FOSTER CITY, Calif.-FaceTime Communications, Foster City, Calif., introduced commercially Oct. 8 its IM Auditor application, which permits the management, control and interoperability of any enterprise's wired or wireless device with public and private instant messaging networks.FaceTime said its IM Auditor "bridges all wireless networks...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Coding Technologies, which provides audio compression technologies for the mobile, digital broadcasting and Internet markets, has established a new office in the United States to handle technology licensing for the North American market.To run the new office, David Frerichs, former president and...
LONDON-Six European markets will soon have MSN Messenger, Microsoft's instant messaging service, on mobile phones via short message service. Operators in Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey will offer the messaging service. The same operators also currently offer the MSN Hotmail e-mail...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The boom in European short message service (SMS) traffic is forecast to peak in 2003 as other messaging technology bites into the service from 2004 onward, claims new research from Forrester. The company said that as the decline in SMS traffic occurs,...
RESTON, Va.—America Online Inc., continuing its wireless strategy of partnering with carriers to distribute its content, announced a deal with Nextel Communications Inc. to offer its popular AOL instant messaging and e-mail programs over Nextel's packet-data network.AOL has signed content agreements with numerous wireless...
NEW YORK—Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will offer its customers wireless instant messaging (IM) services, including the ability to create buddy lists and communicate with desktop users, through a deal with MessageVine."We are excited to be introducing private-label wireless IM to the Canadian market...
NEW YORK—Canadian wireless carrier Telus Mobility will offer its customers wireless instant messaging services, including the ability to create buddy lists and communicate with desktop users, through a deal with MessageVine."We are excited to be introducing private-label wireless IM to the Canadian market with...
IBM Corp. announced plans to bring its considerable weight to the world of wireless instant messaging, a service that is quickly gaining additional users and big-name players.The equipment giant made its entrance through its Lotus Development Corp. company last week, which released the Sametime...
NEW YORK-Although growing use of Research In Motion's BlackBerry e-mail service has congested wireless networks in some areas, paging carriers are not well-positioned to seize this opportunity to serve as alternative providers, said Jim Balsillie, co-chief executive officer of RIM."Paging carriers have tried to...
Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but growing segment of the wireless industry.L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. established last week the Wireless Village, which the...
Instant messaging, the simple act of writing to another person in real time, is a big deal.This fact has been proven by the popularity of America Online Inc.'s instant messaging program, which became a subject of debate during the Federal Communications Commission's hearings on...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless introduced an instant messaging service called My Wireless Window in California, Nevada, Chicago, Dallas and Tulsa, Okla.The IM solution is based on InfoSpace Inc.'s platform and is integrated with Microsoft Corp.'s MSN Messenger service. The company said it will launch the service...
While there are several instant messaging solutions in the marketplace today, Invertix Corp. is using its IM Anywhere software product in ways that it says go beyond simple messaging.The company is looking to act as the go-between for the many content providers hoping to...
WASHINGTON-Several instant messaging companies, telecom carriers and Internet service and content providers have formed an organization dedicated to achieving true instant messaging interoperability among competing platforms.The IMUnified coalition said it intends to create specifications by the end of August that will allow interoperable instant...
