While most U.S. consumers still see a mobile phone as, well, a phone, young wireless users increasingly view it as a way to meet new friends, share pictures and maybe, to find love.The rise of community-based Internet sites and services has been as well-documented...
HOUSTON-A group of European entrepreneurs is hoping to tap the mobile e-mail market with an e-mail and instant messaging service for mobile phones. The company, dubbed Berggi, promises to "transform regular cell phones into smart devices" that are optimized to send and receive non-voice...
BOSTON-Mobile instant messaging could grow to a $2 billion market in Western Europe and North America by 2010, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics Inc. Both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM are set to grow significantly, said the report. Drivers...
BOSTON—Mobile instant messaging could grow to a $2 billion market in Western Europe and North America by 2010, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics Inc. Both IT-sanctioned and rogue use of mobile IM are set to grow significantly, said the report. Drivers...
NEW YORK—Mobile music and video may be sexier applications, but carriers looking to cash in on wireless data should focus on messaging applications, according to a report from eMarketer Inc. The market research firm said text messaging, multimedia messaging, e-mail and instant messaging "are...
"We all want to change the world," to quote John Lennon. Perhaps the biggest change taking place in society today is the growing popularity of social sites like MySpace.com and YouTube.com, virtual communities that have drawn millions.The wireless industry has a fantastic chance to...
ATLANTA-Air2Web said it snared $25 million in a financing round led by The Carlyle Group. The wireless software company said it will use the new funds to further its work in mobile marketing as well as expanding into other geographic markets. Existing investors Vantage...
ATLANTA—Air2Web said it snared $25 million in a financing round led by The Carlyle Group. The wireless software company said it will use the new funds to further its work in mobile marketing as well as expanding into other geographic markets. Existing investors Vantage...
Five years ago no one used the term homeland security. Five years ago, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 had yet to happen. Five years ago, Katrina was just a girl's name-not a deadly hurricane.Today, all that has changed. Five years after the 9/11...
SAN DIEGO—Hey, it’s all about my life, not your network. That’s the disruptive thinking that Sony Electronics—not Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P., the wireless handset maker—is following in launching a Wi-Fi-only device (no monthly cellular service fees!) for Voice over IP communications, instant messaging...
From carriers to content providers to messaging companies, everybody in wireless wants to drive data revenues. And a couple of companies are focusing on users' fingers. Digit Wireless Inc. hopes to boost text-messaging activity and minimize cumbersome user interface issues with its Fastap keypad,...
Imagine Java as a set of three types of Lego blocks, says Eric Chu, director of the Java ME platform in Sun's Client Systems Group. The bottom unit contains two "configurations," including CDC (connected device configuration) and CLDC (connected limited device configuration). Sitting on...
LONDON—Yahoo Inc. scored a major wireless win with an agreement to provide mobile Internet services for Hutchison’s 3 Group carriers in Europe and Asia. The 3 Group tapped Yahoo to deliver mobile search, instant messaging and e-mail services as well as to provide the...
SAN FRANCISCO—Microsoft Corp. announced a joint marketing and development alliance with Motorola Inc., among other vendors, in an effort to fold various wired and mobile access points into a unified system for enterprise communications. The overall effort is aimed at combining functions of desktop...
Alltel Corp. selected Oz Communications Inc.'s mobile instant messaging solution to power its new Axcess Instant Messaging service. The BREW-based solution gives Alltel customers access to AOL's instant messaging service and Yahoo Inc.'s Messenger service in a mobile format that closely mirrors the PC...
MONTREAL—Alltel Corp. selected Oz Communications Inc.’s mobile instant messaging solution to power its new Axcess Instant Messaging service. The BREW-based solution gives Alltel customers access to AOL’s instant messaging service and Yahoo Inc.’s Messenger service in a mobile format that closely mirrors the PC...
MONTREAL—OZ Communications Inc.’s Mobile Email Solution is now available to Virgin Mobile USA L.L.C. customers who have Kyocera Wireless Corp. Switch Back and Slider Sonic handsets, according to the companies. The solution allows customers to access AOL L.L.C.’s e-mail and instant messaging accounts on...
OTTAWA, Canada—Mobile Voice over Internet Protocol software developer SIPquest said it picked up $7 million during its third round of funding, money that comes as the company works to rename itself FirstHand Technologies. FirstHand sells mobile client and server software through equipment vendors, systems...
OTTAWA—Two-thirds of Canadian households either own a wireless phone or have access to one, according to a new study from Decima Research commissioned by the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association. The province of Alberta boasts the highest household wireless penetration rate at 79 percent, while...
WASHINGTON-As the battle for network neutrality heats up on Capitol Hill, wireless largely has been ignored, even though the nation's two largest carriers prohibit customers from using bandwidth-hogging services and the fourth-largest carrier can only provide a confusing explanation as to where it stands...
It's safe to say U.S. wireless subscribers have caught up with much of the rest of the world in terms of data consumption. But it appears American carriers still have their work cut out for them when it comes to cashing in. The United...
OKLAHOMA CITY—Dobson Communications Corp.’s wireless subsidiary, American Cellular Corp., expanded its spectrum position in Texas with the $25 million purchase of a Rural Service Area and additional spectrum in markets that the company already serves. The Texas 15 RSA covers nearly 12,500 square miles...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Yahoo Inc. scored another wireless win, inking a deal to deliver search and information services for subscribers of soon-to-launch mobile virtual network operator Helio L.L.C. The MVNO, a joint venture by SK Telecom and Earthlink Inc. slated to launch this spring, said it...
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Cingular Wireless L.L.C. subscribers can use their phones to access photos, e-mail, instant messaging and address books from their Yahoo Inc. accounts.Yahoo’s latest effort to expand into wireless uses a Nokia 6682 handset that can also receive custom news, weather and sports....
