In addition to being headquarters to a slew of businesses that have become known worldwide, including Microsoft Corp. and Starbucks, Seattle last week was ground zero for GSM technology as VoiceStream Wireless Corp. hosted the GSM Association's 45th Plenary Meeting.While the meeting is only...
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...
Two companies are fusing their ideas together to help further ideas for profit in the wireless Internet space. IdeaEdge Ventures and Startupfactory have entered into an international alliance to launch mobile Internet businesses around the world.IdeaEdge Ventures helps develop global businesses with mission-critical products...
Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device and any carrier's network."This is a single software platform that manages across all devices...
Two U.S. companies are taking their respective technologies to the Australian market, following third-generation spectrum purchases in the country last month.Qualcomm Inc. paid $79 million for 10 megahertz of paired spectrum in all capital cities through a company called 3G Investments (Australia) Pty. Ltd....
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...
UkraineThe Ukrainian State Communications Committee designed the procedure for issuing third-generation licenses. "The committee has already designed the licensing terms," Committee Chairman Oleg Shevchuk said. He did not elaborate and said the procedure was yet to be approved by the Economics Ministry. The number...
NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems made an agreement with Microsoft Corp. to license the Windows Media Audio and Video Format using the Emblaze-based solution for video over wireless 2.5-generation and third-generation networks, mobile phones and other low-resource handheld devices.According to the agreement, the companies will also...
LAS VEGAS-Computer and Internet royalty gathered in Las Vegas for the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association Wireless 2001 show, offering up opinions and advice about the comparatively new wireless industry that is becoming an integral part of the desktop, laptop and wired Web world.Jerry...
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...
LAS VEGAS-Qualcomm Inc., Lucent Technologies Inc. and Microsoft Corp. said a study they commissioned showed consumers want mobile multimedia services now.International Data Corp., which conducted the research study, surveyed several end-user segments to determine what the most popular mobile Internet applications would be if...
After three years of providing mobile communications services to consumers, Visto Corp. is turning its focus toward the enterprise market with its mLynx Access Family of mobility access software and services. Gartner Group recently predicted more than one-third of employees worldwide will use some...
Companies change names for a variety of reasons. For JP Systems, which has seen its name change a few times in its five-year history, its name change to JP Mobile Inc. highlights the company's attempts to focus its resources on the wireless industry. A...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is unlikely to stem the tide of telecom mergers headed for the Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission in the next four years and may be reluctant even to block monopolistic market formations in the ever-changing high-tech industry, according...
When Verizon Wireless introduced the Kyocera 6035 smart phone last week, many were surprised by how quickly the country's largest wireless operator brought the new phone to market."Time to market is very important, and Verizon did a good job of getting the phone to...
It was the wild, wild West of wireless history.After the breakup of AT&T, in which the company lost its cellular business, the Federal Communications Commission began allocating cellular licenses to the Baby Bells and others. One of those others was McCaw Cellular Communications Inc.,...
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...
Of the 387 people who work for Parthus Technologies plc, more than 300 are engineers. This, company executives say, is one of the main reasons Parthus is able to offer such a diverse range of products and technologies, and eventually will position the company...
Mobile computing company Psion plc shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone industry, cutting its workforce and now plans to focus on industrial WAN and...
Practically everything you ever wanted to know about a specific stock is now accessible through a Palm, Research in Motion Inc. Blackberry or Microsoft Corp. Pocket PC handheld device courtesy of iphrase Technologies Inc.'s One Step Research for Wireless software.Iphrase, based in Cambridge, Mass.,...
In the first step of his reform of the Federal Communications Commission, Chairman Michael K. Powell last week named Mary Beth Richards as special counsel in charge of FCC reform efforts. "I am committed to making the FCC more efficient, more decisive, and more...
BOTHELL, Wash.-Infowave Software Inc., which provides software that connects enterprise applications to wireless devices, announced Lotus Notes and Domino support for its Wireless Business Engine. The Domino Connector will allow mobile workers to access corporate Domino-based e-mail, calendars, to do lists and address books...
Sierra Wireless has announced the addition of Microsoft Corp. to the WirelessReady Alliance. Alliance members, including wireless device manufacturers, software application vendors, and wireless and value-added enterprise service providers, work together to deliver wireless data solutions to the mobile computing market. "As a global...
Mobile computing company Psion shook the European wireless market-and sent its stocks rocketing to a new 27-month low-with news that it is dropping out of the running in the smart-phone industry and cutting its work force. The company now plans to focus on industrial...
