RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. introduced a fleet management system incorporating Microsoft Windows NT-based Exec2000 mobile messaging system software, designed for use with Motient's Mobile Messaging Service.The Exec2000 system offers a suite of programs to provide connectivity for transportation companies using the MobileMAX2 mobile data terminal.
NEW YORK-A multifaceted revolution is under way that will soon provide a tremendous boost to the battery life and processing capacity of wireless devices. The first phase of the handheld revolution will begin with extended battery life."Keep an eye on Transmeta, which is going...
As the calendar turned over from the '90s to the '00s, the wireless industry has seen a surge in companies targeting the wireless enterprise enablement space.While outsourced solution providers such as wireless application service providers have made a name for themselves earlier in the...
WASHINGTON-Telecom firms-including those with major wireless properties-have contributed nearly $18 million so far in soft money in the 2000 election cycle, according to a new report.Overall, Common Cause said the telecom industry ranked second only to Wall Street in this season of record, unregulated...
NEW YORK-The best is yet to be in the conjunction of wireless and the Internet, and that means plenty of opportunity, said Lior E. Yahalomi, managing partner of CMGI @Ventures.The Menlo Park, Calif., venture fund, established in 1995 to invest solely in Internet-related companies,...
HARTFORD, Conn.-Paradigm4 Inc. introduced a solution called Ez-Attach4, which allows users to open document attachments on e-mail messages forwarded to their wireless devices.The solution is powered by ActiveNet technology from Equinox Solutions Inc. and works in conjunction with the WorkStyle Server from Wireless Knowledge...
Czech RepublicAirspan Networks said it signed a contract with TES Media, a Czech telecommunications operator, to deploy a new fixed wireless network across the Czech Republic. TES Media's network, set to deliver high-speed data services to business customers, will launch this month. A series...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. has included Phone.com Inc.'s FoneSync technology in the latest release of Microsoft Works Suite 2001, released today.The addition allows users to transfer contact listings from the Works address book function to digital mobile phones.
A relatively unknown company is muscling its way to the front of the pack in the race to provide two-way satellite broadband Internet service, backed by the financial and marketing strength of two of the world's most influential corporations.With investments from Microsoft Corp. and...
Microsoft Corp. this summer unveiled a sweeping new company strategy and restructuring through its Microsoft.NET initiative-moving away from merely selling software to providing end-to-end Internet services.Central to Microsoft's philosophy is that the same Internet applications will be accessed across a variety of devices and...
Wireless Internet technologyIntegra Micro SystemsIndian software company Integra Micro Systems introduced a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for the PalmOS platform, allowing Palm devices to access Wireless Markup Language (WML) content. The Jataayu Browser is fully WAP compliant, the company said, and can be...
DENVER, United States-Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-a computer, pager or wireless phone-to any other text-enabled device regardless of network connection.As the wireless industry...
DENVER, United States-As wireless Internet services gain subscribers around the globe, wireless application service providers (WASPs) will become even more important. A traditional ASP model is the implementation of an application that can be repeated across multiple customers with little customization needed. This cookie-cutter...
Almost exactly one year after becoming the first wireless carrier to introduce wireless Internet service to customers, Sprint PCS has introduced a new program to its Wireless Web service that caters to business clients.The new suite is called Wireless Web for Business. The service...
Maybe it was an oversight, but in his diatribe against Corporate America at the Democratic National Convention that spewed venom at Big Tobacco, Big Oil, Big Polluters and Big Pharmaceuticals, Al Gore left out Big Telecom. Oops.Truth is, while Big Oil has a special...
PathnetPathnet Telecommunications named Ken Rowen vice president of sales, focusing on competitive local access carriers. Rowen will lead a team responsible for integrating CLECs, regional bell operating companies and independent telephone companies into the Pathnet network in under-served regions of the country. Rowen developed...
Almost overlooked amid the hype of Compaq Computer Corp.'s new iPAQ Home Internet Appliance introduced last week was the news that Compaq would being reselling another alternative Internet access product-Research In Motion Ltd.'s BlackBerry wireless e-mail device.Under a recently expanded strategic alliance, Compaq will...
Easy Access Inc. has selected SeaGull Inc.'s Wireless-to-Host solution to wirelessly enable its EZ-Vote mobile voter registration management system.MG Financial Group has introduced wireless access to Forex market trading information.Geoworks Corp. announced its Mobile ASP solution will power a mobile information service for Abbey...
WASHINGTON-Despite splashy headlines of multibillion dollar telecom deals, wild dot-com stock swings on Wall Street and all the hot-button digital issues that have GOP and Democratic policy-makers crawling over each other to champion, it is virtually impossible to distinguish the high-tech policies of Republicans...
Used to be if you wanted to enter the world of cloaks and daggers, you would try to be recruited by the CIA, or join the FBI, Interpol or another agency involved in espionage.Now if you want to play James Bond, simply get a...
Palm Inc. introduced four new personal digital assistants as part of its fall line of products. They include the Palm m100, the Palm VIIx and two versions of the Palm Vx.The newest device is the m100, Palm's latest entry-level product, priced at $150. It...
LONDON-In conjunction with releasing its financial results for the first six months of the year, U.K. handheld computer maker Psion plc said it plans to list the Symbian consortium, most likely in 2001."The shareholders of Symbian have decided that subject to good progress in...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Interoperability, difficult text entry and market awareness are today's barriers inhibiting growth in the wireless instant messaging market, according to a report from industry analyst firm IDC."Carriers still have a fair amount of work ahead of them if they want to expand the...
