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Wireless Knowledge updates Workstyle Server

Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. introduced the latest version of its WorkStyle Server, version 3.0, which the company says completes its vision of allowing any device on any network to access a user's corporate data on a mobile basis.Release 3.0 adds support for Palm devices, Pocket...

AT&T, BT prepare to roll out WorldConnect

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and BT Wireless announced the first phase of their strategic alliance designed to create seamless mobile communications services worldwide for global travelers and multinational companies.The carriers nine months ago announced the alliance called Advance, which complements the companies' cooperation in...

Veriprise targets technology to corporate, vertical markets

Looking to wirelessly enable vertical markets and corporate enterprises, Veriprise Wireless Inc. was formed this January by the co-owners of NextGen Technologies, a consulting firm focused on enterprise and e-business wireless enablement."We saw an opportunity in the wireless space. Until recently, what's been touted...

Palm software upgrade wirelessly enables existing devices

Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit.The kit consists of a software upgrade that adds Palm's Web Clipping technology to the devices, allowing them to interact with...

Pending legislation plays in potential pairings

WASHINGTON-An uncertain wireless industry realignment could be in store as a result of Justice Department's rejection last week of the WorldCom Inc.-Sprint Corp. merger and new legislation forbidding foreign government ownership of U.S. telecommunications firms."Instead of two wireless players for international buyers, you now...

Aether offers integrated wireless solution for Windows CE devices

Aether Systems Inc. introduced an integrated wireless solution for Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE-based Pocket PC products, sold by a variety of handheld computer manufacturers.Targeted specifically at large-volume corporate customer accounts, Aether's wireless Enterprise ISP solution includes the Pocket PC device, Sierra Wireless Inc. AirCard...

InfoWave’s FirstHand enables wireless access to Microsoft Outlook

NEW YORK-InfoWave Software Inc. will make commercially available in July its new FirstHand server software package, which give devices enabled with Wireless Application Protocol access to Microsoft Exchange information.FirstHand lets mobile workers point the microbrowser of their wireless device at the Universal Resource Locator...

Wireless key to pervasive messaging

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-such as a computer, pager or wireless phone-to any other text-enabled device regardless of network connection.As the wireless industry...

Communications companies are attractive investments

NEW YORK-Despite the well-deserved drubbing of many dot-coms, communications companies, particularly equipment and component suppliers, are well worth investing in, securities analysts said June 14 at The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Technology Conference.The year 2000 has the look and feel of 1994, when the...

Korea’s wireless consolidation continues

SEOUL, South Korea-Korea Telecom has agreed to purchase a 48-percent stake in Korean wireless operator Hansol M.com for $2.6 billion. Bell Canada International Inc., American International Group Inc. and South Korea's Hansol Group agreed to sell their combined 48 percent of the country's smallest...

Products

TektronixTektronix Inc. launched a new Global System for Mobile communications cell analysis product, the Cell Analyzer, which combines the key functions of the Actix Abis Analyzer with Tektronix's K1205 Signaling Protocol Analyzer. Available as an add-on software package for the K1205, the new analyzer...

Judge orders Microsoft split

WASHINGTON-A federal judge last Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp. to be split into two companies, calling the world's largest computer software maker untrustworthy and a threat to other high-tech sectors.The ruling, which Microsoft will appeal, comes just two weeks after Justice Department lawyers produced an...

AltaVista offers wireless shopping guide

PALO ALTO, Calif.-AltaVista Shopping.com introduced AltaVista Shopping Everywhere, a new Internet source for wireless and handheld devices and applications.The site features wireless applications that allow users of Web-enabled phones and Palm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld devices to access AltaVista Shopping.com's comparison...

Viewpoint: The just-in-case strategy

In the Digital Age, it is no longer good enough to produce a product or service that people want. Today, you must be all things to all people all of the time.The old adage of doing one thing and doing it well is not...

ThinAirApps offers new device server

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. released its ThinAirServer 1.1, which permits two-way, real-time information access to a range of out-of-the-box applications from a variety of wireless devices.The new platform is compatible with any Palm VII handheld, any Palm III or Palm V with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...

DoJ uses wireless plans against Microsoft

WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as this week-Justice Department lawyers in the waning days of the antitrust case produced an e-mail and an internal memo from...

Products

Cimarron TechnologiesWith the addition of versatile hardware options, Cimarron Technologies' Skymark VehicleTracker now allows dispatchers to view mapping software in both digital or database formats over a Cellular Digital Packet Data network. The digital map is a scanned image of a paper map, while...

Palm builds offerings to attack enterprise market

In an effort to encourage businesses to use palmtop personal computers as mobile access tools to enterprise systems, Palm Inc. released its HotSync Server and Microsoft Exchange Conduit solution.The company said the products will allow large businesses to incorporate handheld computers into their mainstream...

Small paging operators excited about future

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Despite the outlook by many in the industry that paging is a market in decline, Southeastern Communications Association members are excited abut it. The group, which held its annual meeting here last week, primarily represents smaller, regional paging operators looking for new...

People

OmniSkyOmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company's new senior vice president and chief financial officer and will oversee accounting and finance operations. Prior to joining...

XcelleNet forms partnerships

ATLANTA-XcelleNet Inc., a mobile enterprise management solutions firm, announced strategic technology alliances and partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., the Symbian initiative and Symbol Technologies Inc. in an effort to develop standards-based solutions for managing smart mobile devices.The company also joined Palm...

Two-way paging gets new device, new service

Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service.Motorola unveiled its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, which features a full Qwerty keyboard, a flip-top screen and a...

People

SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...

GoAmerica offers handheld service

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, will provide wireless Internet access for the Handspring Visor handheld computer through its Go.Web service.The service will allow individuals and businesses wireless access to POP3 e-mail, the Internet and their corporate intranet using multiple wireless data...