Editor's Note: This is one of a series of stories examining the current economic downturn and how it affects the wireless industry. For more on this topic, visit RCRWireless.com/EconomicDownturn.As Washington, D.C., continues its efforts to bailout Wall Street and stabilize the economy, analysts expect...
Nokia Corp. is pulling the plug on some of its enterprise offerings in an effort to increase its focus on consumer Internet services.The Finnish company said it will stop developing and marketing its proprietary corporate e-mail service, opting instead to integrate its devices and...
A Texas-based company is using the Internet for businesses and consumers interested in finding out if they are paying too much for their wireless service. Validas Inc. offers a Web site where customers simply upload their bill online. Patent-pending technology used by Validas does...
A new application created by a San Francisco-based company pledges to give enterprise workers with Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhones mobile access to Microsoft Corp.'s Office Communication Server.CallWave recently announced the launch of its new version of WebMessenger Mobile, an enterprise unified communications solutions for...
As wireless continues to change how companies do business, Alltel Communications L.L.C. is now offering an application allowing employers to track mobile workers in real time.The Alltel Workforce Locator service is a tracking and mobile resource management product designed by Autodesk Inc. The service...
When Qualcomm Inc. talks, people listen. So when Qualcomm recently announced that its "Gobi" embedded connectivity module had been certified by AT&T Mobility for the latter's network and that Hewlett-Packard Co. and Panasonic had signed on to include Gobi in some of their new...
One species of middleware provider in the enterprise mobility space is essentially delivering mobile access to backend systems long established in the corporate world, from sales-force automation to customer relationship management. That scenario can be characterized as an early phase in the deployment of...
Palm Inc.'s revenue for the first fiscal quarter just ended was flat and the company lost about $40 million, vastly beyond losses in the year-ago quarter. While Palm said it shipped 1 million smartphones in the last quarter, up nearly 50% from the year-ago...
Rove Inc announced the launch its latest version of Mobile Admin, network administration software that allows unified management of all information technology systems from a handheld device or computer.Mobile Admin 4.1 now incorporates Mobile SSH, providing full connectivity via SSH or telnet. This allows...
SAN FRANCISCO -- There are success stories in how wireless technology is helping the enterprise sector save money and improve employee productivity, but some in the industry say more can be done.When it comes to wireless services, the need of every business is different....
In the wireless industry - where talk of hockey-stick projections and tipping points dominates conversation - device management has been a relatively tranquil space. But that may be about to change.For years, mobile security has been a "just-around-the-corner" thing in wireless, where a new...
SAN FRANCISCO -- A California company believes e-mail shouldn't be just for smartphones and the application should be compatible with voice and text messaging.As the annual CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2008 kicks off today in San Francisco, SEVEN is unveiling its new Integrated...
Even as Apple Inc.'s 3G iPhone ventures into the enterprise market, Research In Motion Ltd. is expected to continue its dominance in the business sector with the upcoming release of the 3G BlackBerry Bold, according to a report by Pacific Crest Securities.The new BlackBerry...
Mobile e-mail company Visto Corp. announced a major new push into the social-networking space, an effort to expand the company's offerings beyond e-mail and into various real-time information services.Specifically, Visto's new Mobile 6 product allows users to maintain connections to e-mail, social networking sites...
RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC, which both the Republican and Democratic Parties hired to help increase wireless coverage during their conventions.; wireless; DNC; RNC; ADC; RCR Wireless News reporter Gary Salazar spoke with ADC,...
Businesses are watching their bottom lines amid uncertain economic conditions and may reign in their spending to mobilize their workers, several analysts who monitor the mobile enterprise said last week. And though the growth in mobile workers may slow over the coming year, investment...
As the nation's eyes shift from Denver to the Twin Cities for this week's Republican National Convention, a Minnesota-based company's technology is once again being used to make sure cell phones and other wireless devices work inside the convention hall.ADC, which provided its active...
Klausner Technologies Inc. has filed a lawsuit against Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics Co. Ltd., claiming the carrier's recently launched visual voicemail service for the LG Voyager handset infringes on its voicemail patents. Anticipating the lawsuit, Verizon Wireless filed a lawsuit of its own...
Alltel Communications L.L.C. is teaming up with Pacific DataVision to offer a voice messaging system targeted at the business sector.SkyMail will be available across Alltel's wireless network that includes more than 13 million customers in 34 states, according to a news release."We are pleased...
Believe it or not, CEOs still tell their I.T. managers to let them use whatever device they fancy, regardless of company standards for security and device management. Works for Apple Inc., which may well have chosen that path to get its foot in the...
Many people aren't leaving home when it comes to accessing the Internet using a wireless data card, according to a new report by Nielsen Mobile.Wireless data cards, gadgets that allow laptop and PC users to connect to the Internet using a cellular network, are...
The Boeing Company selected AT&T Inc. as its primary telecommunications provider, in a 5-year contract, valued at $400 million. The nation's largest wireless carrier is required to provide wireline and wireless services, with a goal of enhancing Boeing's business processes and productivity.The plan is...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we'll review a new wireless application or service from the user's point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn't. If you wish to submit your application or...
