Spyglass Inc. has agreed to merge with OpenTV, a worldwide provider of interactive TV software that plans to buy all of Spyglass' outstanding stock in a stock-for-stock transaction valued at about $2.5 billion.By acquiring Spyglass, OpenTV hopes to expand its interactive digital TV services...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS will provide Emazing Inc.'s consumer-driven content on the Sprint PCS Wireless Web, providing customers with daily horoscopes and tips on categories including business, household hints and health."Our partnership with Sprint PCS allows us to extend our popular content from the...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. acquired Within Technology Inc., a technology and systems consulting firm with expertise in collaborative workgroup software, interface design and document annotation techniques.Qualcomm noted Within Technology has a staff that includes both Windows and Macintosh programmers and a small Internet service provider...
BPA Systems Inc., a developer of business-to-business software solutions, unveiled a wireless Web application server that fuses and extends standard Internet tools to create a solution for Web site development and deployment.The new application, BPWEB, supports all types of wireless Web devices such as...
The hype surrounding the possibilities of wireless Internet services has reached an all-time high following Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last month.But in the wake of this fevered pitch has come a backlash from analysts determined to draw a firm distinction between hype and...
NEW YORK-The American wireless marketplace needs a healthy dose of innovation jump-started by foreign intervention to drive user penetration, said Hans R. Snook, chief executive of Orange plc.At the moment, Orange is otherwise engaged, so it cannot put momentum into this immodest proposal straight...
The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show.PCIA said it is repositioning and renaming its annual conference and trade show PCIA GlobalXChange to...
JP Systems Inc. announced it will transfer its experience in connectivity solutions for wireless devices to expand into a wireless application service provider model.As a mobile ASP, JP Systems said it can offer complete wireless data solutions for carriers, enterprise customers and wirelessly enabled...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Arch Communications Group Inc. announced it will create a new, customizable Web portal through an agreement with MyWay.com.The co-branded site is expected to launch in the second quarter. It will allow customers to personalize the Internet-based content sent to their devices, as well...
Looking to join the wireless portal game, Internet infrastructure software firm Inktomi Corp. inked several deals last week with industry players in an effort to collect all the pieces necessary to build wireless portals for carriers and others.Inktomi provides Internet backbone technology like traffic...
NEW YORK-To simulate third-generation wireless before its deployment, Finland's Sonera has just embarked on a new program, Sonera Mspace, said Kaj-Erik Relander, the company's executive vice president.In partnership with content, service and technology providers, Mspace will conduct in Finland "real life trials with consumers...
WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money from a government mandate that requires location technology.They are not alone. Vendors, too, are...
HAMBURG, Germany-Gauss Interprise AG introduced a Wireless Application Protocol version of its VIP ContentManager Web Content Management system, which allows users without technical expertise to create Web sites.
Telematics services, despite their slow start, are on the cusp of becoming standard features on millions of cars, but the kinds of services that will emerge as the most beneficial and applicable to consumers still remains to be seen."I think the big challenge for...
NEW YORK-Telet, a Brazilian cellular operator, partnered with StarMedia Network Inc., an Internet company for Spanish-and Portuguese-speaking markets, to bring wireless Internet to Telet's subscribers. Claro On-line, the new service, will provide Telet's customers with messaging, e-mail and news services, StarMedia said.Telet holds a...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Metrocall Inc. has agreed to offer its customers an information service from Interactive Sports Inc. called ISWire, billed as Sports News for Smart Fans, via Metrocall's OnTheGoInfo online customized content service.
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Computer networking equipment market leader Cisco Systems Inc. announced two acquisitions it said are designed to strengthen the company's interests in the wireless arena.Cisco plans to buy privately held InfoGear Technology Corp. for $301 million and JetCell Inc. for $200 million, both...
BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced two new initiatives at its WAVE developers conference this week-a new branding effort for its two-way messaging service and a plan to become the premier wireless network provider for wireless application service providers.First, BSWD introduced MyBiz interactive, a new...
Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business solutions for enterprise customers.The core of the computing giant's strategy is to give its...
XYPoint made several enhancements to its wireless phone location services last week through partnerships with Vicinity Corp. and GeoVector.XYPoint partnered with Vicinity to provide wireless customers with location-based information services via a voice user interface blended with text messaging technology, the company said. The...
WASHINGTON-The Personal Communications Industry Association said Thursday that it is eliminating 10 positions as it "recharges its organization to further advance wireless industry.""In 1999, PCIA had the best fiscal year in its history. To continue this success, we are setting a new strategic...
WASHINGTON-When wireless customers begin to really use their wireless phones to access the Internet, who will they use? An Internet service provider of their choice or will they be forced to use the mobile-phone company's ISP?The answer Chris Gent, chief executive officer of Vodafone...
NEW YORK-Despite all the cheerleading about the new economy as a global village, the best bets for investments in telecommunications, the Internet and electronic commerce reside in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Ireland.Of the 30 countries that accounted for 85 percent...
Financial analysts are beginning to conservatively incorporate potential wireless data revenues into their valuations of wireless carriers, and many are looking to the future, realizing wireless operators should be evaluated like Internet stocks.This measurement will have huge implications for the wireless industry. Investors have...
