LONDON—Although European awareness of application service providers is growing, enterprises still seem cautious to implement the services, according to a recent Frost & Sullivan survey.Of the companies surveyed, 74 percent were accurately aware of ASPs as the entity that "manages and delivers application capabilities...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Having been formed with much fanfare in September 1999, the joint venture between Ericsson and Microsoft to co-develop mobile Internet software appears to have been less than a success. The venture, which never released any significant applications, will now be absorbed into...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch 28 September in Europe of its wireless virtual private network (VPN) product, which allows mobile device users to access their corporate databases quickly and securely and also permits them to roam between wireless Internet Protocol (IP)...
NEW YORK—Stockholm-based Columbitech began a full-scale commercial launch Sept. 28 in Europe of its wireless virtual private network product, which allows mobile device users to access their corporate databases quickly and securely and also permits them to roam between wireless Internet Protocol networks.The company,...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Microsoft Corp. announced it plans to expand its Passport authentication service, which allows users to have a single user name or password to access any Web site, to other enterprises and network operators.The company said that by doing so it hopes to...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia—Wireless software developer Veratium Software Ltd. has launched its Motivus Enterprise Server 2.3, which it said enables users to wirelessly access files and folders residing on desktop computers or corporate networks.This version of the Motivus server includes Microsoft Project files, Microsoft Access...
LONDON-U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 GPRS smart phone. The Z100 is Sendo's first data phone and is based on Microsoft Corp.'s smart-phone operating...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo announced it will use PacketVideo's mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) smart phone. Users can access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and news and...
SEATTLE-Terabeam was chosen by Microsoft Corp. to connect the company to the Internet for its annual employee meeting, which took place at Safeco Field in Seattle in late August.Terabeam directs an invisible beam of light through the air to provide high bandwidth connectivity without...
SAN DIEGO—Microsoft Corp. released details of its forthcoming Pocket PC operating system upgrade—which the company is marketing squarely at the business market—a move that ratchets up the OS battle with personal digital assistant maker Palm Inc.Microsoft made its announcement during the DEMOmobile 2001 conference...
RESTON, Va.—Nextel Communications Inc. reported a deal with My Docs Online, a provider of remote file access and wireless messaging solutions, allowing Nextel subscribers to store, access, view, e-mail, print and fax files and documents from Internet-ready phones.The service supports text from Microsoft Word,...
LONDON—Mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo selected PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as an application for its Z100 GPRS Smartphone, enabling users to access media applications including video messaging, interactive games, and news and sports highlights.The tri-band Sendo phone operates on GSM 900, 1800 and 1900...
LONDON—U.K. mobile-phone maker Sendo today announced it will use PacketVideo Corp.'s mobile multimedia player software as the streaming video application base for the company's new Z100 GPRS smart phone.The Z100 is Sendo's first data phone and is based on Microsoft Corp.'s smart phone operating...
WASHINGTON—The penalty phase of the Microsoft Corp. antitrust case could extend beyond the Oct. 25 scheduled release date of Microsoft's Windows XP.In her first order since being assigned the case, U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly asked the government and Microsoft to seek agreement on...
So Paulo, Brazil-Telesp Celular announced that as soon as October it will begin commercially operating a network based on the CDMA 1x technology. The operator, controlled by Portugal Telecom and Spain's Telefonica, provides wireless service to 4.5 million customers in So Paulo, by far...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Palm Inc. made its biggest move yet to bolster its operating system business, this time doling out $11 million for Internet software company Be Inc.Palm is buying the intellectual property and technology assets of Be, which include its BeIA and BeOS operating...
In the short lifespan of the still nascent wireless Internet, the owners of the operating systems have already learned that best is not always enough. Palm, Windows CE and Symbian are the three OSs trying to slug it out with marketing strategies, technical appeals...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Wireless messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. today released its second quarter earnings, showing revenues and one-way paging subscriber losses in line with the company's revised expectations.The company also reported a staggering second quarter loss of $1.1 billion, $976 million of which is a...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. last week took a stab at operating system rival Microsoft Corp. in an announcement that Palm users will be able to create, view and edit Microsoft Word and Excel documents and view PowerPoint presentations.The offering is...
Two of the world's leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices.Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. separately said they would license microprocessing technology from ARM...
Palm Inc. last week announced a deal with some of the country's biggest chip makers to design a pre-packaged chip architecture for Palm OS-based personal digital assistants, a move Palm said will speed up the design and development time for the company's licensees and...
The Personal Communications Industry Association announced ten new companies plan to join its Global Initiative program for help in assessing and managing m-convergence opportunities. The program provides marketing, regulatory and technical business tools through various products and services, PCIA said. "Organizations need to know...
Despite the flailing economy and its recent battering of the wireless industry at large, wireless platform application provider Air2Web has pushed on and is now announcing the release of the third version of its already successful Mobile Internet Platform."In fact, we're doing quite well,"...
It took just one year for the hype and optimism to come crashing down on Metricom Inc., which now finds itself choking on nearly $1 billion in debt and seeking protection under Chapter 11 bankruptcy code.Last July, the high-speed wireless data provider launched its...
