SANTA CLARA, Calif.-ThinAirApps.com introduced its ThinAir Secure Server application that, when installed inside a private corporate network, allows employees to access corporate database information and services from wirelessly enabled devices.Devices supported include the Palm VII, III and V connected organizers, Research In Motion Ltd....
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced that it and IBM Corp., Lotus, Oracle, Palm Computing Inc. and the Symbian group have formed an alliance to advance applications based on the General Packet Radio Service.The GPRS Applications Alliance strives to introduce packet data to mobile networks as...
Nokia Corp. and Palm Computing Inc. have entered into a joint development agreement under which the two will cross-license their respective technologies to create a new category of wireless phones featuring Palm's pen-based user input method and personal information management functions."It's an expansion of...
British Telecommunications plc and Microsoft Corp. announced they have agreed to work together in developing mobile Internet and multimedia applications and equipment.Specifically, the two said they intend to develop handheld interactive wireless devices based on Microsoft's Windows CE platform, create a mobile multimedia service...
NEW YORK-"We've done the really easy stuff, and now the fun begins," Ivan Seidenberg, chairman and chief executive officer of Bell Atlantic Corp., said in a keynote address Oct. 7 at Fall Internet World '99.The Internet has evolved rapidly from its genesis as a...
AgilentAgilent Technologies debuted the SQL server 7.0 database scanner and HP SFCommand. HP SFCommand will help network operators integrate all security applications, such as monitoring and the implementation of security policies, across every server in their networks. The SQL Server 7.0 database scanner enables...
Palm Computing Inc. introduced the Palm VII wireless organizer nationwide last week, featuring a sale price of $500, $100 less than originally expected.The Palm VII-first available in May in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut-features many of the same organizer functions of its predecessors,...
American Mobile Satellite Corp. began offering its eLink wireless e-mail service commercially last week, featuring two-way wireless extension of desktop Internet e-mail to handheld devices and personal information management functions. The solution uses AMSC's Ardis packet data network and Research In Motion Ltd.'s 850...
NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc.'s CyberLab NY introduced a program designed to speed growth of the wireless Internet industry by providing market and technical information, development and testing tools and on-site expertise and seminars to help developers build new wireless Internet applications and services.The Developers Network...
NEW YORK-Wireless devices and the services they deliver in the Internet age represent an opportunity so large it is nearly unfathomable and dwarfs any second-place possibilities, according to Bill Joy, chief scientist of Sun Microsystems Inc.Nevertheless, the United States, which pioneered the Internet, enters...
The Edge Consultants, an affiliate of agency.com, released a Wireless Application Protocol browser for handheld computers running either Palm Computing or Windows CE operating systems, called WAPman.Lucent Technologies Inc. said it completed the first call on a prototype wideband radio platform designed to help...
The convergence of the Internet and wireless networks was punctuated last week as Internet heavy hitters Amazon.com Inc., America Online Inc. and Oracle Corp. made announcements extending their services further into the wireless realm.Perhaps the strongest statement made was Amazon.com's aggressive entry to the...
Wireless middleware and software provider Aether Systems Inc. filed an initial public offering prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week with the intention of selling 6.9 million shares at $15 a share by next year.The offering will consist of 6 million...
KANSAS CITY, Mo.-Samsung Telecommunications America and Sprint PCS introduced the Samsung SCH-3500 dual-band Code Division Multiple Access phone and announced an agreement, valued at up to $500 million, in which Samsung will deliver SCH-dual-band/dual-mode series phones to Sprint PCS during the next year.The SCH-3500...
Confirming weeks of speculation, 3Com Corp. announced it plans to spin off its Palm Computing subsidiary into an independent public company by next year.The restructuring will allow 3Com to focus more on its networking connectivity and infrastructure interests, the company said. It expects to...
This analysis explains why initial terminal forecasts for 1999 averaged 55 million units below what will likely be 260 million terminals shipped. It reveals that between 1996 and 1998 the world terminal replacement rate increased from 19.7 percent to 32 percent and explains why...
WASHINGTON-After last year's PCS show was largely disrupted by Hurricane Georges, Jay Kitchen, president of the Personal Communications Industry Association, said he's been assured this year's show will not be a repeat performance.The list of speakers at Personal Communications Showcase '99, set to begin...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. made available the pdQsuite package of advanced Internet applications designed for use with all Palm Computing platform-based devices.The pdQsuite package includes the pdQbrowser application, an Internet-standard Web browser; and Eudora for the Palm Computing Platform application, which allows users to synchronize...
NEW YORK-Those who think Internet-based services provision will reduce overhead should remember the conventional wisdom once was that computers were heralds of a paperless society.Nevertheless, Web-based customer care promises its own rewards over the longer term for companies that meet its unique challenges, said...
Portals have a hidden agenda to capture the wireless e-commerce market.Carriers had better beware.Greek mythology chronicles the fall of the once-prosperous city of Troy, misled by the promise of a gift in the form of a Trojan horse. Looking back, it seems hard to...
NEW YORK-Speedia L.L.C. announced a communications initiative to enable delivery of Internet information, news and messaging services for mobile and fixed communications devices.Speedia said it will send subscriber requested information-such as stock quotes, news and weather-to a subscriber's choice of communication device. Customers of...
That personal digital assistants have attracted the attention of the wireless industry is evident in the many announcements made last week targeting the popular devices.AvantGo Inc. announced it has begun shipping its Enterprise 3 software solution, designed to extend Web-based and client/server applications to...
In yet another paging industry alliance aimed at wirelessly enabling personal digital assistants, Glenayre Technologies Inc.'s Wireless Access Group said it plans to partner with JP Systems Inc. to jointly develop and market wireless communications solutions.The partnership will pair the Wireless Access Group's two-way...
Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but the proliferation of these devices remains relatively unknown.For handset providers, smart phones represent an opportunity to extend their products, boost...
