SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Qualcomm Inc. said Hewlett-Packard Co. has integrated the MicroChaiVM, an embedded software for running applications developed for the Java platform, onto BREW handsets.The software was installed in four BREW-enabled Kyocera phones, including prototype color-display handsets manufactured by Samsung and Denso Corp."By porting...
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...
All BREW lovers are welcome to the party.Software developers and carriers are joining Qualcomm Inc. to propagate the virtues of the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, an open platform introduced by the San Diego-based company in January."It's exciting," said Jeff Ross, director of business...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of printers that feature a range of Internet-enabling technologies. Among their capabilities, the new printers enable users to scan documents directly to the Web, remotely manage printers and supplies, and print directly from wireless devices.The HP...
The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city's famous strip. One company, making its official debut at the show last week, offered a new technology...
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...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc., a company that uses Java technology to create of semiconductor-based solutions, and Plazmic Inc., a provider of mobile media solutions for the wireless Web, announced a partnership whereby Plazmic will integrate its Media Engine with Zucotto's Xpresso Java technology-based processor."Plazmic's...
SILVER SPRING, Md.-Collective Communication Corp., a Maryland-based software firm that delivers turnkey wireless business solutions, has joined the Sun Developer Connections Program as an application provider member and a solution provider member.The partnership will allow Collective to accelerate development and deployment of its Java-based...
BUCHAREST, Romania-Schlumberger Test & Transactions announced this week Slovakia's leading mobile operator EuroTel Bratislava has chosen Schlumberger as its partner in delivering a new, highly secure mobile banking service to multiple banks, based on Schlumberger Simera Java subscriber identity modules.Using this new, menu-driven service,...
AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...
NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect.Opportunity is knocking for expansion of their use in provisioning of telecommunications services. Beyond that deployment, smart-card...
TAIWANChunghwa Telecom Labs (CHTTL), the technology development group of Taiwan's state-owned telecommunication operator, has selected Nokia to conduct its third-generation trials. Nokia will provide CHTTL with the core and radio network, network management system and technical consultancy services. Then based on the trial results,...
TOKYO-Targeting one of the most advanced mobile markets in the world, foreign and local venture capitalists are pouring money into Japanese mobile companies.H&Q Asia Pacific, one of the oldest and largest venture capital firms focused on the Pacific Rim, has invested approximately 1.7 billion...
TOKYO-Mobile Internet shopping is no longer a futuristic idea, but a daily practice, at least for early adopters in the browser phone-advanced nation of Japan.The Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications estimates the Japanese mobile-commerce market will expand from 4.2 billion yen (US$35.8 million) in...
CANNES, France-Sun Microsystems Inc. and Openwave Systems Inc. announced they will be working together to accelerate the delivery of end-to-end mobile Internet services solutions.The companies said they plan to jointly test and optimize interoperability among their infrastructure products. Specifically, Sun and Openwave said they...
A huge number of wireless companies hope to make money by helping businesses replace their cumbersome cords and wires with the freedom of wavelength-the hot phrase lately seems to be "enabling the wireless work force."The market for creating these wireless systems is "fairly big,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Under a new design agreement, RealChip Communications Inc. will act as a liaison among Zucotto Wireless Inc. and intellectual property suppliers, manufacturers and tool suppliers to manage the production and delivery of the Xpresso Java native processor."In the fast-moving mobile and wireless markets,...
Motorola Inc. said Borland, a provider of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools, will provide its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part of the Motorola iDEN Subscriber Group's developers' tool kit.JBuilder 4 is a set of visual development tools for building applications...
In a move to transform itself into the chief platform enabler among software developers and carriers, Qualcomm Inc. has developed an open, CDMA-based technology that will allow third-party users to write applications for mobile phones from a variety of vendors.The product, known as Binary...
Yada Yada Inc. has formed an alliance with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide co-branded Minstrel V Wireless Handheld Modems for the Palm V and to supply Minstrel S Wireless Springboard Modems for the Handspring Visor.Certicom, a mobile e-business security firm, has signed a licensing...
SAN DIEGO-Zucotto Wireless Inc. received $35 million in its second round of financing, which was led by Shelter Capital Partners L.L.C. and Baker Capital Corp."We are extremely excited about Zucotto's prospects as the industry leader in semiconductor Java and Bluetooth solutions for the wireless...
In the story "Nokia to ship Lutris Enhydra 3.5 with mobile developer tools," (Dec. 18, page 6), the headline and copy should have stated that Lutris Technologies Inc. will ship with its Enhydra 3.5 Java XML/Source application server Nokia Corp.'s suite of mobile developer...
Multiplier IndustriesMultiplier Industries Corp. released its new line of rechargeable replacement batteries for Motorola radios. The line, which features polycarbonate plastic material with greater impact strength, includes the 1,400 mAh capacity M9012; the 1,700 mAh capacity M9012C; the 1,600 mAh capacity M9009; the 2,100...
In a trinity aimed to reinvent itself, mobile applications provider Mobilelogic changed its name, hugged a new partner and closed a deal last week.It now wishes to be called Vaultus, a name chosen to reflect its marriage with Sieglegale, an Internet consulting firm.Vaultus President...
