A developer of wireless enterprise solutions claims it has combined the advantages of paging and mobile phones into one service that can be accessed with a smartphone.Onset Technology is targeting the healthcare field with the latest enhancement of its METAmessage Advanced Paging Solution. The...
The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.--Invensense: Sierra Ventures led a $19 million round of funding into Invensense Inc., a Sunnyvale, Calif.-based provider of motion...
Not sure if it's the desert air or some form of dementia brought on by a lack of food and a surplus of drink, but this year's CTIA Wireless makes last year's event seem sort of Mickey Mouse. A quick stroll of the show...
As carriers try to attract churners and new subscribers at the onset of the holiday season, they're relying on the strength of their marketing messages and reputation to get shoppers thinking-and potentially onboard. Sprint Nextel Corp. is busy running a new advertising campaign while...
SAN FRANCISCO—AirPlay said it secured $14 million in its second round of venture financing. Qualcomm Inc., Motorola Inc., JK&B Capital, Onset Ventures and Redpoint Ventures participated in the funding round. JK&B led the round, and Ali Shadman, a general partner at the firm, joined...
LAS VEGAS-PayPal Inc. officially went mobile, launching a service that allows users to make purchases and send or receive funds via wireless phones. Wireless subscribers can use the offering-which the company quietly began testing several weeks ago-to send money to other registered PayPal members...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—Obopay officially came out of stealth mode, unveiling a mobile payment service that will allow users to make purchases and send and receive funds on their handsets. The startup outlined a downloadable application that offers real-time purchases and transfers and can be...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-M-commerce software developer Obopay said it has snared $10 million in Series A venture funding. Obopay, which was founded last year, plans to offer a mobile payment service in coming months that would allow users to make purchases and manage funds from...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—M-commerce software developer Obopay said it has snared $10 million in Series A venture funding. Obopay, which was founded last year, plans to offer a mobile payment service in coming months that will allow users to make purchases and manage funds from...
Psion TeklogixPsion Teklogix appointed Ron Caines vice president of marketing to lead and manage the company's global product strategy and develop its corporate marketing initiatives. Caines previously was vice president of imaging at Psion Teklogix, following the company's acquisition of Symagery Microsystems Inc., and...
Similar to mechanics in the automotive world, test-and-measurement companies are the quiet heroes of wireless technologies. They take little credit when the networks hum and huff, yet they witness each technology's creation day and play parts in their burial rites. From handsets to access...
The departments of Defense and Homeland Security continue to be vital customers for the satellite sector. Satellite owners and operators may profit from the ramped-up need for their services, but heavy cost burdens continue to plague their business plans. However, other companies that take...
CHICAGO-BlackBerry fans enjoyed a rash of announcements around the Research In Motion Ltd. device at the company's Wireless Enterprise Symposium, including new BlackBerry server features and additional applications and support for the platform.First, RIM announced details of its next BlackBerry Enterprise Server, scheduled for...
NEW YORK-Wireless capital expenditure in the United States for 2003 edged out its wireline counterpart, highlighting an onset of stability in the industry after the recent bubble, according to a report from Skyline Marketing Group.According to the study, U.S. wireless carriers' capex jumped 6...
NEW YORK-Wireless enterprise company Onset Technology announced it acquired InfoClarus Inc.'s METAmessage wireless application, as well as its 1,000 METAmessage customers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Onset said more than 150 law firms across the country use METAmessage to remotely access billing records,...
WASHINGTON-With the onset of local number portability and resulting potential increase in cord cutting, wireless subscribers and their carriers need to be aware that they might experience something they are not used to-telemarketing and spam on their wireless lines. They can rest assured that...
With the onset of standardization and modular technologies, the market shares of the big infrastructure players have continued to see constant declines, according to an upcoming report from the Yankee Group.The picture looks even gloomier in the year ahead as Nextel Communications Inc.'s capital...
As Hurricane Isabel bore down on the U.S. eastern seaboard late last week, wireless carriers were confident their networks were already prepared for the worst. Unlike other recent emergencies, including Sept. 11, 2001, and the August power outage, Isabel was anticipated, giving operators time...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Wireless enterprise company Onset Technology announced sales of its METAmessage for Wireless product line doubled during the third quarter compared with the same quarter last year. The company also announced it raised $2 million in new funding from first-time investor Catalyst Fund...
WESTBOROUGH, Mass.-Wireless messaging carrier Arch Wireless Inc. today released its second quarter earnings, showing revenues and one-way paging subscriber losses in line with the company's revised expectations.The company also reported a staggering second quarter loss of $1.1 billion, $976 million of which is a...
To the Editor:Is it just my imagination or did something ominous and unspeakable happen when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit reversed the Federal Communications Commission's cancellation of the C- and F-block licenses of NextWave Personal Communications Inc.? In...
WASHINGTON-Despite fierce lobbying by Western Wireless Corp. and the Oglala Sioux Indian Tribe, a decision from the Federal Communications Commission to award Western Wireless eligible telecommunications carrier status in time to allow Western to continue building out its network on the Pine Ridge Indian...
With its volatile appetite, the bear market showed little respect last week, not even for the sweet Blackberry.The Blackberry, a popular handheld device created by Research In Motion Ltd., was not only the mainstay of its company's fabled fortunes in the past year, it...
Low-earth-orbit satellite voice provider Globalstar L.P. has reduced the number of handsets expected to be available at the end of the year from 70,000, as announced in September, to between 35,000 and 50,000.Globalstar spokesman Mac Jeffery said the lower figures do not represent manufacturing...
