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Phone.com to integrate keywords function

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced an agreement to integrate the Wireless Keyword Navigation System from RealNames Corp. into the Phone.com UP.Link Server.The result will allow users to access wireless Internet content by typing in keywords, omitting the "www" and ".com" parts of addresses.In addition,...

Inktomi wins China Mobile business

BEIJING-Inktomi announced China Mobile will integrate its Traffic Server network cache platform within its national Internet Protocol Backbone for delivery of wireless content and services.China Mobile will deploy the platform to manage increasing mobile Internet traffic and conserve bandwidth by storing information close to...

i-mode author recounts mobile Internet birth

NEW YORK-When NTT DoCoMo began planning for what would become its wildly successful i-mode service, Japan's largest telecommunications company turned to a journalist with an undergraduate degree in French literature."I-mode is now a mega hit, but I was pushed into the valley many times....

Wireless ready to cash in on online shopping boom this holiday

This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes.For the first time ever, shoppers will be able to use their wireless devices to purchase items...

AlterEgo offers scalable platform for apps development

The wireless Internet's influence on the wired Web is often portrayed as a positive, allowing people to access the information previously available only when hooked to a wire from a variety of mobile devices has opened up new possibilities for Internet-based services.Unfortunately, those who...

BellSouth Wireless Data to use Geoworks’ AirBoss

WOODBRIDGE, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.L.P. said it will launch a wireless Web proxy server and microbrowser based on Geoworks Corp.'s AirBoss technology.The deal will allow all devices operating on BSWD's Mobitex-based Intelligent Wireless Network to access wireless Internet content. It also provides an HTTP-based...

Wynd introduces wireless Internet access service

LONG BEACH, Calif.-Wynd Communications Corp. introduced GoAmerica Inc.'s Go.Web wireless Internet access service to its WyndTell users, adding Internet content to the two-way messaging service for the deaf and hard of hearing.Earlier this year, GoAmerica bought Wynd Communications, which operates as a wholely owned...

Clear of bankrupt parent, Vast free to tackle wireless ASP market

Now that Arch Wireless Inc.'s acquisition of Paging Network Inc. is complete, former PageNet subsidiary Vast Solutions Inc. is free of the dead weight its former parent company represented and can begin establishing its place in a marketplace it originally helped define.Vast was born...

Internet opens new avenues for wireless fraud

Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this revenue-stealing problem.While carriers continue to battle fraudsters on the voice front, a new problem...

Wireless security to follow the same path as wired Web

ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just as content on the wireless Web is not at the same point as the wired Web, wireless Web security is not at the same level either. But if the wireless Web is to succeed-in the way the wired Web is succeeding-it needs...

Qualcomm forms venture to advance CDMA

Qualcomm Inc. announced it will form a venture arm to invest in start-up companies in an effort to proliferate the use of CDMA technology.Qualcomm is making a $500 million commitment to the new venture company, Qualcomm Ventures."The convergence of wireless technology and the Internet...

U.S. Wireless to add location to Geoworks platform

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced a technical and marketing alliance with U.S. Wireless Corp. to add mobile location information to Geoworks' Mobile ASP platform.Using U.S. Wireless' mobile location information, Geoworks will be able to offer personal content and commerce services specific to users' immediate location,...

What’s in a click?

It's more than a rhetorical question. The future of the wireless industry arguably rests on the answer. Unless a workable and effective advertising model for m-commerce is developed, billions of dollars invested on spectrum licenses, network construction and the rest will be wasted. And...

Wireless plays at Comdex

LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year's Fall Comdex show.Various PDA manufacturers and service providers made significant announcements at Comdex. And while wireless was but a footnote for...

Alerts.com goes wireless under Air2Web deal

ATLANTA-Alerts.com, a provider of detection and notification services for high-traffic Web sites, plans to go wireless under a new deal announced with Internet platform Air2Web Inc.The deal will allow visitors to Alerts.com-licensed sites to receive personalized alerts and content on any wireless device.

TCS adds location intelligence with Xypoint buy

The race is on to develop carrier-class software infrastructure for the next generation of wireless data applications, and last week's merger announcement between TeleCommunication Systems Inc. and Xypoint Corp. adds a new contestant to the field.The agreement calls for TCS to acquire Xypoint in...

FindWhat.com teams with ThinkersGroup.com

NEW YORK- FindWhat.com announced today it teamed with ThinkersGroup.com to make its search engine results-including its search advertisements-available to users of Web-enabled cell phones and personal digital assistants.The company said its search engine is now "easily translated" to a wireless format, according to a...

Air2Web, TheFirstNews.com develop audio-based news service

POMPANO BEACH, Fla.-Air2Web Inc. and TheFirstNews.com are taking a technological step backward.Instead of using cell phones' increasingly detailed screen to provide information, the two companies plan to get their information across using the oldest form of communication-sound.Wireless application service provider Air2Web and TheFirstNews.com, a...

Ask Jeeves learns to talk at four-years-old

After answering more than 5.5 billion questions in the past four years, Ask Jeeves Inc.'s online question answering service is finally learning to talk.The talking capabilities come from an alliance formed with Nuance, a developer of voice interface software platforms, and General Magic, a...

Sprint Wireless Web enhancements ready for holiday push

Over the past several weeks, Sprint PCS has rolled out several additions to its Wireless Web service designed to target the consumer market, particularly teen users.In the last month, users of Sprint's Wireless Web service have seen new folders added to their launch screens...

Sonera takes stake in Metro One

PORTLAND, Ore.-Sonera Corp. announced it will invest $68 million to purchase one-fourth of Metro One Telecommunications.The deal gives Metro One enough capital to pay down about $35 million in debt, which will save the company about $4 million in interest savings from annual pretax...

Chinese government takes actions to protect its wireless companies

WASHINGTON-Beijing appears to be thumbing its nose at wireless provisions of the landmark U.S.-China trade agreement, posing potential problems for American mobile-phone firms and the next administration.The move comes as a group of U.S. wireless executives prepare to meet with their counterparts in China...

News Briefs

Deutsche Telekom expects to obtain approval of its proposed purchase of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. by the first quarter of next year, according to a report in German daily newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. The deal, valued at $37 billion, still requires U.S. regulatory approval.Lucent Technologies...

Sun stakes claim in wireless Internet space with broad initiatives

Sun Microsystems Inc. officially threw its hat into the wireless Internet ring last week with a broad set of announcements unveiling a dedicated wireless organization within the company, launching new communications software and establishing a $100 million venture fund specifically for the wireless market.Sun...