EDISON, N.J.-mFormation Technologies Inc. announced its Enterprise manager Version 1.4 is now available."In addition to improvements in usability and additional diagnostics to help pinpoint problems more easily, this latest release brings full support for the new generation of wireless handheld devices that run on...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—The Alan Broadband Co. Inc. recently released the Zap Checker, a handheld device that detects and displays transmitted electronic energy.Zap Checker detects devices being used in bandwidths from less than 10 MHz to more than 4.5 GHz, including: cellular phones, microwave ovens,...
TOKYO—Japanese mobile carriers are emphasizing location services to combat increasing competition within the market.The mobile-phone market in Japan has been expanding rapidly during the past several years. However, the market, which now has 72.8 million subscribers including PHS users, is becoming saturated, and harsher...
Mobile satellite service is an idea and a technology that today lies buried under the apprehension and disappointment of a number of major business deals gone bad. But about 10 years ago, the mobile satellite industry had an optimistic outlook on the future,...
They go by all sorts of names-clearinghouses, hubs and gateways-and they represent companies' attempts at nailing down the precise formula for a business model aimed at nurturing the wireless Internet marketplace. This business model, the companies say, will tear down the wall between carriers...
BOULDER, Colo.-Mobile restaurant directory and reservation provider GlobalDining announced it joined Pinpoint Networks Inc.'s Fuel developer program."By providing a fast, simple and trusted wireless reservation network, we are able to strengthen that connection with the dining public," said James Nardulli, GlobalDining's chief executive officer.
DURHAM, North Carolina, United States—Pinpoint Networks released the newest version of its mobile applications platform, Fuel, which the company said will allow carriers to bill for content on a per-use and subscription basis."Fuel enhances a carrier's mobile offering by enabling billing for mobile content...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Opinion is divided on the identity of the "killer applications" that will allow operators to make a return on their significant investments in General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) and third-generation (3G) technology. But while operators develop prototype services and grapple with technical difficulties...
Most in the wireless industry are convinced that for wireless Internet access to succeed wireless operators have to tear down their current walled-garden plans that limit customer access to a set number of wirelessly enabled Web sites. Some wireless operators have heeded said advice...
As technologies continue to advance and third-generation becomes more imminent, the mobile phone may be moving back into the place it began-the car.An increasingly mobile work force has led many to believe wireless location-commerce and telematics may be the next best thing for the...
LAS VEGAS-Perhaps the most eagerly awaited applications in the wireless industry are mobile-location services, which promise to be a mobile-phone user's guide and information guru, even in the most unfamiliar of places. Unfortunately, the U.S mobile-location service industry still has some work to do...
AudiovoxAudiovox Communications Corp. announced it would start shipping the newest version of its flagship handset, the CDMA-9100 tri-mode Web-browsing cellular phone. The company said the phone operates on the 800 MHz AMPS/CDMA, 1900 MHz AMPS/CDMA and 1900 MHz personal communications services frequencies. The new...
While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set out by the wired Internet.Eric Harber, vice president of marketing and business development for...
DURHAM, N.C.-Instead of making plans for what they wanted to do once they graduated from high school, Jud Bowman and Taylor Brockman were making plans on how to raise money for their future while they were in high school.The two North Carolina School for...
The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation to strengthen the legal standard law enforcement must meet before obtaining mobile-phone tracking information. The bill also places certain restrictions on law enforcement access to electronic communications, including those stored on computers and servers. Stronger reporting requirements on...
Location is the buzz.You walk out of your office and messages sent to your desktop are automatically forwarded to your phone because it knows you are away.You are in a new city and need to find an ATM within walking distance. You dial your...
It's the content stupid!With WAP backlash increasing worldwide, those in the know have pointed to what they call the poor implementation of WAP technology as the major culprit behind its less-than-enthusiastic response, not the technology itself.As such, the wireless industry is looking to the...
WASHINGTON-Even with President Clinton's decision last week to dramatically improve global positioning system accuracy for civilians, vendors that offer a network-based E911 solution say their products are still valid.Meanwhile, mobile-phone carriers remain tight-lipped about which location-based wireless technology they will choose to meet enhanced...
If someone wants to kill you, chances are they will be able to, given enough time and venom. It is naive to think that any tool, least of all, a four-inch wireless phone, can stand up against the evil that exists in some people....
WASHINGTON-The Clinton administration is expected to announce as early as next month a dramatic improvement to global positioning system accuracy, a move with enormous public safety and commercial implications for the wireless telecom industry.The administration on Friday declined to confirm that such a policy...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Bell Atlantic Mobile and TruePosition Inc. said they have completed field trials of Code Division Multiple Access location technology.The field trial was conducted over series 2 TruePosition Wireless Location Technology involving 18 cell sites covering more than 120 square miles near...
While Steve Case, Gerald Levin and Ted Turner were cartwheeling last week over AOL's planned purchase of Time Warner, others were not jumping for joy over this or anything else digital.A world away, in Jerusalem, top ultra-Orthodox Jewish rabbis pulled the plug on the...
DULLES, Va.-Orbcomm Global L.P. said it signed an agreement with GE Harris Railway Electronics L.L.C. to add satellite-based data transmission capabilities to its Pinpoint Locomotive Tracking System.
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced an agreement to jointly develop and promote standardization of a technology for locating the point of origin of an emergency wireless phone call.The technique is based on Qualcomm's advancements in Code Division Multiple Access handsets and...
