SINGAPORE-Mobile data is quickly taking off in many parts of Asia, with growth rates in the region comparing favorably to take-up rates in Europe and the United States, say analysts.Although overall percentages of Asian wireless subscribers that use data services are not available, Steven...
BUCHAREST, Romania-A subsidiary of Canada's Telesystem International Wireless (TIW) won the third Czech Republic mobile telephone license in September. The price tag for the GSM 1800 license was fixed at US$29 million.The license requires Cesky Mobile, the TIW subsidiary, to cover 37 percent of...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. reported a net loss of $994,000, or six cents per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2000, compared with a loss of $4.6 million, or 29 cents per share, for the same period a year ago.Revenues were $2.9 million, up...
There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, caller ID and three-way calling-offered on wireline phones.These features, previously known as enhanced services,...
GENEVA-Sonera, the Finnish telecommunications operator, announced it plans to enter the wireless portal business. The company said it initially will focus its efforts on Western Europe and the United States, competing head to head with U.S. firms such as Phone.com.Called Sonera Zed, the service...
SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.-com Inc. announced it has formed partnerships with Critical Path Inc. and EDS.Critical Path provides business-to-business messaging solutions. Its partnership with Saraide.com is designed to deliver Internet messaging solutions, such as POP2, IMAP4 and Web-based e-mail and message notification, to wireless carriers on...
Nokia believed that it was alone at Telecom '95 in promoting cellular data and demonstrating Internet Protocol (IP)-based technology. Olli Oittinen said that while it was not pushing IP with the same intensity as today, it was talking about the technology, together with how...
ANNAPOLIS, Md.-TeleCommunications Systems Inc. introduced an enhancement to its Mobile Originated Short Message Service solution that allows mobile phone users to send short text messages to Internet Protocol-based applications and devices, said the company.TCS also announced the addition of zone-based rating capabilities to its...
Joining several other third-party developers creating applications for the Wireless Application Protocol, CMG Telecommunications introduced its WAP Service Broker, a platform designed to connect wireless phone users to WAP-based content.The WSB is a platform that carriers can place in their networks to complement WAP...
AustraliaLeap Wireless International announced that it is selling its wholly owned Australian subsidiary, OzPhone Pty. Ltd., to an affiliate of AAPT Ltd., Australia's third-largest telecommunications company, for Australian $25 million (US$16.3 million). OzPhone holds licenses covering 6 million potential customers in numerous regions. The...
HandsetsNokiaNokia announced a new NMT 450 analog handset, to be available in the third quarter, that features true 3-volt technology and the Nokia NaviKey concept. The Nokia 640 weighs 195 grams and has a standby time of up to 80 hours and talk time...
NEW YORK-It was just this year that the camel's nose of wireless intelligent networks appeared under the mobile communications' tent, and it is not expected to rise to its full height until the dawn of the new millennium in 2001.A creature of technology to...
FRANKFURT, Germany-Mannesmann's D2 mobile carrier said sales for the first half of 1999 increased by 34 percent to $2.47 million compared with the same period the previous year.Mannesmann saw continued explosive growth in messages sent with short message service during the first six months....
HELSINKI-Nokia Corp. and New World Mobility signed a $140 million agreement to expand New World Mobility's Global System for Mobile communications 1800 network in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.Nokia said it will deliver its mobile switching equipment, base stations, base station controllers,...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. said it will begin offering information services through an agreement with CNN Interactive, becoming the first wireless phone provider to offer the CNN service in the United States.CNN Mobile is a 24-hour news service launched in February in Europe and Asia...
Intelligent agent technology has been long considered a potential boon for messaging applications looking to provide meaningful content to wireless devices.Agents are small bits of code capable of monitoring data, recognizing what information is valuable to its user and then transmitting it to a...
SAN FRANCISCO-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum has released the latest version of its mobile Internet standard-WAP version 1.1-at its members meeting.Enhancements to the new version include: local and international support to create one worldwide standard for mobile Internet communications; static conformance needed for interoperability...
AirFlash.com Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley start-up firm, has created a service bureau called AirFlash, taking a somewhat different approach to the wireless portal market.The company is offering the service bureau to wireless voice carriers as a means of providing such services as...
LAS VEGAS-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it will provide Oklahoma-based Pioneer Telephone Cooperative with an intelligent network platform, enabling Pioneer to build out its network in phases and offer advanced services such as prepaid, short message service and call screening.Lucent said additional applications such as...
Nortele-mobility servicesNortel Networks introduced a portfolio of subscriber services, called e-mobility services, that provide rapid, flexible deployment of leading-edge voice and data capabilities optimized for the Internet Protocol environment. The services include Wireless Prepaid, Group Conferencing, Smart Mobile Access, Wireless Voice-Activated Dialing, Mobile Messaging...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina-Lucent Technologies Inc. signed a $48 million contract with CTI Movil of Argentina to provide wireless Code Division Multiple Access equipment for the digitalization of CTI's network in the cities of Cordoba, Rosario, Mendoza, Mar del Plata, Tucuman, Parana and Santa Fe,...
South KoreaCentigram Communications Corp. announced it signed a $2.4 million agreement with South Korea-based Shinsegi Telecomm Inc. to expand the voice-messaging capabilities on Shinsegi's Code Division Multiple Access network. Shinsegi purchased three additional servers for its Pusan, Kangnan and Kangbuk branches, bringing its total...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced its first product as a result of its participation in the Symbian initiative-a mobile companion to Global System for Mobile communications phones called the MC 218.The product is designed according to Ericsson's divided smart-phone concept, in which the voice-based phone...
NASHUA, N.H.-CMG announced its short message service is available for Code Division Multiple Access and Time Division Multiple Access networks. SMS transmits limited text or data from networks to mobile phones."In addition to the North American market, CDMA and TDMA products will be important...
