SAN DIEGO-Industry players trumpeted a range of new applications and technologies for Qualcomm Inc.'s BREW download service in conjunction with the company's developer conference here, but some attendees also raised concerns over elements of the BREW system.Although Qualcomm released worldwide usage numbers for its...
SAN DIEGO, United States-Industry players trumpeted a range of new applications and technologies for Qualcomm's BREW download service in conjunction with the company's developer conference here, but some attendees also raised concerns about elements of the BREW system.Although Qualcomm released worldwide usage numbers for...
SURABAYA, Indonesia-The path toward the next generation of mobile services has pushed carriers to provide various applications and related content to enrich their mobile data offerings and give their customers new mobile experiences. Carriers in Southeast Asia have many content-focused initiatives in place to...
BEIJING-According to China Unicom's listed subsidiary's annual report, the company had a handset inventory worth 2.36 billion Chinese yuan (US$285 million) in 2002. The inventory would contain around 1 million CDMA 1x and older CDMA 95A handsets. The huge inventory is depressing the company's...
WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications.One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which announced a mobile phone application designed to help students study for the Scholastic Assessment Test...
LONDON-The downloadable application market could generate a staggering $7 billion worldwide by 2008, according to wireless research and consulting company Strategy Analytics.The firm said wireless operators need to leverage their billing assets in order to develop both retail and wholesale download strategies. The firm...
MONTREAL-Fido, run by Microcell Solutions Inc., announced it will offer the Nokia 7210 handset to its customers in Canada. The Nokia 7210 features a color screen, polyphonic ring tones, an integrated stereo FM radio, speaker phone, Java technology, games and Web capability."Whether you're seriously...
PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced enhancements to its service activation capabilities.Extended service capabilities include Internet Protocol services device support for Alcatel 7670 MPLS switches, Cicso Catalyst layer 2 switches and Cisco Modular QoS CLI, as well as full support for operational support services through...
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available in the third quarter. The SX1 has strips of keys built into each side...
Tira Wireless uveils JUMP platformNEW ORLEANS-Tira Wireless, which publishes wireless Java applications for mobile phones, unveiled its Java Universal Mobile Porting (JUMP) platform. The JUMP platform address the J2ME challenge of device variation and lack of compatibility."The vision of Java is based on the...
NEW ORLEANS-Audiovox Communications Corp. introduced its new camera phone, the CDM-8900, at the CTIA show this week in New Orleans.The handset is a cdma2000 1x-capable, tri-mode phone with built-in digital camera. It is equipped with the MSM6050 chipset, and provides two-way text messaging, a...
HANNOVER, Germany-The march of new, advanced devices continued in conjunction with the CeBIT trade show, with Samsung, Siemens, NEC and Symbol all making announcements.Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. made perhaps the most interesting announcement with plans to sell a new style of wireless devices based...
NEW YORK-The Sony Music Mobile Products Group reported the debut of Java-based Sony Music Mobile on AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode service offering. Sony said the service will provide customers with access to ring tones, graphics and breaking news about Sony Music Entertainment artists...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Java microprocessor company AJile Systems Inc. announced it created a development kit and game cartridge that will allow Nintendo fans to play Java games on their Game Boys.The move is unprecedented, as wireless companies are looking to mirror the success of mobile-gaming...
GENEVA, Scotland-STMicroelectronics and Aspects Software Ltd. have signed a license agreement to provide Java card SIM solution for GSM mobile phones markets."The agreement between the two companies provides a global framework within which both companies will work closely together, sharing technical expertise and commercial...
CANNES, France-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile released an advanced new mobile phone to be sold in the next few months in Europe and Asia, the first phone from the company to use Nokia Corp.'s Series 60 software platform.The SX1 device, which offers a large...
BURLINGTON, Mass.-Kada Systems plans to offer a mobile device integration design, code named Katahdin, that will allow mobile original device manufacturers (ODMs) to develop new devices using a configurable software "backplane" that custom components can be plugged into with little modification.Texas Instruments has adopted...
CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users.ICQ (pronounced "I seek you") said it is working with Cellcom in Israel, E-Plus of...
CANNES, France-Although much of the industry's attention was on big-name carriers and equipment makers, wireless content providers also managed to make waves of their own during the 3GSM World Congress.Wireless technology company End2End said Vodafone Egypt will use its content platform to offer application...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging and data company Comverse released a new version of its wireless data gateway product, which the company said supports WAP 2.0 standards.Comverse said the Mobile Data Gateway version 4 can support new color handsets, multimedia and photo messaging, mobile e-mail and Java...
LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the world's first handset that combines a Linux operating system and Java Technology, with multimedia PDA functionality.The device, known as Motorola A760, features a digital camera, video player, MP3 player, speakerphone, advanced messaging, instant Internet...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-A range of big-name wireless players within the Java Community Process released what they call the road map for dealing with Java technology within the wireless industry, specifications they say will unify and harmonize the various iterations of Java currently in use...
BOULDER, Colo.-SandCherry Inc. has released version 2.4 of its SoftServer platform.The enhanced version includes Java and Web Services APIs, which increase the accessibility of speech for Web applications and better support multimodal applications."To foster speech solutions on a mass scale, we are empowering the...
SURABAYA, Indonesia-Lippo Telecom (LippoTel), Indonesia's first regional GSM 1800 MHz mobile operator, announced this week it was awarded a license for nationwide operation by acquiring the licenses of five regional operators that could not meet the operational deadline at the end of last year.LippoTel...
