HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish mobile giant Sonera announced it is retreating from two major wireless data areas—data transaction security and wireless Internet portals.Sonera said it will close down or sell its Sonera Zed mobile Internet portal business in Turkey, the Netherlands and the United States by...
SAN DIEGO—The Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) announced its strategic intentions for the coming year, which include plans to focus on standardizing core network architectures, communicating the advantage of wireless Internet offerings and pushing for a single, open mobile Internet architecture.The forum was created...
LONDON—IDC said its recent research shows that 2001 will be a landmark year for wireless Internet in Ireland.The company said mobile access is in its infant stage right now, with less than 10 percent of companies offering mobile Web sites. However, penetration levels of...
HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavia has long been the most fertile and concentrated spawning ground for technology innovation in Europe. The torchbearers for this culture have been led by global names such as Nokia, Ericsson, Benefon and Europolitan.In 1985, Nokia's main claim to fame was as one...
DUBLIN, Ireland-European mobile operators realize they must work much harder to sell new subscriptions as GSM market penetration reaches saturation point, with no immediate sign of commercial third-generation (3G) applications to stimulate new demand. But operators firmly reject suggestions from vendor groups that they...
Audiovox CommunicationsAudiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of Flash Rom and an Intel Strong ARM 206 MHz processor. It also includes built-in CFR...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia signed a deal of about US$36 million to supply and install Malaysian operator TimeCel with full GSM 1800 MHz infrastructure to expand the company's network capacity and improve coverage."Nokia will also provide its 3G-ready Nokia UltraSite base station solution, which answers the...
ATLANTA—Wireless platform provider Air2Web announced version 4.0 of its Air2Web Mobile Internet Platform will be supported by VeriSign Inc.'s wireless digital certificate technology and payment services."The ability to strongly secure wireless transactions will encourage wireless users to direct funds, access corporate intranets and authenticate...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The entire project will be completed in November, Siemens said.The implementation of the GPRS system will be...
SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China.Lucent said it is collaborating with China Unicom to demonstrate the mobile Internet services for visitors at a temporary exhibit center at the Shanghai Sofitel Hyland Hotel...
BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company's gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum's specifications for the second generation of Wireless Application Protocol technology, and said it is the first company to have WAP 2.0-based systems."WAP 2.0 is a significant improvement...
MUNICH, Germany—Siemens said China Mobile selected it as a major supplier to expand its GPRS-based mobile Internet services in nine provinces in China. The entire project will be completed in November, Siemens said.The implementation of the GPRS system will be completed by Siemens Shanghai...
SHANGHAI, China—Lucent Technologies Inc. said it has demonstrated its first cdma2000 1x call for voice and data in China.Lucent said it is collaborating with China Unicom to demonstrate the mobile Internet services for visitors at a temporary exhibit center at the Shanghai Sofitel Hyland...
BEIJING—Ericsson is to deliver a Mobitex mobile Internet network to the Sky Networks Communication Group to serve 500,000 subscribers in Beijing and northern China. The network is expected to be in service early next year and initially deliver messages and stock trading information.The network...
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third-generation (3G) mobile and high-speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks emerge and new...
TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The contract value is 1 billion yen (US$8.2 million).NEC said its platform consists of gateway and service systems that provide service...
TOKYO—NEC said it will supply a mobile Internet platform to Taiwan's KG Telecom, which will begin its i-mode-like mobile Internet service in mid-2002. The contract value is $8.2 million.NEC said it platform consists of gateway and service systems that provide service similar to i-mode,...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. rolled out a new category of handset with a music player, FM radio, messaging machine and games platform in the phone.The Nokia 5510 handset, which has a wireless application protocol 1.1 browser for mobile Internet access, will be shipped in the...
BEIJING, China—Ericsson AB says it has signed a deal to deliver Mobitex system to Chinese operator Sky Networks Communication Group Co. Ltd. here and north of the country."This will make it the world's second largest Mobitex network for mobile Internet services after the one...
ATLANTA—Atlanta-based Air2Web, whose Mobile Internet Platform lets companies extend enterprise applications to any wireless device, has closed a $20 million round of venture-capital financing and expects an additional $5 million later this month, the company said Oct. 9.Participants in this third round of funding...
NEW YORK—Bell Labs researchers said Oct. 9 they have developed a software architecture, called Common Operations, that will enable global roaming across all wireless network types, including those providing third generation mobile and high speed fixed data access services."As next-generation high-speed mobile data networks...
SWINDON, United Kingdom—Lucent said it completed a live high-speed data call using a variety of mobile Internet services on commercial Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) equipment.The call delivered a selection of services, such as instant messaging, audio and video streaming, high-speed Web browsing and...
TOKYO—NTT DoCoMo, the leading mobile carrier in Japan, achieved rapid business expansion by gaining a 59.6-percent market share of new customers in September. J-Phone, now owned by the world's largest mobile carrier Vodafone Group, had expanded its share significantly in July and August, while...
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...
