SHERMAN OAKS, Calif.-Pocket PC Films formed a long-term partnership with Jon Sheinberg and The Machine, a full-service entertainment consulting company, calling for the companies to work together to build a board of advisers, facilitate licensing content from providers and help establish strategic alliances.According to...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. reported a content deal with America Online Inc., providing access to AOL content and services, including AOL Instant Messenger service and AOL Mail, on Nextel's iDen-based network.AOL announced a similar deal with Verizon Wireless last week.
MELBOURNE, Australia-Vodafone New Zealand has chosen Ericsson to provide end-to-end multimedia messaging service (MMS) services between New Zealand and Australia. Vodafone New Zealand plans to launch extended MMS services in September.According to Ericsson, it will establish a "push-proxy gateway" in Vodafone's network to allow...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc., which has carrier deals to provide a variety of wireless content and services, announced its current chairman and chief executive officer, Naveen Jain, will be replaced.The company said it hired a search firm to aid in the process of finding a...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and messaging company Mobileway announced they will team to develop a short message service delivery network to allow mobile users to send text messages to recipients all over the world.The companies said they will pursue direct connect agreements with U.S....
DUBLIN, Ireland-Software firms across Europe have developed myriad mobile applications aimed at the business market during the past few years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital to fund their development. But with few applications being widely used and businesses fearful of...
As the battle for the multimedia messaging service (MMS) market in Europe begins to heat up among the region's wireless carriers, the fight for the MMS infrastructure market has largely drawn to a close-and the undisputed winner is Ericsson."The leader in the MMSC (multimedia...
MUNICH, Germany-Five companies have agreed to work together to develop mobile commerce security standards for Flash memory cards. Hitachi Ltd., Ingentix GmbH &Co., Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd., ScanDisk Corp. and Toshiba Corp. believe the new set of security features called Mobile Commerce Extension...
NEW YORK-Virgin Mobile USA launched its nationwide prepaid wireless service and announced a multi-year strategic partnership with Viacom, which will provide exclusive content and products from youth-oriented television networks MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon and CMT.Virgin Group Chairman Sir Richard Branson unveiled both the nationwide service...
LONDON-Hewlett-Packard Company launched its new wireless personal digital assistant in the United Kingdom through wireless giant Vodafone, the second device to hit European shelves running on Microsoft Corp.'s wireless-capable Pocket PC operating system.The first was Mmo2's XDA wireless phone/PDA device.HP's new wireless digital assistant...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. sounded a note of caution for the industry, forecasting another four to six challenging quarters ahead, news that caused investors to drop the company's stock by more than 25 percent in trading.Openwave's stock was trading at...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Mobile network operator Vodacom announced it will assist students in schools throughout South Africa and the region to become computer literate following the opening of the E-Learning Resource Center in Soweto.The center was opened by Vodacom Foundation Chairman Mthobi Tyamzashe and is...
SUMMIT, N.J.-Software developer Face2face Animation announced it will demonstrate its new wireless streaming animation player, based on the new MPEG-4 standard, at the SIGGRAPH conference and exposition in San Antonio, Texas.The company said its new animation player can work over wireless networks at speeds...
SAN FRANCISCO-XtremeSpectrum Inc. said it demonstrated the "wire-like" video quality of its ultra-wideband Trinity chipset using the MPEG2 video format to stream content to six separate flat panel displays simultaneously across a room using a single UWB connection.XtremeSpectrum also noted the test was conducted...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. introduced Vindigo's personal navigation applications service, allowing subscribers to download local information on where to eat, shop and play in 25 major metropolitan areas nationwide onto their BREW-enabled wireless handsets.The Vindigo service includes full-color maps, ratings and reviews from brand-name...
NEW YORK-Summus Inc., Raleigh, N.C., and Snapfish, San Francisco, will share revenue under a multi-year contract announced July 1 to develop and co-market Snapfish Mobile, a new wireless photo application powered by Summus' BlueFuel multimedia architecture.Offering consumers the ability to access their photographs on...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks made enhancements that increase the ease of use and add functionality to its RealOne Mobile PlayerThe company released a new user interface and functionality for the RealOne Mobile Player that it said will increase user ability to manage digital media with features including...
for mModeREDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. introduced its e-Wallet integrated billing platform for its mMode service, allowing content providers to charge their digital services directly to customers' wireless phone bills or credit cards. The carrier said the billing platform, which is powered by Qpass,...
Ever heard of EMS, or Enhanced Messaging Service?If not, don't worry-few people have.It was created as an extension to the short message service messaging technology that has taken the worldwide wireless industry by storm. The idea was to "enhance" SMS messages with more space...
PARIS-Alcatel said it launched a 3G Reality Center in Shanghai, China, to develop and test advanced mobile applications and data services in the country.Alcatel said it would partner with local content and applications providers for the project. The French supplier said the center is...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks made enhancements that increase ease of use and add functionality to its RealOne Mobile Player this week.The company released a new user interface and functionality for the RealOne Mobile Player that it said will increase user ability to manage digital media with features...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless introduced its e-Wallet integrated billing platform for its mMode service allowing content providers to charge for their digital services directly to customers' wireless phone bills or credit cards.The carrier said the billing platform, which is powered by Qpass, offers an easy...
TOKYO-KG Telecom, a leading mobile carrier in Taiwan, launched i-mode-like service on Thursday. Because it is the first i-mode-like service in Asia outside Japan, the new multimedia service is winning much attention. Initially, 84 content offerings, including ring tone services, wall sheet services, games...
LOS ANGELES-The Mobile Marketing Association announced it will team with online privacy advocate TRUSTe, a move the groups said would help the wireless marketing industry better address privacy issues."We are glad to work with the Mobile Marketing Association, a leadership organization that will provide...
