FREMONT, Calif.-Wireless software company Insignia Solutions announced it developed a program to allow Java-based applications to run on wireless devices using Microsoft Corp.'s operating system for smart phones.Device makers using Microsoft's Smartphone 2002 operating system can license Insignia's Java virtual machine program, which allows...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Analyst predictions of a groundswell in wireless gaming seem to be coming true, with a variety of companies making gaming-related announcements.Perhaps the most important news comes from Sprint PCS, which is continuing to expand its application portfolio for its new Vision network....
NEW YORK-Major wireless players have complied with the Securities And Exchange Commission's guidelines to file their certifications confirming their financial results. Foreign-based companies, who are not required to comply, however filed with the SEC under the recently signed corporate fraud law.Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc.,...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Australia's Telstra Corp. Ltd. announced Sun Microsystems Inc. will provide technology solutions and services for Telstra's new technology environment.Telstra is developing the new technology environment to lower costs for developers and businesses around the world so they can more quickly deploy online...
NEW YORK-BEA Systems, Intalio, SAP AG and Sun Microsystems Inc. have published jointly the XML-based Web Service Choreography Interface specification, designed to provide an important foundation for realizing the promise of Web services to deliver automated application-to-application collaboration.After a public review period, WSCI will...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management.Palm reported revenue for the fourth quarter, ended May 31, of $233 million and a...
COPENHAGEN, Denmark-Database technology provider Oracle Corp. released a new tool kit for developers to integrate wireless voice and data services into its application server, as well as new tools for Java developers through a deal with Ericsson.Oracle's new Wireless and Voice Integration Kit for...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Personal digital assistant giant Palm Inc. reported solid earnings in line with investor expectations and company projections, evidence the company has reined in its costs and cash management.The company's stock dropped slightly at the start of trading after the news, but rose...
MELBOURNE, Australia-With both business and consumers' interest in using mobile data growing, Optus and SingTel have launched a worldwide search for "killer" mobile applications that will revolutionize the mobile industry. Their search, dubbed "the Asia Java Mobile Challenge," is aimed at developers with innovative...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. said it has teamed with other companies to release the application programming interface for operations support system initiative in the wireless arena.The other companies include BEA, Cygent, Digital Fairway, Ericsson, MetaSolv, Motorola, NEC, Nortel, Sun Microsystems and Telcordia Technologies."The OSS Service...
WATERLOO, Ontario—BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. continued to make noise during its Wireless Enterprise Symposium this week, announcing a deal with business software vendor BEA Systems Inc. to extend Web service applications to BlackBerry devices, as well as original equipment manufacturer agreements with...
TORONTO—Bell Mobility said it will begin offering services based on Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java technology by early next year.The carrier joins the likes of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications Inc. and NTT DoCoMo by supporting Java technology, which many analysts agree is becoming one of...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it is partnering with Vuico L.L.C. to develop a software for creating, assembling and deploying wireless Web services."This leverage will allow Vuico to provide a significant competitive edge to customers by offering advanced wireless technology, built to global...
SAN FRANCISCO—Research In Motion Ltd. and Sun Microsystems Inc. announced they are working together to provide the platform, products, services and tools for enterprise software developers to use Java technology to wirelessly enable their corporate applications."This is a compelling example of how Java technologies...
CANNES, France—Sun Microsystems made several announcements relating to the company's overall wireless strategy at this week's 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France.The company demonstrated how its mobile offerings, which are based on Sun ONE, Java technology, and iForce Best-of-Breed partners, can increase revenue and...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.—Java giant Sun Microsystems Inc. announced Chinese carrier CSL will be the first in greater China to launch Java-based wireless services.The carrier will deploy the services through Sun's provisioning architecture and Mobilitec's mPower product.
NEW YORK—IBM, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to form standards for business transactions over the Web.Other companies expected to join the group are BEA Systems, Intel and...
NEW YORK—International Business Machines Corp., Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc. and a few other companies are coming together to form an alliance known as the Web Services Interoperability Organizations to form standards for business transactions over the Web.Other companies expected to join the group...
PALO ALTO, Calif.—The mobile-commerce industry gained yet another standards body, the PayCircle consortium, which is aimed at creating interfaces that will allow all m-commerce applications to work with various proprietary payment systems and processes. In today's m-commerce market, the m-commerce applications from most vendors...
Nokia Corp. continued its massive open mobile architecture standards push last week by signing up some of the world's largest infrastructure and application server vendors, including BEA Systems Inc., Borland Software Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Oracle and Sun Microsystems Inc.The move underscores Nokia's...
SAN JOSE, Calif.—Sun Microsystems Inc. said it recorded a loss of $180 million in its third quarter results, or 6 cents per share, representing a 43 percent drop in revenue.The company enjoyed a profit of $456 million, or 14 cents a share, in the...
NEW YORK—Sun Microsystems said it would cut 4,000 jobs as it warned of a wider-than-expected first-quarter loss owing to a tightening economy."Things were tough with the economy before, but now we are facing increasing uncertainties both in the U.S. and globally," said chief executive...
Even the last bastion has been hit.The heat of the economic slowdown is choking contract electronics manufacturers that help the major original equipment manufacturers make their phones and infrastructure equipment.The scourge of high inventory levels with the OEMs and operators has infected the CEMs,...
Two of the world's leading chip makers last week announced deals they said would lead to the creation of faster and more efficient processors for 2.5- and third-generation mobile devices.Texas Instruments Inc. and Intel Corp. separately said they would license microprocessing technology from ARM...
