CHICAGO-Nokia announced it has teamed with Pointsec Mobile Technologies AB for an encryption solution designed to protect mobile data for enterprise users.The Pointsec for Symbian OS solution, which will encrypt data, including e-mail, short message service and multimedia messaging service messages, calendar, contacts and...
IRVINE, Calif.-Hop-on Wireless Inc. said it has shipped an initial order of its tri-band (900/1800/1900 MHz) HOP1806 GSM handsets to a distributor in Karachi, Pakistan.The compact handset, which features a colored screen, short message service messaging, predictive text input, a 200 entry phone book,...
LONDON-The global wireless industry is expected grow mobile data revenue from $61 billion this year to more than $189 billion by 2009 with person-to-person messaging representing 48 percent of the total, according to industry analyst firm Strategy Analytics.The firm noted the prediction, which is...
SAN FRANCISCO-ILoop Mobile Inc. will partner with sports information provider STATS Inc. to deliver sports-related premium short message service subscription services beginning this week.The service launched with Olympic content, alerting subscribers each time a U.S. athlete medals in Athens and providing a top-10 medal...
European content provider Acotel is going to Athens to target American consumers. The 12-year-old Italian company is taking the Olympic Games wireless, delivering updates and images to U.S. handsets via a combination of multimedia messaging service, short message service and pay-per-download offerings. Services will...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Singapore International Airlines customers will be able to wirelessly check in for their flights with short message service through a new agreement with VeriSign Inc.With the launch of SMS Check-in, SIA's frequent flyers and registered users of the airline's Web site can...
STATE COLLEGE, Pa.-AccuWeather launched a premium short message service allowing mobile users to receive daily forecasts and severe weather alerts on their cell phones.The service-dubbed Messenger and developed by AccuWeather.com in partnership with Proteus-will initially be available to customers of Cingular Wireless L.L.C., AT&T...
Wireless users can play armchair general with their mobile phones during two new History Channel shows. Enpocket, a New York-based content marketer and provider, has teamed with the network to allow viewers to answer questions about historic wars during "Decisive Battles." The show...
Wireless consumers will soon have more sports-oriented content available through two new deals announced today.Fans of the 2004 Olympic Games will be able to access news updates, photos and other features thanks to an agreement between the Associated Press and Acotel Group Partners. The...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Passengers flying on Emirates' A340-500 aircraft can now check and send e-mails from personal laptops while in transit using Tenzing's in-flight products.The e-mail services are powered by an onboard Wi-Fi hot spot. Tenzing charges $20 per flight for unlimited use of...
WASHINGTON-Rap and hip-hop music make up the most popular downloads of short message service users, according to a new survey from ForceNine Consulting and SMS.ac Inc. The survey showed 25 percent of more than 26,000 global respondents said they were most likely to download...
Research In Motion Ltd. is trading up more 12 percent at $66.71 per share-surpassing its previous 52-week high by $4-following the release of earnings for first-quarter 2005 that exceeded analyst expectations.Revenue totaled $269.6 million, up 28 percent from the previous quarter and up a...
CAMBRIDGE, United Kingdom-Cambridge Positioning Systems Ltd. and Xion said they plan to work together on development of a new wristwatch-based child safety communicator and location device.Xion, which provides personal communications and security solutions, will integrate CPS' Matrix location software into its Sentinel Watch, which...
SHANGHAI, China-Chinese software vendor Discovery Telecommunications Ltd. announced it acquired two wireless data subsidiaries of Intrinsic Technology Holdings Ltd., a Chinese company that works to develop Chinese wireless content and applications. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Under the agreement, DT said it will...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C's proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group that claims Cingular exaggerated the impact of cell-alert technology on its mobile-phone networks...
WASHINGTON-Cingular Wireless L.L.C's proposed $41 billion purchase of AT&T Wireless Services Inc. picked up support from a leading disability organization, but the deal continues to be dogged by a group that claims Cingular exaggerated the impact of cell-alert technology on its mobile-phone networks...
With more than 2.5 million customers split between their two operations, Leap Wireless International Inc. and MetroPCS Inc. have proven there is a market for wireless customers willing to forgo the benefits of a nationwide footprint in exchange for unlimited flat-rate calling plans and...
URBANDALE, Iowa-Nokia Corp. said it has signed a $15 million deal to supply GSM equipment for carrier I Wireless, formerly known as Iowa Wireless Services.Under the deal, Nokia will provide GSM core and EDGE-capable radio network equipment, as well as a short message service...
SEATTLE-Venture capital firm eFund L.L.C. announced the launch of its new Mobilopia wireless marketing company, which is the result of a merger among Mynamics Inc., eFund's portfolio companies Txt Talk and Knowledge Point Solutions, and privately held BoomerangBack L.L.C."Mobilopia's mission is to use state-of-the-art...
CHANTILLY, Va.-Messaging company InphoMatch Inc. announced it delivered almost 2 billion text messages in the first quarter, up from 650 million messages in the first quarter of last year. The company said it delivered more than 4 billion intercarrier short message service messages last...
PARIS-European mobile operators are set to enjoy a revenue increase of 7.5 percent this year and annual growth of 6.6 percent until 2006, according to a new report from consulting firm Arthur D. Little and independent brokerage firm Exane. The majority of the growth...
LOS ANGELES-Telemac Corp. said the Australian patent office granted it a patent covering a system and method for managing prepaid wireless services.The patent, Australian Patent No. 764213, covers methods of prepaid wireless service where the accounting functions are performed within network-edge devices-such as mobile...
OBERHAUSEN, Germany and LONDON-Two wireless carriers in Thailand made enhancements to their messaging services.German messaging company ConVisual said Thailand's largest mobile operator AIS has launched its VisualTXT mobile messaging service, which turns short messaging service messages into graphics and animations with sound.AIS launched the...
LONDON-Incumbent Omani operator Omantel, has awarded a contract to Siemens AG to modernize its telecom network. The deal is worth about $23 million. The project will enable Omantel to meet growing demand for signaling capacity as a result of data from its intelligent network...
