Following on promises to release additional information on their plan, Microsoft Corp. and Vodafone Group plc offered further insight into their Web services plan. Specifically, the companies released their Web services white paper at the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference."To jump-start standardized mobile Web services,...
LAGOS, Nigeria-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has signed a contract with wireless local loop provider Multi-Links Telecom Ltd. to expand its next-generation fixed wireless data network and to deploy new CDMA2000 1x networks in Abuja and Kaduna.The dollar amount was not disclosed."The network equipment...
TEL AVIV, Israel-Nortel Networks has signed a three-year, $30 million contract to expand carrier Pelephone's CDMA2000 1x network.The carrier targets 1.9 million subscribers."This expansion will overlay existing network equipment and will also help Pelephone to drive new revenues by supporting high-speed wireless data and...
KINGSTON, Jamaica-Cable & Wireless Jamaica has become the first Cable & Wireless Caribbean operation to begin GPRS service, according to a statement from technology provider Nortel Networks Ltd. The operator is the first of 12 planned deployments of GPRS technology across the region.The new...
LISBON, Portugal-Portuguese mobile operator Optimus said it will include Opera Software's mobile Web browser on Optimus Zone, its new multimedia service supported by the Nokia 3650 and 7650 smart phones.Optimus is the first mobile operator to include the Opera browser by default for its...
OSLO, Norway-Browser company Opera Software announced its software is now available for Nokia Corp.'s 7650 and 3650 phones.Opera said its platform supports full Web pages."This is just the beginning of the mobile Web revolution," said Jon von Tetzchner, the company's chief executive officer. "With...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Swedish vendor Teleca said it will focus on the Asian market with a new office in Seoul, Korea. Teleca produces the AU Mobile Suite, a mobile Web browsing platform.The company said an initial staff of 15 will be established during the first quarter....
The latest shakeup in the wireless enterprise market claimed struggling AvantGo Inc., as software infrastructure and integration company Sybase Inc. purchased the company in a $38 million cash merger.Sybase will add AvantGo to its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, which makes software that allows workers to...
The latest shakeup in the wireless enterprise market claimed struggling AvantGo Inc., as software infrastructure and integration company Sybase Inc. purchased the company in a $38 million cash merger.Sybase will add AvantGo to its iAnywhere Solutions subsidiary, which makes software that allows workers to...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and Re-route Corp. said they have begun migrating current Verizon Wireless Mobile Web customers to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN service offering that was jointly developed by Verizon Wireless and Microsoft Corp.Verizon Wireless noted Mobile Web users can...
ROME-The Open Mobile Alliance-a massive, overarching wireless standards group formed in June-released its first set of technical specifications for public review, covering the increasingly popular area of content downloading.In developing the specifications, OMA worked with other standards organizations from across the wireless spectrum, including...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless Inc. and America Online Inc. announced the immediate availability of a suite of AOL services and features to Verizon Wireless Mobile Web subscribers.The AOL services include AOL Mail, news, financial information, driving directions and local event and entertainment information via AOL's...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-In an effort to show Americans how and when wireless services can help them to be more productive, Verizon Wireless and MSN have released the results of a recent survey conducted on their behalf by RoperASW.The research points to "time holes"-blocks of time...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said that through an extension of its agreement with Pinpoint Networks Inc. it can offer enhanced services to its Mobile Web by VZW with MSN customers using Pinpoint's Fuel Platform. Those enhanced services include bookmarking features allowing Mobile Web customers to...
CANNES, France—SchlumbergerSema introduced its INService solution for managing mobile carriers' prepaid and postpaid subscribers.The solution integrates a rating engine for real-time rating across a carrier's pre- and postpaid subscriber base.The company also announced the SchlumbergerSema and Mobile Economy alliance, which was selected by the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless launched wireless alerts service for its Mobile Web and Mobile Messenger customers, allowing them to receive scores during the college football bowl season.The service, powered by InfoSpace Inc., allows subscribers to choose to receive scores at the end of the game...
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...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless introduced its Mobile Web Plus service, a wireless e-mail and Internet access service for use on the Kyocera QCP6035 smartphone.The service provides access to up to six e-mail accounts; attachment previews supporting Microsoft Word and Excel, Corel, WordPerfect and PDF files;...
NASHUA, N.H.-The wireless instant messaging space just got a little more crowded as Octave Communications released a new subscription service for instant group communications aimed at wireless carriers and service providers.Octave said its new set of applications, called MeetAbout, will allow any mobile-phone user...
NEW YORK-Mobileum Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., has released the 2.0 version of Mobileum, which the company is touting as the "world's first tools-independent wireless application platform."The "tools-independent" feature means that application and Web developers "can use standard development tools like Macromedia Dreamweaver and Adobe GoLive"...
NEW YORK-Imagine a delivery person placing a lengthy order for a customer over a wireless device and unknowingly reaching an area that does not offer wireless coverage, suddenly disconnecting from the server, forcing him to enter the order again from scratch. A situation that...
Smart-phone company NeoPoint Inc. quietly closed its doors late last month, apparently exiting the industry it lit up only a few short years ago with its advanced phone/personal digital assistant offering.While the company hadn't yet filed as of Friday in the bankruptcy court that...
Customers looking for Verizon Wireless service will now have an additional 4,400 outlets to chose from following last week's announcement with RadioShack Corp. to house Verizon Wireless stores-within-a-store in RadioShack locations across the country. Verizon Wireless will join Sprint PCS, which signed a deal...
Siemens AG is eliminating 6,100 jobs from its mobile handset and network operations. The German telecom equipment and handset company, which shied away from offering its earnings picture for the second half of the year, said 2,600 jobs would be cut from the mobile-handset...
