MexicoMexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been interested in enhancing its liquidity in the Mexican market and noted that in the future,...
MIAMI-Tiaxa launched its panregional wireless Internet portal in Latin America, offering wireless phone users personalized, location-sensitive mobile Internet services.The company noted it can capitalize on the region's adoption and convergence of wireless and Web-based technology by creating a platform that provides consumers a single...
BEIJING-Sina.com, an Internet media and services company geared toward the Chinese community, signed separate memoranda of understanding agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Siemens in China to deliver content to wireless Internet consumers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.According to the agreements, Sina.com will...
Interactive SolutionsTeltronics Inc. announced its subsidiary, Interactive Solutions Inc., developed a new product offering, the MentisSoft iCommunicator system, which makes verbal communications possible between the hearing world and a hearing-impaired or profoundly deaf person. According to the company, the multisensory device improves comprehension of...
HONG KONG-Infinite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Infinite Enterprise Wireless Application Protocol server, a secure WAP gateway the company said will make access to a range of confidential information possible for mobile Internet subscribers."We expect that our scalable version will encourage many more companies...
Sirf Technology Inc., a developer of global positioning system technology, said it closed a mezzanine round of financing of $24.7 million, bringing the company's total funding to $47.3 million. Some of the company's new investors include Hitachi Ltd., Mitsubishi International Corp. and Hikari Tsushin...
TORONTO-Canadian personal communications services provider Microcell Telecommunications Inc. announced it formed a new mobile Internet services development company, Microcell i5 Inc. A wholly owned subsidiary of Microcell, Microcell i5 plans to launch its first service in third-quarter 2000.Microcell i5, with an initial $33.58 million...
GENEVA-Xircom Inc. said it has bundled software from AvantGo Inc. in its wireless modem product for the Handspring Visor organizer, allowing devices equipped with Xircom's modem to access AvantGo's mobile Internet service.
PARIS-Ericsson France and FinGO are working together to develop mobile Internet solutions dedicated to finance and e-brokerage services and to jointly prepare their evolution toward General Packet Radio Service and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System technology.The new applications are scheduled to be tested in Ericsson...
MILAN, Italy-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it is committing technical and business expertise in Italy to promote collaborative projects with government, industry and academia to accelerate development and introduction of third-generation mobile Internet applications, services and products."In collaboration with government, businesses and universities, we will...
BOSTON-PhoneRun Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they will jointly market to service providers a mobile Internet service called "phonecasting," a media network of Internet-sourced audio channels for news, entertainment and shopping available to any telephone via voice-enabled technology known as "voicetone."PhoneRun's service will...
HELSINKI, Finland-Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, and Nokia Networks have agreed to deliver carrier-class infrastructure software to mobile network operators.According to Nokia, the deal will enable to companies to deliver next-generation mobile data services and applications to both current and...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson Inc. replaced BellSouth Mobility's existing Time Division Multiple Access infrastructure in Nashville, and Chattanooga, Tenn., and Baton Rouge, New Orleans and Lafayette, La.The five markets are the first of 17 in which Ericsson will provide and install switches, base stations, software, services...
IsraelRiots and injuries occurred during protests against the installation of cellular masts in a Druze Arab village in March, according to international press reports. Reports said seven police officers and members of the public were injured in the riots, which are thought to be...
Wireless Application Service Provider 2Roam Inc. announced strategic alliances with AdForce, MediaPlex, eCoupons and iQ.com to deliver advertising, coupon and e-marketing services to mobile consumers.Arch Communications Group Inc. said it has been named a preferred messaging provider of paging and messaging services for BellSouth...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Cap Gemini have agreed to develop mobile Internet solutions together, integrating Nokia's Wireless Application Protocol products and solutions with Cap Gemini's system integration expertise.
Microsoft Corp. released its Pocket PC platform for handheld personal computers powered by its Windows CE operating system.Microsoft hardware partners Casio Computer Co. Ltd., Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Symbol Technologies Inc. each introduced devices using the platform. Prices for the new devices...
Hong KongPhone.com Inc. and Sunday, a developer and provider of telecommunications and wireless Internet-related services in Hong Kong, launched mobile Internet services using the Phone.com Wireless Application Protocol UP.Link Server 4.0. The service, branded "SO WAP," positions Sunday as the first carrier to deliver...
Having been ruled a monopoly and found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws to maintain that status, Microsoft now faces an uncertain future as federal courts determine how best to provide relief to competitors harmed by its actions, as well as deal with a...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. signed a multi-year supply agreement that will enable VoiceStream to expand its Global System for Mobile communications 1900 network and services, and bring Wireless Application Protocol-based mobile Internet services to consumers.The system delivery includes the entire range...
MEXICO CITY-Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. launched its new mobile Internet service based on Wireless Application Protocol in the Mexican states of Mexico, Morelos and Hidalgo.The company reported it will offer two versions of the service. The first, Iusacell Mobile Internet 1, will be...
Hoping consumers will continue to think of it as an authority in the emerging wireless Internet space, Motorola Inc. aired an image/branding spot on Oscar night to promote its Mobile Internet Exchange platform by creating a virtual personality for it called Mya.Mya is a...
Motorola Inc. is hoping to build on its "Web W/O Wires" advertising campaign by launching a new mobile Internet access device, described as a voice-driven Internet navigation product, during ABC's March 26 Academy Awards broadcast.The 60-second commercial is said to involve the creation of...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it approved a dividend of 77 cents per share for 1999 with a record date of March 27 to be paid April 4.The company also approved a proposal authorizing the board to issue new shares, to repurchase shares and to...
