EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said it will supply its Platform4 multimedia encoding technology to Italy's Mediaset for audio and video services for mobile operator 3's third-generation launch in Italy.The platform is a mobile media handling line that will allow subscribers to play virtually live...
HONG KONG-For debt-choked Western operators, third-generation (3G) profits have proven to be a mirage, and if the technology can be made viable, it will likely happen first in Asia.At the ITU Telecom Asia event held in Hong Kong last month, all the ingredients for...
SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. scored $10.7 million in funding to kick off the new year, with Westbury Partners, Hook Partners, Oak Investment and others participating."Over the last 18 months we have restructured and narrowed the focus of the company, rebuilt our...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent is stepping down from his post rather than being forced out. Gent, named RCR Wireless News...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
TOKYO-Sega on Tuesday announced it would supply gaming software to FarEasTone in Taiwan and SmarTone in Hong Kong. Both Asian telecom companies launched game content distribution services on 16 December. Under the contract with the two Asian firms, Sega will provide five games: Pengo,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Italian operator Wind is using technology from Nokia Corp. to offer downloadable content and applications such as video, color games and polyphonic ringing tones.The commercial service works over the Nokia Downloading Solution and uses Java technology.
The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone certainly marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent has chosen to step down from his post rather than being forced out. Gent has...
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DUBLIN, Ireland-A startup streaming technology company in the United Kingdom said it has developed software to allow broadcast-quality streamed video to be delivered to mobile devices without modifications to the hardware.Mobile Video Imaging is looking for about 10 million euros (US$10.2 million) of working...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Mobile marketing company Avesair Inc. reported the results of its advertising campaign for the grand opening of New York City sport store Champs Sports, with hundreds of thousands of viewers and a click-through rate of almost 4 percent.The campaign, first announced...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Research and advisory firm Analysys predicted that downloadable wireless games will become so popular in Western Europe that in just three years they will replace ring tones as the area's most popular wireless entertainment service.The firm said that mobile games offer the...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Alltel Corp. now offers Forbes.com Wireless Powered by SmartServ content for its recently introduced BREW service. The content will be available through its "BREW Shop" option for download onto the Toshiba CDM9500 handset.
MAHWAH, N.J.-Vector graphics animation, an advanced visual technology, will now be available to personal digital assistant users viewing AccuWeather.com's weather service.Sharp Electronics Corp. developed the vector graphics technology, dubbed SharpMotionART, and teamed with AccuWeather to develop the first application of the technology. Users with...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Portal Software Inc. announced Telecom Italia Mobile (TIM) has chosen Portal's Infranet convergent billing product as the billing solution for its wireless voice, data and content and to replace its legacy billing systems. TIM will also use the new TelcoOne customer relationship management...
CULVER CITY, Calif.-Through a new wide-ranging deal between the two companies, Sony Pictures Digital will sell screensavers, ring tones, games and other wireless content based on its movies and television shows through on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode service."Our association with Sony Pictures Digital-a...
It's time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, we've decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced the industry in 2002? Enter your vote via the...
It is time to choose RCR Wireless News' 2002 Person of the Year. This year, RCR Wireless News, the sister print publication of GlobalWirelessNews.com, decided to let you voice an opinion in this process. Who do you think was the person who most influenced...
GOLDEN, Colo.-nReach will deploy new digital vending ports, private label Web sites and prepaid card locations in seven wireless retail chains in the U.S. on Nov. 29.With the new solution, consumers can buy mobile phone content in-store or on the Web with an nReach...
WASHINGTON-Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association President Thomas Wheeler today urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell to auction spectrum of financially troubled mobile satellite service providers.The FCC is expected to rule in January whether to allow Craig McCaw's ICO Global Communications and other MSS...
LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data technologies, ranging from multimedia messaging services to digital rights management.Under the OMA's new release...
Record industry giant Sony Music Entertainment bought wireless entertainment company Run Tones, and will use the acquisition to create a new Mobile Products Group within Sony's Music Digital Services division.Meanwhile, wireless application publisher Moviso L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Vivendi Universal Net USA,...
Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...
