LONDON-Gaming company Arena Technik Ltd. announced a buy-out agreement with Gameplay plc, under which it acquired all technology assets and software associated with gaming service Wireplay. Arenatek executives plan to …
Even as vendors grab news pages with reports of successful live calls over their third-generation networks, one piece is often left out: behind every live call is a test. And …
The incompatible requirements for Value Added Service creation and wireless network development will drive the very separation of the wireless brand operation from the network itself. Within three years the …
Berliner Communications Inc. Doreen Trant has been promoted to chief operating officer of Berliner Communication Inc. Trant previously served as the company’s vice president of sales and marketing. She will …
BEIJING, China-China’s state Development Planning Commission said it has approved 19 firms to make CDMA handsets to cater to part of its 120.6 million cellular phone subscribers. Some of the …
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said Wisconsin-based motor carrier County Transit Inc. purchased its MobileMax2 wireless communications system, which Aether said will help County Transit enhance communications between drivers and …
DALLAS-Digital infrastructure solutions provider CompuCom Systems Inc. released a new wireless evaluation program aimed at helping businesses understand the value of wireless. The company said its evaluation program, working on …
WCities Location-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users’ cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company’s chief executive officer, with …
NEW YORK-Trivnet, an Israeli software provider, has developed a system designed to answer questions and eliminate concerns that have slowed adoption of the wireless phone as a sales transaction device. …
Vyyo Inc. reduced its work force by approximately 75 percent to less than 50 employees due to “uncertainty in the fixed wireless market and deteriorating economic conditions,” according to John …
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will launch commercial service of its third-generation FOMA wireless service Oct. 1 in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan, with expanded coverage expected by early next …
SAN RAMON, Calif.-U.S. Wireless Corp. filed for bankruptcy in the U.S Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware last week, claiming more than $22.2 million in debt with about $17.7 …
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced two major content distribution deals-moves that came just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney …
LONDON-U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.’s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company’s new Z100 GPRS smart phone. The Z100 …
NASHUA, N.H.-The wireless instant messaging space just got a little more crowded as Octave Communications released a new subscription service for instant group communications aimed at wireless carriers and service …
SEATTLE-Open application development platform provider Mforma Corp. launched its Developer Network, a free program aimed at helping developers build a variety of easily deployable applications across current and emerging devices …
HAYWARD, Calif.-Wireless security company Certicom scored four major software licensing deals, moves the company said further reinforce its role as a leader in the emerging wireless applications market. Certicom said …
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse’s multimedia messaging service over its GPRS network. Comverse’s announcement comes a week after the company released the results …
During the past 15 months there has been growing interest in the United States around mobile virtual network operators, best known as MVNOs. The idea behind MVNOs is that companies …
They go by all sorts of names-clearinghouses, hubs and gateways-and they represent companies’ attempts at nailing down the precise formula for a business model aimed at nurturing the wireless Internet …
