DENVER-BVRP Software USA will bundle its Mobile PhoneTools software with Mobicom Corp.'s line of GSM/GPRS PCMCIA cards.Mobile PhoneTools offers users a connectivity Wizard, an interface that enables voice calls from a laptop and a suite of mobile communications applications including text messaging, e-mail, fax,...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-In an effort to drive General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) traffic, Vodafone has struck a deal with Fujitsu Siemens that will see the cell-phone operator offer a laptop, GPRS PCMCIA card and subscriber identity module (SIM) as a pre-configured bundled solution to...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian carrier Hutchison Telecommunications has raised concerns about the launch of third-generation (3G) mobile communications if Telstra, which has a half stake in pay-television operator Foxtel, is permitted to bundle subscription television with other services.Hutchison's fears come in the wake of a proposal...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Looking to gain market share in an increasingly saturated market has seen the Dutch arm of cell-phone operator MmO2 scrap all handset subsidies and cut mobile call charges by up to 50 percent. The company claimed it is the first European cell-phone...
DENVER-BVRP Software USA licensed Novatel Wireless Inc. to bundle BVRP's Mobile PhoneTools connectivity software with its Merlin G201 and G301 Wireless PC Modems.BVRP said the software is designed to automate the set-up of digital wireless cellular connections on a laptop or personal digital assistant...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Messaging company Logica continued to expand its range of messaging products with the release of its Mobile Community Messaging services, which the company said will allow users to form mobile chat sessions, instant message family and friends, and conduct polling and voting.The company...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Adobe Systems Inc. announced its GoLive 6.0 software Web authoring tool.GoLive 6.0 includes the Adobe Web Workgroup Server, GoLive Dynamic Content authoring and Web layout tool in one package that professionals can use to create, manage and deliver personalized content for the...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
CINCINNATI—Convergys Corp. has released version 5.0 of its Geneva Active Revenue Management (ARM) software.Convergys said the new version of Geneva addresses the needs of its clients with new functionality and operability enhancements. For example, version 5.0 allows operators to bundle and deliver content, commerce...
WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has loosened its rules to help facilitate the opening up of spectrum as TV transitions from analog to digital.The new rules will allow TV broadcasters to continue to broadcast in analog past mandated deadlines if the broadcaster has agreed...
LONDON-Wireless technology battles for the potentially lucrative home broadband market are heating up.Broadband in the home will dramatically change online consumption patterns and expectations of Internet access. With high-speed access and flat-rate pricing, always-on bandwidth becomes a domestic resource akin to electricity or water....
NEW YORK-Stockholm-based Iquity Systems has established a U.S. headquarters near Wall Street to promote its Mobile Media Suite, which delivers recorded advertising messages to wireless customers interested in getting discounts on airtime in exchange for listening to 10-second promotional spots.The company, which has about...
DENVER-Instant messaging company Jabber Inc. and Antepo Inc., a mobile messaging provider, announced a partnership to bundle Antepo's short message service and WAP gateway components with Jabber's platform.
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia's telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide telecommunication services, has received positive market response. Many new players, mostly cellular and wireless...
Major carriers are using third-party hosting services to gauge consumer activities to arrive at pricing models for m-commerce services.The operators, which include AT&T Wireless Services Group, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp., have been using Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway to...
As wireless technologies wax stronger in the market, established wireline corporations such as IBM Corp., Cisco Systems and Microsoft Corp. are learning to leverage both divisions as a fruitful business model.The corporations have been churning out a series of products and solutions ranking them...
LAS VEGAS-For an industry obsessed about the future, to the point where it often forgets to tackle the issues of today, Cingular's Wireless Alliances and Vision Exchange conference here last week was a welcome wake-up call.More than 900 attendees gathered to exchange ideas and...
If data is the center of gravity for future networks, Tahoe Networks thinks it has found the missing link in the wireless industry that can propel it to success.Tahoe Networks, a startup with $38 million of seed money in its first round of financing,...
Intel Corp. may be one of the newer chip players in the wireless space, but it already is attracting a green eye from the older mainstays.Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and others have seen how Intel Corp. has dominated the mobile computer market with its...
A number of players must work together to deploy a nationwide wireless network, including carriers, tower companies and equipment manufacturers, but there is a new kind of company on the rise that looks after that network and keeps it running efficiently after the main...
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian's EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week.A simulation using content from Emblaze's content partners and Symbian-based smart phones will be available on Symbian's...
SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. has agreed to bundle software and services provider AvantGo with its QCP 6035 smart-phone handsets.Under this deal, the smart-phone users will have access to the AvantGo service with more than 1,000 interactive and personalized content and application channels, according to...
NEW YORK-Nexthaus Corp., Raleigh, N.C., plans to help wireless carriers "squeeze as many dollars as possible from existing 2G networks" with its new SyncSuite synchronization software, said Rob Lease, co-founder and vice president.The company based its product on the premise that people will continue...
Like the stubborn ache of a mild whiplash, new wireless application service providers (WASPs) and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are chipping away at the territories of established carriers, according to a study released by Friedman, Billings and Ramsey & Co. Inc., a consulting...
