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Cell phone technology maker Qualcomm has agreed to pay a US$1.8 million fine to settle allegations that it began controlling business decisions at merger partner Flarion Technologies before antitrust regulators cleared the purchase Qualcomm, best known for developing the Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) standard for wireless phones, said the se...
Digital video recorder (DVR) maker TiVo has won a jury verdict finding that rival EchoStar has been infringing on a "time warping" patent that is at the core of the DVR technology A jury in U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Texas found EchoStar has "willfully" infringed on TiVo's patent, setting up possible appeals by EchoStar. The ru...
Continuing to garner a reputation as a fierce regulatory watchdog ready to take on major industries, the European Commission said major credit cards are charging excessive fees to both businesses and consumers The Commission, which handles regulation for the European Union, issued a report saying banks are able to realize "abnormal" and "excessive"...
Continuing to add to its menu of applications targeting enterprises in specific industry verticals,Oracle plans to buy Portal Software in a deal worth US$220 million Portal sells billing and revenue management software products, mainly to media and communications customers. Oracle intends to use Portal's products to complement its own offerings in ...
Peer-to-peer communications firmSkype said it would buy a pair of VoIP startups in a two-for-one deal completed with the stock of parent company eBay, a transaction that gives it direct access to technology it currently licenses from a third party Skype, which eBay acquired last September in a deal worth US$2.6 billion, said it would acquire San Fr...
Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless carrier in the U.S., plans to begin testing in its joint venture experiment to offer an integrated bundle of cable and mobile phone services in a single package The company will offer the services in a small number of pilot markets as early as late summer, with partners Cox Communications and Comcast launch...
Continuing its epic battle against the European Union's antitrust arm,Microsoft plans to argue in court that regulators overstepped their boundaries and violated international law. They did so, the U.S.-based company charges, by imposing sanctions that require it to share its technology with rivals Microsoft also contends that its ability to innova...
At least one UK-based telecommunications firms may be on the verge of launching a free broadband product, offering high-speed Internet access as a free service that comes with telephone service The yet-to-be-announced services would be a new twist in what is shaping up to be a long and hard fought war to deliver a growing bundle of telecommunicatio...
Consolidation came to the Linux space Monday, with Red Hat saying it would acquire open source middleware maker JBoss in a stock-and-cash deal worth US$350 million Raleigh, N.C.-based Red Hat said the deal would speed the development of more open source solutions for enterprises and accelerate a shift to service-oriented architectures (SOA)....
An effort to get so-called net neutrality baked into telecommunications laws suffered a setback, with a key committee voting against language that would ensure that Web services firms would be able to access broadband networks to delivery video and other content The Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Commi...
Shares of Research In Motion dropped Friday after the maker of the BlackBerry e-mail reader said revenue fell short of analyst targets for the fourth quarter. The company gave a weaker-than-expected forecast, despite its claim that it has regained momentum now that its legal issues are behind it Ontario, Canada-based RIM reiterated that sales were...
The Walt Disney Co. said it will launch a family-friendly mobile phone service in June that will enable parents to monitor and manage how their children are using their cell phones Disney, which announced the service at the CTIA Wireless 2006 tradeshow in Las Vegas, said the service would go beyond family wireless plans focusing on sharing minutes....
Vodafone, one of the largest mobile phone carriers in the world, unveiled a sweeping restructuring plan designed to cut costs and help it compete in a rapidly changing marketplace The UK-based company -- the largest mobile carrier in terms of market value -- plans to split into three units to focus on mature markets, emerging markets and new techno...
Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE: CSC) may find it a challenge to nail both the right buyer and the right price if it ends up on the block. The company has announced it is exploring various alternatives including an outright sale On Tuesday, CSC said its board of directors "decided to explore strategic alternatives to enhance shareholder value, includ...
Taking the convergence of cable and telecommunications to a new level, British cable provider NTL will buy Virgin Mobile, a move that will enable it to roll out a four-pack of services under a single brand The stock-and-cash deal was valued at about US$1.67 billion, making it relatively small in comparison to some recent deals in the telecom space....
Time Warner said it officially changed the name for its Internet service and portal, saying America Online will now be known by its longtime nickname, AOL The America Online moniker is being retired after some 15 years, during which time it became synonymous with Internet access for millions of people. Time Warner noted that people have been using...
Verizon Communications plans to sell off its Caribbean and Latin American telecommunications operations in three separate transactions that will net it some US$3.7 billion in cash, the company announced Monday. It will use the funds to strengthen its balance sheet and and to prepare itself for battle in the fast-changing telecom marketplace The pro...
Alcatel and Lucent announced Sunday they plan to merge in a US$13.4 billion deal that will create one of the largest telecom and Internet gear makers in the world -- and one that may face tough scrutiny from regulators Exactly a week after acknowledging that they were talking about a possible deal, the two companies said they had reached agreement ...
A new study that is sure to revive an old debate says that long-term cell phone use may increase a person's risk of developing brain cancer The Swedish National Institute for Working Life said its examination of the health and cell phone habits of more than 900 people who had been diagnosed with a brain tumor showed a correlation with heavy cell ph...
Lawyers for Apple Computer argued to a United Kingdom court that the iTunes Music Store is a data-transfer service, not a purely musical endeavor and as a result does not violate a long-standing agreement with the company that handles The Beatles business affairs The argument was made during proceedings in a case brought by Apple Corps, which handl...
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