SAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues to the wireless market.According to a new study from Telephia Inc. and Harris Interactive, the holiday season could drive greatly increased messaging among young adult...
Wireless messaging gets positive reviewsSAN FRANCISCO-Two new reports peg wireless messaging as an important and growing application, one that could contribute significant revenues to the wireless market.According to a new study from Telephia Inc. and Harris Interactive, the holiday season could drive greatly...
MANILA, The Philippines-Philippine mobile operator Smart Communications and America Online (AOL) have forged a deal that will provide the operator access to an instant messaging service known as ICQ (pronounced "I seek you"). The ICQ messaging service offers Smart's nearly 8 million subscribers 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...
LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data technologies, ranging from multimedia messaging services to digital rights management.Under the OMA's new release...
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...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-FastMobile announced it scored $4 million in first-round funding, enough to pay for the launch of its wireless instant messaging service in the United Kingdom and South Korea.Leo Capital Holdings, BlueStar Ventures and Red Barn Investments led the financing.FastMobile's fastxt instant messaging service...
LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data technologies, ranging from multimedia messaging services to digital rights management.Under the OMA's new release...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet player Openwave Systems Inc. acquired instant messaging company Personity Inc. last month for an undisclosed amount.An Openwave spokeswoman said the company gained three engineers and Personity's technology through the move. She said Openwave would use Personity's technology to add presence...
MIAMI BEACH, Fla.-Wireless instant messaging company Streampath Wireless Inc. released a new instant messaging application for Java-capable mobile phones that the company is offering free of charge to operators, businesses and end users.The company is also offering themed instant messaging applications as an addition...
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...
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...
LONDON-Mobile messaging solutions provider magic4 said its chief executive officer, Simon Wilkinson, will speak at the M Services conference, which takes place Oct. 2 in Paris.Wilkinson plans to discuss enhanced messaging services and the evolution to multimedia services. In addition, magic4 will demonstrate its...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. sounded a note of caution for the industry, forecasting another four to six challenging quarters ahead, news that caused investors to drop the company's stock by more than 25 percent in trading.Openwave's stock was trading at...
NEW DELHI, India-The Taiwan-based Comtrend Corporation, a solutions provider to telecom companies, will market wireless instant messaging solutions from New Delhi-based ACL Wireless Limited in Taiwan. The two companies announced a strategic partnership to market and deploy ACL's wireless instant messenger on mobile networks...
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...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—The SyncML Initiative announced it will officially consolidate into the newly formed Open Mobile Alliance, a group created to act as an umbrella standards organization for the various aspects of the wireless data industry.The WAP Forum and the Wireless Village instant messaging initiative...
DALLAS—Samsung Telecommunications America and America Online Inc. are integrating AOL Instant Messenger service in to Samsung's SGH-r225M GSM handset, the companies announced.AOL Instant Messaging will allow users to send and receive real-time text messages.The SGH-r225M is available this month.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Nokia Corp.'s Open Mobile Architecture initiative will merge with the WAP Forum to create a new, massive industry standards group comprising more than 200 companies including heated wireless rivals pushed together by flagging revenues and an uncertain future.The most tangible component of...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp. announced a strategic alliance to deliver co-developed and jointly marketed wireless data services featuring MSN services and content, Windows Powered devices and enterprise solutions.The "VZW with MSN" service will be the default service for new digital Verizon Wireless...
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,...
REDMOND, Wash.—AT&T Wireless launched its consumer-oriented mMode service offering designed to provide customers with access to a number of communication, information and entertainment services using the carrier's GSM/GPRS network. AT&T Wireless said the service, derived from Japanese partner NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s i-mode service, will...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
