Sygate TechnologiesInternet security and access management solutions provider Sygate Technologies Inc. introduced its OneNIC Internet Sharing Solution through the release of the newest version of its flagship software product, Sygate Home Network 4.0 Internet access sharing software. Sygate said the OneNIC technology is designed...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and America Online Inc. last week announced their long-expected business alliance. The combination of the largest mobile carrier in Japan and the largest Internet service provider in the world will give NTT DoCoMo a foothold to launch its popular i-mode services,...
The upcoming U.S. spectrum auctions present some interesting times for the wireless industry.Auctions in the past were more predictable, primarily reserved for veteran executives experienced in running wireless networks.Today, the story is much different. Wireless has caught the attention of many powerful and nontraditional...
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...
Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers.Targeted specifically at large-volume corporate customer accounts, Aether's wireless Enterprise ISP solution includes the Pocket PC device, Sierra Wireless Inc. AirCard...
In the Digital Age, it is no longer good enough to produce a product or service that people want. Today, you must be all things to all people all of the time.The old adage of doing one thing and doing it well is not...
As the wireless Internet evolution develops, government should resist the temptation to bury the industry in regulations and instead, let competition for customers shape the market.In France, customer ownership issues are under scrutiny. A Paris trade court recently ruled that France Telecom must stop...
Front Porch Communications L.L.C., a hardware and software solutions developer for Internet service providers since 1998, expanded its offerings last week to include wireless Internet solutions.Qualcomm Inc. also said it invested $5 million in Front Porch to support continued development, production and market expansion...
As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless phone screens.The favorable spot for those Internet companies is what is known as "above the...
U S West Inc. has become the latest domestic carrier to join the wireless Internet revolution with the launch of BrowseNow, a Web-enabled phone service it said integrates the company's wireline and wireless Internet services into one package.BrowseNow is an HDML-based solution using network...
Financial analysts are beginning to conservatively incorporate potential wireless data revenues into their valuations of wireless carriers, and many are looking to the future, realizing wireless operators should be evaluated like Internet stocks.This measurement will have huge implications for the wireless industry. Investors have...
While most in the wireless industry seem fairly positive that wireless Internet services are going to be the next big growth cycle of the future, few have solid ideas on exactly how that's supposed to happen.The pace of today's technology makes it possible for...
NEW ORLEANS-Just how wireless Internet access will explode may depend on how carriers work with Internet players, executives said at last week's Wireless 2000 show.While Sprint PCS made one of the largest announcements at the show by teaming up with the country's biggest Internet...
CTIA Wireless 2000February 28-March 1Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association. Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, New Orleans. (202) 785-2842.Strategic Cellular and Wireless Communications SeminarMarch 2-3Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. Hotel InterContinental, New Orleans. (301) 589-2259.Billing Challenges in the Age of Converged NetworksMarch 6Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Solutions....
Competition First in 2000-CompTel AnnualConvention & Trade ExpositionFebruary 20-23Competitive Telecommunications Association. Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, Calif. (330) 425-9330 ext. 802. www.comptel.org.Wireless Symposium-Portable By DesignFebruary 22-24Penton Media Inc. San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, Calif. (888) 947-3734.CDMA Engineering,Optimization & 3G System WorkshopFebruary 23-25Wireless...
I wonder what it was like to be around when the automobile first really hit it big. Suddenly, there was a whole new world opened up for people, all based on this machine.Infrastructure had to be built to use them on, and rules of...
Did you see Virginia Tech freshman quarterback Michael Vick play last week in the Nokia Sugar Bowl? Wow! I don't follow college ball so I had never heard of this freshman standout. One ABC announcer dubbed him the Holy Grail of new football players.He's...
Research In Motion Ltd. ended the year with several potentially significant announcements, including a long-awaited reorder contract with BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. and the opening of a new research and development facility.BSWD was the first and historically largest buyer of RIM's Interactive Pager 950...
First MessageLink Inc. founder Don Buzzelli decided to take advantage of the paging industry's consolidation frenzy by acquiring enough small paging carriers to reach 500,000 subscribers and $50 million in revenues.Now the company's president and chief executive officer is shifting to take advantage of...
Carriers across the United States are scratching their heads trying to figure out what the best business model is when teaming up with content providers to offer Internet access.It's a difficult question to answer."Each content provider has a different type of business model," said...
NEW YORK-The astounding success of NTT DoCoMo's mobile Internet access service is a resounding note of affirmation to proponents of wireless Web services, said Crispin K. Vicars at the Yankee Group's conference Nov. 8.By the end of September, DoCoMo's wireless Internet service had 1.7...
Speculation that BellSouth Wireless Data Ltd. would not immediately renew its supply contract with Research In Motion Ltd. has proven accurate, expected to result in lower third-quarter earnings for RIM. But the drop is expected to be short-term as more customers sign on to...
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. announced its Global System for Mobile communications subsidiary in Romania, named MobiFon S.A., surpassed the 500,000 subscribers mark after only 28 months of commercial operations.MobiFon also is the first mobile operator in Romania to launch an Internet service provider offering."Through...
NEW YORK-Wireless carriers can only imagine scaling back their costly call-flooded customer support centers and slashing the overhead that comes with them. And wireless users long to regain those wasted afternoons on hold with a receiver glued to their ears only to find they've...
