The enthusiasm surrounding the emerging broadband wireless access industry is creating an opportunity for a variety of new and established equipment vendors hoping to cash in on what is expected to be a lucrative market.Vendors are scrambling to get systems ready for BWA deployments....
U S West Inc. has become the latest domestic carrier to join the wireless Internet revolution with the launch of BrowseNow, a Web-enabled phone service it said integrates the company's wireline and wireless Internet services into one package.BrowseNow is an HDML-based solution using network...
SigmaOneSigmaOne Communications Corp., a provider of location systems and services for wireless carriers and the wireless Internet, reported the development of the company's wireless location system for Global System for Mobile communications carriers in the United States and Europe. Designed to operate as either...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s mobile phones division introduced four new phones covering a broad range of services and uses at CeBIT 2000 in Germany.The 9110i Communicator, an upgraded version of the 9110, is a Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phone that continues to support Internet browsing and...
ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Oy and ICL Finland have formed a joint venture to further support Nokia Information Management's e-business development.The new venture, called Nice-business Solutions Finland Oy, will begin operations in March with Jouko Seppa, the head of ICL Finland's E-Business Division, as managing director.ICL...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Oy launched a new Web site designed to provide information on how to use the features available on any of the company's mobile phones.According to Nokia's research, operators and call centers are receiving a steady increase in customer-service phone calls related to...
NEW ORLEANS-Infowave Software Inc. signed a value-added services cooperation agreement with Nokia Networks to develop Wireless Application Protocol applications.The agreement calls for the two to work together to develop and market wireless applications for Nokia's WAP-enabled mobile terminals and server platforms. Specifically, Nokia will...
Telephia Inc. released last week the results of its Wireless E-trac survey of the New York metro area, and despite past reports of capacity problems, AT&T Wireless Services Inc. emerged as the carrier both wireless users and non-users would choose first when selecting or...
MONTREAL-PCS Innovations Inc. reported it has obtained investments of $2 million from Innovatech du Grand Montreal and $200,000 from Le Fonds Regional de Solidarite-Ile de Montreal.PCS said the investments will provide funds for the marketing and continued development of the company's mobile Internet platform,...
I missed out on the conga line of carriers, vendors and Digerati who stole the show last week in New Orleans. It's a wireless data world after all. The Net is revolutionizing the wireless industry. It's revolutionizing everything, everywhere.Just last week, a Hong Kong...
America Online Inc. took its AOL Anywhere strategy further into the wireless space last week with the introduction of its AOL Mobile Messenger service, created through several strategic deals with several wireless carriers and device manufacturers.AOL's Mobile Messenger service is designed to extend access...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission gave Motorola Inc. more time to comply with new 911 call-processing rules that took effect Feb. 13. New regulations set minimum requirements for expediting the processing of 911 calls on phones that can operate in an analog mode.Motorola, citing a...
WASHINGTON-Senate Judiciary Committee members last week voiced serious concerns about the proposed $160 billion America Online Inc.-Time Warner Inc. merger, a deal that takes on added significance in light of new strategic partnerships between AOL and several wireless firms."he most significant danger to the...
NEW YORK-3Com Corp. spun off 4 percent of its Palm Computing unit March 2 in an initial public offering of 23 million shares that received enthusiastic investor reception.The IPO, lead-managed by Goldman Sachs & Co., debuted at $38 per share and closed its first...
DENVER, United States-Qualcomm is putting a financial stake in the ground to push CDMA technology in Europe.Qualcomm announced plans to acquire U.K.-based Tellit Communications, a cellular handset design and manufacturing company with expertise in NMT 450 technology. The purchase price is around US$20 million,...
British Telecom and AT&T said they are beginning trials to test roaming services for high-speed Internet phones. The tests will involve General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology and partnerships with wireless operators SmarTone of Hong Kong and Taiwan's FarEasTone. The trials will begin in...
HandsetsPhilipsPhilips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon screen feature simultaneously displays up to five visual icons representing the phone's functions and features. The...
Motorola and Psion agreed to build products, expected to be released in the first half of 2001, using a new platform from Symbian. Symbian announced a wireless computing platform for handsets and other devices. Quartz is a reference design for pen-based wireless devices. It...
NEW ORLEANS-Cellport Systems announced it will begin shipping in March its Cellport 3000 universal hands-free system, capable of supporting a variety of phones through the use of changeable pocket adapters. The company also said the Cellport 3000 will be available with Motorola Inc.'s Telematics...
BOSTON-Continued consolidation, emerging location-based services, mobile-commerce applications, as well as new marriages between communication, entertainment and Internet players, will be the defining market trends during the next five years, according to Strategy Analytics' latest report, "U.S. Cellular Market Forecast.""1999 was another banner year for...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission rejected L.M. Ericsson's wireless 911 call-completion plan as deficient, but gave the Swedish phone manufacturer a three-month extension to comply with new rules that kicked in Feb. 13.The FCC said that while new 911 wireless rules encourage innovation and flexibility,...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The Symbian initiative unveiled several new product enhancements through deals announced at the Symbian Developers Conference.An agreement with Communication Intelligence Corp. added the company's Jot handwriting recognition system, QuickNotes electronic note-taking application, WordComplete predictive text-entry utility and Sign-On biometric security application to...
WASHINGTON-The `consensus' reached by a government-industry panel on a third-generation mobile phone position that the Clinton administration can take to the World Radiocommunication Conference this spring underscores the complexities faced by the United States in trying to craft a strategy that advances international business...
MexicoMexican wireless company Unefon launched initial service Feb. 10 in Toluca, a city outside Mexico City. The company plans to begin services in 20 cities during the next year and plans to go public by mid-2001. The company expects to have 1.5 million users...
