Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but growing segment of the wireless industry.L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. established last week the Wireless Village, which the...
Iridium Satellite L.L.C. appointed Gino Picasso president and chief executive officer. Picasso previously was president and chief operating officer of Ace*Comm Corp., a provider of operations support systems software. Dan Colussy, who headed up the team of investors that purchased and reorganized Iridium, will...
Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry.The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. Initially, it just looked like exhibitors and attendees would have some trouble figuring out the...
NEW YORK -Ten Square, San Jose, Calif., plans to expand its provision of wireless e-commerce services to 2,800 service stations and convenience stores in various cities by year-end.The privately held company, whose lead investor is Marconi Ventures, delivers interactive content to consumers during the...
108,159.It's quite a large number.It's also the sum of a brief scan through RCR Wireless News headlines from the past few months, headlines detailing job cuts carried out by some of the world's largest telecommunications companies. It is by no means a total and...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-The wireless data market, which will grow to $8 billion by 2006, will largely be made up of three industries-transportation, financial/insurance/real estate, and professional business services-according to a new report from Insight Research."Insight sees growth in business wireless voice revenue under considerable pressure,"...
NEW YORK-AppliedTheory will partner with Brightpod to help corporate customers mobilize enterprise content through applications for wireless access on mobile devices including Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry handhelds, Web-enabled phones and other devices.Brightpod will act as AppliedTheory's resource in addressing mobile Internet needs of...
NEW YORK-Wireless steaming multimedia company Emblaze Systems Inc. announced a distribution deal with Network Appliance Inc. for Emblaze's Wireless Media Platform, the company's streaming audio and video technology.As a part of the partnership, the companies said they will engage in joint marketing activities aimed...
NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif.Back then, farmers saw the roads getting built and being illuminated near their land, but...
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-Paris-based Telemedia.fr has positioned itself to help telecommunications and Internet content providers capitalize on the convenience sought by French consumers, who prefer dialing to surfing for information on their landline and wireless phones."We offer a response to the problem all these companies are...
Vast Solutions Inc., a wireless data company spun off in the Arch Wireless Inc.-Paging Network Inc. merger last year, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this month in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.Chapter 7 bankruptcy is the most severe...
FREMONT, Calif.-Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services (VGP), a division of Vodafone Group plc, has launched Vizzavi, a wireless Web portal based on software infrastructure provider Clickmarks' software platform.The portal allows Vodafone wireless subscribers to received personalized content and information on their wireless phones....
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced it expanded its mobile Internet offering to include more games, content and services. AOL's mobile service, available through Sprint PCS' Wireless Web site and AT&T's Digital PocketNet service, will feature a new shopping channel from eBay, as well as...
SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp. announced it is the first to license Handspring Inc.'s Blazer browser and proxy server, which the companies said speeds up Web browsing on devices using Palm Inc.'s operating system.According to the companies, Blazer technology allows Palm OS users to see the...
NEW YORK-With Andersen, the consulting firm, and Lucent Technologies Inc. as founding corporate sponsors, the London Business School has established a new Centre for the Network Economy.The interdisciplinary research and teaching center will focus on four areas: how business models and economic activity are changing...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc confirmed the content and technology partners chosen for its Global Platform and Internet Services Group. The partnerships will add design, custom content, advanced search technology, content integration and location-based services to the Vodafone Global Platform, which designs, builds and maintains Vodafone's...
NEW YORK-As it gears up to export i-mode to the United States as part of its alliance with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., NTT DoCoMo recently has established an American subsidiary and offices on the East and West coasts.The Japanese parent has established NTT DoCoMo...
NEW YORK-The recent "Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo" brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy.Boston-based WebMap Technologies Inc. has developed a proprietary content mapping software that turns pixels into...
NEW YORK -Simon Hayward, vice president and research director of The Gartner Group, Stamford, Conn., is waiting for the real "WAGs" to come to the fore and realize the unfulfilled vision of a "Supranet" of anytime, anywhere data communications.These wireless application gateways of the...
The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave.In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and Siemens AG believe they can leverage their resources and successful histories in other areas...
SAN FRANCISCO-Brience Inc., a provider of mobile infrastructure software, said Sun Microsystems Inc. integrated Brience's Framework 2.0 into its existing IT infrastructure, which will enable Sun to offer its customers self-service capabilities using Web-enabled devices based on the Palm operating system.Sun's customers in North...
The wireless Internet is only as good as the device it's on.Granted, there are plenty of other issues surrounding the look and feel of the experience-including network speeds and coverage areas-but the device is a central part of the setup.For this reason, lots of...
