SAN JOSE, Calif.—Technology giants IBM Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both continued to reinforce their wireless data offerings through new resale and licensing agreements, a strategy the two companies have been employing a great deal recently.HP licensed Pixo Inc.'s Mobile Download Server for wireless Java...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—THQ Wireless will develop licensed and unlicensed gaming and entertainment applications for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications phones, the companies said. THQ will provide both embedded content, as well as downloadable, stand-alone and interactive content for upcoming SEMC phones based on Java and future...
LONDON—Hutchison 3G will use Elata's Java platform to offer targeted, personalized wireless Java applications, the companies announced."Choosing a flexible platform that will not only cater to our rollout requirements now, but can evolve and support future multimedia service developments, is crucial," said Colin Tucker,...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin selling its PDC-based mova SO504i handset next week that is compatible with the carrier's enhanced i-mode service offering packet data transmission speeds of up to 28.8 kilobits per second.The handset also includes support for Java Archive applications...
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States—A wave of consolidation hit the wireless data industry as two major companies announced acquisitions to expand the scope of their products and the extent of their influence.Wireless data giant Openwave Systems will pay about US$76 million to acquire two...
SAN FRANCISCO—European giant T-Mobile will use nGame's Java QuickStart Program to launch Java gaming applications throughout its coverage area, nGame announced.NGame's QuickStart product allows carriers to roll out Java-capable games in less than three months and includes an over-the-air provisioning server.In other Java-related news,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Siemens IC Mobile UK chose Pixo's Mobile Download System as the recommended solution to operators for over the air downloading of wireless Java applications to Siemens mobile devices."With the Pixo Mobile Download System and Siemens mobile phones, operators have powerful tools to...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin selling enhanced i-mode handsets this week. The movaD504I and mova F5041 phones are expected to offer packet data transmission speeds of up to 28.8 kilobits per second, three times faster than current PDC-based i-mode handsets.DoCoMo said both...
TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology by early next year.The carrier joins the likes of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and NTT DoCoMo by supporting Java technology, which many analysts agree is becoming one of...
Send press releases of new products for consideration for future "Products" updates to Global Wireless Products Handsets/devicesNokiaNokia introduced several new handsets that feature multimedia messaging service (MMS) capability, Java ...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. says it plans to offer a BlackBerry reference design program that will allow manufacturers to use a hardware and software platform to build advanced wireless phones and other handheld devices.Analog Devices Inc. plans to provide manufacturers "an integrated processor...
CAMBRIDGE, England—Mitsubishi Electric says it has agreed to license the ARM926EJ-S core processor to run wireless applications on mobile phones and personal digital assistants."The ARM926EJ-S core contains ARM Jazelle technology that accelerates Java execution by up to eight times compared to a fully software-based...
SAN FRANCISCO—Research In Motion Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced they are working together to provide the platform, products, services and tools for enterprise software developers to use Java technology to wirelessly enable their corporate applications."This is a compelling example of how Java technologies...
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom—Smart-phone maker Sendo announced it teamed with Tao Group to include Java technology in the company's new Z100 smart phone.The move is especially interesting because Sendo is the first device maker to use Microsoft's Smart Phone 2002 operating system, and Microsoft is...
HURST, Texas—Handango announced that it is working closely with handset manufacturers Motorola Inc. and Sharp to deliver Java-based applications to Motorola Accompli and Sharp Zaurus users. Handango said it is working with its more than 6,000 independent software vendor partners and a host of...
SAN FRANCISCO—Motorola Inc. says it is demonstrating an application with Visionics Corp. and Wirehound L.L.C. that will enable law enforcement officials to identify criminals through facial recognition."The application, developed specifically for a law-enforcement agency, uses Visionics' FaceIt ARGUS as the delivery platform for facial-recognition...
AUSTIN, Texas—SchlumbergerSema announced it expects North American sales of its Simera Java-enabled subscriber identity module smart card to surpass 10 million early this year."With the recent introduction of Removable Subscriber Module (R-UIM) Java cards for the North American CDMA market in 2002, SchlumbergerSema anticipates...
ATLANTA—Arizon Corp. announced AirDoc Platform J, the Java version of its carrier-grade AirDoc Platform, is now available.AirDoc Platform J can read and convert corporate document formats into XML-structured wireless content. It also includes real-time search and creation of content summaries, reducing the amount of...
CANNES, France—The mobile industry put on a brave face last week at the annual 3GSM World Congress here, with few signs of the financial downturn the industry is currently enduring showing through to the exhibition halls or the company-rented yachts that line the harbor...
LOS ANGELES—Oberthur Card Systems unveiled its SIMphonIC 3G Composer, a software tool for developing and simulating applications and services on 2G and 3G UMTS networks, this week at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes.Oberthur Card Systems demonstrated three types of application development on Java...
CANNES, France—Bitfone Corp. is demonstrating its mProve solution, which delivers firmware and software updates to mobile phones over the air, this week in Cannes, France, at the 3GSM World Congress.Mprove is capable of updating core operating systems and major applications including micro-browsers, Java virtual...
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 are based on Sun ONE, Java technology, and iForce Best-of-Breed partners, can increase revenue and...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Motorola signed an agreement to supply GSM 900 and 1800 MHz network infrastructure services and equipment to Indonesia's Telkomsel. The US$170 million contract will include a first-phase deployment by December.Telkomsel plans to deploy the expansion in the regions of Jabotabek,...
RESTON, Va.—In a move to combine almost all of their popular business services and applications into one offering, Research In Motion Ltd., Nextel Communications and Motorola Inc. announced they will team to create a new Personal Data Assistant, one that the companies hope will...
