Aether

Aether Systems Inc. is involved in yet another joint venture launch, this time with Sylvan Learning Systems Inc., to introduce MindSurf, a company aiming to provide mobile computing infrastructure targeted …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced a partnership with Proxicom Inc. under which the two will sell end-to-end wireless e-business services, including a mobile-commerce portal. The alliance essentially names the …

WASHINGTON-Metrocall Inc. and Aether Systems Inc. have teamed to provide interactive news alerts and other information services from Congressional Quarterly to journalists and party officials at the Republican and Democratic …

OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem product line. In separate news, Aether …

NEW YORK-Three companies have joined forces to create a professional services joint venture providing end-to-end implementation of wireless content delivery and m-commerce applications. The participants include Internet business strategy firm …

NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. introduced its Mobility Lab, designed to develop and evaluate mobile Internet applications and technologies regardless of device or network type. Strategic partners in the lab include Aether …

Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers. Targeted specifically at large-volume corporate customer …

Comverse Technology Inc. made an undisclosed investment in Speedwise Technologies Ltd., a privately held firm specializing in software designed to accelerate the time required to browse and download Web content …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. announced new application hosting and development abilities designed to allow rapid deployment of wireless Internet services using Extensible Markup Language. Aether XML is designed to …

Aether Systems Inc. added yet another tier to its ever-expanding services platform last week by partnering with Critical Path Inc., one of the largest messaging solutions providers in the industry. …

NEW YORK-Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., San Francisco, launched its PocketBroker wireless service in the United States, developed in an alliance with Aether Systems Inc. The service includes access to …

In the Digital Age, it is no longer good enough to produce a product or service that people want. Today, you must be all things to all people all of …

ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going …

BOTHELL, Wash.-Aether Systems Inc. and Data Critical Corp., which provides wireless communications to the health-care industry, signed an agreement to enter an alliance for technology integration and development, strategic marketing …

In an effort to encourage businesses to use palmtop personal computers as mobile access tools to enterprise systems, Palm Inc. released its HotSync Server and Microsoft Exchange Conduit solution. The …

ATLANTA-First Data Corp. announced a partnership with Aether Systems Inc. under which the two will develop and market wireless payment products and services for mobile phones, personal digital assistants and …

DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely “mobilize” Web content for Palm handheld …

RESTON, Va.-Proxicom Inc., an e-business consulting and development company, was hired by USA Today to help develop a wireless business strategy targeted at the newspaper’s business-traveler customers. “The business traveler …

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

Reuters Group plc and Aether Systems Inc. launched their Sila Communications European wireless data joint venture, created to host, design and manage content and services for wireless customers. Headquartered in …

Content is king. That’s the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be …

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. is acquiring NetSearch L.L.C., a wireless e-commerce provider, for $25 million in cash at closing and up to an additional $654 million payable over 13 …

Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.’s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the …

Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services …

Aether Systems Inc. launched a $15 million national television and print advertising and branding campaign last week in support of its growing wireless data systems and services business. The “Wireless …