Just months after European carrier Orange released the world's first mobile phone running on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software bug in the phone's operating system, a bug that allows users to bypass the...
CINCINNATI-Roto-Rooter Inc. said it will install wireless solutions using Gearworks Web-based applications and Nextel Communications Inc.'s handsets and network for its more than 1,500 field technicians designed to improve quality and support the company's customer service.The wireless offering will integrate Gearworks Etrace mobile work...
RESTON, Va.-Industry consulting firm Frost & Sullivan named Nextel Communications Inc. its Mobile Communications Company of the Year for exceptional performance among wireless carriers."We believe that Nextel's success in providing mobile professionals with innovative wireless business solutions is tied directly to its leading-edge technology...
LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of wireless. Hundreds of wireless companies showed off their wares at the well-attended convention, and...
SHANGHAI, China-Motorola unveiled today in Shanghai, China, eight new handsets that feature EMS and MMS messaging technologies; Java capabilities; support for GPRS, EDGE and UMTS/WCDMA; color screens; and polyphonic speakers.Included in Motorola's 2003 lineup are:the Motorola E365 features an embedded camera;the Motorola V600 also...
LAS VEGAS-Mobile-phone maker Audiovox Communications Corp. said it will show off a range of new mobile phones at the Consumer Electronics Show, including integrated camera phones and phones features Java and BREW application download technology.Among the phones the company plans to show off are...
SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. scored $10.7 million in funding to kick off the new year, with Westbury Partners, Hook Partners, Oak Investment and others participating."Over the last 18 months we have restructured and narrowed the focus of the company, rebuilt our...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
HELSINKI, Finland-Italian operator Wind is using technology from Nokia Corp. to offer downloadable content and applications such as video, color games and polyphonic ringing tones.The commercial service works over the Nokia Downloading Solution and uses Java technology.
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GLENDALE, Calif.-Just in time for the holiday season, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Nextel Communications Inc. will begin offering a Java-based action game that puts players inside Santa's sleigh, guiding the jolly old elf on his Christmas delivery route."We produced 'Nitro Nick' anticipating a...
After talking with several operators from North and South America last week at the CDMA Americas Congress, it seems they have similar to-do lists heading into 2003. As 1x uptake increases, operators are looking to 2003 as the year for return on investment (ROI),...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Audio company Beatnik Inc. said its audio platform is now in use in more than 1 million wireless devices, including Nokia Corp.'s 7650, 3510 and the Danger HipTop.The company's audio platform supports high quality, high fidelity sounds.Separately, the company said the latest...
By Mike DanoMotorola scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic cost-reduction efforts at the company that include cutting one-third of its workforce."It was a strategic...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, a virtual network operator using Nextel Communications Inc.'s iDEN network, will sell phones aimed at teenage girls using Quiksilver Inc.'s Roxy fashion brand.The new alliance is the first time the Roxy brand has been extended into the wireless market.The phone, built...
Motorola Inc. scrapped its instant-messaging server business earlier this year and plans to focus solely on providing instant-messaging software in its handsets, a move that comes amid drastic cost-reduction efforts at the company that include cutting one-third of its workforce."It was a strategic decision...
IRVINE, Calif.-Boost Mobile, a virtual network operator using Nextel Communications Inc.'s iDEN network, will sell phones aimed at teenage girls using Quiksilver Inc.'s Roxy fashion brand.The new alliance is the first time the Roxy brand has been extended into the wireless market.The phone, built...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet player Openwave Systems Inc. acquired instant messaging company Personity Inc. last month for an undisclosed amount.An Openwave spokeswoman said the company gained three engineers and Personity's technology through the move. She said Openwave would use Personity's technology to add presence...
DENVER, United States-Santa's helpers will be able to stuff stockings with a new gift this year-wireless data.U.K.-based wireless entertainment and publishing company Digital Bridges plans to sell packaged, prepaid ring tones through a major U.S. retailer by the end of the year, with wireless...
By launching a service-based business group, enhanced open standards portfolio and partnerships to enhance a variety of wireless applications, Motorola Inc. has spread its dragnet to collect carrier contracts.As multimedia services continue to take center stage, the Schaumburg, Ill.-based company is attacking next-generation services...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-Football giant Fox Sports released a new wireless game in partnership with games developer Sorrent, which will initially be available through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS."Football has become synonymous with Fox Sports. Our new wireless football game, 'On Field Live,'...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless provisioning company Pixo Inc. announced Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Southern Europe, Africa & Middle East business will resell the company's Mobile Download Server.The download system server software that allows carriers to manage delivering wireless content and Java applications over the air to...
SEATTLE-Billing and content management company Qpass Inc. released a new version of its software platform, dubbed Prosperity Series, which the company said allows carriers to change way they sell and charge for wireless data, from text messaging to Java-based application downloads.Tom Trinneer, vice president...
