BROWSING: Oz

T-Mobile USA announces new IM strategy

T-Mobile USA Inc. announced a major new instant messaging strategy through a deal with IM company Oz Communications. T-Mobile said it will use Oz's gateway and client technology to manage a standards-based instant messaging service, one that can work with desktop IM services including...

OMA certifies OZ product suite

MONTREAL, Canada-Instant messaging company OZ Communications Inc. said its suite of products has again been tested officially compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance's Instant Messaging and Presence Services 1.1 specifications.

Atlas licenses Oz product for SMS services

MONTREAL—SMS content aggregator and SMS operator Atlas Telecom Mobile (ATM) has licensed Oz Communications Inc.'s Mobile Communities Solution to power its SMS-based content services. Specifically, ATM will use Oz's MCS technology to provide information and new alerts via SMS for this summer's Soccer World...

One Voice to showcase Mobile Voice product line

SAN DIEGO—One Voice Technologies Inc. will demonstrate its MobileVoice Messaging solutions in the Sony-Ericsson Mobile Communications booth at CTIA Wireless 2002 in Orlando. One Voice will be showing its MobileVoice Messaging, which allows users to send e-mails, SMS, instant and paging messages through voice-to-text...

Wireless Village releases first instant messaging specs

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...

OZ.COM, Ericsson, Microcell form OZ Canada

NEW YORK-OZ.COM, Reykjavik, Iceland, formed OZ Canada, a Montreal-based subsidiary, through the purchase of a company recently established by L.M. Ericsson and a venture capital unit of Microcell Telecommunications Inc.OZ Canada will function as an advanced applications development center for General Packet Radio Service...

Wireless distribution takes on air of wizardry

NEW YORK-Like the Wizard of Oz working the controls unseen, electronic commerce could soon become the primary delivery and fulfillment mechanism for all goods and services, regardless of whether consumers buy those goods and services online, by mail order or in a store.Telecommunications, provided...