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IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, the mobile virtual network operator for Nextel Communications Inc., announced it will partner with Go2 Directory Systems to offer location-based directory services to the youth market.The companies said they will offer services for users to search for local entertainment spots, attractions,...

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Rocket Mobile Inc. announced the availability of a suite of productivity applications to help on-the-go professionals wirelessly track expenses and do currency conversion to Verizon Wireless customers.The applications include MobileExpense, which tracks expense items including airline tickets, car rentals, meals and cab fares,...

BURLINGTON, Mass.—Maptuit Corp. said Go2 Systems Inc. signed a contract with Maptuit to use and resell its mapping and direction service.Maptuit's service will be used in Go2's Local Business Registry, a universal clearinghouse for merchants that offers a single point to enter and update...

IRVINE, Calif.-Go2, a location-based directory and information services platform for mobile users, has launched its suite of services on Alltel's wireless network.According to their agreement, Alltel will feature Go2 in the "portals" link on its "Web Unwired" wireless Internet site."We're striving to provide our...

NEW YORK-Go2 Systems announced the completion of a wireless point-of-sale I-commerce trial that demonstrates a wireless order, purchase and payment transaction with a quick-serve restaurant using an Internet-enabled device. According to the company, this is the first true I-commerce transaction that has been completed...

CARLSBAD, Calif.-Under a new partnership, Go2 Systems Inc. will supply its wireless location-based directory and information services to Kinzan's customers, which include Avon, Maytag and Carlson Wagonlit Travel."Go2's travel-friendly product suite is a great addition to our offerings and will better enable us to...

DENVER, United States-Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-a computer, pager or wireless phone-to any other text-enabled device regardless of network connection.As the wireless industry...

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced a wireless Internet service called Mobile Web, featuring the ability for users to create custom home pages.Subscribers can configure a personal home page by dictating which text message alerts they wish to have sent to their phone, as well as...

Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-such as a computer, pager or wireless phone-to any other text-enabled device regardless of network connection.As the wireless industry...

Now that wireless phone providers have jumped on the Wireless Application Protocol bandwagon, it seems only fitting that the dedicated data network providers should follow suit.And they are, with help from Neomar Inc., a start-up firm in San Francisco that has created a WAP...

WASHINGTON-With a little more than 18 months until the deadline for the implementation of enhanced 911 Phase II service, carriers are beginning to think about how they can make money from a government mandate that requires location technology.They are not alone. Vendors, too, are...

IRVINE, Calif.-Go2 Systems Inc. has created 300 individual Web sites that allow portable communications devices to access more than 11 million Yellow Page records, one topic and one neighborhood at a time, the company announced.Go2 is the product name for Go2 Systems' global addressing...

NEW YORK-The average person does not use latitude and longitude to determine or describe where he or she is and neither, for that matter, do pilots of private aircraft.Lee Hancock, an attorney by profession and pilot by avocation, is founder and president of Go2...