Legal/privacy
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EU to regulate mobile text roaming fees
July 17, 2008
Frustration with lack of self-regulation over high text roaming fees has led the European Commission to begin work on creating a single market for text services within the European Union.
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Affiliate sues troubled Sprint Nextel over WiMax deal
May 13, 2008
Wireless carrier Sprint Nextel’s association with the newly formed national mobile WiMax network Clearwire Corp. has already cost it a lawsuit from its largest independent affiliate.
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OECD official releases paper on mobile commerce
May 9, 2008
By Peter Avery
OECD official Peter Avery this week released a paper on mobile commerce with regulations, examples and dispute resolutions that member countries follow. The paper is reproduced in full.
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Media activist calls for regulating mobile marketing
May 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - Jeff Chester runs the Center for Digital Democracy and he's out to raise a stink on the practices in the mobile marketing industry.
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Correction: Jon Leibowitz is a commissioner at the FTC
May 8, 2008
WASHINGTON - Jon Leibowitz is a commissioner at the Federal Trade Commission, not its chief as mentioned in an article headline yesterday. Sorry for the mistake.
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Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo
May 6, 2008
Microsoft Corp. has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo Inc. because of Yahoo’s unwillingness to settle on the terms of a deal.
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Deal or No Deal text-to-win sweepstakes doesn't violate state laws: Georgia court
May 5, 2008
The Georgia Supreme Court has ruled that NBC’s Deal or No Deal television text-to-win sweepstakes did not violate state gambling laws.
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MMA mobile ad guidelines should cover new formats too: Ringleader CEO
April 28, 2008
The Mobile Marketing Association last week issued its first set of global mobile advertising guidelines in an effort to bring much-needed standardization to the mobile marketing industry.
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CTIA asks Congress to pass Cell Tax Fairness law
April 16, 2008
CTIA-The Wireless Association is backing a Congressional bill to impose a five-year moratorium on new discriminatory state and local wireless taxes.
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FCC sets rules for emergency mobile alerts
April 11, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules for the delivery of commercial mobile alerts to the public during emergencies.
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Billionaire activist drops lawsuit against Motorola
April 8, 2008
Motorola Inc. and billionaire activist Carl Icahn, who filed a lawsuit against the handset manufacturer, have settled.
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CTIA debuts best-practice guidelines for location-based services
April 3, 2008
LAS VEGAS – CTIA – The Wireless Association yesterday launched practices and guidelines for location-based services to address and head-off concerns over potential privacy violation.
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Struggling Motorola to split into two companies
March 27, 2008
Motorola Inc.’s board will split the firm into two independent, publicly-traded companies to redo its business strategy and revive its struggling mobile devices and broadband business.
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Billionaire activist sues Motorola
March 25, 2008
Billionaire activist Carl Icahn has filed a lawsuit against Motorola Inc. to get hold of the records relating to Motorola’s mobile phone business strategy.
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China Mobile apologizes for spreading unsolicited text messages
March 24, 2008
China Mobile apologized to its 200 million subscribers for the spread of unsolicited text messages sent to what seems to be almost half of the country’s mobile phones.
