NEW YORK-AirMedia has embarked on a common carrier strategy for Internet content provision with the late January introduction of its new "Wireless Hub.""This will be a worldwide automated marketplace, with a back end and front end to enable mobile content and services," David S....
Mounting brick walls between businesses remain obstacles in an economy that integrates by the day. But XMLSolutions Global aims to turn barriers into networks by bringing its expertise into the flawed territory of WAP.Extensible Markup Language, often exalted as the meta-language for third-generation m-commerce,...
OREM, Utah-GeoDiscovery released its new Geode global positioning system module for the Handspring Visor handheld computer and its GeoView Mobile Software for the Palm Operating System.GeoDiscovery said the new products bring integrated, geo-aware capabilities to travel tools such as maps, compasses and guidebooks.
After more than a month of silence, Glenayre Technologies Inc. came out last week with guns blazing and announced three new deals to push its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module-proof the company is still alive and kicking and is moving out from under the...
Brightpod integrated AvantGo's Enterprise product suite into its applications service provider platform. The companies said they will co-market the Brightpod offering through joint promotional activities. "We try to make `going mobile' easier for enterprises by identifying and securing proven technologies that our customers can...
AetherAether Systems Inc. introduced version 1.1 of its ScoutWeb software component of the ScoutWare product suite. The new version supports SSL encryption as well as various other levels of encryption security, enabling users to access Web content and applications via standard SSL connections that...
Yada Yada Inc. has formed an alliance with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide co-branded Minstrel V Wireless Handheld Modems for the Palm V and to supply Minstrel S Wireless Springboard Modems for the Handspring Visor.Certicom, a mobile e-business security firm, has signed a licensing...
Drought is the bellweather for venture funds these days, but not for two companies, NetSanity Inc. and AppForge Inc., which received their third and first rounds of financing, respectively.NetSanity, a global provider of preference management infrastructure software for wireless communications carriers, raked in $20...
WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week suffered two stunning legal setbacks in health-related litigation, capped by the decision of wealthy Baltimore superlawyer Peter Angelos to take control of an $800 million mobile phone-cancer lawsuit in Maryland.It was an unprecedented week that left the industry in...
SAN FRANCISCO-With a second-quarter revenue rise of about $100 million from the year-ago period, handheld maker Handspring Inc. surpassed Wall Street estimates and looks to turn its first profit by the end of 2001.The company reported an operating loss of 7 cents per share,...
TORONTO-To the relief of the wireless industry, the Canadian government raised the four-year-old spectrum cap that limits the amount of radio spectrum each PCS provider may operate. Wireless carriers in Canada can now each use 55 megahertz of spectrum, an increase from 40 megahertz.In...
As industry spends billions of dollars on spectrum and banks on a future driven by third-generation wireless phones and mobile commerce, there is every reason to believe the serious business of tomorrow is actually child's play.While wireless executives with sweaty palms write checks to...
LAS VEGAS-Palm Inc. introduced the new point-and-pay features of its handheld device, dubbed the "e-wallet," which allows users to pay for purchases with an embedded Visa credit card in their Palm computer.Palm's chief executive officer, Carl Yankowski, demonstrated the new feature during the 2001...
LAS VEGAS-Motorola Inc. signed a multimillion dollar deal with PacketVideo Corp. to deliver full-motion video and audio content to mobile devices.The content will include news, sports highlights, movie trailers and video e-mail for Java-enabled wireless devices like wireless phones, smart phones, handheld devices, wireless...
LAS VEGAS-GoAmerica Inc., through its existing partnership with Sierra Wireless, plans to offer a wireless adaptor for Sony's CLIE handheld device, which will be commercially available in the second quarter of this year.Sierra Wireless' AirBoards and AirCards are specifically designed for the CDPD and...
NEW YORK-Bell Mobility, Toronto, plans a series of initiatives this year to expand its data and Internet services and move toward third-generation wireless, Pierre Blouin, president and chief executive officer of the company, said Jan. 11 at a press conference.Under an agreement valued at...
RESTON, Va.-U.S. network operator Motient Corp. and Canadian operator Bell Mobility announced a partnership to allow wireless e-mail users to seamlessly send and receive e-mails from both countries.The service is targeted at eLink and BlackBerry users with a Research in Motion Ltd. handheld device.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Palm Inc. have agreed to market and sell CDMA wireless solutions for personal digital assistants using the Palm OS platform and Sprint PCS' digital voice and data network.The companies plan to offer a co-branded version of the MyPalm portal,...
OmniSky Corp., a wireless Internet and e-mail services provider, has signed a deal to acquire NomadIQ, which provides location-based applications and services for handheld devices.The agreement allows Omnisky to issue 2.5 million shares of its common stock to NomadIQ's shareholders, including options for employees,...
With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry.The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created by Research In Motion Ltd., was not only the mainstay of its company's fabled fortunes in the past year, it...
Starbucks customers across North America can enjoy their coffee simultaneously with high-speed wireless Internet access, thanks to an agreement between Microsoft and Starbucks Coffee Co. The contract, which will use MobileStar Network Corp.'s wireless broadband network, will allow Starbucks customers to access broadband content...
ORANGEBURG, N.Y.-Verizon Wireless urged the New York State Legislature to consider statewide legislation requiring drivers to use hands-free devices while using cell phones and driving.Verizon said its announcement comes in response to a rash of local ordinances that are being considered in New York...
BOSTON-In 2000, the wireless industry saw WAP browsers proliferate, wireless terminals become exciting again and 2.5 and third-generation technologies become more focused, analyst firm The Yankee Group said. But 2001 is expected to bring about even more opportunities for wireless technology, although not as...
NEW YORK-ITN News Media of the United Kingdom will stream video reports to handheld wireless devices using technology developed by Geo Interactive Media Group Ltd. of Israel, under an agreement announced Dec. 18.Geo said it holds worldwide patents for delivery of streaming video over...
