ALEXANDRIA, Va.-Just as content on the wireless Web is not at the same point as the wired Web, wireless Web security is not at the same level either. But if the wireless Web is to succeed-in the way the wired Web is succeeding-it needs...
LOS ANGELES-SigmaOne Communications and InirU Wireless Inc. are following the rush to cash in on the elusive location-based mobile service market by teaming up to offer location-based advertising, promotions and mobile commerce transactions."InirU believes that the most natural field for mobile commerce is related...
NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of "coopetition," said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International.Banks, credit-card companies, middleware providers, telecommunications operators and equipment manufacturers must and will join forces, each...
SAN DIEGO-In a move to get access to BEA Systems Inc.'s WebLogic E-Business Platform and other m-commerce tools and services, Stellcom Inc. agreed to join BEA's Professional Service Provider program.Stellcom, a wireless systems integration firm, was previously a BEA Technology Alliance Partner, and worked...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association last week said it will soon ask the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to craft national wireless location privacy rules that call for consumer pre-consent.The move comes amid controversy over what law governs location privacy today...
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Baltimore Technologies Inc. and Motorola Inc. announced a strategic agreement to provide security solutions for Internet-enabled wireless devices.Under the agreement, Baltimore will provide mobile root digital certificates which Motorola will embed in its upcoming wireless handsets and gateways. The two said they will...
The wireless industry is hoping to mirror the wireline industry in one aspect: the money-making potential of Internet advertising.But big questions remain. How will consumers react to advertising on their wireless devices? If they do, on which devices will advertising work most effectively?Advertising.com, which provides...
HELSINKI, Finland-Siemens Information and Communications Mobile Group joined the MeT initiative, formed earlier this year by Ericsson Inc., Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. to jointly develop an open and common industry framework for secure mobile electronic transactions.Nokia said the inclusion of Siemens was an...
EndwaveEndwave Corp. said its ultra-high performance WavShapr base station antenna is now available for local multipoint distribution services bands. The antenna incorporates characteristics from earlier versions form the 24 GHz and 38 GHz bands. The antennas include flat horizontal radiation pattern, rapid azimuth pattern...
SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. announced a number of software developers have chosen its WebSphere Everyplace Suite as the platform on which they will extend their applications to various wireless devices."Combining the strengths of IBM technology with leading applications, software developers are key to completing the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Veritas Software Corp. and Corsair Communications Inc., a provider of real-time billing and mobile commerce systems, plan to deliver integrated and optimized application solutions to wireless carriers.The application will combine Corsair's PrePay and PrePay Open wireless billing system with Veritas' Cluster Server...
For the mobile commerce market to succeed in winning over consumers from the wired Internet and bricks-and-mortar space, it will have to be flexible in meeting consumer expectations, according to a recent report by the Aberdeen Group.The report, "Mobile Electronic Commerce: The New Economy on...
MCLEAN, Va.-Ventera Corp., an e-business solutions provider, announced it has formed a wireless Internet and mobile commerce practice group.The company already uses WAP technology to allow network system administrators to use wireless phones to access Windows NT servers for maintenance and monitoring activities. The...
WASHINGTON-In a move with major implications for the future of mobile commerce and the $183 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., the Federal Communications Commission last week launched an inquiry into whether high-speed Internet open access should be mandated for...
NEW YORK-InPhonic, still in its corporate infancy, has skipped over baby steps and is making major strides as an outsourced, behind-the-scenes distributor of private-labeled wireless and mobile-commerce services.In mid-September, the Washington, D.C.-based company announced a one-year agreement, valued at an estimated $20 million, to...
NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting released its Mobile Micropayments prototype, illustrating how consumers can purchase items using an Internet billing solution from a wireless phone without incurring charges on their phone bills or using the cellular network.The prototype service would allow a vending machine to notify...
Voice portal company iNetNow Inc. reported a co-branding agreement with Arelco Inc., an independent licensee of National Car Rental, allowing customers at select Arelco-owned National Car Rental stores to receive a complimentary iNetNow Platinum Card entitling them to 30 free days of iNetNow service....
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled several implementations of its wireless Internet services platform by such companies as Nortel Networks, SBC Wireless, Virgin Mobile and Indian firm Tata.Nortel and InfoSpace have teamed to jointly offer the InfoSpace platform with Nortel's wireless network infrastructure to service providers....
Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, recent initiatives by innovative carriers such as Sonera allow users to buy candy, to...
NEW YORK-Andersen Consulting and wireless application service provider Everypath Inc. announced they plan to work together to provide businesses with wireless access to Internet content.In addition, AC Ventures, a venture capital unit of Andersen Consulting, has acquired an equity stake in Everypath.The alliance calls...
A new company soon expects to offer business-to-business mobile commerce services in Japan using software NTT DoCoMo uses in its wildly popular i-mode Internet applications for consumers.Redwood City, Calif.-based BroadVision Inc., venture capitalist H&Q Asia Pacific and three Japanese partners announced last week they...
NEW YORK-In November and December, Sonera zed U.S. Inc. "will dip its big toe into the waters of mobile commerce to see if they're warm," and it plans user trials by next spring, said J. Paul Hughes, vice president of business development."There are a...
NEW YORK-At the suggestion of a franchise owner-operator, McDonald's Corp., Oak Brook, Ill., has decided to add wireless electronic payment to its menu at several restaurant drive-up windows in Southern California.The trial should be encouraging to wireless industry observers and participants who believe mobile...
AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile e-commerce applications are expected to be the next driver of wireless Internet services, after e-mail, according to research by IntelliQuest, a marketing research firm.Early adopters will be those interested in banking and financial transactions, the company said. The study was commissioned by...
