No one is quite sure where the wireless Internet is going.There is such a profusion of technology developed and offered on a daily basis-from PacketVideo Corp.'s streaming multimedia offering to BitFlash Inc.'s screen-scraping service-industry observers are constantly creating new categories for the latest release....
All BREW lovers are welcome to the party.Software developers and carriers are joining Qualcomm Inc. to propagate the virtues of the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, an open platform introduced by the San Diego-based company in January."It's exciting," said Jeff Ross, director of business...
Two U.S. companies are taking their respective technologies to the Australian market, following third-generation spectrum purchases in the country last month.Qualcomm Inc. paid $79 million for 10 megahertz of paired spectrum in all capital cities through a company called 3G Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd....
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
WASHINGTON-Sweeping reforms at the Federal Communications Commission promised by new Chairman Michael Powell and trumpeted by GOP lawmakers, owing to likely Democratic resistance and legal constraints, could fall far short of the dramatic agency shakeup envisioned by Republicans.Powell will outline proposed FCC reforms in...
SAN FRANCISCO-WCITIES, which provides location-based information services, launched its Geo-Coded Location Information Service for wireless network operators.The new service integrates longitude and latitude coordinates with WCITIES content for point-to-point location finding via a cell phone or personal digital assistant.
The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city's famous strip. One company, making its official debut at the show last week, offered a new technology...
NEW YORK-SkyBridge L.P., a Bethesda, Md., company that plans to offer fixed wireless broadband access in 2003 via its own low-earth-orbit satellite constellation, will add leased geostationary satellite capacity to its offering by the end of this year."SkyBridge will provide both access and content...
Every year after the show, I wonder if I should write a column with profound insight into the state of the wireless telecommunications industry and enamor you with all of the wisdom I have gleaned from the show, or should I take the easy...
LAS VEGAS-Advancing its wireless data initiative, Leap Wireless International Inc. acquired a pair of wireless data applications providers to support the location-based myAladdin wireless technology the company acquired last year.The deals include plans to purchase Backwire, a publisher of customized e-mail newsletters and developer...
LAS VEGAS-Portal Software Inc., IBM Corp. and Reciprocal Inc. are working together to deliver a new secure digital content commerce and distribution offering that integrates Portal Software's Infranet platform and IBM's Electronic Media Management System. According to the companies, the new Reciprocal offering will...
LAS VEGAS-Symbian, a provider of software platforms for next-generation mobile phones, made several announcements at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas and at CeBIT in Germany. Symbian unveiled its 2.5G platform, Symbian platform v6.1, a fully...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Wireless Inc., MSN, and Motorola Inc. announced an agreement to provide consumers access to MSN's Hotmail e-mail and Messenger instant-messaging communications services as well as content from MSN Mobile on Motorola's wireless two-way messaging device, the Talkabout T900. Arch will provide the...
LAS VEGAS-Sonera's zed portal service won a major victory last week as wireless carrier Vodafone U.K. adopted the services for use in the United Kingdom. Vodafone Group plc offers its own portal service to carriers in conjunction with Vivendi, called Vizzavi, and the carrier...
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
NEW YORK-China Mobile Hong Kong does not need 3G to take advantage of opportunities in a populous country with rising per capita income and low penetration by personal computers and second-generation wireless, said Wang Xiaochu, chairman and chief executive officer of the company.At the...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc., a company that uses Java technology to create of semiconductor-based solutions, and Plazmic Inc., a provider of mobile media solutions for the wireless Web, announced a partnership whereby Plazmic will integrate its Media Engine with Zucotto's Xpresso Java technology-based processor."Plazmic's...
LAS VEGAS-TSI Telecommunication Services Inc., a global supplier of interoperability solutions, made announcements regarding several newly formed strategic alliances at CTIA Global Wireless 2001.The company signed a technology agreement with AT&T Wireless Services supporting simplified international roaming capabilities. The agreement will enable AT&T Wireless...
SAN FRANCISO, United States-Listen.com announced that Listen Japan acquired Japanese mobile-phone content company Noel. Both companies provide music and entertainment content and services.One of Noel's most popular offerings is a subscription-based service that allows Japanese consumers to access ring tones, pictures and tour information...
LONDON-AlterEgo Networks, a provider of Internet software and services, will team with BT Cellnet, a mobile operator based in the United Kingdom, to combine BT Cellnet's wireless data GPRS network system with AlterEgo's Adaptive Performance Suite of software solutions.According to the companies, the combination...
NEW YORK-With the March 12 commercial debut of NetProfile Wireless Edition, Bridgewater Systems, Kanata, Ontario, is offering a chance and a challenge to mobile operators seeking a profitable way out of their walled gardens of data delivery.The new software product allows network operators to...
NEW YORK-AirMedia unveiled its Wireless Hub, which the company said will bring together content providers, corporations, telecommunications carriers and content aggregators and will simplify the dissemination of content for the wireless Internet.The company said it has already signed more than 50 content providers, including...
Wireless carriers are always looking for ways to retain customers. The most common retention method is to offer services that customers like to use so much that they are willing to stick with the carrier simply because they offer the service. With such desirable...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks, which provides enterprise software and services that adapt and customize Web content and applications for viewing on wired or wireless PCs and handhelds, announced a partnership with WindWire Inc., which provides wireless advertising and marketing solutions. Together, the companies plan...
