REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said it plans to perform a testing program to confirm if its MMS Client, MMS server and its WAP Gateway interoperates with Nokia's MMS-enabled handsets such as 7650 and the Nokia MMS server solution."The testing resulting in interoperability between...
ORLANDO—VeriSign was busy at CTIA Wireless 2002, making five announcements plugging new partnerships and services.First, VeriSign outlined its telecommunications strategy, since its acquisition of Illuminet Holdings Inc. and H.O. Systems Inc., for delivering services that carriers can use to expand their data and voice...
CANNES, France—Sun Microsystems made several announcements relating to the company's overall wireless strategy at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The company demonstrated how its mobile offerings, which are based on Sun ONE, Java technology, and iForce Best-of-Breed partners, can increase revenue and...
LONDON—The Wireless Village standards group released its version 1.0 specifications for wireless instant messaging, prompting a range of new product and service announcements from Wireless Village members.The standards group said the specifications will allow universal interoperability between wireless and wired instant messaging and presence...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Multimedia messaging continues to make waves in the wireless industry, as two major messaging companies today announced MMS products for both wireless carriers and corporate customers.Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. released its MMS infrastructure solution, which is part of its instant...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. posted revenues of $93.4 million for the second quarter, better than some analyst estimates, but its third-quarter outlook gave rise to worry. Following the news JP Morgan and Pacific Crest downgraded the company, and its stock...
TAMPERE, Finland—Wireless data infrastructure company Tahoe Networks Inc. announced it scored an additional $10 million in funding, bringing its total funding to more than $50 million, and that it appointed former Openwave Systems Inc. executive Tony Miranzadeh as its senior vice president for worldwide...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. announced it expects its loss for the second quarter to be on the low end of its outlook, but that its revenues will also be slightly less than expected.The company said its loss for the quarter...
A new organization is being created to represent the views of American GSM and TDMA wireless carriers as they convert to third-generation wireless technologies such as GPRS, EDGE and W-CDMA.The new, as-yet-unnamed organization hopes to launch early next year. The goal of the group...
A new organization is being created to represent the views of American GSM and TDMA wireless carriers as they convert to third-generation wireless technologies such as GPRS, EDGE and WCDMA.The new, as-yet-unnamed organization hopes to launch early next year.The goal of the group "will...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said South American wireless carrier Telesp Celular launched its CDMA 1xRTT network, which is built on the Openwave Mobile Access Gateway."Telesp Celular's high awareness of customer needs has enabled them to make the right decisions on when to launch...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia content using pictures and animations stored on a carrier's database, or users can wirelessly access...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. released its Unified Messaging product version 3.0, which is part of the company's overall Messaging Services strategy. The company said its Messaging Services will allow communication service providers to offer branded and customized messaging services tailored to specific customer...
The GSM Association-the body behind GSM and GPRS networks, as well as the popular short message service-announced last week another standards effort, one that some industry observers believe will be a major catalyst for the worldwide uptake of the mobile Internet."We view the creation...
Major carriers are using third-party hosting services to gauge consumer activities to arrive at pricing models for m-commerce services.The operators, which include AT&T Wireless Services Group, Cingular Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Corp. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp., have been using Openwave's Mobile Access Gateway to...
GoBeam Inc.GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible through the GoBeam Web site and requires no software to run. The GoBeam Dashboard includes...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. will provide Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd. with its Openwave Download Fun WAP platform, a service that allows mobile users to download and personalize handsets with various ringing tones and characters. "In partnering with Openwave, Orange becomes the world's first mobile...
In the RCR Wireless News article, "Despite Widespread use, WAP future remains in question," (April 9, page 20) Sam Adler's job title was incorrect and should read manager of developer marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Openwave Systems Inc.
NEW YORK-The recent "Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo" brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy.Boston-based WebMap Technologies Inc. has developed a proprietary content mapping software that turns pixels into...
WAP has found itself in a similar situation to mighty Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. A lot of people complain about it, but nearly everyone uses it.WAP came along at a time when the wireless Internet industry was beginning to take off and needed...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens said it and Openwave were chosen by China Mobile Communications as the main suppliers to build out China Mobile's WAP-based services in China. Siemens will provide the complete WAP solution using Openwave's WAP-compatible UP.LinkServer technology.Initially, capacity is expected to be for about...
