Openwave Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. this week will unveil an agreement to share technologies in an effort to whittle time-to-market for applications from operators and software developers. The companies will share technologies to produce a software development toolkit that integrates Sun's Java...
Like European missionaries of centuries past, Bango came to U.S. shores last week preaching the gospel. The Cambridge, U.K.-based company held events in Southern California and New York to tout the benefits of branded, off-deck mobile portals. Wireless operators, mobile marketers and technology companies...
SEATTLE-RealNetworks Inc. is targeting businesses, governmental agencies and educational institutions by mobilizing its Helix technology.The company unveiled the newest version of its Helix Server Unlimited, which is designed to deliver streaming content to both fixed-line and wireless devices. The updated server supports 3GPP technology,...
Nokia Corp.'s longtime Chief Executive Jorma Ollila announced he will step down next year, paving the way for the head of the company's mobile-phone operations to take the wheel. The move represents a significant marker in Nokia's stellar rise to the top of the...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc said it has joined the Java Verified Program, which provides a process for testing and certifying Java-based mobile handset applications.The carrier said it is a Platinum member in the initiative, which was launched in early 2004 by Motorola Inc., Nokia Corp.,...
Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology is 10 years old this year, a milestone the company is using to highlight Java's widespread influence throughout the electronics and computer industries. When Sun introduced the technology, the company promoted Java as the "write once, run anywhere" platform...
An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the Com- municAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile Alliance launched a suite of regional mobile services-roaming, prepaid, enterprise and concierge services-across eight countries and territories under the...
SINGAPORE-An alliance of wireless carriers in Asia, which first formed last year, launched services at the CommunicAsia show this week in Singapore. Bridge Mobile Alliance launched a suite of regional mobile services-roaming, prepaid, enterprise and concierge services-across eight countries and territories under the alliance...
WASHINGTON-Technology makers and service providers should not be responsible for their customers' actions, especially if the service providers are hurt financially from those actions, CTIA argued in a brief before the U.S. Supreme Court. The court is set to hear oral argument March 29...
SAN FRANCISCO-Mpowerplayer Inc. launched a new software and managed service, which the company said allows Java-based games to be delivered across multiple platforms in a mode that allows users to try them before making purchases. Users can try the mobile Java applications at Sun...
WASHINGTON-CTIA has joined with several trade associations and telecommunications companies in opposing the entertainment industry's effort to create what it calls "a secondary copyright liability.""The judicial expansion of secondary copyright liability advocated by petitioners is precisely the wrong approach. It is simply impossible for...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Aptilo Networks, which develops system solutions for public wireless local area networks, said it is increasing its presence in the United States by relocating its chief executive officer, Torbjorn Ward, to its Dallas office and hiring a vice president of sales for the...
LG Electronics Co. Ltd., PalmSource Inc., SavaJe Technologies and China MobileSoft Ltd. all made waves on the operating-system front last week, announcements that further fractured an already complicated market. Indeed, as the mobile-phone industry continues to skyrocket, software vendors from all sectors are looking...
CHELMSFORD, Mass.-Startup SavaJe Technologies announced its first official handset partner-LG Electronics Co. Ltd.-a major move for both SavaJe and LG. "LGE sees SavaJe OS as the technology to deliver products with a new innovative generation of user experiences, enabling operators to accelerate their revenue...
WASHINGTON-While new industry figures show top Republicans casting pro-technology votes more often than their counterparts in Congress, a review of fresh campaign finance data reveals top high-tech firms are hedging their bets on Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry. Without question, the outcome of this...
As infrastructure vendors strive to simplify their products for carriers, companies such as Hewlett-Packard Co., Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. are positioning themselves to provide network equipment vendors with core infrastructure platforms.HP made such a move last week with a new program to...
Before the spinoff of its chip business, Motorola Inc. often came across as an octopus-a many-sided giant. With Freescale Semiconductor Inc. now a standalone company, the wireless vendor still weighs heavy in the industry. This has been both boon and pain for the Schaumburg,...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
LONDON-A global alliance of wireless carriers that is working to define mobile-phone interface standards said it has added new members and outlined its work to date. The Open Mobile Terminal Platform Ltd. group, which includes heavyweights such as Vodafone Group plc, NTT DoCoMo Inc.,...
Jamdat Mobile Inc.'s initial public offering exceeded expectations, raising $88.8 million and selling more shares at a higher price than expected. The Los Angeles-based mobile game developer sold 5.55 million shares at $16 each Tuesday. It had filed for an offering of 5.31 million...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Sun Microsystems Inc. said it has entered into an agreement with ARM Ltd. to integrate and distribute optimized Java solutions for mobile devices. Both companies also agreed to establish a single distribution source through Sun.ARM's Jazelle hardware technology will be deployed into...
LONDON-Anglo-Dutch information technology services firm LogicaCMG will use Sun Microsystems' Java Enterprise System for its wireless data services and messaging offerings, Sun announced Tuesday.LogicaCMG will implement the full array of component products included in Java, allowing it to offer an increased range of services...
Nextel Communications Inc. affiliate Nextel Partners Inc. completed its 30,000-square-foot customer care center expansion in Panama City Beach, Fla., which the carrier said would help support its rapid growth. The expansion is located adjacent to the carrier's existing 65,000-square-foot center that opened in 2002....
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The world's largest carrier has partnered with the world's largest handset manufacturer to simplify software in Java-enabled cell phones.Vodafone, which boasts 139 million global customers, will work with Nokia Corp. to create a standards-based mobile Java services architecture to enable application compatibility...
