SpirentSpirent Communications, which provides performance analysis solutions, announced the InfoDM v2.0 release, which is part of the company's acquisition of InfoSoft Technologies, will supplement Spirent's CDMA test solution with high-speed, over-the-air data logging and a data playback feature. The InfoDM v2.0 improves message logging...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. announced it has created a new default home page for PocketNet wireless Internet subscribers geared for teen users, with some 60 content sites of interest to younger users.Subscribers have a choice of default home pages-either the AT&T Main Page...
While wirelessly enabling various types of applications is generally the one common element among wireless application service providers, most agree that value-added services and applications added to this core platform will be the basis of wireless ASP competition.With this in mind, wireless ASP Mobilize...
In the effort to alter consumers' perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with the first combination MP3 player/wireless phone available in the United States.The introduction of the...
HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators will not even reveal subscriber numbers for the service.This contrasts with the bullish claims of Scott Goldman, chief executive officer...
China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals.However, Frost & Sullivan believes wireless Internet is exactly what the Chinese people are looking for, and...
TOKYO-The third-generation (3G) business plans and service strategies of three Japanese cellular carriers are becoming more concrete. NTT DoCoMo and J-Phone Group, the mobile business of Japan Telecom, are going to launch 3G services based on wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) technology in 2001, and the country's...
HandsetsNeopointThe company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band NeoPoint 2000 and tri-mode NeoPoint 2600 phones hold more than 2,000 contacts, schedule, task and personal...
TORONTO-Now that the C$6.6 billion (US$4.3 billion) Telus deal to acquire Clearnet Communications has been finalized, engineering issues are starting to surface.The challenge? How to combine the wireless operations of Telus and Clearnet and determine the best path for third-generation (3G) services. The new...
TOKYO-The mobile music distribution business is going to take off in Japan, according to industry representatives. Some carriers have already revealed their services, while others are promoting field tests in cooperation with vendors.NTT DoCoMo at the beginning of 2000 established a joint venture with...
Less than a week after introducing a new suite of messaging services targeted in part to teen users, Sprint PCS introduced a new package of wireless Internet-based games to its Wireless Web service.The move is targeted at capitalizing on two wireless trends-increasing teen usage...
LONDON-Cable & Wireless and Baltimore Technologies, an e-security company, announced today they will jointly offer secure e-business services for large corporations.The first service is scheduled to start in the United States and Europe the first of next year.The companies also plan to offer an...
Cross Country Automotive Services, a 28-year-old company responsible for much of the behind-the-scenes work for several car manufacturers' roadside assistance programs, announced last week it is partnering with WirelessCar to provide complete end-to-end telematics services and solutions.Based in Boston, privately-held CCAS said WirelessCar will...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Always a keen advocate of mobile Internet technology, Nokia has linked with Excite Europe to offer a directory search engine on the regular Internet. The service, which will be available through the main Nokia Web site and via Excite's various pan-European sites,...
TOKYO-Marubeni Telecom will start providing free home page services for i-mode users on 25 October, the firm announced. Users of the services can store pictures, characters and incoming call melodies on their home pages using i-mode.Users also can display this content to other i-mode...
Aether Systems Inc. is celebrating its one-year anniversary as a public company, capping a busy year of acquisitions, investments and partnerships that have positioned the firm at the center of the wireless-Internet convergence.And after a year in the public spotlight, Aether's goals have only...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Unimobile.com and Advertising.com have teamed to provide a method to include global ads in messages delivered to wireless devices. The deal combines Advertising.com's ad content with Unimobile.com's Universal Intelligent Network solution. Unimobile.com will outsource all advertising on its consumer applications to Advertising.com,...
BURLINGAME, Calif.-NewsTakes Inc. introduced a service that repurposes existing Web content for various wireless devices last week, naming Dow Jones and Orange as customers.Dow Jones Newswires chose the technology to extend its content to wireless users, while Orange has integrated it to support its...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Here we go again.After 10 years of asking the question, we finally have an answer."Everybody has been asking when wireless data is going to come," said Tom Wheeler, CTIA president and chief executive officer, at the closing keynote of the organization's Wireless...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA's Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query Application over multiple wireless networks.The SureWave platform replaces the firm's InfoBeam technology as its...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Amdocs unveiled an enhanced version of its IAF Horizon solution to support mobile Internet Protocol services and allow mobile service providers to capture new revenue streams via advanced support for revenue sharing, sponsoring, m-commerce and location-based services."IAF Horizon eliminates infrastructure barriers when...
WASHINGTON-Just because the telecommunications industry is urging the Federal Communications Commission to order the cable industry to open up its cable modem platform to competing Internet service providers, that does not mean the FCC should require "open access" on all platforms-including wireless, said John...
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp. said it has partnered with Webraska to integrate their location-based product offerings, interfacing SignalSoft's location management platform with Webraska location-based personal navigation services.The result is a combination of location with content and applications designed to offer personalized information to mobile users...
MINNEAPOLIS-Minnesota-based PCS carrier WirelessNorth introduced text messaging service to its active markets in Fargo and Grand Forks, N.D.; Duluth, Fergus Falls and Moorhead, Minn.; and Superior, Wis.WirelessNorth said the text messaging service allows its subscribers to receive messages of up to 100 characters on...
