NEW YORK-IBM announced alliances with eight Internet professional services firms to build mobile e-commerce solutions for IBM's wireless Internet initiatives.IBM said the companies-Agency.com; Answerthink; Luminary Worldwide Corp.; Organic; R/GA; Rare Medium; Razorfish; and US Interactive-will use IBM technology to help businesses create content and...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Toshiba Corp. has licensed its Premion Server+ technology to allow Toshiba's i-Value Creation Company to develop custom mobile content and commerce applications for businesses in Japan.The i-Value entity was formed in February to develop consumer-based mobile Internet services for businesses...
AUSTIN, Texas-Wireless application service provider 2Roam Inc. introduced a wireless solution enabling Web site businesses to specify and deliver content and services to wireless devices.Companies including eBay, Fogdog, Linkstime, iOwn.com, JFAX.com, myGeek, ShoppingList.com, ShowMeTheScore and Site 59 have adopted the solution.The solution includes 2Roam's...
A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for "Where are the phones?"Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included in the wireless Internet game, the question may be asked, "Where are the pagers?"All discussions...
Time will tell if new prepaid plans offered by U.S. nationwide operators this year spur more growth in the wireless industry.Verizon Wireless plans to introduce a new nationwide prepaid pricing strategy in the third quarter. Though it won't release the details, Verizon said the...
NokiaNokia Corp. unveiled its new 8260 wireless phone that the company says blends colorful and stylish options into a small digital handset. The 8260 is Time Division Multiple Access 800 compatible, weighs 3.4 ounces, is approximately four inches tall and will include mobile originated...
IPmobileWireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company's initiative to secure and capitalize on the growing wireless data market opportunity...
WENATCHEE, Wash.-Internet service provider network US Online said it will offer GoAmerica Inc.'s wireless Internet content to its 130 network partners, which combined represent more than 500,000 subscribers.US Online is a national network of ISPs. With GoAmerica services, these ISPs can offer subscribers mobile-commerce,...
Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service.Motorola unveiled its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, which features a full Qwerty keyboard, a flip-top screen and a...
NEW YORK-24/7 Media Inc. and i3 Mobile have formed a strategic marketing relationship to extend advertising to mobile phones and other wireless devices, the companies announced.i3 Mobile said it works with more than 20 wireless carriers and media networks to provide its wireless Internet...
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced the U.S. patent office has allowed Cell-Loc three new patents pertaining to handset-based wireless location technology.The patents outline technological advancements for wireless Internet location-based content and services delivered through its Cellocate Network, the company said.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-ArrayComm Inc. and Redback Networks announced they are merging Redback's Subscriber Management System with ArrayComm's i-Burst technology to produce wireless systems for integration with wired networks.The system will allow content and service providers to deliver high-speed wireless services that are consistent with...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. signed an agreement with Telecom Italia Mobile to provide a range of Yahoo!'s Wireless Application Protocol-enabled content and services in Italian to TIM's customers."The wireless market continues to grow at an exponential rate-in Europe and Asia in particular, penetration is...
How ironic that during a time industry chooses to celebrate the heroic side of the wireless phone industry, we also can see how wireless phones can cater to the less gallant side of humanity.CTIA this week honors its VITA award winners-people who have used...
MIAMI-Tiaxa launched its panregional wireless Internet portal in Latin America, offering wireless phone users personalized, location-sensitive mobile Internet services.The company noted it can capitalize on the region's adoption and convergence of wireless and Web-based technology by creating a platform that provides consumers a single...
BEIJING-Sina.com, an Internet media and services company geared toward the Chinese community, signed separate memoranda of understanding agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Siemens in China to deliver content to wireless Internet consumers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.According to the agreements, Sina.com will...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...
DENVER-MobileLogic reported a software licensing agreement with Aether Software, the products division of Aether Systems Inc., to provide MobileLogic customers the ability to securely "mobilize" Web content for Palm handheld devices using Aether Software's ScoutWeb software.In addition, MobileLogic will provide strategic consulting services to...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services.According to i3 Mobile, the service will allow phone numbers and addresses for businesses to be accessed by leveraging its location-based...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-MobileEngines Inc., a mobile application service provider, reported content partnerships with five entertainment brands: Breaktv.com, Hollywood.com, Mojam.com, Musicblitz and Onlinehiphop.com.Under the partnerships, MobileEngines will power mobile entertainment content and applications through its Serious Fun Engine, a mobile entertainment portal offering services to Internet-enabled...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Network Systems, a supplier of software and systems for network-based enhanced services, won a contract from Guangdong Mobile Communications Co. Ltd. to provide its mobile data systems enabling wireless Internet applications in 10 cities across the Chinese province.Under the contract, Comverse will...
DALLAS-CNN Interactive and ATX Technologies Inc. have agreed to make CNN Mobile content and services available to ATX's telematics customers later this year as a part of a bundled package of location-based information services, the companies announced.CNN Mobile content includes news, weather, sports and...
CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced the U.S. patent office has allowed Cell-Loc to claim as its property the delivery of handset-based wireless location content and services over the Internet, regardless of the technological method employed.The company said it has a similar patent pending for network-based...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported it has purchased equipment and developed a strategic alliance in anticipation of launching wireless Internet services later this year.A company spokesman said Dobson will use infrastructure software and applications developed by Phone.com Inc.to provide network capabilities for its Wireless...
