Spirent
Spirent Communications, which provides performance analysis solutions, announced the InfoDM v2.0 release, which is part of the company’s acquisition of InfoSoft Technologies, will supplement Spirent’s CDMA test solution with high-speed, over-the-air data logging and a data playback feature. The InfoDM v2.0 improves message logging with a Turbo mode and has expanded message decoding and message bookmarking. It also enhances data analysis capabilities, with a playback feature that allows the data to be reviewed in a forward or reverse mode at varying rates. The InfoDM is a diagnostic monitor tool that monitors, logs and controls capability for CDMA handsets and terminals. (800) 927-2660.
Qualcomm
Qualcomm Inc. released its new MVPc in-vehicle computer, which the company said will improve productivity and lower operating costs for transportation companies. The MVPc, which uses the Windows CE operating system, can interface with Qualcomm’s OmniTRACS and OmniExpress mobile communications systems. It offers a touch screen and can support multiple host platforms and third-party applications. www.qualcomm.com
NewsEdge
For news addicts away from their desks, global news service syndicator NewsEdge Corp. announced it will offer NewsEdge Unplugged, a three-part wireless program for delivering syndicated content to handheld devices. The offering includes a NewsEdge Wireless Insight product, a wireless content offering for mobile portals and partnerships with wireless technology leaders. NewsEdge said its offering will feature industry-specific business headline news that is customized and edited by a real person. www.newsedge-international.com.
3Com
3Com Corp., along with educational publisher McGraw-Hill Education, developed the Media Ease Learning Solution, which is aimed at providing teachers with an easy-to-use tool for creating media-rich lessons and content. Educational networking company 3Com, McGraw-Hill and MarchFirst, a global professional services provider, plan to offer the product in February. 3Com said Media Ease will allow teachers to preview and assemble digital content, including voice, data and video, to create lessons that can be played, saved and updated. Teachers will also be able to access online libraries for content and can share their media lessons with other educators over a network. www.3com.com/mediaease.
Electronic Mail
Application service provider The Electronic Mail Company Inc. today announced the launch of its Messaging Partner Program, which is aimed at business-to-business Internet companies. The company said its program is designed to allow resellers to instantly add messaging solutions to their existing service offerings. The program is fully customizable, according to the company, and the reseller remuneration for messaging partners is based on either product wholesale margins or dollar volume sales, depending on the program version. www.electricmail.com.
AmikaNow!
AmikaNow! Corp. launched its AmikaFreedom.com, a Web-to-wireless e-mail notification service that the company said provides interpreted and shortened e-mail content tailored for mobile devices. According to the company, AmikaFreedom.com works immediately after users sign on to the Web service, allowing them to chose what e-mail highlights they want to receive. The highlights are customized to the size of the user’s mobile device. AmikaFreedom.com works off amikaHighlighter technology, an engine that interprets content to provide concise and condensed text. www.amikanow.com.
VerbalTek
VerbalTek Inc. released its VerbalNET 1.0 Distributed Speech Recognition system, which the company said will allow personal digital assistant users to access the Internet with their voice alone. The speech-recognition feature of the VerbalNET isn’t dependent on the speaker, according to the company, which will be helpful for people who speak languages that don’t lend themselves to text displays. VerbalNet can be used for inputting stock quotes and m-commerce, and can reformat Web pages for the smaller displays of mobile devices. VerbalNET is available for the Windows CE operating system and wireless handset protocols such as WAP and i-mode. It is available in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, English and German. www.verbaltek.com
MyPoints.com
MyPoints.com launched its new MyPoints Anywhere! product, which allows the 15 million consumers enrolled in MyPoints to access the program and earn points from their wireless devices. MyPoints Anywhere! allows members to access the program to read and respond to targeted e-mail, answer surveys and shop online through personal digital assistants and cellular phones. (800) 890-9351.
Andrew
Andrew Corp. rolled out its new InCell fiber optic distributed antenna system for in-building wireless communications. The company said the new system improves and extends RF coverage in buildings and other hard-to-penetrate areas. The system supports cellular and personal communications services networks and is offered as a dual-band system to carry multiple wireless services. The company said the InCell can also be upgraded for third-generation services. The InCell uses a single-mode optical fiber cable to distribute RF signals between a central RF hub and remote antenna units. The system comprises a Central Distribution Unit that interacts with six Remote Antenna Units placed throughout the building. The antenna units can be installed on walls or above ceiling tiles to optimize RF coverage, according to the company. (972) 952-9700.
AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. released a new line of IP Media products, which will focus on platforms enabling carriers and application service providers to offer enhanced voice services over broadband infrastructure using VoIP technologies. The IP Media products are built on the TrunkPack architecture and will enhance voice services to customers on existing networks that use packet-switched and legacy circuit-switched technology, the company said. (408) 577-0488.
IFR
IFR Systems Inc. released its new 2029 vector modulator, which the company said will turn any analog RF signal generator into a digital signal generator. The 2029 will allow conversion of manufacturing lines from testing older wireless formats to testing the latest digital formats, the company said. The 2029 can test second- and third-generation formats with a frequency range of 800 MHz to 2.51 GHz. According to the company, the 2029 eliminates the need to buy more signal generators or air interface specific radio test sets. It uses an external signal generator to provide a local oscillator input signal, an internal arbitrary waveform generator to generate a baseband IQ drive signal, and an IQ modulator to provide a vector-modulated output signal. (800) 835-2352.
