Japan, which has uncanny savvy in developing and marketing mobile-phone services, has now taken wireless lobbying to a lofty level that would shame the wiliest of American influence peddlers.Softbank Corp. has taken a page right out of our playbook and now threatens to outshine...
WASHINGTON-While the Bush administration pursues a traditional carrot-and-stick approach to prod Japan into further liberalizing its wireless market, a Japanese telecom firm needing a wireless play is mounting an unorthodox challenge to the Japanese establishment by using high-powered American lawyers to sue the government...
iPass announced it has exceeded its goal of having 10,000 active hot spots in its Global Broadband Roaming network by the end of the second quarter of 2004, counting at the end of June more than 11,179 hot spots in 33 countries."This is a...
TOKYO-Japanese ADSL high-speed Internet service provider Softbank applied for a license with the Japanese telecom regulator to test a third-generation mobile-phone technology, according to international press reports.The company applied for a license for a field trial of TD-CDMA technology. There are no commercial 3G...
TOKYO—Softbank and McDonald's Company (Japan) announced they will jointly launch wireless local area network (WLAN) services at McDonald's outlets. Starting in the latter half of May, they will launch an experimental service at 20 outlets in Tokyo.Users of the service will enjoy up to...
SAN FRANCISCO—Following a recent annual meeting, venture capital firm SoftBank Venture Capital announced it will change its name to Mobius Venture Capital, a move it said reflects its independent status.The company also announced its funding of two wireless companies, SkyPilot Network and Bergana Communications....
NEW YORK-The worst is just behind or dead ahead for technology stocks, depending on whether you believe the bull or the bear who shared the dais at the New York Society of Security Analysts' "Internet Economy Conference."Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan has become...
Two companies are fusing their ideas together to help further ideas for profit in the wireless Internet space. IdeaEdge Ventures and Startupfactory have entered into an international alliance to launch mobile Internet businesses around the world.IdeaEdge Ventures helps develop global businesses with mission-critical products...
HILLSBORO, Ore.-There are a variety of wireless e-mail services ready to satisfy the needs of e-mail junkies stuck in a meeting or an airport who are dying to know the contents of their beloved inbox.But one service is beginning to stand out from the...
DALLAS-Looking to increase its presence in the consumer market, WebLink Wireless Inc. formed distribution deals with Kmart Corp. and BlueLight.com, the latter an independent e-commerce company formed by Kmart and Softbank Investment Capital.According to the deal, Kmart will offer WebLink products and services in...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Several former executives of Microsoft Corp. and McCaw Cellular have joined other wireless industry pioneers to form Ignition Corp., a holding company designed to fund, mentor and help build wireless Internet start-up companies.Ignition has raised an initial $140 million toward this effort from...
Mobile & Fixed Wireless Networks and Services SeminarJuly 6-7Alexander Resources. Marriott Courtyard Crystal City, Washington, D.C. (800) 948-8225 or (972) 818-8225.Signalling System 7 and Intelligent NetworksJuly 6-8IBC UK Conferences Ltd. The Rutherford Conference Centre, London.(+44) 171-453-2700.Cellular and PCS RadioJuly 7-10The University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department...
