Wireless portals will be a major part of the mobile Internet of the future, according to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence, and could become the centerpiece of many users' mobile experience.According to the report, "Wireless Portals: the Information Gateway to the Wireless User,"...
NEW YORK-AppliedTheory will partner with Brightpod to help corporate customers mobilize enterprise content through applications for wireless access on mobile devices including Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry handhelds, Web-enabled phones and other devices.Brightpod will act as AppliedTheory's resource in addressing mobile Internet needs of...
LAS VEGAS-With company names based more on family names or regions of the country instead of original creations brewed up by marketing experts, members of the Rural Cellular Association last week held their Ninth Annual Convention and Exhibition in the city of excess, Las...
Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses.With the battle for market share boiling up over the next generation of technologies and the wideband CDMA protocol gearing up for dominance, last week the...
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced it expanded its mobile Internet offering to include more games, content and services. AOL's mobile service, available through Sprint PCS' Wireless Web site and AT&T's Digital PocketNet service, will feature a new shopping channel from eBay, as well as...
HELSINKI-Nokia will deliver its third-generation network solution to Finnish mobile operator, Radiolinja.Nokia will supply the 3G IP mobility core network, which includes packet-switched and circuit-switched elements and support services. Nokia will also supply the 3G W-CDMA Radio Access Network, including base stations, enabling Radiolinja...
NEW YORK-The recent "Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo" brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy.Boston-based WebMap Technologies Inc. has developed a proprietary content mapping software that turns pixels into...
SINGAPORE-The number of mobile-phone subscribers in the Asia-Pacific region reached 230 million at the end of 2000, a 52-percent increase compared with 1999 results, according to Dataquest, a unit of Gartner Group. China led the region with 85.3 million users at end-2000.The Philippines saw...
LENEXA, Kan.-Sprint PCS and Lucent Technologies Inc. completed an over-the-air data call using cdma2000 1xEV-DO, with transmission speeds up to 2.4 Megabits per second.Sprint, which is testing the technology through June, will test increased data throughput and capacity as well as applications including Web...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-Wireless data and Internet services provider GoAmerica Inc. said it expanded its relationship with Compaq Computer Corp. and will power Compaq's iPAQnet Mobility Solutions for mobile computers over CDPD networks.In November, Compaq selected GoAmerica as the first wireless service provider to support its...
What safety nets do wireless manufacturers have in place in case we stumble into a true recession?The question has come up often lately because of the billions of dollars already invested in building network infrastructure in preparation for the kick-off of multimedia offerings in...
No one is quite sure where the wireless Internet is going.There is such a profusion of technology developed and offered on a daily basis-from PacketVideo Corp.'s streaming multimedia offering to BitFlash Inc.'s screen-scraping service-industry observers are constantly creating new categories for the latest release....
NEW YORK-Even as corporate information technology departments are scaling back expenditures in the current economic downturn, the business customer is the business case for wireless data, at least for the next several years.While the opportunities are real for serving enterprise customers seeking to maintain...
While mobile commerce won't become widespread next year, or even in the next few years, it will eventually be huge, according to a study from The Strategis Group, with about 90 million users generating more than $50 billion in revenues by 2007.The study, "U.S....
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...
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
LAS VEGAS-Like fresh water on a dry rock, some good news for Lucent Technologies Inc. But how good?The $5 billion deal last week with Verizon Wireless provided a shot in the arm for a company whose repeated stumbles have made industry watchers wonder if...
LAS VEGAS-With wireless innovations bursting at the seams, three top vendors have called on regulatory bodies to modify the existing rules and regulations to position the industry for future challenges.The chief executive officers of Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson-Christopher Galvin, Jorma Ollila...
WASHINGTON-With President Bush's high-profile push for a ten-year, $1.6 billion tax cut, the political atmosphere could not be better for wireless tax relief on equipment depreciation, sales commissions, telecom service and mobile Internet commerce.For the wireless industry, the window of opportunity is wide open...
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...
DALLAS-Sendo Plc has chosen Texas Instruments Inc.'s high performance, low power OMAP technology to power its new Z100 Multimedia Smartphone.According to the company, TI's OMAP architecture will give the phone greater functionality, performance and battery life.The Z100 Multimedia Smartphone, which will be available this...
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...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-NEC, the Japanese manufacturer, inaugurated a software development center in Argentina, and it plans to invest $100 million over three to five years. Hajime Sasaki, director of NEC, took part in the event and spoke of the experience of the popular i-mode...
DENVER, United States-Bolivian personal communications services operator Nuevatel will likely be the first operator in the Americas to launch General Packet Radio Service.The Andean nation of Bolivia, which usually takes a backseat to markets such as Argentina, Brazil and Mexico in terms of wireless...
