Monthly Archives: February, 2002

Certicom, Funk Software team for WLAN security standards

HAYWARD, Calif.—Certicom Inc. and Funk Software have teamed to set standards for wireless local area network security with the EAP-TTLS 802.1x security protocol."We are...

Cincinnati Bell targets teens with BCGI m-commerce solution

CINCINNATI—BCGI announced it has partnered with Cincinnati Bell Wireless to commercially launch the first implementation of the BCGI Wireless Wallet mobile-commerce payment processing solution....

CMG Wireless Data wins Hutchison messaging contract

ADDISON, Texas—Messaging provider CMG Wireless Data Solutions won a major contract to provide virtually all of Hutchison 3G's messaging products, from short message services...

Jamdat teams with EA for wireless games

LOS ANGELES—Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced it teamed with the interactive software company Electronic Arts Inc. to jointly publish EA's PGA Tour...

FieldCentrix wins dispatch software contract

IRVINE, Calif.—FieldCentrix Inc. announced it has implemented its FieldCentrix Enterprise wireless mobile and dispatch software for HVAC service contractor Process Cooling and Heating in...

Wavecom releases digital wireless modules

SAN DIEGO—Wavecom Inc. released a new line of integrated, ready-to-use digital wireless modules for customers looking to integrate wireless capabilities into their devices.Wavecom said...

RF Micro Devices begins shipments to European vendor

GREENSBORO, North Carolina, United States—Circuit manufacturer RF Micro Devices said it has begun production shipments to a major European handset manufacturer.The company said it...

Openwave works with Telefónica on multimedia service

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—Openwave Systems and Telef

GPRS faces slow adoption in China

BEIJING—China Mobile is not satisfied with the slow adoption of its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) services. At the end of 2001, only 1.5...

FileMaker Mobile to enter Japanese market

TOKYO—FileMaker Mobile, which allows instant database publishing on i-mode smart phones, was introduced in Japan.FileMaker includes a Mobile Groupware solution, which includes a scheduler,...

Siemens overtakes Nokia in Russian 2001 handset sales

MOSCOW—German vendor Siemens overtook Finland's Nokia, the worldwide mobile-phone sales leader, in handset sales in Russia in 2001, according to a report by International...

MmO2 announces job cuts in UK, Germany

LONDON—MmO2, the mobile phone unit spun off from British Telecommunications last year, said it plans to cut 1,900 jobs in the United Kingdom and...

Germany’s Viag tracks data services through Redknee technology

MISSISSAUGA, Ontario, Canada—Canadian vendor Redknee said it partnered with Germany's mobile operator Viag Interkom to deploy real-time short message rating services.Redknee said Viag has...

Middle East operators push GPRS offerings

LONDON—General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services are being rolled out across the Middle East, with Jordan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)...

Foreign handsets still favorites in China

BEIJING—Based on responses from 243,260 people across China, the China Telecommunications Association and Englewings Public Relations Corporation said Motorola was voted China's most favored...

Numerex expands wireless strategy

ATLANTA—Numerex Corp. announced its new expanded long-term wireless strategy, which involves introducing products for machine-to-machine communications working over a variety of technologies.Numerex said its...

Morgan Stanley upgrades Motorola

NEW YORK—Motorola Inc. enjoyed a ratings upgrade from Morgan Stanley to "outperform" from "neutral.""We believe handset introductions, semi industry recovery and government sales strength...

Verizon to launch BREW applications

BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless signed an agreement with Qualcomm Inc. to commercially launch applications based on Qualcomm's Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless platform. The BREW...

BPL Mobile sees soaring non-voice revenues

NEW DELHI, India—BPL Mobile, India's leading GSM service provider, hopes to increase substantially its revenues from non-voice services with its recently launched General Packet...

J-Phone to launch motion picture mail on 1 March

TOKYO—J-Phone, the third-largest mobile carrier in Japan, announced it will launch a new e-mail service with motion pictures. According to J-Phone, which is now...

Indonesian mobile satellite company’s assets sold

JAKARTA, Indonesia—Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (BPPN) decided to sell the assets of Pacific Satellite Nusantara (PSN) and its subsidiary Asian Cellular Satellite (ACeS) to...

Carriers, industry bodies to set up content evaluation organization

TOKYO—Three Japanese carriers and three industry associations are going to set up an organization to evaluate mobile Internet content on 28 February. The organization,...

Nokia still sees growth in China

BEIJING—Nokia expects its handset sales in China to grow by 10 percent to 15 percent this year, the China Daily reported. Motorola leads the...

VeriSign to offer WebNum in Asia

SINGAPORE—VeriSign announced it will sell its WebNum wireless Web access system to Southeast Asian wireless users through its Asian affiliate TrustAsia.VeriSign's WebNum service allows...

Mobilkom Austria trials Tecnomen multimedia product

Finland—Messaging vendor Tecnomen said Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom Austria has begun live trials of its Multimedia Messaging Service Center to help the operator evaluate...
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