SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA's Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query Application over multiple wireless networks.The SureWave platform replaces the firm's InfoBeam technology as its...
CHICAGO-When Bridget Glavaz touched down in Los Angeles recently, she pulled out her handheld computer, a Palm VII, and started addressing two critical issues. She needed directions to her appointment downtown, so she logged onto Mapquest.com. Equally important, she wanted a hot hazelnut mocha,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson today introduced its WAP Gateway for enterprise customers, a solution designed to extend mobile office capabilities to corporate intranet resources based on WAP technology.The company said the gateway offers applications for all vertical markets."Banking including stock trading, travel requirements like ticketing...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software solutions provider Application Design Associates Inc. adopted Cross Communications Inc.'s HipLink wireless gateway software to provide an integrated wireless messaging solution to the soft drink bottling industry. ADA will integrate Cross Communications' HipLink software into its Vendor Maintenance Management System to...
Wireless messaging services are looked upon by many wireless service providers and Internet service providers as the "killer app" that will fuel both future subscriber and revenue growth. Unfortunately, the cost of implementing such services into networks is still prohibitively high compared with the...
CHICAGO-Telcordia Technologies Inc. said last week it will now offer the Telcordia Service Management Gateway for Wireless Number Portability.The announcement comes two years before wireless carriers must begin wireless number portability functions. While wireline carriers began phasing in local number portability years ago, the...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and America Online Inc. last week announced their long-expected business alliance. The combination of the largest mobile carrier in Japan and the largest Internet service provider in the world will give NTT DoCoMo a foothold to launch its popular i-mode services,...
MISSISSAUGA, Ontario-Globalstar Canada extended roaming coverage in Australia and South America and expanded service coverage in parts of the Caribbean, Alaska and the North Atlantic including southern Greenland and Iceland.AustraliaThe extended coverage in Australia was made possible by ground stations at Dubbo, Mount Isa,...
NEW YORK-Telecommunications is like chess, because the grand masters emerge as victors by controlling the center of the board, Ivan Seidenberg, president and co-chief executive officer of Verizon Communications Inc., said."In our case, the move to center means four platforms: robust local access, local broadband,...
NEW YORK-As part of its evolutionary path, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to offer EDGE services in the United States by mid- to late 2001, said Michael Bamburak, vice president of its technology development group.The company has not yet decided whether to launch individual...
NEW YORK-To help companies extend performance monitoring and feedback beyond their internal technical departments, Managed Objects, McLean, Va., has released beta types of its formula Version 2 software.Since Managed Objects' establishment in 1997, WebLink Wireless Inc. has partnered with it, helping "develop the tools...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-In the wireless data weltanschauung of Lucent Technologies Inc., operators will remain the linchpin for an increasingly complex assembly of players. Lucent's role, from its world view, is to anticipate and facilitate solutions for each part, large and small, of this expanding...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless gaming and entertainment content firm Indiqu Inc. has partnered with L.M. Ericsson for a joint research and product development project designed to further the use of entertainment and information services on wireless phones.The two will work together on handset product development, WAP...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BT Wireless deployed Ericsson's Mobility Gateway as a foundation for their WorldConnect service, the first offering through the two companies' Advance strategic global alliance.Ericsson said the gateway, which operates in the Jambala open platform, will help WorldConnect deliver...
New broadband wireless processor company nBand Communications Inc. said it raised $14 million in a second round of venture financing led by VantagePoint Venture Partners. Other investors included Axis Communications, Sunrise Capital Fund and various private investors.Wireless application service provider 2Roam Inc. formed a...
DALLAS-SBC Wireless said it selected Logica's integrated Message Application Router and SMS Interworking Gateway to expand its wireless data services.SBC plans to roll out mobile data services in the fourth quarter across all its brands.
Wireless Internet technologyIntegra Micro SystemsIndian software company Integra Micro Systems introduced a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for the PalmOS platform, allowing Palm devices to access Wireless Markup Language (WML) content. The Jataayu Browser is fully WAP compliant, the company said, and can be...
NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless data services, including Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) launches, in preparation for a full-scale transition...
BUCHAREST, Romania-As European wireless penetration rates increase, operators are looking to new services, including short message service (SMS) and fax and data transmissions, to increase profit margins. Another application, mobile positioning, is gaining importance across Europe.According to U.K. telecom consultancy Ovum, the market for...
Ding!The bell has sounded for the rematch between Phone.com Inc. and Nokia Corp. in the fight over WAP browser market share, and Nokia is coming out swinging with a whole new strategy.As the U.S. market readies for the coming WAP rollout, Nokia introduced the...
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said the key to the AD9226...
WALNUT CREEK, Calif.-Globalstar USA, the exclusive provider of Globalstar's satellite-based mobile communications services in the United States, added independent retail store Wireless Zone to its list of satellite phone service distributors."With the addition of Globalstar service to our extensive wireless offerings, customers can now...
The cornerstone of any wireless carrier's business is its customers, and while campaigns to acquire more of them are constantly in development, plenty happens behind the scenes to keep customers-and revenues-coming in.HNC Software Inc. in San Diego is part of that behind-the-scenes environment. Founded...
Astata Corp. is a new wireless application service provider with a focus on the enterprise application market. As a means of promoting its wireless gateway platform, the company recently introduced several applications geared toward the mobile business professional-E-Attach, EZ Print and PocketLedger.E-Attach is an...
