As it becomes increasingly clear that users will access the Internet from a variety of devices, wireless included, more and more companies are stepping forward with ideas on how to help manage all that data across various devices.One, NetSanity Inc., began trials this week...
NEW YORK-Mobilestop.com, the newborn Internet offspring of Strax Inc., a Miami-based wireless phone and accessory distributor, launched its Web site this month and plans operations on four continents within a year. The company intends to be a one-stop shopping and information site for all...
Since expanding its business around a mobile application service provider model, JP Systems Inc. recently presided over the launch of a wireless Internet portal in India called Netxcell.com, the first customer to license the full range of JP Systems' technologies.In addition, the company added...
Large carriers across the country are painstakenly trying to determine what wireless Internet service offerings will attract customers. Surprisingly, some small and rural carriers are on the same page.Smaller operators historically have followed the coattails of their metropolitan counterparts when it comes to deploying...
NEW YORK-Delphi Automotive Systems and Palm Inc. introduced the Communiport Mobile Productivity Center that will dock and synchronize with a Palm V handheld using Palm's HotSync technology, allowing drivers access to Palm content while in their vehicle.The hands-free system uses voice recognition technology and...
As the wireless industry is ramping up efforts to convince customers to use their mobile phones for Internet access via Wireless Application Protocol technology, some are taking the concurrent step of preparing for voice access to the Net as well.The issue was the subject...
As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless phone screens.The favorable spot for those Internet companies is what is known as "above the...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it will begin offering Internet content channels to subscribers via GoAmerica Inc.'s wireless e-mail service.The deal extends the Go.Web service to Arch customers, allowing them to access Internet-based data and e-mail from their pagers. The two companies also...
WASHINGTON-The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration plans to hold a series of meetings beginning in July on digital driver distractions, like mobile phones, that local, state and federal officials fear will lead to more traffic accidents as well as injuries and deaths to drivers...
NEW YORK-After first admonishing all attendees to turn off their cell phones, William T. Lake, a partner at Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., convened a recent Practising Law Institute conference on Telecommunications Convergence with these remarks."Convergence is a word used without knowing what...
Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services and products. Metrocall said it will use Wireless MD's proprietary interactive medical data retrieval...
Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success.First to emerge was i3 Mobile Inc., formerly Intelligent Information Inc. The company aggregates Internet-based content like...
Add another wireless application service provider to the mix, as Everypath Inc. commercially launched a service designed to extend Web content wirelessly, at Internet World 2000 last week.The company's technology allows enterprise customers and dot-com companies to make their content available on wireless devices...
Having been ruled a monopoly and found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws to maintain that status, Microsoft now faces an uncertain future as federal courts determine how best to provide relief to competitors harmed by its actions, as well as deal with a...
Adaptive Broadband Corp. was awarded a $56 million, five-year contract to provide its AB-Access fixed wireless broadband equipment to Cybertech Wireless Inc., a privately held, business-to-business Internet Service Provider.Aether Systems Inc. has acquired IFX Group plc, a European provider of mobile financial data, for...
FREEREALTIME.comFreeRealTime.com Inc. launched a beta version of FRT2go, a service for use on 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net service, giving its members wireless access to real-time stock quotes as well as other financial market information. The company noted it does...
NEW YORK-VoiceStream Wireless Corp. is prepared to wage war on two fronts in the battle of the titans for transnational control of wireless telecommunications, John Stanton, VoiceStream's chairman and chief executive officer said.Although focused on expanding its domestic footprint through acquisitions of carriers and...
DALLAS-WebLink Wireless Inc. added three companies to its Enterprise Solutions Partner program-InfoSoft Inc., Mobile Computing Corp. and SolutionLand.com Corp.InfoSoft and Mobile Computing said they will use WebLink's network for their dispatch applications targeting the courier and transportation industries. SolutionLand said it will provide system...
AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile Internet content and commerce solution provider agentGO.com announced an agreement with Motorola Inc. under which it will provide customized Internet content on Motorola Web-enabled wireless phones.The company also announced it has become a member of Motorola's wireless Internet alliance program.
Hoping consumers will continue to think of it as an authority in the emerging wireless Internet space, Motorola Inc. aired an image/branding spot on Oscar night to promote its Mobile Internet Exchange platform by creating a virtual personality for it called Mya.Mya is a...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement with Bandai Co. Ltd. of Japan to help service providers stimulate new wireless network services in the United States, such as interactive games and other mobile Internet-based consumer services.Lucent said it plans to collaborate with Bandai...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-AirFlash Inc. officially unveiled the AirFlash powered by Inktomi service, which uses Inktomi Corp.'s e-commerce engine, following a strategic alliance and equity investment by the company. It is scheduled for availability by June.AirFlash powered by Inktomi uses AirFlash's SmartZone technology, a location-based...
DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. reported that PacketVideo Corp.'s PVPlayer decoding software and PV Author encoding software will provide streaming media support for TI's next-generation Open Multimedia Application Platform.The new software will support the delivery of full-motion video and audio over wireless networks on mobile information...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-OracleMobile.com announced its first voice recognition-enabled service for its oramobile.com wireless portal. The service is a movie guide with content from Hollywood.com and Map-Quest.com enabled with Motorola Inc.'s Voice Markup Language technology, allowing users to request and receive movie listing information and...
