HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia will provide Guangdong Mobile Communications Corp. Ltd. (MCC) with its WAP Gateway solution to offer WAP service in China's Guangdong province.In addition to the WAP Gateway solution, Nokia will provide services including implementation, systems integration and customized load pressure testing, and care...
LONDON-A group of the wireless industry's largest players announced a plan to form a domain name registry company for the mobile Internet-an agency similar to the Internet's ICANN registry company-in order to simplify Internet access from mobile phones.Microsoft Corp., Nokia Corp., Vodafone, 3, GSM...
As the market heats up for wireless instant-messaging services, a handful of vendors are touting their rapid implementation of the Open Mobile Alliance's IM specifications as a way to drum up carrier business.ACL Wireless, Colibria, Comverse Technology Inc., L.M. Ericsson, Followap, MessageVine Inc., Nokia...
As softswitch technology continues to upstage circuit-based standards, some new companies have launched forays into the space.They do not look forward to dueling the big players like Nortel Networks Ltd., Siemens AG, Alcatel Alsthom and Lucent Technologies Inc., but they want their place in...
CANNES, France-Alcatel scored several new mobile video deals, including an agreement with Hutchison 3G Austria for its video gateway product.Alcatel said it will offer video-streaming services for Hutchison 3G in Austria, as well as video telephony services between mobile subscribers and correspondents using a...
CANNES, France-Alcatel scored several new mobile video deals, including an agreement with Hutchison 3G Austria for its video gateway product.Alcatel said it will offer video-streaming services for Hutchison 3G in Austria, as well as video telephony services between mobile subscribers and correspondents using a...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Sonus Networks, which provides carrier packet voice infrastructure solutions, said it has established an original equipment manufacturer relationship with Motorola Inc., under which Motorola has integrated Sonus' GSX9000 media gateway with its SoftSwitch switching. "Working with Sonus further strengthens Motorola's wireless packet voice...
CANNES, France-Kineto Wireless, supplier of Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, made several announcements at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Kineto has:chosen Hughes Software Systems' GPRS Stack technology to ensure seamless interoperability of Kineto's key INC-5501 component with existing core mobile...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Meru Networks announced it has moved a step closer to deploying voice over wireless LAN solutions by achieving Siemens HiPath Ready certification and completing Vocera and Spectralink interoperability testing."Receiving certifications from voice application leaders such as Siemens and Vocera underscores our commitment to...
SEATTLE-Wireless streaming-video company RealNetworks Inc. announced a series of new European customers the company said marks the beginning of the "hockey stick" in multimedia growth. The company also announced a major new licensing deal with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.As RealNetworks continues to expand its...
Third-generation contracts seem to be giving Nortel Networks Ltd. an edge lately, owing to what industry observers describe as the Brampton, Ontario-based vendor's Internet Protocol advantage. Nortel's complete solution has helped it in its contracts of late with both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-News relative to wireless home networking continues, with several players announcing new initiatives this week.2Wire said it has sold its millionth residential gateway since it launched its flagship product in August 2000. "Service providers need to be able to offer new services...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless LAN market will grow 23 percent in 2004 to $2.2 billion, with strong growth continuing through 2006, but its decline will begin in 2007, according to the Dell'Oro Group. The Dell'Oro Group expects the decline in the market to occur...
Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio. Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhance a network's capacity to transmit data and charge for services intelligently. "The skill set of WaterCove Networks is...
DALLAS-Alcatel Corp. said it has acquired gateway company WaterCove Networks to reinforce its core network portfolio.Watercove makes GPRS gateway support node (GGSN) products, which enhances a network's capacity to transmit data and charge for services intelligently."The skill set of WaterCove Networks is highly complementary...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless LAN market will grow 23 percent in 2004 to $2.2 billion, with strong growth continuing through 2006, but its decline will begin in 2007, according to the Dell'Oro Group.The Dell'Oro Group expects the decline in the market to occur as...
T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its America Online Inc. instant-messaging service in favor of a more open, standards-based offering. The carrier signed a deal with IM company Oz Communications to install a gateway in its network that complies with instant-messaging and presence specifications from...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet technology vendor Openwave Systems Inc. reported increasing revenues and a decreasing net loss and said it will continue its positive trend in the coming months.The news sent the company stock up about 7 percent to about $17.15 per share.Openwave said...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a major new instant messaging strategy through a deal with IM company Oz Communications. T-Mobile said it will use Oz's gateway and client technology to manage a standards-based instant messaging service, one that can work with desktop IM services including...
The acquisition beat goes on in the wireless equipment sector with several companies recently announcing purchases of other players. The increasing number of mergers is not surprising given the specific, still-developing sectors in which many of them are occurring, according to Ray Jodoin, director...
ATLANTA-Prism Systems International Inc. said it purchased the Prism one-way paging products business from TGA Technologies Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."The new company will continue to offer the same excellent products and service provided by many of the same people that...
The popularity of Wi-Fi, decreasing wireless chipset prices and consumer affinity for high-tech gadgets combined with a desire for simplicity all add up to the likelihood that wireless home networks will become more than a luxury in our society."Home networking already has become fairly...
Suddenly, wireless firms have found their appetite for acquiring other companies.In the past few months, industry has witnessed a rash of acquisitions, negating the trend of a few years ago when they shed units they described as inconsistent with their core competencies."The long-term trend...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse announced the Netherlands' Telfort has purchased services from its Total Communication portfolio for use with its mobile network. Telfort plans to use Comverse's InSight platform and services, Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC), Intelligent Short Message Service Center (ISMSC), Mobile Data Gateway (MDG),...
