MALAYSIA-Telekom Malaysia launched Wireless Application Protocol services based on Motorola Inc.'s Mobile Internet Exchange platform, leveraging content from Telekom Multimedia, the Internet and multimedia division of Telekom Malaysia.The first phase of service includes information services, personal information management and e-mail services. The second phase...
NEW YORK-Telstra Corp., Australia's dominant telecommunications provider, "hates to be considered an incumbent because we transitioned to a New Age company years ago," said Philip Wise, managing director of its Mobile Consumer Division.To provide a full suite of services, the company is involved in...
Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit.The kit consists of a software upgrade that adds Palm's Web Clipping technology to the devices, allowing them to interact with...
HONG KONG-The government of Hong Kong is likely to be among the first in the Asia-Pacific region to clear spectrum and issue licenses for third-generation (3G) mobile phones, according to the Office of the Telecommunications Authority (OFTA)."While the USA and Europe may take five...
TOKYO-Since NTT DoCoMo launched its iMode wireless data service in February 1999, the number of mobile Internet users in Japan-more than 10 million as of the end of May-has taken off. As more users acquire browser phones, more content providers have entered the new...
SINGAPORE-Governments in Asia will issue licenses of third-generation (3G) cellular networks to around 40 operators in 11 countries within the next year, representatives from several equipment vendors said at the CommunicAsia show here recently. And 3G deployments may begin in the most advanced markets...
BEIJING-The mobile Internet revolution is knocking on China's door. With 60 million mobile-phone subscribers and only 10 million people surfing the Internet using personal computers, Web access through mobile phones is a hot topic in China. Web portals, such as Sohu and Sina, and...
The lure of wireless Internet promises to transform the worldwide mobile industry. Carriers across the globe are risking it all on the future potential of the mobile Web. The difference between reshaping the wireless experience as we know it-and in the process realizing joyous...
Two-way messaging equipmentMotorolaMotorola introduced its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, featuring a full Qwerty keyboard with a flip-top screen and a four-line, 80-character display. It supports two-way messaging, wireless Internet e-mail and on-demand information services. It also features a private-time feature, which users may...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Portugal operator Telecel Comunicacoes Pessoais signed a contract with L.M. Ericsson calling for Ericsson to upgrade Telecel's Global System for Mobile communications network and introduce mobile Internet capability using Wireless Application Protocol and General Packet Radio Service technologies.Ericsson already has delivered a GPRS...
DENVER-Mobile location services will be an essential element of the mobile Internet revolution, but the industry's success teeters on its ability to ensure privacy to the end user.Application service providers and carriers emphasized this and other points during IBC USA Conferences Inc.'s "Mobile Location...
ROSH HA'AIN, Israel-CT Motion Ltd., a location-based mobile Internet service developer, said it is developing its MobileMate personal portal for m-commerce services.The company said the portal analyzes usage habits and travel patterns and learns where the user lives, works and shops for the purpose...
Microsoft Corp. and Samsung Electronics Company Ltd. announced an agreement to jointly create a new line of mobile phones based on Microsoft's Windows CE operating system.Specifically, Samsung will create Global System for Mobile communications and Code Division Multiple Access phones with Microsoft's Mobile Internet...
OSLO, Norway-Norway's Telenor entered an agreement to acquire 53.5 percent of the shares in Sonofon, the second-largest mobile operator in Denmark, from GN Great Nordic for about $1.7 billion. Telenor also will assume Great Nordic's loan to Sonofon amounting to about $70.6 million.BellSouth Corp....
NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. is targeting telematics and personal computers in its product debut this week at the Bluetooth Congress in Monte Carlo, Monaco.Telematics uses wireless and global positioning system technologies to enable location-based, two-way voice and data communications between automotive vehicles and call centers...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-3Com Corp. said it has bought an undisclosed equity stake in Parthus Technologies, a developer of platform-level intellectual property for the mobile Internet market.The investment will allow Parthus to develop technologies for emerging wireless standards, in particular for wireless networking, the company...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-BellSouth Mobility said it plans to deploy up to 56 Ericsson Datacom Inc. AXC 627 Tigris Access Servers in 28 of its mobile switching centers.The servers, part of Ericsson's Integrated Access System wireless solution, will complement an ongoing upgrade of BellSouth's Time Division...
ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help wireless carriers avoid commoditization when converging with the Internet.Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson...
HONG KONG-Hutchison Whampoa and Sweden's Investor AB formed a consortium that plans to apply for a third-generation license in Sweden. The proposed ownership structure is 60 percent for Hutchison Whampoa and 40 percent for Investor.Investor is Sweden's largest holding company. The two companies recently...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported it carried out the first Wireless Application Protocol service over a trial wideband Code Division Multiple Access system.The tests, completed in Beijing, involved Chinese language WAP services transmitted via the W-CDMA system and radio network."The demonstration of seamless interoperability of...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced Toshiba Corp. has licensed its Premion Server+ technology to allow Toshiba's i-Value Creation Company to develop custom mobile content and commerce applications for businesses in Japan.The i-Value entity was formed in February to develop consumer-based mobile Internet services for businesses...
Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution.For 10 years, Seagull has offered Web-to-Host and Windows-to-Host solutions, basically providing software that allows enterprises...
Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service.Motorola unveiled its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, which features a full Qwerty keyboard, a flip-top screen and a...
