interoperability

HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, CMG Wireless Data Solutions, Comverse, L.M. Ericsson, Logica, Motorola, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson Communications have joined to found an Interoperability Group for multimedia messaging services that will …

CANNES, France—Content alone will not bring prosperity to the wireless industry, according to comments made by Michael C. Pousti, chairman and chief executive officer of SMS.ac, in a speech at …

CANNES, France—Sun Microsystems made several announcements relating to the company’s overall wireless strategy at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. The company demonstrated how its mobile offerings, which …

LONDON—The Wireless Village standards group released its version 1.0 specifications for wireless instant messaging, prompting a range of new product and service announcements from Wireless Village members. The standards group …

NEW YORK—IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to form standards for business transactions …

NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to …

NEW YORK—Emblaze Systems said it has concluded successfully an MPEG4 compliance interoperability test with Samsung Electronics. The companies conducted the trial to determine whether Emblaze’s wireless media platform is interoperable …

ATLANTA, United States—Cingular Wireless reported it has begun field testing GAIT technology, which would allow customers to roam seamlessly between its TDMA and GSM networks as part of its network …

RESTON, Virginia, United State—Nextel Communications entered a licensing agreement with Qualcomm for the further development and deployment of Qualcomm’s QChat software, which is designed to provide push-to-talk functionality on CDMA …

NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing together 35 industry experts to address …

NEW YORK—The European Telecommunications Standards Institute held its first smart card interoperability event in mid-December at its headquarters in Sophia Antipolis, France, bringing together 35 industry experts to address three …

WASHINGTON-A Bush administration report due out shortly could hurt Nextel Communications Inc.’s campaign to win government approval of a controversial spectrum realignment plan designed to resolve commercial wireless interference to …

WASHINGTON-2002 offers the wayward wireless industry a chance to begin to redeem and redefine itself. But it won’t be easy, and survival skills will be essential. Indeed, with economic sluggishness …

NEW YORK-Convergent communications are getting closer to reality with development of gateways to distribute content among various stationary and mobile devices and interoperability technology that permits seamless roaming between fixed …

NEW YORK—Verizon Communications has agreed to sell its TSI Telecommunications Services subsidiary to GTCR Golder Rauner, a private equity investment firm, for approximately US$800 million. The deal is expected to …

CHICAGO—Verizon Communications Inc. said Dec. 10 it has agreed to sell its wholly owned subsidiary, TSI Telecommunications Services Inc., to GTCR Golder Rauner L.L.C., Chicago a private equity firm, for …

SAN DIEGO and NEW YORK—The Wireless Multimedia Forum (WMF) completed a six-month interoperability trial that included five wireless multimedia vendors, including PacketVideo and Emblaze Systems. The six-month test included encoding …

DENVER, United States—Spurred by recent announcements across the globe and a bold move by AT&T Wireless Services, network operators in the United States are scampering to open up their short …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. announced it has successfully demonstrated a wireless voice call via a third-generation UMTS-compliant handset equipped with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies’ MSM5200 Mobile Station Modem W-CDMA chipset and system …

LAS VEGAS, United States—Nokia and Sony announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile handsets and consumer devices, and between …

SAN DIEGO-Microsoft Corp. selected Silicon Wave Inc. to provide Bluetooth solutions for its Windows CE .NET operating system. Silicon Wave said its solution will allow original equipment manufacturers to produce …

LAS VEGAS—Nokia Corp. and Sony Corp. announced they are developing an open and common middleware platform with the intent of achieving interoperability between mobile handsets and consumer devices, and between …

NEW YORK-Calling it “the most well-known secret in corporate America,” Stephen Carter, president and chief executive officer of Cingular Wireless, said the nation’s second-largest mobile operator will overlay all its …

TAMPA, Fla.—TSI Telecommunications Services announced Venezuelan wireless operator Movilnet has agreed to test the company’s short messaging service (SMS) Message Manager Solution. TSI said the product provides SMS routing and …

KISTA, Sweden—Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia, founders of the Wireless Village initiative, said they have successfully demonstrated interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence services. The companies said that in the demonstration, …