The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave.In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. and Siemens AG believe they can leverage their resources and successful histories in other areas...
Several recent announcements have cast an unfavorable light on Symbian Ltd., a maker of operating systems for a number of wireless devices. But even with the added illumination, it's still unclear whether the company is in for rough times or smooth sailing.Last month, the...
WASHINGTON-With fresh indications last week that government and industry information systems remain highly vulnerable to cyber attacks, the Bush administration faces added pressure as it completes its review of the nation's critical infrastructure protection policy and crafts one of its own.From all indications, the...
The wireless Internet is only as good as the device it's on.Granted, there are plenty of other issues surrounding the look and feel of the experience-including network speeds and coverage areas-but the device is a central part of the setup.For this reason, lots of...
HAYWARD, Calif.-Certicom, a provider of e-business security, announced support for Cisco's unified VPN client strategy and framework to enable virtual private networks to extend to handheld computing platforms.Certicom will provide its Elliptic Curve Cryptography (EEC) as part of Cisco's VPN Client 3.0 software, which...
WAP has found itself in a similar situation to mighty Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. A lot of people complain about it, but nearly everyone uses it.WAP came along at a time when the wireless Internet industry was beginning to take off and needed...
For the love of Java, three companies with two handsets have come together.Using Sun Microsystems' Java software in Motorola Inc.'s phones over Nextel Communications Inc.'s networks, the three companies are targeting both white collar and blue collar users.The particular wireless phones involved in the...
NEW YORK -The governor of New York and the leaders of both houses of the state Legislature said last week they will support legislation to prohibit handheld use of wireless phones while driving, except in emergencies.At separate news conferences held April 2 in the...
WASHINGTON-Under a proposed settlement with the Federal Trade Commission, Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. said they would stop an advertising campaign that could lead consumers to believe HP's personal digital assistants-which are not sold with a wireless modem-come Internet ready.The FTC said the ads,...
Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier's network."This is a single software platform that manages across all devices...
MobileSys Inc., a wireless messaging platform provider, reported an alliance with Siebel Systems Inc. to provide enterprise organizations with real-time wireless messaging for employees and customers."Our customers are asking for wireless data messaging solutions which serve both one-way and two-way communications and operate across...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. said it will create a reseller program for its Visor line of PDAs, a move to create a stronger distribution channel for the company.Under the program, qualified resellers and value-added resellers will be able to distribute...
Nokia Networks will partner with IBM's Lotus Development Corp. to deliver business-critical Lotus messaging and collaboration solution to users of the Nokia 9210 Communicator.With Lotus Mobile Notes, Nokia 9210 Communicator users will be able to access information management systems, including mail, calendars and address...
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems made an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to license the Windows Media Audio and Video Format using the Emblaze-based solution for video over wireless 2.5-generation and third-generation networks, mobile phones and other low-resource handheld devices.According to the agreement, the companies will also...
LAS VEGAS-Spectrum issues were at the forefront of discussions during the opening keynote speech at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show in Las Vegas Tuesday. Highlighting the industry's spectrum woes were CTIA president Thomas Wheeler, CTIA Chairman and Voice-Stream Wireless Corp....
NEW YORK-Nexthaus Corp., Raleigh, N.C., plans to help wireless carriers "squeeze as many dollars as possible from existing 2G networks" with its new SyncSuite synchronization software, said Rob Lease, co-founder and vice president.The company based its product on the premise that people will continue...
NEW YORK-YadaYada Inc. announced it will partner with Coola Inc. to provide corporate intranet access to mobile professionals through the YadaYada Wireless Corporate Services Program. Coola's InterChange platform, which enables workgroups to integrate standard and customized handheld applications and facilitate two-way transfers of information,...
WASHINGTON-The trade association for state legislators said recently it will try to find "common ground" on the use of wireless devices while driving."Our goal was to bring the various stakeholders together. Safety advocates in the same room with telecommunications carriers, automobile manufacturers and state...
LAS VEGAS-OmniSky's service will run on two new devices and will enhance support for corporate e-mail.The company demonstrated its service running on the Kyocera QCP 6035 smart phone for the CDMA network, which it said shows its desire to extend its wireless service to...
NEW YORK-With the March 12 commercial debut of NetProfile Wireless Edition, Bridgewater Systems, Kanata, Ontario, is offering a chance and a challenge to mobile operators seeking a profitable way out of their walled gardens of data delivery.The new software product allows network operators to...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Sierra Wireless and Telus Mobility will partner to develop a next-generation CDMA Type II PC card for use in laptops and handheld devices.According to the companies, the new card will provide voice and data communications up to 144 kilobits per second, a...
Like the stubborn ache of a mild whiplash, new wireless application service providers (WASPs) and wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) are chipping away at the territories of established carriers, according to a study released by Friedman, Billings and Ramsey & Co. Inc., a consulting...
Adicom WirelessAdicom Wireless announced Asymmetric Wireless Data Link, a new broadband wireless access product. AWDL, targeted at both U.S. and European markets, is designed to resolve major challenges wireless service providers face, including universal coverage in a cell and high cost of subscriber unit...
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Collective Communication Corp., a Maryland-based software firm that delivers turnkey wireless business solutions, has joined the Sun Developer Connections Program as an application provider member and a solution provider member.The partnership will allow Collective to accelerate development and deployment of its Java-based...
