In what has been called primarily a preening gesture for Mannesmann AG shareholders, Vodafone AirTouch plc announced plans last week to launch an Internet portal designed for wireless Internet and mobile data services, delivering data, audio, graphics and video to wireless devices.The company expects...
SAN FRANCISCO-Extended Systems Inc. and Motorola Inc. said they have joined forces to add infrared messaging capabilities to the Timeport P935 two-way pager.The IrDA function allows the pager to exchange data such as schedules and contact information with other IrDA-compliant devices, including handheld computers...
DENVER-Reason Wireless Ware Inc. hopes consumers find its "Voice of Reason" makes wireless communications purchases over the Internet easier.Reason's new online retail store for wireless communications products sells cell phones, pagers, handheld electronic devices and wireless service, including wireless phone airtime rate plans and...
This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and handheld computers.Optimism among the analyst community is rampant. Most recently, Strategy Analytics predicted the...
Clearly, marketing and selling wireless data will be one of the largest hurdles the wireless industry will face as it begins to heavily roll out the service.Wireless operators need to spend the big bucks to tell consumers how data services will be valuable to...
BALTIMORE-In what he hopes will be the first of many such appearances, Thomas Wheeler, president of the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association, last week told 800 civic leaders here that the marrying of the computer and wireless industries can happen anywhere, "not just in Silicon...
WebLink Wireless Inc., formerly PageMart Wireless, announced several companies have joined its Enterprise Solutions Provider Program in the last week.The most recent addition is JP Systems Inc., which said it will integrate its InfoBeam Enterprise Server messaging technology with WebLink's network. The addition will...
NEWARK, Calif.-Socket Communications Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a collaborative effort to support Bluetooth technology for Windows CE solutions.The partnership was created to ensure Socket's upcoming line of Bluetooth-enabled CompactFlash CR plug-in cards are compatible with HP's Jornada family of Handheld PCs.
SAN MATEO, Calif.-AvantGo Inc. unveiled the AvantGo Enterprise Publisher, a service designed to extend Web-based corporate intranet and Internet content to handheld devices.The solution consists of an AvantGo Server and a read-only version of AvantGo Client, which allows companies to publish reference materials that...
The spirit of collaboration among leaders in the paging industry continues to grow as paging carriers and manufacturers have joined in several marketing and technological efforts designed to increase the awareness and robustness of paging technology.The Personal Communications Industry Association's Y2K Task Force said...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-The inspections division of the Greensboro Engineering & Inspections Department and BellSouth Mobility DCS have teamed to develop Mobile Inspector, a technology that allows inspectors to work entirely in the field, BellSouth said.Mobile Inspector combines a handheld computer with APRIL (Automated Attendant for...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc., which will be known as WebLink Wireless beginning Dec. 1, said Vitria Technology Inc., developer of the BusinessWare eBusiness automation platform, and DMR Consulting Group have joined its enterprise solution partner program to provide business-to-business solutions over PageMart's wireless network.The expected...
LAS VEGAS-Palm Computing Inc. and Sony Corp. have agreed to collaborate to expand the capabilities of the Palm Computing platform and create a new platform for handheld consumer electronics products with audio-visual functionality, the companies said.Under terms of the agreement, Sony will license the...
LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson announced its first consumer product incorporating Bluetooth technology at Comdex/Fall '99. The cellular phone headset connects to a mobile phone by a radio link instead of a cable. The product will be commercially available in mid-2000, said Ericsson.The 0.75-ounce wireless mobile...
ALEXANDRIA, Va.-The Personal Communications Industry Association's Paging Technical Committee announced it adopted the Wireless Communication Transport Protocol for immediate implementation in North American messaging networks."WCTP is intended to provide a clean interface between handheld wireless messaging devices and the Internet," said Jay Moskowitz, chief...
Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue's new SkySpeed.com network for mobile Internet applications for automotive and consumer products."We expect that within a year the SkySpeed network will cover 90 percent...
As the wireless industry continues its journey toward the convergence of wireless and Internet, many have kept a wary eye on Microsoft Corp. to determine where wireless concerns can fit in a paradigm held by computer interests.After all, competing in the same space as...
TEMPE, Ariz.-Iridium North America announced the availability of a broad array of maritime-specific communication devices suitable for virtually any vessel.The single- and multi-channel equipment offers boaters various configurations from multiple manufacturers, including Motorola Inc. and Kyocera Corp. Handheld and portable versions of the phones...
GENEVA-Alcatel and application developer In Fusio announced an agreement under which operators adopting Alcatel's HomeTop Solutions software suite will be able to offer In Fusio gaming and entertainment services to their customers on Wireless Application Protocol-enabled handsets.Other devices capable of receiving the content include...
Microsoft Corp. said it plans to deliver mobile data services in Japan by creating a joint venture company with NTT Mobile Communication Network Inc. called Mobimagic Company Ltd.The purpose of the equally held joint venture will be to develop and market mobile data services...
ARMONK, N.Y.-Melard Technologies Inc. introduced the Scout HPC, a ruggedized full-screen wireless handheld computer powered by the Windows CE operating system.The Scout HPC contains two type III PC card slots for wireless modems to connect to networks owned by American Mobile Satellite Corp., BellSouth...
Last week heralded a slew of fairly positive announcements from the still-struggling paging industry, with PageMart Wireless Inc., Paging Network Inc., SkyTel and TSR Wireless L.L.C. announcing significant partnerships.PageMartPageMart announced a strategic agreement with the MSN.com Mobile Service to provide customized personal information services...
NEW YORK-Aether Systems Inc., a middleware provider based in Owings Mills, Md., sold an initial public offering Oct. 20 of 6 million shares, a 23-percent equity stake, priced at $16 each, $1 above its expected maximum range.The following day, Aether's stock nearly tripled, closing...
British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced they have agreed to work together in developing mobile Internet and multimedia applications and equipment.Specifically, the two said they intend to develop handheld interactive wireless devices based on Microsoft's Windows CE platform, create a mobile multimedia service...
