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SAN FRANCISCO-Neomar, an enterprise software company devoted to enabling Fortune 1000 companies to securely deliver applications to mobile professionals, received $15 million in second-round financing from Clearstone Venture Partners. The …

China undecided on technology selection Only months after the Chinese Ministry of Information signed a memorandum of understanding to allow the country’s second-largest company, China Unicom, to deploy CDMA service, …

While most wireless companies are targeting either the consumer or the business market with their technology, a select few are targeting a new and rather unlikely area for wireless services …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. released its third quarter earnings report, meeting analysts’ expectations and drawing $123.8 million. The company’s earnings for the quarter, ended March 31, …

Several recent announcements have cast an unfavorable light on Symbian Ltd., a maker of operating systems for a number of wireless devices. But even with the added illumination, it’s still …

Inciscent Inc., the wireless software provider backed by Aether Systems Inc. and Metrocall Inc., released a new wireless e-mail program the company said can run on almost any handheld device …

The traditional paging industry is dead, many analysts and paging veterans agree. But there is an escape route for the few companies left fighting, though many industry observers agree more …

NEW YORK-Some recent developments have brightened the longer-term prospects for smart cards in North American wireless communications, although the picture gets cloudier when framed as an immediate prospect. Opportunity is …

NEW YORK-Motorola Inc. “is learning our way back because we have made a lot of mistakes,” Janiece Webb, senior vice president and general manager of the company’s Internet Software and …

Motorola Inc.’s recent financial problems reverberated through the wireless industry and across the Atlantic, sending shares of Europe’s biggest personal digital assistant maker plummeting after Motorola pulled out of a …

KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Sprint PCS and Palm Inc. have agreed to market and sell CDMA wireless solutions for personal digital assistants using the Palm OS platform and Sprint PCS’ digital voice …

At its annual PalmSource conference for developers, Palm Inc. further embraced the ongoing wireless enablement of its devices by incorporating a broad array of wireless-related hardware and software innovations designed …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Wireless enabling technology developer JP Systems Inc. and e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. have expanded their relationship to enhance JP System’s SureWave platform with Certicom’s WTLS Plus security …

CHICAGO-Was last week’s Personal Communications Industry Association GlobalXChange show a success? It depends on who you ask. While some exhibitors complained loudly about the lack of traffic, others said they …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Palm Inc. are collaborating to create a new smart phone that combines Palm handheld computer functionality with a mobile phone. The two have agreed to develop …

NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices. Only technology …

NEW YORK-AvantGo, a San Mateo, Calif., designer of software permitting handheld computers to access Web content, went public to an enthusiastic reception Sept. 26. The company priced its 5.5 million …

Bluetooth Silicon Wave Radio-frequency technology developer Silicon Wave Inc. unveiled its Odyssey line of hardware and software products designed for the Bluetooth short-range wireless standard. Included in the line are …

NEW YORK-In tandem with the anticipated debut of Wireless Application Protocol services by American carriers in fall and winter, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., Irving, Texas, plans to begin shipping its …

HELSINKI, Finland-The SyncML initiative released version 1.0 Alpha of the SyncML specification, which is designed to synchronize data across multiple networks, platforms and devices. An upgraded SyncML Reference Toolkit, originally …

ATLANTA-Synchronization between wireless handsets and personal computers remains a priority in data management circles, as both Synchrologic Inc. and FusionOne Inc. introduced separate synchronization products last week. Synchrologic made available …

NEW YORK-Dream House Software Inc., Orinda, Calif., expects to begin beta testing in August of its new AnyWhereMobile Internet Service, designed to give subscribers remote access to their personal computer …

NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs an application of common sense, that …

Adding to the list of carriers deploying its BrandFinder and MapBlast! location-based marketing information, Vicinity Corp. said Verizon Wireless will offer the services to its subscribers nationwide with Internet-enabled phones. …

GoAmerica Communications Corp. last week shifted its marketing focus from the consumer and individual user market to the corporate enterprise market by inking deals with EDS, an international information technology …