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NEW YORK-Portable Life, Cupertino, Calif., launched a Web site May 3 intended to provide a portal to a variety of information sources related to portable and mobile electronic devices. The …

OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to “kick the barn door open” to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet …

Content is king. That’s the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be …

Microsoft Corp. released its Pocket PC platform for handheld personal computers powered by its Windows CE operating system. Microsoft hardware partners Casio Computer Co. Ltd., Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. …

NEW YORK-Delphi Automotive Systems and Palm Inc. introduced the Communiport Mobile Productivity Center that will dock and synchronize with a Palm V handheld using Palm’s HotSync technology, allowing drivers access …

NEW YORK-MessageClick introduced its Mobile Messaging service that allows users to view fax, voice and e-mail messages and forward faxes on wireless phones or handheld computers. The unified messaging solution …

Concerns over the effectiveness of Research In Motion Ltd.’s distribution partners came to a head last week, as expectations of flat revenues in the face of increased spending forced the …

DALLAS-JP Systems Inc. reported it has designed technology for the wireless exchange of vital medical data for STATmail, a provider of home health care communications. The new system, InfoBeam Healthcare …

FREEREALTIME.com FreeRealTime.com Inc. launched a beta version of FRT2go, a service for use on 3Com Corp.’s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net service, giving its members wireless access to …

DALLAS-Texas Instruments Inc. reported that PacketVideo Corp.’s PVPlayer decoding software and PV Author encoding software will provide streaming media support for TI’s next-generation Open Multimedia Application Platform. The new software …

NATICK, Mass.-edocs Inc., a provider of Internet billing and customer management software and services, introduced a bill presentment and payment distribution module for Palm Inc.’s Palm VII handheld computer, allowing …

The hype surrounding the possibilities of wireless Internet services has reached an all-time high following Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last month. But in the wake of this fevered pitch …

JP Systems Inc. announced it will transfer its experience in connectivity solutions for wireless devices to expand into a wireless application service provider model. As a mobile ASP, JP Systems …

Switzerland United Pan-Europe Communications announced its wireless communications division, Priority Wireless, won two national licenses to build and operate broadband fixed wireless access networks in the 3.5 GHz band in …

BURNABY, British Columbia-Rogers AT&T Wireless Inc. placed an order for a branded version of Infowave Software Inc.’s Symmetry software that Rogers will offer to new and existing subscribers using digital …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Bell Atlantic Mobile named Wireless Internet Solutions Provider Inc. as an authorized value-added customer in a deal designed to expand BAM’s distribution strategy. Under the deal, WISP will use …

Com-Net Ericsson Com-Net Ericsson Critical Radio Systems Inc. will introduce several new products at the International Wireless Communications Expo in Las Vegas ranging from trunked and conventional radios to a …

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla.-e-MedSoft.com completed development of wireless technology for its suite of health care products. The improved suite includes technology compatible with all the industry’s handheld and wireless devices. It …

DESERT SPRINGS, Calif.-Riverbed Technologies Inc., which has now merged with Aether Systems Inc., announced its ScoutWeb product is now commercially available. ScoutWeb is part of the company’s ScoutWare product line …

SigmaOne SigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company’s wireless location system for Global System …

NEW ORLEANS-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a two-way wireless communications module called @ctiveLink for the Visor handheld computer from Handspring Inc., the first ReFLEX-based two-way wireless data solution for a Palm …

America Online Inc. took its AOL Anywhere strategy further into the wireless space last week with the introduction of its AOL Mobile Messenger service, created through several strategic deals with …

While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with …

WINTER GARDEN, Fla.-Pilot Island Publishing and its PocketPay Joint Venture partner, eConnect, have structured a licensing arrangement with PalmPilot enabling the first-ever wireless handheld Internet terminal transactions. The PocketPay, a …

TOKYO-Three Japanese carrier groups are gearing up their efforts to launch IMT-2000 services-earlier than any other wireless carriers in the world. The three players are NTT DoCoMo Group, Japan Telecom …