Filed under: Handsets, UTStarcom, Virgin Mobile, MVNOs, CDMA Virgin Mobile has released the Arc, another in a long, long line of prepaid models designed to keep the upfront payment to a minimum at the cost of a killer feature list. Still, though, the UTStarcom-sourced flip makes out with Bluetooth, dual [...]

If Verizon Wireless' announced acquisition of Alltel Corp. had been complete at the beginning of the year, Syniverse Holdings Inc. could've witnessed a revenue shortfall of between $33 million and $36 million for 2008, about 7.7 percent of the projected $465 million revenue it expects to earn this year. (SVR) [...]

Yahoo! announced it has signed a mobile advertising partnership with U.K. mobile operator 3, making it the exclusive seller of banners and sponsored links inventory on Planet 3.[...]

CMT, the Spanish telecoms regulator, estimates that mobile call charges in Spain will drop by over 6% in 2008 because of growing competition, reports Reuters. In 2007, the average charges were 6%—or 0.17 euro per minute—lower than the year before. The head of CMT, Reinaldo Rodriquez, said that he "could [...]

John Harrobin of Verizon Wireless sees music distribution via cellphone becoming more important as artists leave the big record labels.[...]

The mobile game and entertainment company Cellufun adds two new executives to its management team. Tom Burgess will sit on the advisory board and Keith Katz will become VP of Marketing. Both new hires are mobile industry veterans and have experience in the entertainment and advertising businesses. Tom Burgess is [...]