I came to the wireless communications industry several years ago from the world of geographic information systems-an industry I thoroughly enjoyed because of its vast applications but which I always had to explain."A GIS is a spatial database and analysis system.""A what?""It's computerized maps.""What...
BOULDER, Colo.-SignalSoft Corp., a software developer focused on the wireless location industry, completed $33 million in private equity financing from existing investors as well as new financial and strategic investors in the United States, Europe and Japan.Salomon Smith Barney managed the private placement. New...
CANNES, France-At odds with some in the wireless industry, the keynote speaker at the GSM World Congress 2000 is not a proponent of convergence. In fact, Keith McCurdy, chief executive officer of Experts-Exchange.com, said convergence is not happening and wireless professionals should promote moving...
CANNES, France-At the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, Motorola Inc. showcased a range of location-aware solutions delivered directly to the mobile handset. The solution is enabled by combining key technologies over the new General Packet Radio Service data network.According to Motorola, the new...
CANNES, France-Intel Corp. announced it will provide Ericsson with next-generation, high-performance flash memory for cellular phones. The two companies also will work together on flash product definition for future wireless devices, including Internet-enabled mobile phones.The deal calls for a three-year commitment by Ericsson to...
CANNES, France-France Telecom unveiled new features for its Itineris Global System for Mobile communications system at the GSM World Forum in Cannes.The company announced it will propose roaming coverage for its Itineris GSM cellular customers via the Globalstar satellite system.The company said Itineris customers...
When you're moving at Internet-speed, a lot can happen in a year.Those targeting the wireless remote access market found this out quickly. About a year ago, several companies emerged with the intent to provide solutions that would extend corporate data to wireless handsets. At...
In a marked shift in strategy, Datalink.net unveiled a new business unit called Net2Wireless Turnkey Business Solutions, designed to provide business-to-business wireless extension services.Originally, Datalink aimed its turnkey information services solution directly to wireless customers, sometimes through marketing agreements with carriers like SkyTel Inc....
Perhaps the greatest indicator of the wireless data industry's rise to popularity is the way paging carriers are positioning themselves in the space today.Pioneering wireless data carriers like American Mobile Satellite Corp. and BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. started the trend by offering paging-like services...
Wireless carriers and Wall Street are excited about the huge revenue potential advertising via mobile phones could bring in the future, but just how to offer it to customers is a looming question.Regulatory requirements to allow wireless 911 location will drive the advent of...
The harmonious relationship between wireless technology and the Internet is making monumental advances in communication, but the rate at which consumers are taking advantage of both is lagging a little behind.To accelerate the current e-commerce frenzy and entice customers into buying more, more often,...
REDMOND, Wash.-GTE Wireless announced it has selected InfoSpace.com Inc. to provide a wireless Internet services platform that GTE mobile phone users can access from both their mobile phones and personal computers.Services are expected to include one-click e-commerce services, instant messaging, information services, localized content...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia is taking the Chinese market seriously, announcing an agreement with SOHU.com and Beijing Mobile Communications Corp. to offer end users services covering sporting events, entertainment, news, stock quotes and shopping guides.The three companies will jointly develop mobile Internet services and applications for...
PARIS-Mobile Internet financial services in Europe have a new partnership with the announcement that the Fininfo Group and FinGO have combined forces. Fininfo, which specializes in financial information services and order routing, and FinGO, a new start-up that designs and engineers a mobile portal...
In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and mobile data services, delivering data, audio, graphics and video to wireless devices.The company expects...
If recent announcements by paging vendors and carriers are any indication, two-way paging products and services are poised to make a big splash in 2000.Both Motorola Inc. and Glenayre Technologies Inc. unveiled their long-awaited ReFLEX 25 compatible two-way paging devices last week at the...
A subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., Brightpoint (Asia Pacific) Pte. Ltd., has completed the sale of its 67-percent interest in a Hong Kong-based accessory company. According to Brightpoint, the sale was part of the company's restructuring plan announced on June 30, 1999.Focus Affiliates Inc. said...
OSLO, Norway-Telenor Mobile and Sun Microsystems Inc. have agreed to develop new mobile Internet services.The agreement specifically involves development of an electronic organizer/calendar with combined Web and Wireless Application Protocol access from the Sun-Netscape Alliance. The organizer will be released this spring.The planned calendar...
RCR announced several promotions and new hires to its editorial staff, effective Jan. 3.Reporter Lynnette Luna has been promoted to Denver bureau chief. She will continue her responsibilities as a reporter, as well as take on more news-gathering duties. "This promotion recognizes the contributions...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo's iMode Internet service is winning attention around the world as the first success case for mobile Internet.Since the carrier launched the service in February 1999, it has attracted more than 2.8 million users. Subscribers are expected to reach 4 million by March...
WASHINGTON-For the wireless industry in 2000, the outlook is LOOK OUT! Wireless and the Internet have found each other. The high-tech Big Bang is not over. Creative forces are still reshaping the digital universe, but patterns are emerging.At the dawn of the new century,...
Clearly, marketing and selling wireless data will be one of the largest hurdles the wireless industry will face as it begins to heavily roll out the service.Wireless operators need to spend the big bucks to tell consumers how data services will be valuable to...
Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered Nov. 18 for the IPO with an expected price range of $15-$17 per share....
REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren't inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another.Alain Rossman did exactly this when he created an application environment enabling Internet applications to run on wireless networks using...
