WASHINGTON-2001: A Space Odyssey? Perhaps if you're working on the international space station or developing a Star Wars defense. But for wireless, it will be a year the industry comes back to earth and gets back to basics as carriers, manufacturers, dot-coms, government policy-makers and...
Chris Gent has had quite a year.For the chief executive of Vodafone Group plc, 2000 began with a hostile takeover of Mannesmann AG, parent of its rival Orange plc, and continued with a spending spree for third-generation licenses across Europe. The year also marked...
Swedish telecom equipment maker Ericsson and IBM's subsidiary Tivoli Systems Inc. have allied to roll out a set of managed devices the companies believe will be easy for consumers and professional users to reconfigure in a "pay and play" situation.Employing phrases like "instant service"...
At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed for its products.Palm Chief Executive Officer Carl Yankowski illustrated his vision for the company,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Under a nonexclusive agreement, Lucent Technologies Inc. will market InfoSpace Inc.'s wireless platform to its customers. InfoSpace said its platform provides an end-to-end solution and includes such features as real-time stock quotes, commerce capabilities, personalization and localization.In addition, InfoSpace's geo-coded technology and services...
NEW YORK-The Land of the Rising Sun has emerged as the place to be for investors interested in grabbing onto incipient wireless telecommunications trends, said a managing director of Whitney & Co., the oldest American venture-capital firm.Venture-capital companies based in Japan have become more...
Motorola Inc. and Oracle Corp. teamed last week to create a UNIX-based e-business platform designed for carriers, Internet service providers, enterprise customers and application vendors.The deal is the second phase of their partnership, following Motorola's adoption of Oracle's OracleMobile.com server technology into the Aspira...
With a new venture fund and optimistic forecast extension, Nokia set out last week to fortify its already strong position in the wireless communications industry.Its venture arm, Nokia Venture Partners, launched a new $500 million fund to buoy start-up companies in the mobile Internet...
Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it selected Agere Systems as the new name for its microelectronics spinoff. The spinoff is expected to be completed by the end of the first quarter. The name Agere has its roots in the Latin verb "ago," which means "to...
LOS ANGELES, Calif.-SalesMountain, a wireless advertising network, scored an agreement with AT&T Wireless Services Inc. and Sprint PCS to have the carriers offer its Find the Sales service over their mobile Internet networks.The two new separate agreements add to SalesMountain's list of partnerships, which...
JAMAICAAfter a successful field demonstration of Finline Technologies' multichannel multipoint distribution system, N5 Systems Ltd. plans to deploy the company's system in Jamaica. The companies hope the joint deployment will provide interactive digital video and data services to the country. The Finline Trilogy MMDS...
SAN FRANCISCO-LookSmart, a distributor of Internet directories, reported an alliance between its international joint venture with British Telecom, BTLookSmart, and European mobile Internet provider Genie, enabling BTLookSmart to offer its wireless directories to BT's subscribers and partner companies in countries throughout Europe and Asia.The...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson and Juniper Networks Inc. announced a plan to sell mobile Internet routing products exclusively through Ericsson.The plan builds on the companies' existing distribution agreement, which covers Juniper's M-series Internet backbone routers.
The strategic alliance announced between NTT DoCoMo and AT&T Wireless Inc. is fairly simple on the surface, but may have long-term implications for the global wireless industry.DoCoMo will invest about $9.8 billion in AT&T preferred stock for a 16-percent equity share in the company....
NEW YORK-In a new agreement between the two companies, Air2Web will offer its mobile Internet platform to ING Barings clients, allowing them to access account information from wireless devices.ING Barings provides financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
MIAMI-Conectium, a mobile Internet solutions provider, opened facilities in Bogot , Colombia, and Buenos Aires, Argentina.The company said it is expanding its offering across the Americas to become the leading pan-regional, private-label Wireless Application Protocol portal development company.Conectium already has offices in Caracas, Venezuela,...
SWINDON, United Kingdom-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it completed the integration of its GPRS offering and has begun commercial system testing of its "always-on" Mobile Internet solution.The company said its solution enables existing GSM operators to deliver high-speed Mobile Internet services to subscribers.Lucent is testing...
BEIJING-Inktomi announced China Mobile will integrate its Traffic Server network cache platform within its national Internet Protocol Backbone for delivery of wireless content and services.China Mobile will deploy the platform to manage increasing mobile Internet traffic and conserve bandwidth by storing information close to...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Trade Commission, appearing to be staking out regulatory jurisdiction over the nascent mobile Internet industry, said it will examine a wide range of wireless consumer protection issues next month at a two-day workshop here."Mobile wireless Internet and data technologies raise many of...
Subscription fraud is as old as the wireless industry itself, and responsible for the creation of numerous companies and products that exist solely to develop new ways to combat this revenue-stealing problem.While carriers continue to battle fraudsters on the voice front, a new problem...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. today pledged $10 million to academic and industry researchers in hopes they could develop a business model that would make third-generation wireless networks more profitable.The grant, part of Lucent's Mobility Innovation Initiative, will be distributed among the School of...
LAS VEGAS-The computer industry is ready to stake its claim in the wireless market, evidenced by a range of announcements at this year's Fall Comdex show.Various PDA manufacturers and service providers made significant announcements at Comdex. And while wireless was but a footnote for...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to develop GPRS phones using Microsoft Corp.'s Stinger smart phone platform and Mobile Internet Explorer microbrowser software for VoiceStream's GSM network.VoiceStream has stated it plans to launch GPRS services sometime next year. The...
Over the past several weeks, Sprint PCS has rolled out several additions to its Wireless Web service designed to target the consumer market, particularly teen users.In the last month, users of Sprint's Wireless Web service have seen new folders added to their launch screens...
