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...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's name may have changed, and CTIA may hope to increase its membership by focusing on wireless data, but it is by and large still concentrating on the issue that has been front and center for the last several...
LOS ANGELES-Onset Technology announced Wireless Knowledge Inc. will recommend its METAmessage for wireless offerings to its customers.METAmessage for wireless offerings allow users to read and print their e-mail attachment and receive faxes using remote wireless devices. "The endorsement of METAmessage for Wireless by a...
NEW YORK-Crest Communications Holdings L.L.C., a venture capital and private equity firm focused on telecommunications, has yet to make a pure play wireless investment because of the risks inherent in carrier consolidation."We have looked at almost every single version of wireless plays. The reason...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will feature Forbes.com Inc. content on its wireless Web service, allowing access to Forbes.com's daily new stories covering business, technology, investing and lifestyle.
PALO ALTO, Calif.-The Fantastic Corp., a software solutions provider in Switzerland, and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a reseller agreement that allows HP to offer Fantastic software for content delivery as part of its overall broadband service offering to network and telecommunication companies.HP said it will...
GREAT RIVER, N.Y.-ThinkersGroup, a leading wireless development company, has announced that its subscribers can now access optimized Web content through a wireless portal that organizes information into categories such as finance, shopping, new, and sports. Subscribers can also search and surf the entire Web...
CARLSBAD, Calif.-Indicast Corp., a provider of voice portal services, and Centennial Wireless, an independent wireless telecommunications service provider, have launched *100 News, a voice portal service that allows Centennial subscribers to hear the latest content from the Web by calling *100 on their wireless...
NEW YORK-The Wireless Multimedia Forum, which recently celebrated its first birthday, is on schedule in building a framework for content that must be written just once for delivery to any device over any network.Earlier this year, the WMF released Version 1.0 of its Recommended...
Now that the United States appears to be entering a recession, the economics behind deployments of third-generation wireless systems are even trickier than new math. Carriers and vendors are walking a tightrope trying to find the proper balance between offering exciting new services and...
MUNICH, Germany-Cellplus, a wholly owned subsidiary and mobile operator of Mauritius Telecom, has awarded Siemens Telecommunications a turnkey contract to design and implement a full WAP-enabled solution.This solution, which will take the form of a phased approach, is intended to see Cellplus become the...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Compuware Corp. will jointly develop and market customized e-business applications for use on Sprint PCS' Wireless Web.Compuware's Professional Services to be made available will include wireless meter reading, real-time tracking for the transportation industry, mobile-phone applications, enterprise resource planning...
In a marriage of convenience, carriers are signing temporary dotted lines to outsource their network management to vendors as they migrate to the next generation of wireless technology.The trend, which concedes to vendors a pivotal role in positioning carriers for the new technologies, moves...
LITCHFIELD PARK, Ariz.-Amid the scorched desert ground abutting the lush greens of golf courses, the future of the wireless Internet was the topic of discussion in the small community of Litchfield Park, Ariz., where industry consultant Andrew Seybold held his 2001 Summit 4Mobility. And...
PHOENIX-Fixed-wireless service provider Kite Networks officially launched its broadband services in Phoenix last week following a four-month beta trial with businesses in Tempe and Phoenix."We are confident we can meet the needs of our customers for fast and reliable high-speed Internet access," said Jerry...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. "is learning our way back because we have made a lot of mistakes," Janiece Webb, senior vice president and general manager of the company's Internet Software and Content Group, said in a keynote address at the recent Internet World Wireless 2001...
For a company only a few years old, and one that prides itself on making decisions easier for its customers, it might seem odd for Leap Wireless International Inc. to be making a branding change. While the change is not dramatic-the addition of "Another...
LONDON-BT Cellnet has signed an agreement that allows Nortel Networks to develop its GPRS networks with initial focus on mobile entertainment and business applications.Both companies plan to work together with suppliers and subscribers on developing these applications from the "idea stage through testing and...
DALLAS-Beatnik Inc., which provides audio solutions and content for digital devices, games and the Web, has announced agreements with Texas Instruments and ARM, which provides 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. According to the agreements, Beatnik will optimize its Beatnik Audio Engine for use on...
TOKYO-Targeting one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, foreign and local venture capitalists are pouring money into Japanese mobile companies.H&Q Asia Pacific, one of the oldest and largest venture capital firms focused on the Pacific Rim, has invested approximately 1.7 billion...
GENEVA-Despite a subdued initial public offering (IPO) that saw the company reap a modest US$9 per share-near the bottom end of an already hastily reduced US$8.7 to US$10 range-the future is looking good for Orange, the former U.K. operator that now forms the cornerstone...
