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Brightpoint joins WAP Forum

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum as an associate member. According to Brightpoint, the membership demonstrates the company's focus on providing contract manufacturing, fulfillment and other integrated logistics services to members of the WAP Forum.The WAP Forum is an...

2000 likely the beginning of something big for broadband

As pocket telephone companies cater to the mobile society and make tiny inroads into the monopolized residential sector, a new breed of wireless carriers are emerging to challenge Baby Bells for the highly lucrative high-speed business communications market.2000 could be their year. If not...

Korean firms scramble to grab IMT-2000 licenses

SEOUL, South Korea-South Korea's major telecommunications operators are scrambling to reshape their businesses to secure a position ahead of the competition this year for the much-coveted third-generation (3G) licenses.However, the Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC), which will handle the licensing process, is far...

Bluetooth looks set for success with Microsoft’s support

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The principal supporters of the Bluetooth short-range wireless technology used the U.S.-based Comdex exhibition late last year to take the message of its capabilities to a much wider and more diverse audience. But despite this first public display of the technology, many...

RCR’s Top 20 wireless news events of 1999

At the end of each year, the RCR editorial staff looks back on the news events that made RCR headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 1999 in chronological order.1. Jan....

Siemens, Casio to enter wireless PDA space

Competition in the wireless personal digital assistant space will be heating up soon, as Casio Computer Co. Ltd. and Siemens' Communication Devices division have announced a strategic alliance to jointly develop a new line of palmtop personal computers with wireless Internet capabilities.Of particular note...

Motorola licenses Palm OS

In a deal mirroring one recently completed by Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc. announced it will license the Palm operating system from Palm Computing Inc. for use in future wireless products.In addition, Motorola and Nokia, as well as America Online, have invested a minority equity...

Winstar gets $900M for stake in firm

NEW YORK-Winstar Communications Inc., New York, will receive $900 million from its sale of a 13-percent stake to a group of investors, including Microsoft Corp., the fixed wireless access carrier announced Dec. 15.Others participating in the purchase include Credit Suisse First Boston Equity Partners...

WAP MILESTONES

1994December Alain Rossman forms Libris Inc., hires two engineers to develop what eventually becomes the backbone for WAP.1995March Libris completes software prototype.1996June Libris changed to Unwired Planet. Commercial release of first generation UP.Link Server and UP.Browser software.1997June Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Unwired Planet agree...

Industry embraces Alain Rossman`s WAP

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren't inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another.Alain Rossman did exactly this when he created an application environment enabling Internet applications to run on wireless networks using...

Ericsson, Microsoft embrace to exploit wireless IP services

In a move seen as strengthening their respective weaknesses in the wireless industry, L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. said they plan to create a joint venture designed to develop and market end-to-end solutions for wireless Internet services.In addition, Microsoft introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser,...

McCaw, Chandra bail out ICO

A U.S. bankruptcy court has given ICO Global Communications final approval for $500 million in financing from an investor group led by Craig McCaw and Indian media magnate Subhash Chandra, who had challenged McCaw with a competing financing bid.Under the agreement, McCaw will provide...

Microsoft unveils microbrowser

Microsoft Corp. introduced its long-awaited dual-mode microbrowser last week, which allows wireless phones to access Internet content written in both Wireless Application Protocol language and traditional Hypertext Markup Language.Kevin Dallas, group product manager for Microsoft's Wireless Telephony unit, said the Mobile Internet Explorer browser...

Aether platform supports Java

OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. released an upgraded version of the Aether Intelligent Messaging platform, version 2.0, with support for Java and Microsoft Component Object Model environments.AIM is a wireless messaging software and development platform designed to allow corporate enterprises and content providers to...

More big-name companies join Bluetooth SIG

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced several new company members, including 3Com Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Motorola Inc.These industry powerhouses have joined founders L.M. Ericsson, IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Nokia and Toshiba Corp. in a new group effort called...

CDMA crowd sees new faces at Americas Congress

SAN FRANCISCO-In line with the wireless data focus that has engulfed the industry throughout 1999, the four keynote speakers on the opening day of the 1999 CDMA Americas Congress represented Internet heavy-hitters.Executives from Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems and Yahoo! Inc. gave...

D.C. NOTES: WTO and Bill’s bad hair day

Forgive Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates for feeling a bit paranoid these days, what with the feds being on his case about trying to snuff out competition so he can monopolize the digital planet-including the evolving wireless one. Can you imagine?Just last week-Tuesday to...

AT&T Wireless to launch Revolv with PocketNet

At long last, a wireless carrier has announced its intention to launch the Revolv service from Wireless Knowledge L.L.C., the joint venture Qualcomm Inc. and Microsoft Corp. formed more than a year ago.AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it plans to include the service as...

Nextel’s Donahue details company’s business plan

NEW YORK-Even if it fails to acquire the radio-frequency licenses of NextWave Telecom Inc., Nextel Communications Inc. already owns sufficient spectrum to fulfill its 10-year business plan, according to its chief executive.Timothy M. Donahue, Nextel president and chief executive officer, told attendees last week...

Cue, ST team for mobile Internet apps

Cue Corp., Irvine, Calif., has entered into an agreement with STMicroelectronics Inc. to develop an AM/FM decoder chip for Cue's new SkySpeed.com network for mobile Internet applications for automotive and consumer products."We expect that within a year the SkySpeed network will cover 90 percent...

Wireless aims to be more than a footnote at Comdex

LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless trade shows, the issue remains somewhat of a footnote within the computer industry.At last week's fall Comdex show here, some...

Nextel, Southern Linc embrace WAP deployment

Enhanced specialized mobile radio operators are poised to lead the country in rolling out Wireless Application Protocol services next year.Today, no U.S. wireless provider offers full WAP services. But SMR operators Nextel Communications Inc. and Southern Linc both have embraced pre-WAP services, with an...

Microsoft antitrust ruling charges wireless competitors

As the wireless industry continues its journey toward the convergence of wireless and Internet, many have kept a wary eye on Microsoft Corp. to determine where wireless concerns can fit in a paradigm held by computer interests.After all, competing in the same space as...

MICROSOFT INVESTS IN TELIGENT

VIENNA, Va.-Teligent Inc. said it raised $500 million in new capital through an investor group led by Microsoft Corp. and private equity firm Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Inc.Other investors include Chase Capital Partners, DB Capital partners and Olympus Partners.Both Microsoft and Hicks Muse...