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 $8.2 million.NEC said it platform consists of gateway and service systems that provide service similar to i-mode,...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.—Lucent Technologies Inc. has announced a multiservice switch to enable service providers to deliver converged voice, data and video applications to businesses at reduced costs."The PacketStar (PSAX) 1000 is an exciting new addition to Lucent's multiservice media gateway line because it offers...
INDIANAPOLIS—Brightpoint North America L.P., subsidiary of Brightpoint Inc., has agreed to market, sell and support Interactive Intelligence Inc.'s new wireless application gateway product, Mobilite and a combined offering of Mobilite and Brightpoint's bundled wireless data products and services."We created our WVAR channel program so...
They go by all sorts of names-clearinghouses, hubs and gateways-and they represent companies' attempts at nailing down the precise formula for a business model aimed at nurturing the wireless Internet marketplace. This business model, the companies say, will tear down the wall between carriers...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new wireless data applications for worldwide carrier and enterprise customers.The companies said the new wireless applications will be available in the...
AlcatelParis. With Orascom Telecom for the supply and installation of GSM solutions in the Middle East and Africa.Value: Undisclosed. Brazil. With Telemar for a GSM 1800/GPRS network in Brazil.Value: US$275 millionMoscow. With ZAO SMARTS for GSM 900 MHz solutions to extend networks in the...
PLANO, Texas—Mobile Internet consultancy and SmartTrust partner AU-System today said it will offer a gateway technology to carriers, which the company said will speed up time-to-market for deploying mobile products and services. The product, built around SmartTrust's Wireless Internet Gateway technology, will offer pre-built...
NEIUWEGEIN, the Netherlands—TDC Mobile International and CMG Wireless Data Solutions announced their plans to create a pan-European revenue-sharing WAP gateway, which the companies said will give content providers a simple, unified method to offer their services to Europe's 320 million mobile customers.The situation now,...
HONG KONG—Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation, dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People's Republic of China. Motorola said it has installed macro and micro GSM 900 MHz/1800 MHz communications...
HONG KONG-Motorola Inc. and Hutchison Telecommunications (Hong Kong) Ltd. announced the commercial launch of a second-generation dual-band wireless network in Macau, a special administrative territory of the People's Republic of China. Motorola said it has installed macro and micro GSM 900/1800 MHz communications network...
TOKYO—104 Inc., a leading mobile Internet platform provider, along with CMG Wireless Data Solution, a business unit of CMG Group, will jointly provide a platform for mobile Internet content distribution. The firms announced the agreement on Aug. 15. Based on the deal, both firms...
TAIPEI, Taiwan-Nortel Networks said it has signed an agreement to expand Chunghwa Telecom's GSM networks for about $250 million."These expansions are expected to increase Chunghwa Telecom's network capacity to 6.5 million subscribers, and will enable Taiwan's leading telecommunications provider to offer high-performance wireless Internet...
Even though third-generation services are not yet available on mobile phones, one Belgium-based company is betting that 3G telematics services will be just as big, if not bigger.Acunia NV, Leuven, Belgium, crossed the Atlantic at the beginning of last year to set up a...
TAIPEI, Taiwan—Nortel Networks said it has signed an agreement to expand its GSM networks for Chunghwa Telecom for about US$250 million."These expansions are expected to increase Chunghwa Telecom's network capacity to 6.5 million subscribers and will enable Taiwan's leading telecommunications provider to offer high-performance...
DENVER-Instant messaging company Jabber Inc. and Antepo Inc., a mobile messaging provider, announced a partnership to bundle Antepo's short message service and WAP gateway components with Jabber's platform.
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. said it designed a wireless news gateway for the Newspaper Association of America. The gateway allows users to search for the first letters of a city, state or newspaper name and access local news sources.
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced the first customer for its Short Message Service Center and Wireless Internet Gateway products, which the company said allows text messages to be sent from any network to any network.Telecom Mobile Ltd., a New Zealand wireless operator, is in...
GENEVA-The International Telecommunication Union group responsible for signaling requirements and protocols agreed July 2 on a second set of Bearer Independent Call Control protocols, which will, among other features, facilitate third-generation wireless communications.The BICC protocols, which Study Group 11 of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization...
NEW YORK-Through its wholly owned subsidiary, Xircom Inc., Intel Corp., Santa Clara, Calif., will begin selling in August two new wireless local area network products, a base station for home and small offices and a module for the Palm m500 series handheld computers.The Intel...
HELSINKI, Finland-There is an old saying in Norway that declares "true arrogance is a city inhabited by Swedes." However generalized and over the top that expression may be in the 21st century, it still retains general currency status as to how Sweden's Nordic neighbors,...
The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that some industry observers believe will be a major catalyst for the worldwide uptake of the mobile Internet."We view the creation...
Companies looking to improve their wireless Internet offerings are missing out on some valuable information-information that's right under their noses, said Nick Besbeas, executive vice president of sales and marketing for DigiMine Inc.That information involves what mobile Internet users are actually doing-where they're going,...
LEESBURG, Va.-Iridium Satellite L.L.C. began shipping last week an order of 1,000 phones pursuant to a contract signed with the Defense Information Systems Agency last December. The 1,000 phones also include a secure sleeve, which will allow for encrypted communications when both parties on...
Major carriers are using third-party hosting services to gauge consumer activities to arrive at pricing models for m-commerce services.The operators, which include AT&T Wireless Services Group, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp., have been using Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway to...
