ANNAPOLIS—TeleCommunication Systems Inc. that by revising a September 2001 contract, Cingular Wireless will make it a preferred vendor for Phase I and II wireless E911 services including Mobile Positioning Center (MPC), Gateway Mobile Location Center (GMLC) and management services. Under their revised contract, TCS...
NEW YORK—Cue Corp., which provides FM subcarrier messaging and data services throughout North American, said it has partnered with Sensoria Corp. to broadcast real-time traffic information to car radios and to Compaq iPAQ handheld computers.The traffic information is delivered to Sensoria's mGate over CUE's...
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.—The market for wireless enterprise services continues to heat up today, with several companies positioning themselves to give mobile workers access to corporate information.The most notable announcement came from software giant Oracle Corp. and Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo. The two companies...
CANNES, France—Nortel Networks made two announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in France.The company commercially launched its Network Gateway Server (NGS), which it said simplifies the development of data applications so they can be launched faster at minimal costs. Nortel said the product...
CANNES, France—AePONA announced its commercial deployment of the Causeway OSA/Parlay product suite, an OSA/Parlay gateway that will include IVR extensions.The product suite, which is based on Parlay specifications mandated by 3GPP to allow portable, network independent and vendor-neutral telecommunications applications to be rapidly developed...
MURRAY HILL, New Jersey—Lucent Technologies introduced its MiLife Intelligent services gateway to enable mobile operators to develop and deliver enhanced voice and data services for third-generation (3G) networks."With the Mlife ISG, mobile network operators can quickly introduce new services, such as city guides, that...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. introduced its MiLife Intelligent services gateway to enable mobile operators to develop and deliver enhanced voice and data services for third-generation networks."With the MiLife ISG, mobile network operators can quickly introduce new services, such as city guides, that provide...
NEW DELHI, India—The regional mobile satellite operator Thuraya Satellite Communications Company has signed a license agreement in Pakistan to provide its dual-mode GSM/satellite telephony services. Pak Telecom, Thuraya's service provider in Pakistan, will offer Thuraya mobile satellite services, including handsets and subscriber identity module...
BOSTON—Comverse announced it is integrating SpeechWorks International Inc.'s technology into its platform.The Comverse platform combines a voice user interface with messaging, content applications and user personalization. SpeechWorks will add large vocabulary recognition with its OpenSpeech Recognizer engine, the OpenSpeech Server software and Speechify and...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa—After years of uncertainty and a lack of clear policy, the South African Department of Communications has opened the way for Global Mobile Personal Communications by Satellite (GMPCS) services, inviting potential operators to apply for licenses.The latest policy direction has placed no...
ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless reported it has begun field testing GAIT technology, which would allow customers to roam seamlessly between its TDMA and GSM networks as part of its network transition from TDMA to GSM.Cingular said the testing includes the world's first GAIT-compliant phone...
NEW YORK-Convergent communications are getting closer to reality with development of gateways to distribute content among various stationary and mobile devices and interoperability technology that permits seamless roaming between fixed and mobile networks, speakers at the December Internet World conference said."Centralized media servers tied...
TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts, United States—Hoping to take advantage of the growth potential in China, U.S.-based Starent Networks signed a deal with Eastern Communications Company to provide its next-generation wireless infrastructure equipment for customers in China."This is a great opportunity for Starent to step into the...
MUNICH, Germany—Polish mobile operator PTC-Era has chosen a location-based services platform from Siemens and SignalSoft for delivery via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and short message service (SMS). PTC-Era is the first Eastern European operator to invest in location-based services for its subscribers, according to...
TEWKSBURY, Mass.-Starent Network Corp., a provider of next-generation mobile infrastructure solutions, reported its ST16 Intelligent Mobile Gateway platform was selected by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to be incorporated into Samsung's cdma2000 infrastructure offerings.Starent said the ST16 platform connects mobile operators radio networks with IP...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator's wireless local area network (WLAN) networks."With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can provide our DSL offering to the increasing wireless communication market," said Jan Wildeboer, senior vice president,...
SAN DIEGO—Gateway Inc. introduced its Gateway House Call program, under which Gateway technicians will travel to customers' homes to set up home networks. The company will also offer a complete wireless home network solution, which includes all the equipment, software and installation services needed...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. says it has agreed to supply KPN with its Nokia Gateway products for the operator's wireless LAN networks."With the Nokia WLAN ADSL Home Gateway we can provide our DSL offering to the increasing wireless communication market," said Jan Wildeboer, senior vice...
NEW DELHI, India—The Indian government has decided to award licenses for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) services for a period of 20 years on a nonexclusive basis. The foreign equity in companies offering the service should not exceed 49 percent.The license term...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—News International, the vast media organization with outlets in most major countries, is preparing to unveil its proprietary mobile content delivery platform and a new strategy of forming direct relationships with operators, rather than working with intermediaries.The new division, labeled Omnimedia, is...
Bucharest, ROMANIA—HE Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ministry of Transport under-secretary and Batelco board director, signed a nearly 9.8 million dinar (US$26 million) contract with Ericsson to undertake the further expansion of Batelco's GSM network capacity. The mobile telephone market in Bahrain, in...
Audiovox CommunicationsAudiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of Flash Rom and an Intel Strong ARM 206 MHz processor. It also includes built-in CFR...
BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company's gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum's specifications for the second generation of Wireless Application Protocol technology, and said it is the first company to have WAP 2.0-based systems."WAP 2.0 is a significant improvement...
TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The contract value is 1 billion yen (US$8.2 million).NEC said its platform consists of gateway and service systems that provide service...
