The buzz phrase of the wireless data industry this year is Internet portal, and AvantGo Inc. hopes to capitalize on this attention by introducing a free interactive Internet service called AvantGo.com.The service compiles a set of popular Internet sites where users may go for...
MONTEREY, Calif.-Ending months of speculation and veiled tension, Microsoft Corp. last week officially announced it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move many see as effectively ending a microbrowser war in the making.The announcement spurred a collective sigh of relief among industry players...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has licensed Custom Netcenter from Netscape, a subsidiary of America Online, to develop a portal designed to serve as the Internet start page for professionals on the move.The portal, named Zingo, will serve as a virtual laboratory...
FORT WORTH, Texas-Uniden Multimedia Corp. began shipping for commercial and retail sale a new portable wireless communications Cellular Digital Packet Data modem, the Uniden Data 2000.The Data 2000 is a battery-powered Type II Personal Computer Memory Card International Association PC card that works with...
Motorola Inc. announced Office Depot will begin carrying the PageWriter 2000 two-way pager in more than 600 retail locations nationwide.TSR Wireless L.L.C. said it has built a ReFLEX 25 two-way messaging network on the West Coast, adding coverage in southern California and into Nevada....
TOKYO-As part of its effort to become a comprehensive multimedia service provider rather than just a cellular telephone operator, NTT Mobile Communications Network (NTT DoCoMo) has joined up with the world's leading software companies to use their leading-edge enabling technologies.Japan's cellular telephone market, which...
Nortele-mobility servicesNortel Networks introduced a portfolio of subscriber services, called e-mobility services, that provide rapid, flexible deployment of leading-edge voice and data capabilities optimized for the Internet Protocol environment. The services include Wireless Prepaid, Group Conferencing, Smart Mobile Access, Wireless Voice-Activated Dialing, Mobile Messaging...
Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. has discussed our view of the prognosis for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in other e-mail briefings and in our white paper. We are often asked whether, given our appraisal of WAP, we think WAP will ever succeed.The answer is, surprisingly,...
MELBOURNE, Australia-Telstra has conducted preliminary trials of its new Nortel Networks-designed CDMA mobile network amid nagging disquiet and confusion in some rural quarters about the closure of the analog network.Even so, Telstra has branded the trial a success, claiming CDMA outperformed the existing analog...
Advanced Fox WirelessAdvanced Fox Wireless introduced the OEM Style Mini Twin Charger for Nokia Corp. 5100 Series and Nextel Communications Inc. i1000 handsets. The device will charge the battery on the phone while charging a second battery. It is compatible with Nickel Cadmium, Nickel...
In the first major initiative since the group formed in December, the WirelessReady Alliance held its first member meeting last week in Vancouver, where members discussed the state of the wireless data industry and plotted future strategy.Sierra Wireless Inc.-which formed the group-brought together 23...
DALLAS-PageMart Wireless Inc. announced it will hold a press conference April 19 at the Comdex show in Chicago to unveil what it called a major alliance of paging industry leaders.Although PageMart will not discuss the nature of the alliance, industry insiders speculate it will...
CORONADO, Calif.-At the Demo Mobile show last week, Aether Technologies Inc. announced the formal opening of its Enterprise Data Wireless Center in Maryland, designed to extend wireless access capabilities to enterprise information management systems.Initial customers include AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Bear Stearns & Co.,...
Bell Atlantic Mobile announced a new flat-rate price plan for wireless Internet access based on its AirBridge Internet Access service. For $25 a month, customers receive unlimited e-mail access and full Internet access for $40 a month. Novatel Wireless Inc. announced a new smaller,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Puma Technology said it teamed with DoCoMo/NTT Mobile Communications Network to provide cellular phone users in Japan wireless Internet access to corporate groupware application information through Puma's Intellisync Anywhere software and DoCoMo's i-mode cellular phone service.The i-mode service provides users a mobile...
Dynamic Mobile Data SystemsDynamic Mobile Data Systems Inc. announced its Mobile Server product is commercially available. Mobile Server is a set of wireless drivers and controls for Microsoft NT servers and wireless devices that the company said extends beyond-firewall corporate data and applications to...
As the wireless data industry finds more room to grow in the mobile enterprise market, more application developers are searching for ways to meet this new space.In the last week, several companies announced mobile data solutions and products designed for the horizontal and enterprise...
Omnipoint Corp. said last week it has received proposals from potential strategic equity investors and will be evaluating them shortly. The company in January began a second round of serious discussions with potential investors. Discussions have revolved around selling an equity stake of at...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson is testing a wireless financial information and transaction service with Dagens Industri AB, a leading business daily publication in Sweden.The test involves about 40 selected Internet brokerage customers who will be able to buy and sell shares and options on the Stockholm...
Aether Technologies announced it is joining BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and Research in Motion Ltd. to bring financial market data via wirelessly connected handheld and laptop computers to the Atlanta, Los Angeles and New Orleans markets.Datalink.net announced it can allow companies to extend Web-based...
TOKYO-NEC Corp. and NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. have agreed to work together in technical trials of a wideband Code Division Multiple Access system with the Telephone Organization of Thailand.Based on a memorandum of understanding with the TOT, NTT DoCoMo and NEC plan to...
Despite increasing competition expected from wireless phone services, the Chinese paging market will continue to grow at a rate of 17.7 percent during the next five years, according to a new study released by The Yankee Group.Darryl Sterling, senior analyst of the Yankee Group's...
NEW YORK-Aether Technologies International L.L.C. announced it will provide wireless trading capabilities to Discover Brokerage, allowing users to manage stock portfolios from wireless handheld computers.Using Aether's trading application, customers will be able to conduct trades, track accounts and get stock quotes from all U.S....
NEW ORLEANS-Novatel Wireless Inc. and Casio Inc. announced they have formed a technology alliance to develop wireless solutions for Casio's Windows CE-based handheld computing products.The two companies have not yet announced any products as a result of their partnership.
