LAS VEGAS-Tatara Systems released a new software developer's kit as part of the Tatara Wi-Fi Service Delivery Platform at last week's CTIA Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The new SDK allows operators to extend their existing connectivity client software to capitalize on advanced...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced the latest release of its Wireless Internet Gateway (WIG) at this week's CTIA Wireless IT show in Las Vegas.Version 4.1 of the gateway incorporates anti-spam technology to guard against mobile spam. TCS' anti-spam solution incorporates techniques, including white lists,...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOP Technologies L.L.C. recently announced it has signed multi-year service partnerships with Cellcom, First Cellular of Southern Illinois and thumb Cellular to provide short message service short-code functionality.InterOP's short-code platform features a Web-based architecture that allows carriers to securely create, edit and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Meru Networks Inc. announced its Meru Wireless LAN System, designed to support mobile voice and data on an enterprise scale, is now available."We think there's a strong business case for WLAN that can carry both voice and data," explained Kamal Anand, vice president...
MARLBORO, Mass.-Rogers AT&T Wireless will use Telica Inc.'s Plexus 9000 Gateway Mobile Switching Center application to handle network traffic more efficiently and to facilitate the operation of its dual TDMA IS-136 and GSM/GPRS networks."The deployment of the Gateway MSC architecture into our network is...
EDISON, N.J.-Regional sales company Business Payment Systems announced it will resell a wireless credit card processing service from Comstar Interactive Corp.Comstar's CHARGE ANYwhere wireless credit card processing product includes a credit card swipe device and connections over Cingular Wireless' Mobitex network and the Motient...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola made a handful of public-safety related wireless announcements in conjunction with this week's Association of Public Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference in Indianapolis.The supplier released a full suite of Project 25 integrated mobile, portable, voice and data communications solutions, including trunking solutions,...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Acotel Group will supply FastLink Jordan with a multimedia message service center, including a WAP Gateway and several MMS applications, following a trial earlier this year. "Our platforms provide the functionality and flexibility that allows FastLink to develop exciting revenue-generating services...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced Canadian carrier Bell Mobility is one of 20 wireless operators around the world that have signed up to use Openwave's WAP version 2.0 gateway. Other operators include Cincinnati Bell, DNA Communications, Telefonica and Telstra.Openwave said it has so...
Beaten back by a lackluster economy and ambivalent wireless users, an assortment of veteran wireless data players has sought refuge in the company of network operators. By targeting wireless carriers, these companies are looking to find a stable customer base amid a cutthroat business...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja will deploy its XMG gateway to upgrade its wireless data infrastructure to offer a new line of multimedia applications and services.Radiolinja's deployment of XMG includes the WAP 2.0-compliant pull and push proxy gateway. Radiolinja customers...
Streaming video company RealNetworks Inc. today announced a major deal with European powerhouse Vodafone Group plc, a move that many in the industry say puts RealNetworks at the head of the wireless video movement."This is the largest commitment by a carrier in the world"...
The two main rivals in the PDA operating system business sought to bolster their offerings, each touting improved and enhanced products.Further, Microsoft Corp. announced two additional licensees for its operating system for personal digital assistants. Computer maker Gateway Inc. and consumer electronics company JVC...
PLEASANTON, Calif.-Pronto Networks announced Ansat Communications has chosen its public wireless local area network infrastructure solution as its core platform for offering online games wirelessly to its subscribers."Wi-Fi access has the potential to take online gaming to a completely new level by enabling individuals...
MEXICO CITY-Nokia Corp. reported that Mexican wireless operator Telefonica Moviles Mexico has selected the infrastructure provider to supply at least 50 percent of the radio-access system and all of the packet data core equipment for the operator's recently launched GSM/GPRS-based MoviStar service.Under terms of...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Atheros Communications Inc. said it has begun volume shipment of four new wireless system-on-a-chip solutions, including what it describes as the first dual-band chipsets.The products include the AR5002AP-2x, AR5002AP-X, AR5002AP-G and AR5002AP-A."With a single-chip wireless network processor and its radios, Atheros provides the...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. Nortel said that with the...
DALLAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. affiliate Cincinnati Bell Wireless selected Nortel Networks Ltd. to plan, design and deliver a GSM/GPRS core wireless data network for CBW's planned overlay of its existing TDMA network covering portions of Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana.Nortel said that with the win,...
DENVER-Instant messaging technology provider Jabber Inc. said it will introduce a range of products and services aimed at the wireless industry, including a gateway the company said will allow mobile-phone users to send IM messages to desktop computer users.Separately, Jabber said it extended its...
Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel's mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel's technology will be available to all companies in the Telefonica group. The value of the contract was not disclosed. The contract...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions announced Radiolinja Eesti of Estonia will upgrade its messaging gateway to 724's X-treme Mobility Gateway (XMG) to enable its advanced multimedia wireless messaging services, including Java-based games, photos, graphics, music and video."European mobile operators are quickly realizing the need for...
With public hot-spot locations popping up faster than reality-based TV shows, companies that provide support services are finding a market ripe for innovations, the most compelling of which is how to help companies operating in the public hot-spot space make money.One of the newest...
Starent Networks calls its solution voice instant messaging-with emphasis on the word "instant," thereby distinguishing itself from the prominent voice solutions already in the marketplace, including push-to-talk service and more traditional voice instant messaging, which suffer some degree of latency.Starent said several major carriers...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Openwave Systems, which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales and upgraded products, along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and shrinking revenues. Openwave said it expects to report similar sluggish results in the coming quarter.Telecom New...
