Devices

NEW YORK-Internet users currently using online financial services are far more likely to extend these services to their wireless devices than Internet users not currently using these services, according to …

ZURICH, Switzerland-SoftWired Inc. unveiled its range of iBus//Mobile products for cellular phones, wireless personal information managers, notebooks and personal digital assistants, enabling wireless devices running PalmOS, Symbian or Windows CE …

Just as a zoo is a place where different species from around the world can peacefully co-mingle, telezoo.com said it is a place where telecommunication buyers and sellers can easily …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Image Power announced it has enabled its Web-based FaxPC and Linux FaxPC viewer universal messaging service with Wireless Application Protocol technology to extend these services to WAP-based wireless …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-BuildNet Inc. and HiddenMind Technology Inc. formed an agreement to create a wireless solution for the building industry. The aim is to enable building industry workers to …

WASHINGTON-A divided Federal Trade Commission last week said industry self-regulation of Internet privacy was a failure and called on Congress to legislate consumer safeguards, an action that immediately drew criticism …

How ironic that during a time industry chooses to celebrate the heroic side of the wireless phone industry, we also can see how wireless phones can cater to the less …

PHILADELPHIA-The wireless industry is not ready for the advent of wireless data even as data is becoming increasingly important to the wireless industry and the Internet economy, said panelists at …

Anticipating substantial future growth in the mobile and wireless computing industries, Sybase Inc. launched a new subsidiary to provide mobile business-to-business services and support. Sybase created iAnywhere Solutions Inc. to …

BOSTON-Online investors are readily adopting wireless devices such as smart phones, two-way pagers and personal digital assistants to monitor and manage their financial portfolios, according to findings in a new …

WASHINGTON-Federal regulators, lawmakers and consumer groups are ratcheting up pressure for stronger privacy protections for consumers in the Digital Age, a development with major implications for the wireless Internet sector. …

NEW YORK-MobileSys Inc. commercially debuted today a new global data roaming product that allows encrypted information to be exchanged between corporate enterprises and wireless devices that use different networks. “Now, …

WASHINGTON-A comprehensive proposal by European and Arab states covering third-generation mobile phone spectrum and other issues appeared to be disintegrating late last week at the World Radiocommunication Conference in Turkey, …

Time was when Bill Gates was the quintessential symbol of American capitalism. The undisputed icon of the Digital Age. But now, with the Justice Department, 19 states and a tough …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Through an agreement with BarPoint.com, Verizon Wireless customers will be able to access comparison shopping information and product reviews based on a product’s Universal Product Code on their Web-enabled …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry’s push to enter the populous Chinese market got a big boost last week as several undecided Democrats and Republicans announced they will vote for permanent normal trade …

As last week’s Love Bug virus painfully illustrated, more computer viruses are being spread via e-mail, and they are growing increasingly destructive. But despite the growing popularity of wireless e-mail …

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission is becoming increasingly concerned about anecdotal stories about public-safety operations experiencing interference from commercial systems. “We on a regular basis hear anecdotal stories on how radios …

NEW YORK-Sony Corp. has licensed the Texas Instruments Open Multimedia Application processing engine and Symbian’s EPOC software platform for Sony’s next generation of wireless handsets. Sony selected the two technologies …

As the thought of delivering multimedia services on wireless devices gains more attention, the Wireless Multimedia Forum aims to ensure interoperability among wireless multimedia protocols. PacketVideo Inc. last month established …

NEW YORK-Clariti Wireless Messaging, Fort Washington, Pa., said it plans to introduce commercially a voice-mail service delivered over FM subcarrier channels by the end of this year. In the United …

Check one off the list of 16 devices rumored to be coming to T-Mobile by August. Today, T-Mobile announced the availability of Nokia’s new music playin’ candy bar, the XpressMusic …

Content is king. That’s the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be …

SAN FRANCISCO-A poll conducted by Wirthlin Worldwide, commissioned by online wireless retailer LetsTalk.com, found more than half of wireless phone users surveyed did not use their phones in movie theaters, …