At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed for its products.Palm Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski illustrated his vision for the company,...
NEW YORK-The importance of venture capital as a finance source for wireless Web businesses has increased dramatically amid the pullback of equipment vendors, commercial banks and public securities markets."It is so painfully obvious that the financing side of the equation has become a major...
Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services.PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video and audio solutions-last week introduced a showcase of streaming video media applications available on today's...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS launched personal communications services in Fort Walton Beach and Panama City, Fla., through US Unwired Inc., Sprint PCS' network managing partner in the southeast.Sprint PCS also announced new offerings for its wireless Web offering, including real-time financial and business information...
NEW YORK-The Land of the Rising Sun has emerged as the place to be for investors interested in grabbing onto incipient wireless telecommunications trends, said a managing director of Whitney & Co., the oldest American venture-capital firm.Venture-capital companies based in Japan have become more...
NEW YORK-Venture-capital investments in telecommunications and wireless companies reached $5.2 billion during the third quarter, a 186-percent increase from the $1.81 billion investment total a year earlier, according to PricewaterhouseCooper's MoneyTree Survey.Funding in telecom/wireless companies during the first nine months of 2000 surpassed the...
Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application vendors.The deal is the second phase of their partnership, following Motorola's adoption of Oracle's OracleMobile.com server technology into the Aspira...
WASHINGTON-Can the news media disseminate information of public significance even if that information is stolen?That is the question before the U.S. Supreme Court which last week heard oral argument in a case that could also impact a nationally significant case involving former House Speaker...
With a new venture fund and optimistic forecast extension, Nokia set out last week to fortify its already strong position in the wireless communications industry.Its venture arm, Nokia Venture Partners, launched a new $500 million fund to buoy start-up companies in the mobile Internet...
NEW YORK-For telecommunications companies that believe the capital markets have become like Ebenezer Scrooge, Gerald W. Thames, a principal of the new Lehman Brothers Inc. Global Communications Fund, offers some Christmas cheer.Thames, who said he spent 30 years on the other side of the...
WATERLOO, Ontario-Research In Motion Ltd. scored a significant customer last week as EarthLink, the nation's second-largest Internet service provider, agreed to provide the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service to its customers nationwide.The BlackBerry launch coincided with the company's EarthLink Everywhere initiative, mirroring similar efforts by...
AvantGo Inc., a wireless Internet provider, unleashed a barrage of new initiatives last week, beginning with the creation of two professional services programs designed to support businesses deploying its AvantGo Enterprise software and services.The two are called Mobile Expert and Jump Start. Mobile Experts...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-SalesMountain, a wireless advertising network, scored an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS to have the carriers offer its Find the Sales service over their mobile Internet networks.The two new separate agreements add to SalesMountain's list of partnerships, which...
JAMAICAAfter a successful field demonstration of Finline Technologies' multichannel multipoint distribution system, N5 Systems Ltd. plans to deploy the company's system in Jamaica. The companies hope the joint deployment will provide interactive digital video and data services to the country. The Finline Trilogy MMDS...
With the holidays upon us, shopping has become the talk of the town these days. While many reports have emerged highlighting the increased use of e-commerce as a way of avoiding long lines at stores this holiday season, little to date has been mentioned...
NEW YORK-The potential mobile-commerce revolution may well be in the intensive care unit, "but we're not ready to declare it dead," said David Bishop, director of wireless/mobile services for The Yankee Group, on Nov. 29.By year-end 2005, domestic carriers could realize a collective $3.7...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AlterEgo Networks Inc. and Nextron Communications Inc., a provider of Web content management software, formed a strategic technology partnership allowing Nextron's partner carriers, Internet service providers and franchises to adapt and deliver Internet content through AlterEgo's Mobile Web Server platform to mobile...
WASHINGTON-Users of mobile Web devices want content and they want it now."The reason I use wireless is that I want it now. If I can wait five hours, I can go back to my desk," said Rizwan Tufail, vice president and co-founder of...
WASHINGTON-A French court's decision to regulate the Internet could have repercussions for the wireless Web in the United States at a time when carriers are excited mobile commerce will help them increase revenues.A French court recently told Yahoo! Inc. it has three months to...
The strategic alliance announced between NTT DoCoMo and AT&T Wireless Inc. is fairly simple on the surface, but may have long-term implications for the global wireless industry.DoCoMo will invest about $9.8 billion in AT&T preferred stock for a 16-percent equity share in the company....
NEW YORK-SolidStreaming Inc. and AnyDevice Inc. said they plan to integrate their software platforms to enable carrier and enterprise customers to deliver data, audio and video content to wireless devices.SolidStreaming provides streaming audio and video applications optimized for mobile devices, while AnyDevice is a...
Wireline technologies continue to trump broadband wireless in the journey to the last mile.In a new study on multidwelling units, Washington-based market research and consulting firm The Strategis Group says that cravings for high-speed data and video on demand among U.S. residents for cable...
BEIJING-According to Beijing-based consultancy BDA, reports of the death of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in China have been greatly exaggerated, as 69 million people in China will be accessing the Internet over their mobile phones by 2004. China Mobile will begin charging fees...
NEW YORK-Room33 AB has opened its doors here to tap into the city's content creation hub and give the Stockholm-based company easier access to potential American customers for its mobile software and WAP-centric portal."New York's Silicon Alley makes the perfect beachhead for our entry...
