NEW YORK - Although widespread adoption of wireless data remains more goal than reality, network operators, device makers and wireless applications developers have not wasted their efforts building the foundation for its eventual surge, said Jason Tsai, wireless services and data analyst for C.E....
Yada Yada Inc. has formed an alliance with Novatel Wireless Inc. to provide co-branded Minstrel V Wireless Handheld Modems for the Palm V and to supply Minstrel S Wireless Springboard Modems for the Handspring Visor.Certicom, a mobile e-business security firm, has signed a licensing...
INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced some of its subsidiaries will distribute Novatel Wireless Inc.'s data modems and software in the United States, Mexico and Colombia.
COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced it gained 18 new members, including BellSouth International, Novatel Wireless and Pixo."We are pleased with the CDG's robust growth, which underscores CDMA wireless technology's popularity among businesses and consumer markets," said Perry LaForge, the organization's executive director.
Even more nascent than the wireless Internet industry, the wireless multimedia industry is expected to represent a good portion of next-generation wireless Internet services.PacketVideo Corp.-which develops wireless streaming video and audio solutions-last week introduced a showcase of streaming video media applications available on today's...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said its Go.Web service is now available on Hewlett-Packard Jornada 540 Pocket PC devices.The solution includes the Minstrel 540 wireless modem from Novatel Wireless Inc.Wireless access, combined with GoAmerica's software, allows the Jornada devices to access corporate date, browse Internet sites...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless data access solution provider Novatel Wireless Inc. announced its initial public offering of 7 million shares at $8 per share.The leading underwriter is Credit Suisse First Boston, and U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray and Banc of America Securities L.L.C. are co-managers.
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-JP Systems introduced a new platform at CTIA's Wireless I.T. show last week called SureWave, along with a WAP browser for Palm OS devices, supporting the Palm Query Application over multiple wireless networks.The SureWave platform replaces the firm's InfoBeam technology as its...
As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and GoAmerica Inc.Calling itself a wireless version of America Online, YadaYada uses the same equipment...
Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for the Handspring VisorPhone.The company also is unveiling version 2.0 of its service, which is...
LOS ANGELES-Palm Inc. has agreed to supply CreSenda Wireless Inc. with Palm Vx devices and operating system software, which CreSenda will brand and use to market its WirelessRealty residential real estate industry solution under an OEM agreement.The device also will feature CreSenda's signature blue...
SAN DIEGO-Novatel Wireless Inc. announced partnerships with Cerulean Technology Inc. and Vision AIR to integrate the two companies' services into its wireless modem solutions.Cerulean creates wireless public safety solutions such as PacketCluster Patrol, while VisionAIR's Data Routing Engine ports wireless data to various devices...
SAN DIEGO-In "Mission Impossible" fashion, Metricom Inc. ended years of buildout and anticipation by finally launching the first market for its Ricochet 128 kilobits per second wireless data network in San Diego.Press conference attendees in San Diego watched a live picture of a diver...
OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem product line.In separate news, Aether said it has agreed to wirelessly enable Vitria Technology Inc.'s e-business platform.Novatel's Minstrel V is...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. granted Novatel Wireless Inc., a provider of wireless Internet solutions, a worldwide license under Qualcomm's Code Division Multiple Access patents to design and market modem card products for CDMA and High Data Rate applications."This partnership brings us one step closer to...
OmniSky Corp. Chief Executive Officer Patrick McVeigh last fall promised to "kick the barn door open" to the Internet when he introduced a beta version of an end-to-end wireless Internet solution for the Palm V handheld computer.It's time to see how wide the door...
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...
Since expanding its business around a mobile application service provider model, JP Systems Inc. recently presided over the launch of a wireless Internet portal in India called Netxcell.com, the first customer to license the full range of JP Systems' technologies.In addition, the company added...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-International Sales Information Systems Inc. announced it will acquire wireless software firm Versatile Systems Inc. for $11.2 million of combined cash and stock.Versatile strategic partners include AT&T Wireless IP Services, Symbol Technologies, Sierra Wireless and Novatel Wireless. Versatile also is a member...
LAS VEGAS-OmniSky Corp., formerly OpenSky Corp., introduced its first product last week at Comdex-a wireless Internet and e-mail service solution for Palm V users that integrates hardware, software and Internet access from several partner providers.OmniSky is the venture formed in June with funding from...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-FusionOne Inc. said it will make its Internet Sync wireless synchronization service available to customers of Novatel Wireless Inc., which makes the Minstrel family of wireless modems for personal digital assistants.Together, the two products will allow users to synchronized PDAs with their...
Since Aether Systems Inc. and 3Com Corp. formed OpenSky Inc. in June, the joint venture has generated considerable interest and support from industry players.At last week's PalmSource '99 conference in Santa Clara, Calif., the company added several new key development partners in the areas...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Metricom Inc. announced it entered into a technology license agreement with Novatel Wireless under which Novatel will sell wireless modems based on Metricom's Ricochet technology to portable computer users.Novatel is the first to license the Ricochet technology for direct retail products. The...
CALGARY, Alberta-Tokyo-based Sokkia Co. Ltd., a provider of optical surveying instruments, and Calgary-based NovAtel Inc., developer of global positioning system technology, signed an agreement to form a jointly owned subsidiary company called POINT Inc.POINT Inc. will provide measurement solutions for the fields of surveying,...
