InterWaveWireless networking provider InterWave Communications International Ltd. introduced TurboMax, a macro network product offering wireless community network service providers extended coverage capabilities to meet the needs of community networks with dispersed populations. The company said the solution is ideally suited for network expansion where...
TantauTantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for financial institutions that combine the...
For those people still neglecting to turn off their cellular phones in public places like movie theaters, churches and restaurants, a technology is in the works that will take the monitoring responsibilities away from the cell- phone user and automatically lower the volume of...
Mobile LifestreamsA Web site designed for the mobile communication professional was launched by Mobile Lifestreams Ltd. According to the company, the new site, www.mobile4mobile.com, was designed to cover the needs of those involved in the mobile communications industry. The site aggregates information about mobile...
So there we were, at the charming Ascot Dinner Theatre, anxiously awaiting the start of the program. The dancers (all around age 4) stepped out on stage in pink and white tutus, ballet slippers on, lipstick (!) applied, poised for the music to begin....
Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit.The kit consists of a software upgrade that adds Palm's Web Clipping technology to the devices, allowing them to interact with...
Two-way messaging equipmentMotorolaMotorola introduced its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, featuring a full Qwerty keyboard with a flip-top screen and a four-line, 80-character display. It supports two-way messaging, wireless Internet e-mail and on-demand information services. It also features a private-time feature, which users may...
MONTE CARLO, Monaco - Socket Communications Inc. and Axis Communications of Sweden have agreed to deliver end-to-end networking solutions incorporating Bluetooth wireless technology, providing mobile computer users with broadband wireless access points to ethernet networks.The agreement covers Socket's Personal Network Card, a plug-in card...
Xircom Inc. announced it is acquiring Omnipoint Technologies Inc., a subsidiary of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. Xircom also said last week it will provide Bluetooth access products to Ericsson Mobile Communications AB and partner with Cisco Systems Inc. to provide wireless local area network products.Under...
Red-M, a wireless Internet server developer, and L.M. Ericsson have agreed to cooperate on enabling Wireless Application Protocol applications over Bluetooth technology.The idea is to allow mobile access to Internet and intranet information written in WAP via a Bluetooth connection between devices, the companies...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. is targeting telematics and personal computers in its product debut this week at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, Monaco.Telematics uses wireless and global positioning system technologies to enable location-based, two-way voice and data communications between automotive vehicles and call centers...
L.M. Ericsson led the stampede of companies that introduced Bluetooth products in the past few weeks, but some industry experts believe it will be several years away before consumers embrace Bluetooth products."All the talk is based on technology, not on the use of the...
Cimarron TechnologiesWith the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies' Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital Packet Data network. The digital map is a scanned image of a paper map, while...
ZURICH, Switzerland-SoftWired Inc. unveiled its range of iBus//Mobile products for cellular phones, wireless personal information managers, notebooks and personal digital assistants, enabling wireless devices running PalmOS, Symbian or Windows CE to perform e-commerce transactions with reliability and security.SoftWired said this is possible through an...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association said its GlobalXChange trade show will feature a special pavilion of Bluetooth technology adopters led by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group, a nine-company promoter group driving the development of the wireless technology and taking it to market."We're excited...
BOISE, Idaho-Extend Systems Inc. said it will provide Motorola Inc. with a software kit enabling Bluetooth wireless file exchange and synchronization technology in Motorola products.According to Extend, key components of the kit include Object Exchange and Mobile Communications modules, which are designed to facilitate...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-According to first-quarter survey results from IDC's Mobile User and Buyer ePanel program, 23 percent of mobile device users said they will buy a personal digital assistant during the next year, compared with 11 percent who said they plan to buy a notebook...
NEW YORK-Telecom Italia Mobile, Europe's largest wireless carrier, sees the Subscriber Identity Module that links each customer to its network as key to its control over an expanding array of wireless and wireline services.SIMs, also known as smart cards, are getting even more intelligent,...
NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland's Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company's executive vice president.In partnership with content, service and technology providers, Mspace will conduct in Finland "real life trials with consumers...
SAN DIEGO-Peregrine Semiconductor and Symbol Technologies said they plan to jointly develop solutions for the Bluetooth wireless personal area networking market.The deal combines Peregrine's Ultra-Thin Silicon Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor technology and radio-frequency integrated circuit development prowess with Symbol's baseband processing, software and systems...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-International Sales Information Systems Inc. announced it will acquire wireless software firm Versatile Systems Inc. for $11.2 million of combined cash and stock.Versatile strategic partners include AT&T Wireless IP Services, Symbol Technologies, Sierra Wireless and Novatel Wireless. Versatile also is a member...
SigmaOneSigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company's wireless location system for Global System for Mobile communications carriers in the United States and Europe. Designed to operate as either...
NEW ORLEANS-RangeStar Wireless introduced what it says is the industry's smallest Bluetooth embedded antenna for use by Bluetooth adopters in notebook computers.The new 2.4 GHz antenna allows original equipment manufacturers to mount Bluetooth embedded antennas onto boards as if they were components, and they...
Motorola and Psion agreed to build products, expected to be released in the first half of 2001, using a new platform from Symbian. Symbian announced a wireless computing platform for handsets and other devices. Quartz is a reference design for pen-based wireless devices. It...
