In the "T-Mobile USA to drop AOL for OMA-compliant IM company" story on page 7 of the Jan. 26 issue of RCR Wireless News, T-Mobile USA Inc.'s relationship with America Online Inc. was misstated. T-Mobile will continue to support AOL's instant messaging service as...
T-Mobile USA Inc. is replacing its America Online Inc. instant-messaging service in favor of a more open, standards-based offering. The carrier signed a deal with IM company Oz Communications to install a gateway in its network that complies with instant-messaging and presence specifications from...
T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a major new instant messaging strategy through a deal with IM company Oz Communications. T-Mobile said it will use Oz's gateway and client technology to manage a standards-based instant messaging service, one that can work with desktop IM services including...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry with its new application that will combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.Verizon said the service will initially work...
Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry, with the first application to combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.Verizon said the service will initially work on its...
Qualcomm Inc. announced a series of new partners for its BREW application download service, including Internet heavyweight America Online Inc.AOL said it will sell a variety of BREW applications, including those supporting its instant-messaging service, its e-mail service and its MapQuest location-services offering. Qualcomm...
BOSTON-MessageVine said Thai mobile operator Hutchison CAT Wireless MultiMedia will use its technology to deploy instant messaging and presence services on its CDMA2000 1x network.Hutch is offering the IM application through its recently launched HutchPlay service, which offers a variety of downloadable applications via...
DULLES, Va.-Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant messages using their phones.The announcement is AOL's latest carrier deal, but is more extensive than many of its prior agreements....
The most entertaining piece of being a part of the wireless industry has got to be watching how the evolving technology is absorbed into our society and culture.Every time you turn around, people are being confronted with deciding what is and is not appropriate...
Cingular Wireless and instant messaging company America Online Inc. announced an expansive partnership to allow Cingular subscribers to send and receive AOL instant messages using their phones.The announcement is AOL's latest carrier deal, but is more extensive than many of its prior agreements. Under...
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research report.According to Ovum's forecasts, the number of mobile text messages sent per year worldwide...
LONDON-Mobile operators should revise their pricing models for advanced mobile messaging services including multimedia messaging services, wireless e-mail and wireless instant messaging, analyst firm Ovum warns in a new research report.According to Ovum's forecasts, the number of mobile text messages sent per year worldwide...
DENVER-Verizon Wireless launched its cdma2000 1x-based Express Network service in Colorado, providing customers with access to the wireless data network at average speeds between 40 and 60 kilobits per second and peak speeds of up to 144 kbps. The carrier said the launch is...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The United States' wireless short message service and instant messaging markets are poised to grow to 75 million and 63 million subscribers, respectively, in 2007, according to research analysts at IDC.IDC expects wireless IM to become popular in the business market and widespread...
DENVER-Instant messaging technology provider Jabber Inc. said it will introduce a range of products and services aimed at the wireless industry, including a gateway the company said will allow mobile-phone users to send IM messages to desktop computer users.Separately, Jabber said it extended its...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software Technologies and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications."Ericsson is the market leader in Wireless Village-based instant...
SHANGHAI, China-Motorola unveiled today in Shanghai, China, eight new handsets that feature EMS and MMS messaging technologies; Java capabilities; support for GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA; color screens; and polyphonic speakers.Included in Motorola's 2003 lineup are:the Motorola E365 features an embedded camera;the Motorola V600 also...
America Online Inc. announced that it is launching an industrywide mobile developer program for its instant-messaging services. As flagship members, LG Electronics, Motorola Inc., Samsung Telecommunications America and Siemens AG will work to develop, test and distribute licensed AIM clients for mobile devices. The...
By Mike DanoMotorola scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic cost-reduction efforts at the company that include cutting one-third of its workforce."It was a strategic...
Motorola Inc. scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic cost-reduction efforts at the company that include cutting one-third of its workforce."It was a strategic decision...
SAN FRANCISCO-T-Mobile in Germany will offer wireless instant messaging services through a new deal with messaging company MessageVine.Using the Mobile IM service powered by the MessageVine IM Server, users will be able to share presence information and communicate directly with other users."Messaging is a...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless said it will make Yahoo Messenger instant messaging service available to its text messaging and mMode users.With the service, AT&T customers can send text messages between wireless devices and PCs as well as extend their online IM contact lists to their...
