The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city's famous strip. One company, making its official debut at the show last week, offered a new technology...
LAS VEGAS-Portal Software Inc., IBM Corp. and Reciprocal Inc. are working together to deliver a new secure digital content commerce and distribution offering that integrates Portal Software's Infranet platform and IBM's Electronic Media Management System. According to the companies, the new Reciprocal offering will...
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Inc. is serving up advanced computing power for wireless network elements and operations support systems, according to separate announcements the company issued last week.With its new series of Sun Fire Midframe servers now available in quantity, the Palo Alto, Calif., company...
Dennis Roberson is sitting at a large, round conference table talking about the mandate he was given three years ago to "fix" Motorola Inc.'s storied research lab.As the conversation progresses, he reaches inside his breast pocket and pulls out a cell phone made with...
CINCINNATI-Convergys Corp. and IBM Corp. announced they will port Release 6.0 of Convergys' Atlys solution onto IBM's Unix server platform, including the new eServer pSeries line.Atlys Release 6.0 is the newest version of Convergys' end-to-end customer-care and billing solution for wireless voice and data...
AWRApplied Wave Research appointed Ronald Patston as vice president of marketing. Prior to joining AWR, Patston held several positions in various companies in the wireless and EDA industry including Agilent Technologies, Verticom Inc. and Hewlett Packard. As VP of marketing, Patston will lead AWR's...
PARIS-Gemplus International S.A. and IBM Corp. said they plan to collaborate to provide smart-card solutions to customers of both companies worldwide. According to the agreement, Gemplus's expertise in card personalization, issuance and logistics will be combined with IBM's systems integration capabilities and Chip Management...
BEIJING-Huawei Technologies, based in China's southern boomtown of Shenzhen, is poised to become a global player in the telecommunications field. Already China's largest producer of telephone switches, the company is now branching out into the mobile field and aggressively moving abroad. While privately owned,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson and IBM Corp. said they will join to help financial services companies deliver mobile Internet offerings that go beyond today's business-to-consumer services. The companies plan to develop and implement technology that will enable high-value, high-volume B-to-C services such as wealth management,...
Telcom GlobalChris Carter was appointed Telcom Global Solutions Inc.'s senior director for engineering services. In his new position, Carter will be responsible for planning and managing the company's global resource pool. Carter has more than seven years of experience in wireless network design and...
Openwave Systems Inc., the offspring of Phone.com and Software.com's recent union, became the darling of Wall Street last week following its announcement to introduce a new browser for packet-based GPRS and third-generation wireless networks, and it already has a customer in KDDI of Japan.The...
SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. jumped on board Research In Motion Ltd.'s wireless e-mail product, BlackBerry, and will push the product along with its business e-mail and intranet back-end systems."With this collaboration, we will be able to provide end-to-end services for a leading wireless e-mail solution...
MMTAAnne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association's Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke has more than 15 years...
WASHINGTON-Consumer advocate and failed presidential candidate Ralph Nader last week called for the creation of a world consumer protection organization that would be similar to the existing World Intellectual Property Organization but "more democratic."Nader said the WCPO would be able to negotiate international treaties...
LONDON-British Airways and IBM Corp. showed the fruits of their two-year, $17.5 million co-development contract with the launch of a variety of IBM Corp.-developed mobile Internet services, including a graphical seat-selection WAP application.The seat-selection service allows users to choose their seat from a graphical...
TOKYO-Toshiba Corp., Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd., and IBM Japan Ltd. said they will establish a joint-venture company to authorize the use of the Bluetooth logo in Japan, which is mandatory for all products that claim to meet the Bluetooth standard.The new company is expected...
Band-XStephen Beynon was hired as Band-X's new chief executive officer. He was previously in a management position in the data and business services division of Cable & Wireless Optus.ElectrofuelPatrick R. McCool was appointed the vice president of sales for Electrofuel Inc. He was previously...
NEW YORK-Canadian users of Web-enabled wireless phones and two-way pagers can get walking or driving directions to any location within the country, under an agreement announced Nov. 22 between Maptuit Corp. and Sympatico-Lycos Inc.Sympatico-Lycos, an Internet service provider, is jointly owned by Lycos Inc....
LittlefeetLittlefeet Inc., a wireless network infrastructure developer, appointed Kai Cheong Chan as the general manager and sales director for the company's new regional office, which will serve Singapore and the Asia-Pacific region.Chan will be responsible for developing business relationships and managing distribution channels for...
NEW YORK-Room33 AB has opened its doors here to tap into the city's content creation hub and give the Stockholm-based company easier access to potential American customers for its mobile software and WAP-centric portal."New York's Silicon Alley makes the perfect beachhead for our entry...
Sun Microsystems Inc. officially threw its hat into the wireless Internet ring last week with a broad set of announcements unveiling a dedicated wireless organization within the company, launching new communications software and establishing a $100 million venture fund specifically for the wireless market.Sun...
While wirelessly enabling various types of applications is generally the one common element among wireless application service providers, most agree that value-added services and applications added to this core platform will be the basis of wireless ASP competition.With this in mind, wireless ASP Mobilize...
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. has begun carrier trials of its first Bluetooth-capable wireless phone, the Timeport 270, and expects to begin shipping the CDMA handsets by year-end.Depending on "carrier testing regimens," the manufacturer expects to ramp up to full production of the tri-mode PCS, analog...
CHICAGO-When Bridget Glavaz touched down in Los Angeles recently, she pulled out her handheld computer, a Palm VII, and started addressing two critical issues. She needed directions to her appointment downtown, so she logged onto Mapquest.com. Equally important, she wanted a hot hazelnut mocha,...
