CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Public wireless local area network services are in danger of caving under third-generation services as carriers are offering all-you-can-eat services and replicating WLAN pricing, according to analyst firm Analysys.The report, however, warns that such strategies may hurt 3G technology's economic prospects at...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
Mobile instant messaging is going mainstream. Maybe.Wireless IM use is growing, with 32 percent of all mobile messaging using an IM service in addition to, or instead of, short message service texting, according to a study commissioned by America Online, Inc. AOL said it...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Intellisync Corp.'s synchronization technology is now available through Triton PCS-operating under the SunCom brand name in the southeastern United States-Cable & Wireless in the Caribbean, Germany's E-Plus and Austria's ONE, as a result of its partnership with Danger Inc.The technology, offered with...
The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of the hiptop in...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-The T-Mobile Sidekick II, based on Danger Inc.'s hiptop wireless device, made a red carpet debut in Hollywood last night.The device is the first to launch under Danger's newly announced partnership with Sharp Corp., meant to step up development, production and distribution of...
Wireless devices are outgrowing the cradles once used to transmit personal information like datebook reminders and contact lists from portable PDAs to desktop computers. Last week, Verizon Wireless launched PalmOne Inc.'s Treo 600 smart phone, including integrated always-on wireless synchronization capabilities that enable constant,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger, Inc. has snagged $37 million in venture capital and a new corporate ally.The Palo Alto-based company has joined forces with Sharp Corp. to step up production and distribution of Danger's "hiptop" devices in North American and Europe. Based on the license...
WASHINGTON-The nation's first Wi-Fi health lawsuit has been withdrawn by parents of Illinois school children, continuing the trend of failed litigation alleging health risks from wireless communications.In this case, the class action filed last year against Oak Park Elementary School District 97 claimed wireless...
LONDON-Satisfactory business models have yet to be established between the mobile industry and the music industry, according to "Mobile Music," a new executive briefing from Baskerville/Informa Media.As advanced handsets offer the music industry more opportunities in the mobile content space, revenue-sharing and other business...
In a bid to provide comprehensive operation support systems, big vendors and carriers may be biting off more than they can chew, according to a new study.Many smaller players are using bigger vendors like L.M. Ericsson, Lucent Technologies Inc. and Alcatel Alsthom as channels,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users.Sidekick user Levi Wallach launched the online petition in an attempt to urge T-Mobile and Danger to...
A Sidekick device fan has set up an online petition asking Sidekick vendor T-Mobile USA Inc. and creator Danger Inc. to offer synchronization technology to Sidekick users.Sidekick user Levi Wallach launched the online petition in an attempt to urge T-Mobile and Danger to introduce...
In preparation for its developer's conference this week in San Diego, Qualcomm Inc. today announced it has broadened the scope of its BREW technology far beyond the confines of games, ring tones and other simple applications. Under the company's new offering, BREW carriers and...
Corrections: In the "724's MMS product sends from one to many" story on page 15 of the Feb. 23 issue of RCR Wireless News, T-Mobile in Austria was incorrectly identified as using 724 Solutions Inc.'s X-treme MMS Accelerator. T-Mobile is not using the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission received some unsolicited advice from 23 members of Congress on Thursday about how not to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band."We are troubled by reports that the FCC may address interference problems in a manner that...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless said the Federal Communications Commission should reband the 800 MHz band to solve public-safety interference problems without awarding Nextel Communications Inc. spectrum in the 1.9 GHz band and it can make Nextel pay for the rebanding."The FCC may require Nextel to bear...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said Cable & Wireless will offer its Hiptop mobile-phone device through its Cayman Islands mobile operation. Cable & Wireless is the first Caribbean operator to launch a GSM/GPRS network, and the carrier will use the Hiptop to differentiate its offerings...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Danger Inc. said Cable & Wireless will offer its Hiptop mobile-phone device through its Cayman Islands mobile operation. Cable & Wireless is the first Caribbean operator to launch a GSM/GPRS network, and the carrier will use the Hiptop to differentiate its offerings...
BEND, Ore.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. network partner Edge Wireless L.L.C. introduced Danger Inc.'s Hiptop device for the carrier's initial GSM/GPRS product launch in the Mendocino and Lake Counties, Calif., markets. Edge noted the device allows for over-the-air updates of applications and services, and it...
Wireless carriers continued their push for more research on whether tower facilities kill large numbers of birds, while environmental groups shook their collective finger at the government, alleging the Federal Communications Commission is breaking the law in comments filed with the agency on the...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.-Wynd Communications announced the first public demonstration of its Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS), designed to wirelessly connect people who are deaf or hard of hearing with others, at this week's Deaf Expo West 2003 trade show. The service works on Research...
SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif.-SurfControl announced Project Nomad, a pilot program that will allow SurfControl's enterprise customers to field test the company's new Follow Me Filtering technology for wireless Web access."For the first time, businesses will have the ability to filter their employees' Internet access regardless...
GERMANYU.S. company Danger Inc. announced its first European customer, reporting German operator E-Plus will soon launch Danger's Hiptop device. The German carrier also plans to offer an unlimited data plan that will enable customers to use the phone's e-mail, Internet and instant messaging features...
