SwitzerlandUnited Pan-Europe Communications announced its wireless communications division, Priority Wireless, won two national licenses to build and operate broadband fixed wireless access networks in the 3.5 GHz band in Switzerland and Spain. The Spanish license was awarded by the Ministry of Public Works and...
JP Systems Inc. announced it will transfer its experience in connectivity solutions for wireless devices to expand into a wireless application service provider model.As a mobile ASP, JP Systems said it can offer complete wireless data solutions for carriers, enterprise customers and wirelessly enabled...
Edgar Online Inc. launched IPO Express2go, a wireless version of its IPO Express Web and e-mail service.The service is designed to provide wireless access to market data on initial public offerings via 3Com Corp.'s Palm Computing unit Palm VII and Palm.net services.Edgar also made...
PHILADELPHIA-USABancShares.com Inc. announced a wireless banking service branded as BowieBanc, an alliance with rock star David Bowie and UltraStar Internet Services.The wireless access system was designed for use with Palm VII personal digital assistants and Sprint PCS Wireless Web-enabled phones.
Leveraging its dominance in the enterprise computing market, IBM Corp. formed a string of partnerships with leading wireless industry players designed to speed the growth of wireless Internet and e-business solutions for enterprise customers.The core of the computing giant's strategy is to give its...
DESERT SPRINGS, Calif.-Riverbed Technologies Inc., which has now merged with Aether Systems Inc., announced its ScoutWeb product is now commercially available.ScoutWeb is part of the company's ScoutWare product line of development and management tools and synchronization technologies designed to give Web access to corporate...
NEW ORLEANS-Glenayre Technologies Inc. introduced a two-way wireless communications module called @ctiveLink for the Visor handheld computer from Handspring Inc., the first ReFLEX-based two-way wireless data solution for a Palm operating system device.The module is designed to snap into the Springboard expansion slot on...
NEW ORLEANS-Palm Inc., a 3Com company, said it plans to develop a solution with iPlanet E-Commerce Solutions, part of the Sun-Netscape Alliance, to provide wireless access to enterprise applications using Palm operating system handsets.The agreement calls for iPlanet to add support for Palm's Web...
While Microsoft Corp. and America Online Inc. were the stars of the Internet content provider show at Wireless 2000, several supporting players launched wireless portals of their own, some with scene-stealing flair.They include GiantBear.com, Strategy.com, SpyglassMobile. com, WiredCEO, Logica and Speedia.com.John Dorfman, analyst at...
WINTER GARDEN, Fla.-Pilot Island Publishing and its PocketPay Joint Venture partner, eConnect, have structured a licensing arrangement with PalmPilot enabling the first-ever wireless handheld Internet terminal transactions.The PocketPay, a handheld combination Palm VII, phone and bank-card Internet terminal, will send encrypted data from an...
NEW YORK-3Com Corp. spun off 4 percent of its Palm Computing unit March 2 in an initial public offering of 23 million shares that received enthusiastic investor reception.The IPO, lead-managed by Goldman Sachs & Co., debuted at $38 per share and closed its first...
The focus on the mobile industry has been enormous during the last year. Device vendors, service providers, application developers, infrastructure vendors and content providers have all been jostling to position themselves in the new value chain. Like the PC industry, control over the technology...
Much has been made of the battle for supremacy of the operating system for the wireless data terminal market. With the number of Internet-enabled wireless devices expected to outnumber PC Internet connections within a few years, people are asking, "What is going to be...
DENVER, United States-Attention to wireless security concerns has emerged as several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated their intentions to concentrate on the wireless industry going forward."Everybody has made the leap that there's going to be a wireless front-end to that Internet world....
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association launched the Wireless 2000 Mobile Portal just in time for its Wireless 2000 convention this week in New Orleans.The new portal, powered by i3 Mobile, will enable attendees to look up exhibitor booth numbers, check conference schedules and access...
As new network and expansion opportunities flourish in Latin America and Asia, Palm Beach, Fla.-based International Tower Corp. formally announced last week its entry into the global wireless market as an infrastructure and site-management service provider.Founded by former Lodestar Towers Chief Executive Officer Ron...
Agilent TechnologiesAgilent Technologies Inc. introduced a number of new test-solution products and made improvements to others. The Agilent 84000 RFIC series model A20E is a low-cost test solution developed specifically for high-volume semiconductor manufacturers that make radio-frequency power-amplifier integrated circuits used in cell phones...
Application developers looking to break into the increasingly popular wireless Internet industry will soon have an ally on hand to guide them through the maze of technologies, specifications and ever-multiplying players in this space-a start-up Internet destination called AnywhereYouGo.com.The Web site, to be launched...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-The Symbian initiative unveiled several new product enhancements through deals announced at the Symbian Developers Conference.An agreement with Communication Intelligence Corp. added the company's Jot handwriting recognition system, QuickNotes electronic note-taking application, WordComplete predictive text-entry utility and Sign-On biometric security application to...
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.-Oral arguments began Feb. 10 in a case that offers a glimpse of the ways some carrier-reseller relationships are strained due to wireless telephony's transition from luxury to commodity.Autosound & Cellular, an Old Bridge, N.J., retail agent, and Palm Springs Auto Resort,...
ScandinaviaMillicom International Cellular S.A., a worldwide cellular telephone and telecommunications company, said it sold 900,000 class B shares from a total of almost 6 million class A and class B shares held in NetCom AB, a provider of telecommunication services in Scandinavia, the Baltics...
Aether Systems Inc. rose to the top of the news last week after it was identified as Metrocall Inc.'s mysterious third investor and joint venture partner-joining PSINet Inc. and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst-as well as for announcing a plan to acquire Riverbed Technologies...
NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. introduced its ThinAir Server, a platform that allows corporate users to access enterprise data from wireless devices.The first set of products includes the ThinAir Server for Microsoft Exchange and ThinAir Server for IMAP and POP e-mail accounts.Wireless devices supported include Palm...
France Telecom announced a partnership with IBM Corp. and Palm Computing Inc. for a trial service extending intranet and desktop-environment data to personal digital assistants. The solution integrates France Telecom's Itineris Global System for Mobile communications network with hardware and software infrastructure from IBM...
