Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:56 am
Qualcomm and Connexion, a business unit of The Boeing Company, announced today that they are working together to test and demonstrate in-flight wireless communications aboard Connexion One, a specially equipped Boeing 737-400 aircraft.
Tue Aug 09, 2005 10:49 am
America Online today announced that it has increased its investment in the wireless services sector by acquiring Wildseed - a leading provider of advanced wireless technologies - and also by forming an expanded AOL Wireless group.
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:11 am
Sony Ericsson today announced a new addition to its Walkman phone family - the W550 - an affordable phone that offers great quality stereo music and integrates a 1.3 megapixel camera, full Internet browsing capability and a credible games console, all in a compact and stylish swivel phone design. This new Walkman phone will appeal principally to expressive fun seekers who enjoy life to the full and want to take their music with them everywhere they go.
Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:01 am
Nokia today introduced a pioneering mobile search software solution that provides users with easy and fast access to leading search engines directly from their Nokia handset. The search application is a simple, convenient, and fast way for Nokia smartphone users to find and connect to any website as well as local search engines, whenever, wherever. The current service and content providers incorporated in the search application include Eniro, Fonecta, Medio Systems, Yahoo!, Yell.com, as well as digital map solution provider AtlasCT and digital map data provider NAVTEQ.
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:53 am
Court TV has inked a deal with mobile video provider SmartVideo, which provides live, full motion TV to cellular phones. The deal will provide four kinds of content on four different channels on this subscriber-based service. Viewers will have access to Court TV News' content live from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Video-On-Demand of Court TV's Seriously Entertaining primetime programming, access to online content including web clips and trial coverage, and the live network feed directly from the satellite.
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:39 am
Starting today, Verizon Wireless customers with select Get It Now-enabled phones can take the Hot Seat and face a full onslaught of questions as they climb the ladder to the million dollar question with the new "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - 2005" mobile game. Customers can hold the drama and excitement of the hit TV game show in the palms of their hands, answering mind-bending questions and using up to four lifelines to get to the million dollar question.
Fri Aug 05, 2005 10:35 am
Mobile TV broadcasts continue in August at the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Helsinki, where the guests of the companies behind the Finnish Mobile TV project will be able to use mobile TV for the first time at an international sporting event. YLE (The Finnish Broadcasting Company) will be providing mobile TV users with a multi-channel package, including a domestic broadcast of the Championships, which includes both YLE TV1 and YLE TV2's coverage of the Championships. In addition, mobile TV users will receive the compilation broadcast for international distribution and five special Championships broadcasts of individual events (running events, field events, race walking and the marathon). Each event can thus be followed without a break from start to finish.
Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:26 am
SmartVideo Technologies today announced that it has entered into a revenue sharing partnership agreement with The National Raceline to stream live horse racing to mobile phones from racetracks around the country. The National Raceline has provided instant race calls and results via the telephone to the racing community since 1989. This development allows racing fans to watch their favorite races live directly on their handheld mobile devises via mobile phones, PDAs and Wi-Fi connections. Horse racing has a base of tens of millions of fans among American adults (18 years or older) who have wagered on races in the past two years.
Wed Aug 03, 2005 5:11 pm
American Tower Corporation and SpectraSite, Inc. announced today an agreement for American Tower to merge with SpectraSite, in a transaction that would bring together two tower industry leaders with a combined portfolio of over 22,600 communications sites.
Wed Aug 03, 2005 10:44 am
Despite an increase in wireless calling volume, the average number of initial connection problems has dropped 50 percent compared to 2004, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2005 Wireless Call Quality Performance StudySM released today.
