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WolfeTech releases PocketGenie version for T900

CLAREMONT, Calif.-WolfeTech Corp. announced it has made available a version of its PocketGenie Internet-based information service for the Motorola Inc. T900 Talkabout two-way interactive pager.PocketGenie services include stock quotes, weather forecasts, news, sports scores, driving directions and other services.In other news, WolfeTech introduced an...

BellSouth provides data solution to freight company

NEWARK, N.J.-BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. provided freight transportation company Guaranteed Overnight Delivery Inc. with a custom wireless data solution designed to automate its dispatching operation.The wireless solution allows Guaranteed Overnight dispatchers to communicate information, including daily assignments, schedule changes and updates and new delivery...

Network operators tackle connectivity

NEW YORK-As carriers' capital expenditures race ahead of revenues, existing wide area and new local area data networks are poised to capture a good chunk of the market for corporate e-mail connectivity, today's killer application in wireless communications."In Europe, the (3G) bids were so...

MobileLogic platform delivers wireless access to enterprise data

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 buffs are willing to carry around a bag full of wireless communicators that cannot interact...

Datek uses BSWD technology

ISELIN, N.J.-Datek Online Brokerage Services L.L.C. is using Interactive Messaging PLUS from BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. for its notifications to system engineers who track order-processing servers in New York City and Secaucus, N.J.The wireless data technology, which was integrated with a network management system...

Brience focuses on wireless enterprise enablement

Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting who found existing wireless enablement solutions lacking."We saw a trend about 18 months ago back when we were building for...

Arch, Motient adopt OracleMobile solution

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.-OracleMobile Inc. said Arch Communications Group Inc. and Motient Corp. have adopted its two-way wireless messaging solution, joining Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd.Middleware provider Paradigm4 also adopted the solution for its platform. Using Paradigm4's devices, subscribers will be able to...

Paradigm4 launches Ez-Attach4

HARTFORD, Conn.-Paradigm4 Inc. introduced a solution called Ez-Attach4, which allows users to open document attachments on e-mail messages forwarded to their wireless devices.The solution is powered by ActiveNet technology from Equinox Solutions Inc. and works in conjunction with the WorkStyle Server from Wireless Knowledge...

Aether to buy Cerulean, establish new business unit

Aether Systems Inc. announced it will buy Cerulean Technology Inc., a provider of public safety software and solutions, for $150 million, adding the public safety vertical market to its growing list of interests.Cerulean's PacketCluster line of mobile applications targets the dispatch, remote data access...

Infowave evolves products to include wireless business engine

In the months before the wireless Internet wave began to take shape, Infowave Software Inc. introduced a desktop software solution called Symmetry that would forward e-mail messages to wireless devices.At the time, it was the company's centerpiece product. Since then, Infowave has evolved to...

Business Briefs

Everypath Inc, a wireless application services provider and technology enabler, collected $60 million in series C financing, bringing the total amount raised to $76 million. Amerindo Investments led the funding. Other investors include Ignition Corp., E*Trade, Raza Ventures, Texas Pacific Group, Redwood Ventures, Robertson...

Datalink gets IPR to Global Market Pro

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Datalink.net said it has exchanged common stock warrants to buy 800,000 Datalink shares at $30 a share to Chase Manhattan Bank in exchange for the royalty and intellectual property rights to Global Market Pro.Global Market Pro is a real-time financial data service...

Aether invests in Novatel, signs agreement with Vitria

OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem product line.In separate news, Aether said it has agreed to wirelessly enable Vitria Technology Inc.'s e-business platform.Novatel's Minstrel V is...

Canadian carriers vary 3G paths

TORONTO-The major Canadian carriers are cautiously laying the groundwork for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. But true, full-blown 3G in Canada is at least three to four years away."Canadian mobile operators are unlikely to reach the promised land of mobile data services in one single...

OracleMobile extends portal to two-way pagers

OracleMobile added support for two-way wireless messaging devices to its OracleMobile.com wireless Internet portal service, which Metrocall Inc. and Research In Motion Ltd. both agreed to make available to their messaging customers.The two-way pager service, called Ask@OracleMobile, allows users to access information based on...

Aether adds tier to services platform with Critical Path partnership

Aether Systems Inc. added yet another tier to its ever-expanding services platform last week by partnering with Critical Path Inc., one of the largest messaging solutions providers in the industry.Critical Path provides messaging solutions, as well as such collaborative applications as calendaring, fax notification...

724 Solutions licenses Neomar WAP gateway

TORONTO-724 Solutions Inc., an Internet infrastructure software developer for financial services providers, has licensed a Wireless Application Protocol gateway designed by Neomar Inc. and integrated it into its Financial Services Platform.Services on the platform include wireless banking and brokerage services, allowing the WAP devices...

SSG to use MobileDispatch

SOMERSET, N.J.-Scantron Services Group said it will use Dynamic Mobile Data Systems Inc.'s MobileDispatch and wireless technology to help it reduce the response time of technicians by as much as 75 percent.The companies announced the successful completion of a field service enhancement project involving...

Schwab launches PocketBroker

NEW YORK-Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., San Francisco, launched its PocketBroker wireless service in the United States, developed in an alliance with Aether Systems Inc.The service includes access to real-time quotes, market summaries, news headlines, equities trading and confirmation, order status, account balances and...

ThinAirApps offers new device server

NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. released its ThinAirServer 1.1, which permits two-way, real-time information access to a range of out-of-the-box applications from a variety of wireless devices.The new platform is compatible with any Palm VII handheld, any Palm III or Palm V with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...

SkyTel offers BlackBerry service

JACKSON, Miss.-SkyTel Communications Inc., a WorldCom Inc. company, has begun offering the BlackBerry wireless e-mail service from Research In Motion Ltd., branded BlackBerry by SkyTel, to customers nationwide.The service uses the BlackBerry Exchange Edition with the RIM 850 handheld device. SkyTel will offer the...

XcelleNet forms partnerships

ATLANTA-XcelleNet Inc., a mobile enterprise management solutions firm, announced strategic technology alliances and partnerships with Microsoft Corp., Research In Motion Ltd., the Symbian initiative and Symbol Technologies Inc. in an effort to develop standards-based solutions for managing smart mobile devices.The company also joined Palm...

United Messaging integrates Motient service

ORLANDO, Fla.-United Messaging Inc. announced it has integrated Motient Corp.'s eLink wireless e-mail service into its hosted mailbox services, using devices from Research In Motion Ltd.

Neomar to use encryption technology from Certicom

AUSTIN, Texas-Neomar Inc. said it will use Wireless Transport Layer Security Protocol technology from Certicom to protect transmissions using its WAP browser technology designed for Research In Motion Ltd. devices and other wirelessly enabled handheld computing devices.