CANNES, France-A variety of players were among the companies making announcements on the push-to-talk front, further evidence that players across the globe are gearing up to offer the service.First, Fastmobile Inc. announced a deal with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. to ensure its Fastchat Instant...
ARMONK, N.Y.-Telematics giant OnStar said it will use speech-recognition technology from IBM Corp. in its new lineup of 2004 vehicles. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.OnStar will use IBM's Embedded ViaVoice product along with its Websphere Voice Response software and eServer pSeries systems...
CANNES, France-Fastmobile Inc., IBM Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Motorola Inc. were among the companies making announcements on the push-to-talk front, further evidence that players across the globe are gearing up to offer the service.First, Fastmobile announced a deal with Samsung to ensure...
CANNES, France-SiGe Semiconductor introduced its RangeChargerT SE5120, a power amplifier for cellular handsets compliant with wideband CDMA technology.The product is optimized for W-CDMA handsets operating in the 1920 to 1980 MHz band. It is the first new cellular amplifier to be produced by SiGe...
Speaking at its annual investment community meeting in New York a day after reporting fourth-quarter and full-year 2003 results, Sprint Corp. said it expects service revenues in its wireless division to increase in the high-single digits this year, driven by a larger customer base,...
NEW YORK-Speaking at its annual investment community meeting in New York a day after reporting fourth-quarter and full-year 2003 results, Sprint Corp. said it expects service revenues in its wireless division to increase in the high-single digits this year, driven by a larger customer...
RICHMOND, British Columbia-eXI Wireless Inc., provider of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)-based asset management and security solutions, announced its eXI Systems subsidiary has completed an RFID Asset Tag Trial Program with 22 hospitals in the United States.The trial program demonstrated Assetrac, a single system for...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Sprint PCS recorded a one-time pre-tax charge of $352 million during the fourth quarter of 2003 related to the termination of an in-house developed billing platform that the carrier has reportedly elected to outsource to IBM Corp.The outsourcing is reportedly part of...
Like others that seemed out of the wireless range at the outset, the radio-frequency identification technology may not just be about supply chains. Its future efficiency may be derived from using wireless technologies like wireless local area networks and wide area networks. Although the...
SAN DIEGO-BREW pioneer Qualcomm Inc. said it will recommend that its carrier customers use IBM Corp.'s Linux servers to run its application download system. Qualcomm said its BREW service runs most quickly on IBM's Linux equipment.Qualcomm's IBM deal "is not an exclusive relationship," said...
NEW YORK-In a bid to cut costs, Nokia Corp said it has signed a five-year, $253.9 million deal to outsource its information technology services to IBM Corp. The contract will move about 430 Nokia staff to IBM in 36 countries, according to the company."We...
In the search for killer applications and other services that rake in revenue, independent software vendors are the new brides of wireless.With software expanding, the value of the hardware space will continue to shrink in the wireless space. ISVs therefore are working with major...
It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp., it enjoys a healthy value chain, there are a growing number of case studies and success...
There are plenty of contentious questions in the operating system business. Will Microsoft Corp. dominate the mobile-phone field as it has done in the desktop computer business? Will Symbian manage to escape Nokia Corp.'s shadow and entice broad support? Will PalmSource Inc. translate its...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-Industry leaders have formed the Mobile Expert Group with a view to promoting Java technology in the mobile space. The focus will be data-capable phones.The group was formed by the OSGi Alliance, an ecosystem whose members specify, create, advance and promote an...
WASHINGTON-Key House lawmakers want the General Accounting Office to again examine a $2.25 billion federal program that subsidizes Internet links to schools and libraries and plan to hold a hearing early next year on allegations of corruption associated with it, raising the stakes in...
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...
As businesses eye the beauty of wireless services on a massive scale, hardware and software vendors have stepped up their activities.Despite a continued sluggish economy, the frenzy began about a year ago, according to major players."I have seen more uptake in the last nine...
Maybe it's because of the imminent local number portability deadline, maybe it's because of the holiday shopping season launch, maybe it's because wireless data is starting to gain some traction, but advertising by wireless carriers has moved from the mundane to the entertaining.Gone is...
SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. said it has rolled out new database software known as DB2 Everyplace that provides customers with real-time access to business information on their wireless handhelds."DB2 Everyplace gives mobile workers the ability to query, retrieve and modify information in real time from...
With upbeat third-quarter results snapping several quarters of melancholy, wireless players may be about to turn their purse strings loose. The good news is infectious, touching not only carriers, but also equipment vendors, chipmakers and startups that are basking again in venture capital. Those...
As the guinea pig of technologies, enterprise has enjoyed some play in the wireless industry of late. Whether in terms of alliances or new enabling solutions, carriers and enterprise players are paying more attention. Sprint PCS manifested this interest in a suite of announcements...
BARCELONA, Spain-PeopleSoft Inc. and IBM announced the expansion of their Customer Loyalty and Retention (CLR) program into the European telecommunications service provider market. The solution integrates revenue management data with customer relationship management processes to allow companies to better identify, acquire and retain profitable...
Partnership announcements were plentiful at the ninth annual SpeechTEK International Educational Conference and Exposition, which took place last week in New York City. The unions demonstrate a trend among vendors in the speech recognition technology field to offer end-to-end, quick-to-deploy, voice-application solutions to customers.Following...
