Motorola Inc.'s recently formed Internet and Connectivity Services Division introduced a new application programming language that allows consumers to access the Internet using their own voice.The VoxML Voice Markup Language enables software developers and Internet content providers-including wireless carriers-to write voice applications to provide...
HEWLETT PACKARDA complete test solution for installing and maintaining radio-frequency infrastructure systems for Cellular Digital Packet Data and mobile data base station equipment was introduced by Hewlett-Packard Co. at the Personal Communications Showcase '98 trade show last week in Orlando, Fla. The solution is...
AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile devices that are compatible with their existing network and technology infrastructures.The solution, called AvantGo 2.0, consists of the AvantGo Server,...
Colorado MicroDisplay Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based supplier of microdisplays, announced it is taking orders for its CMD View Cube Optics Developer's Kit.The kit provides a visual interface development platform for optimizing microdisplays in display headsets, third-generation smart phones, global positioning system map readers, pagers...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Silverlake Communications Inc., a wireless messaging software provider, announced it has entered a reseller agreement with Arch Communications Group Inc.Under terms of the agreement, Silverlake will be Arch's primary alphanumeric software provider and will market the Airsource wireless messaging software suite branded under...
DataLink Systems Corp.-a company providing real-time turnkey information services-introduced two new information services this week, expanding its portfolio of personalized Web-based content.Sports2Go, offered in conjunction with ESPN, delivers sports scores at intervals of the customers choosing-at a pre-selected time, every hour, by inning/period/quarter, after...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it is reselling Research In Motion's Inter@ctive Pager 950 palm-sized advanced messaging device, operating on the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network.The Inter@ctive Pager 950 will be added to GoAmerica's Web@Hand product portfolio and marketed on its new Web site and...
Wireless carriers in the United States have been focusing a great deal of attention on a government mandate concerning emergency calls made from wireless phones.The United States has in place a three-digit phone number-911-that citizens can call to be connected with police, fire and...
BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. marks its re-entry into the paging market this week with the commercial debut of its two-way Interactive Paging Service.The service uses the new Inter@ctive 950 pager designed by Research In Motion. RIM's wearable, two-way pager features a variety of improvements...
The recent commercial launch of PageMart Wireless Inc.'s facilities-based ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network has heralded in the new age of paging, in which all major paging players will operate some type of two-way network.SkyTel Communications Inc. no longer will be the...
In the past year, paging companies have engineered a striking makeover designed to change their "look" to better meet the business style of the new millennium.Just as the parachute pants and spiked haircuts of the 1980s are out and the khaki pants and George...
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced its PageWriter 2000 two-way pager will have access to Internet-based information services through the PocketGenie software application developed by WolfeTech Corp. The agreement follows a year-long trial of the software by Motorola.PocketGenie allows pagers to receive news, weather, scores,...
DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced a two-way messaging service it said will allow customers to receive and create e-mails and pages from one device.The company also said it will create customized applications for large business customers that will enable workers to access the Internet and...
Arthur Andersen predicts continued convergence within and amongst the industry segments well into the next century, thanks to the advent of digital technology.Seven of the 10 biggest acquisitions and investments last year were telecom deals. "We see these mergers across what used to be...
PLAINVIEW, N.Y.-RTS Wireless Inc. and The Traffic Station Group L.L.C. announced a strategic alliance that will deliver real-time traffic reports to digital wireless phone and pager subscribers.Under the alliance, The Traffic Station Group's database and Internet technology reporting system will be integrated into RTS'...
Motorola Inc. said it created a new start-up services business to focus on developing and providing integrated communication and information services.The Internet and Connectivity Services Division is part of the Internet and Networking Group, which is part of another new Motorola unit called the...
WASHINGTON-A proposal to assign abbreviated dialing codes nationwide appears to be headed for a major roadblock from the North American Numbering Council. NANC is expected to approve a report in September that will declare no one supports abbreviated dialing codes, said Lori Messing, manager...
Metrocall Inc. announced a two-year interactive marketing agreement with America Online, by far the country's largest Internet online service with more than 12 million members.Under the terms of the agreement, AOL will establish links to Metrocall's Web site throughout the AOL service area and...
Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the first vendor exclusively dedicated to providing network operators with enhanced services platforms to join WAP. WAP is a non-profit organization,...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week urged the FBI to revise its definition of key words in rules implementing the digital wiretap act.The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association asked the FBI to reconsider its definition of the word "deployed" and to better define the word "impede."...
Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a conference call last week, and found that while current usage levels are low in both Europe and the United States, there is great potential for such advanced services.In Europe, where Global...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have changed over time, but the predicted boom has always been present, always just about...
DENVER, United States-Analysts from consulting firm Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a June conference call, concluding that while current usage levels are low in both Europe and the United States, there is great potential for such services.In...
Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions.Lucent tests applications marketed through Cooperative Innovations for compatibility with its wireless infrastructure. Testing takes place at the company's Wireless Innovation Lab in...
