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NEW YORK—Java 2 Micro Edition company LogicChain Inc. announced Crisp Partners acquired an equity stake in the company, and plans to form a new mobile content services company called Crisp Wireless.The new company will be focused on mobile content, entertainment and multimedia applications and...

Unplugged Games Inc. officially released its MobileStage gaming product, a wireless video game platform for carriers designed to increase revenues through multiplayer games and specialized billing systems."It, in many ways, is the core of our business," said Eric Goldberg, founder and president of Unplugged...

Sun Microsystems Inc., the inventor of Java technology is embracing ARM Ltd., a provider of microprocessor solutions, to optimize applications for handsets.ARM, which has about 75 percent market share in providing processor chips for wireless devices, is throwing in its Jazelle technology which will...

MONTE CARLO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. made several announcements regarding Java technologies.Zucotto unveiled its Xpresso 100 microcontroller, its first Xpresso Java technology-based processor for wireless devices, making the company's J2ME technology mobile. According to Mark Wells, Zucotto chief executive officer, with the Xpresso 100, manufacturers will...

SAN FRANCISCO-Nextel Communications Inc.'s i85s and i50sx Java-enabled handsets, provided by Motorola Inc., will soon provide support for Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Over-the-air download application and serial port connectivity beginning in August."These enhancements reinforce Motorola's and Nextel's joint commitment to providing developers with leading...

NEW YORK-Unplugged Games Inc., founded last year with $2 million in venture financing, made public May 15 an agreement reached last month to supply AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s Digital PocketNet customers with interactive games for multiple players.The New York-based start-up began offering "a limited...

For the love of Java, three companies with two handsets have come together.Using Sun Microsystems' Java software in Motorola Inc.'s phones over Nextel Communications Inc.'s networks, the three companies are targeting both white collar and blue collar users.The particular wireless phones involved in the...

Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...

Motorola Inc. entered the wireless game sector this week in a major way, teaming up with UIEvolution to develop multi-player games for next-generation mobile handsets based on Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Micro Edition technology.UIEvolution-short for user interface evolution-is led by Satoshi Nakajima, a former...

Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application vendors.The deal is the second phase of their partnership, following Motorola's adoption of Oracle's OracleMobile.com server technology into the Aspira...

Sun Microsystems Inc. officially threw its hat into the wireless Internet ring last week with a broad set of announcements unveiling a dedicated wireless organization within the company, launching new communications software and establishing a $100 million venture fund specifically for the wireless market.Sun...

Korea-based LG TeleCom Co. Ltd. moved one step closer to Java-enabled handsets last week, announcing a collaboration with AppStream Inc. to use AppStream's Java software technology solution in its next generation of ez-i CDMA handsets.AppStream's agreement with LG TeleCom will increase the adoption rate...

BERLIN-Motorola Inc. said its new Berlin-based center for developing General Packet Radio Service will be completed later this year and will accommodate around 40 packet data technology specialists.The German facility will focus on interoperability testing, operator-specific network validation and overall advancement of Motorola's GPRS...

NEW YORK-To further enable data communications, Sun Microsystems Inc. has updated its Java2 platform for the corporate enterprise and is at work on a Year 2000 release of a version to facilitate ease of making transactions over wireless devices.At its Java Business conference last...