Internet Service Provider EarthLink has added wireless voice provider to its resume with the release of the all-in-one color BlackBerry 7750 Wireless Handheld with wireless voice and e-mail service. The device works as a phone, e-mail device and Internet access device. It will be...
BEIJING-Alcatel Corp said it has won a major contract with China Netcom and launched a center for Next Generation Network in China.The wireless vendor described the contract as the largest NGN network ever deployed by China Netcom. No dollar amount was disclosed.The deployment, which...
Wireless e-mail stalwart Research In Motion Ltd. should brace for intense competition as converged devices with BlackBerry-esque e-mail functionality and cell-phone features, including voice capabilities, enter the enterprise.So goes the cry of RIM's competitors, anyway.RIM's flagship BlackBerry e-mail device fuels the demand in the...
ARMONK, N.Y.-Orange will use IBM software and services to offer its mobile-phone customers single sign-on capabilities for secure access to different mobile services and Web sites.IBM's software is compliant with the Liberty Alliance's 1.1 specification for single sign-on, which allows identity data to communicate...
While wireless broadband technologies stir some excitement around both service providers and vendors, rural carriers are likely to take the most advantage of them in the short run as the business model catches on with the big operators in the wireline and wireless spheres,...
As a company that tends to generate most excitement regarding its bottom line, Nokia Corp. for the most part has been unruffled in the recent turbulent seas of the wireless industry. Even when the industry stumbled as in the past few years, the...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-ClickSoftware Technologies Ltd. and IBM Global Services will partner to provide software to streamline their clients' dispatch efforts.Under the agreement, the two companies said they will provide an integrated solution for wireless field force automation."Our complementary solutions and core competencies will combine to...
When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said it was not open enough because it savored such a wide array of supporters...
Wi-Fi, the much-hyped sibling of the wireless industry, might have lost a little of its luster with the closure of one of its more ambitious players and troublesome security warnings from governmental agencies.The once-hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players...
For Qualcomm Inc., CDMA is a double-edged sword.Although the company has enjoyed a significant amount of prosperity in its efforts to expand the CDMA industry, its success seems to cut both ways as Qualcomm is now in the midst of a chip shortage due...
While waiting to pry loose of Motorola Inc. later this year, Freescale Semiconductor Inc. will be walking the path of other companies like Agere Systems Inc. and Infineon Technologies Inc., which were previously parts of bigger behemoths.These three companies want to exercise the same...
The once hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players AT&T, IBM and Intel, has shut down its network due to lack of funding.Since its founding, "the company has made some progress but the segment has evolved considerably" during that time,...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has put its semiconductor business on track to become a separate, publicly owned company by announcing its chairman and chief executive officer.Michel Mayer is the new helmsman at Freescale Semiconductor. He was most recently the general manager of IBM Microelectronics, which...
Openwave Systems Inc. announced it will acquire messaging software provider Magic4 for a sizable $82.6 million in cash and stock. The deal marks Openwave's further moves to expand its handset software business beyond WAP browsers."With Magic4, Openwave will become the No. 1 open standards-based...
Having found success in the device management space for businesses, start-up mFormation Technologies Inc. is now looking to use its experience and resources to break into the potentially lucrative wireless carrier market. And though many have failed in such an attempt, mFormation said it...
SAN DIEGO-Applied Micro Circuits Corp. said it has signed an agreement to acquire a chip unit of IBM Corp. for approximately $227 million.The deal covers intellectual property and a portfolio of assets associated with IBM's 400 series of embedded PowerPC standard products, as well...
Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling operators to upgrade their networks.Major vendors like Nokia Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks...
MILPITAS, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker PalmOne Inc. released Java runtime software from IBM Corp. for its device customers. The runtime will allow Treo 600 and Tungsten users to run applications written for the Java 2 Micro Edition platform, which is widely deployed in the...
Atlanta-Qualcomm Inc. made several announcements at the CTIA Wireless 2004 show in Atlanta including an extensive agreement with ATI Technologies Inc. to deliver a wireless 3D gaming platform. Qualcomm's Mobile Station Modem baseband solutions will include ATI's IMAGEON architecture to provide a 3D...
NEW YORK-The United Nations ICT Task Force and the Wireless Internet Institute announced a series of programs to speed the adoption of wireless Internet."We need to think of ways to bring wireless-fidelity applications to the developing world so as to make use of unlicensed...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Cometa Networks Inc. reported a deal with iPass Inc. providing iPass users access to Cometa hot spots in the Seattle area, including Barnes & Noble Bookstores, McDonalds restaurants and Tully's Coffee Shops. Cometa, which was formed by AT&T Corp., Intel Corp. and IBM...
Texas Instruments Inc. may have experienced the flip side of optimism when its stock fell on its guidance last week. But a recent study assures the industry that the semiconductor space is not on the verge of a slowdown.In a study titled, Worldwide Desktop...
Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry's major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, France.Nokia, the world's No. 1 handset manufacturer, used the show as a platform to...
To borrow a phrase from the auto business, the wireless industry seems to be running on all pistons. The news out of last week's 3GSM show in Cannes, France, seemed upbeat overall, despite the standard stories of:Don't get too excited about next-generation services until...
