter profits climbed 9.8 percent as more of its mobile phone customers took to text messaging and surfing…

NextWave Wireless May Sell Spectrum Holdings That Could Create New Nationwide Carrier - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 24 Apr 2008 02:50 PM PST

Just when you think the chances of a new U.S. wireless carrier are slim to none, another opportunity seems to crop up. After the recent government spectrum auction ended with…

FCC Duped By Google In Auction: Republicans - 0 Comments
Posted By James Quintana Pearce - Thu 17 Apr 2008 08:33 AM PST

There’s quite a bit being written on the remarks of some Republican senators that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) “gamed” the 700 MHz auction, and “duped” the FCC...Bloomberg has the quotes. Their…

Vodafone’s Arun Sarin: No Immediate Need for LTE; Baking A Bigger Mobile Services Cake - 1 Comment
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Wed 16 Apr 2008 04:12 AM PST

Nobody’s ever accused Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) CEO Arun Sarin of being a shrinking violet. In an interview with Businessweek, Sarin is typically forthright, admitting that the global telecoms company had…

Local Broadcasters Want In On Mobile TV But Will Operators Shut Them Out? - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Tue 15 Apr 2008 04:26 AM PST

Does the Open Mobile Video Coalition know something about mobile TV others don’t? While both Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and MediaFlo have recently acknowledged that mobile TV hasn’t picked up the…

Verizon Wireless Introduces Data-Only Plans That Don’t Include Voice - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Mon 14 Apr 2008 03:23 PM PST

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) said tomorrow it will start offering three new plans that are the opposite of what people are used to—they include unlimited data, but no voice. The…

Verizon Hands Online, Mobile Ad Inventory Over To AOL’s Platform-A; Exclusive Guarantee Rights - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 14 Apr 2008 06:05 AM PST

Verizon (NYSE: VZ) has tapped AOL’s (NYSE: TWX) Platform-A digital ad agency network to sell its online and mobile advertising inventory with an extensive agreement including ad serving, targeting, and…

Verizon Scores Madonna’s Mobile-Only Mix Of Upcoming “4 Minutes” Single - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 14 Apr 2008 05:17 AM PST

Madonna is certainly working mobile with her upcoming album “Hard Candy.” So far, she has a deal with Vodafone (NYSE: VOD) to deliver tracks to its subscribers a week before…

Bundling And Marketing Ringbacks Increases Sales - 0 Comments
Posted By Dianne See Morrison - Mon 14 Apr 2008 03:40 AM PST

Are ringbacks just not marketed properly? According to a slew of analysts ringbacks are poised to pick up the slack in the declining ringtone market, but they’ve got to be…

Juha Christensen Says Sonopia Is Not Shutting Down, But Is Waiting For Better Times For MVNOs - 4 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 10 Apr 2008 03:03 PM PST

Reports that Sonopia was shutting down spread like wildfire yesterday, but its founder Juha Christensen, said today it’s not true. The company is still alive, but drastically scaling back its…

FCC Pushes For Emergency Text Message Alerts - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Wed 09 Apr 2008 12:20 PM PST

The FCC is thinking about developing a nationwide emergency alert system that would send out text messages in a crisis, USA Today reports. The system would likely reach more people…

@ CTIA: Interview: Verizon’s Open-Access Leader Tony Lewis: ‘You are going to hear a lot of Yeses.’ - 2 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 04 Apr 2008 01:37 PM PST

This week, I caught up with Tony Lewis, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) Wireless’ newly-appointed VP of Open Development, at CTIA to talk to him about what the company’s plans are for…

Verizon On 700 MHz: Rollout In 2010; Penetration To Hit 400-500 Percent; No Urgency To Buy More - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 04 Apr 2008 05:01 AM PST

Nearly $10 billion poorer, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) CEO Ivan Siedenberg described the company’s 700 MHz spectrum acquisition a “transformative opportunity.” Now that the quiet period has been lifted, it’s time…

Google: We Bid To Trigger Open Access; Was Willing To Acquire Spectrum - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 04 Apr 2008 04:16 AM PST

With the lifting of the 700 MHz quiet period, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) can now confirm what everyone suspected: its bidding in the 700 MHz auctions was primarily about triggering the…

@ CTIA: Quiet Period Is Ending; Qualcomm, Verizon And Others Address Spectrum Auction - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Thu 03 Apr 2008 04:29 PM PST

The high-profile spectrum auction ended two weeks ago, but the really interesting information is only starting to come out now that the quiet period has ended. The FCC, which garnered…

CTIA Wire: Day Two: Zed-9 Squared; XM-QuickPlay; Verizon-TMZ; RealNetworks’ Ringback - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 02 Apr 2008 02:25 PM PST

-- 9 Squared and Zed Worldwide combine operations: 9 Squared unveiled plans to formally combine operations with mobile entertainment company Zed Worldwide, with Zed continuing to offer the products originally…

@ CTIA: AT&T And Verizon Talk About Importance Of Navigation; May Lead To Social Networking - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 01 Apr 2008 09:36 PM PST

Announcements made today at CTIA showed that navigation services are an increasingly important offering on the mobile phone, and conversations with both Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) and AT&T (NYSE: T),…

@ CTIA: Day One Keynotes, Pep Rally Begins, Kevin Martin And Branson’s April Fools - 0 Comments
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Tue 01 Apr 2008 10:05 AM PST

CTIA kicked off this morning with the association’s Chairman Lowell McAdam of Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) addressing the crowd. He talked about how much innovation has taken place over the…

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