Flarion TechnologiesFlarion Technologies, a new company formed to commercialize a wireless data technology for Internet mobility market, announced that Matthew J. Desch has been appointed to a new seat on the company's board of directors. Desch is chairman of Airspan Networks Inc. and former...
CHICAGO-Video content may be the new show to watch on the wireless Internet.Content is the name of the game in the wireless Internet evolution going forward. And while it is by no means a new concept, companies are paying more attention to the wireless...
NEW|YORK-Texas Instruments plans to release next year a third-generation wireless solution for independent developers of modules for the Springboard expansion slot on Handspring's Visor handheld computers."We are pleased to be working with TI to provide high-speed 3G wireless expansion capabilities to our line of...
DURHAM, N.C.-Instead of making plans for what they wanted to do once they graduated from high school, Jud Bowman and Taylor Brockman were making plans on how to raise money for their future while they were in high school.The two North Carolina School for...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Software developer Pixo Inc. licensed Certicom Corp.'s security technology for the Pixo Internet Microbrowser for wireless phones.Certicom said its Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology and MobileTrust digital certificates will provide users of Pixo's Internet browser with a more secure platform for protecting valuable electronic...
NEW YORK-The New York Times Co., through its New York Times Digital Internet division, launched NYT Mobile, a global, 24-hour news, information and entertainment service built using WAP technology.The company said the offering will provide daily top stories, international news, political news, technology news,...
NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices.Only technology buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...
CHICAGO-Partnerships are the key to success in the wireless Internet space, was the resounding theme at last week's PCIA GlobalXChange convention keynote session."The wireless Internet is like the proverbial wild West or the first blast off into space," Janiece Webb, senior vice president and...
In this time of money-hungry megacorporations, there still exists at least one philosophy that ultimately benefits the little guy-Open Source.Since January of last year, Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Lutris Technologies Inc. has offered its Enhydra software up for public trial and error, and so far...
While the convergence of computing and communications may be the future, and the future may be now, the convergence of ideas to actual product line takes longer to reach fruition.This could leave the wireless industry a little discombobulated as it journeys to a world...
CARROLLTON, Texas-CellStar Corp. entered a joint-venture agreement with Chinadotcom Corp., a pan-Asian integrated Internet company offering e-business strategies and portal and online marketing services.The agreement calls for CellStar to perform fulfillment, sales and distribution for the venture, with Chinadotcom providing development and maintenance of...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it signed a memorandum of understanding with KPN Mobile of the Netherlands, in which DoCoMo holds 15 percent, to consider establishing a joint venture to provide mobile Internet services based on DoCoMo's i-mode technology and business model in Europe."NTT DoCoMo signed...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and America Online Inc. last week announced their long-expected business alliance. The combination of the largest mobile carrier in Japan and the largest Internet service provider in the world will give NTT DoCoMo a foothold to launch its popular i-mode services,...
During the first day of its 2000 User Forum, Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., introduced additional features to its software and systems enabling network-based enhanced services.The features include its Intelligent Mobile Services, a suite of services using mobile number portability...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless operator Clearnet Communications Inc. introduced a flat-rate wireless Internet service allowing its PCS and Mike clients unlimited access to wireless Internet content for one monthly fee.Customers can choose from two wireless Internet services, which are scheduled to roll out across Canada...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications is like chess, because the grand masters emerge as victors by controlling the center of the board, Ivan Seidenberg, president and co-chief executive officer of Verizon Communications Inc., said."In our case, the move to center means four platforms: robust local access, local broadband,...
With all the wireless enabling solutions, wireless application service providers, devices, software and networks available today, it's not too difficult to see how dot-coms and corporate entities mulling wireless extension of their content may feel a little overwhelmed.Even reporters and analysts attempting to keep...
NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting released its Mobile Micropayments prototype, illustrating how consumers can purchase items using an Internet billing solution from a wireless phone without incurring charges on their phone bills or using the cellular network.The prototype service would allow a vending machine to notify...
SARATOGA, Calif.-AirFlash Inc. launched its Strategic Location-Relevant Partner Program by announcing nine U.S. service and content providers, including MasterCard International.SLRP program partners may integrate their digital content and services with AirFlash's SmartZone platform, which makes such content location specific, the company said.AirFlash said other...
Being the new kid on the block is always a challenge. Besides trying to keep your own sense of identity, there is the pressure of trying to fit in to an unnatural surrounding that may or may not receive you graciously.A few years ago,...
NEW YORK-InPhonic, still in its corporate infancy, has skipped over baby steps and is making major strides as an outsourced, behind-the-scenes distributor of private-labeled wireless and mobile-commerce services.In mid-September, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced a one-year agreement, valued at an estimated $20 million, to...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. and PacketVideo Corp. announced they will work together to port PacketVideo's wireless streaming video technology to Zucotto's Xpresso Java microprocessor, together allowing enhanced delivery of video content over wireless networks.During the initial phase of integration, the companies will port PacketVideo's...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services.Latin America in general saw an explosion of prepaid services, but in Brazil, prepaid subscriptions overcame all operator...
An emerging collection of technical standards promises to change forever the way marketers do their jobs by automating how businesses interact.The question is: Will this automation cut marketers out of the mix?One of the most recent and important proposed standards is called universal description, discovery...
