Anticipating substantial future growth in the mobile and wireless computing industries, Sybase Inc. launched a new subsidiary to provide mobile business-to-business services and support.Sybase created iAnywhere Solutions Inc. to help the company pursue new strategic alliances, investment strategies and technology research and development for...
Metrocall Inc. formed a strategic partnering agreement with WirelessMD Inc. to target the medical community. Specifically, the two hope to upgrade existing one-way paging accounts to two-way interactive paging services and products. Metrocall said it will use Wireless MD's proprietary interactive medical data retrieval...
AirGate PCS and Lucent Technologies Inc. announced a three-year supply contract valued at up to $150 million, calling for Lucent to supply Code Division Multiple Access equipment for deployment throughout AirGate's North Carolina and South Carolina footprint. AirGate, an affiliate of Sprint PCS, plans...
CORONADO, Calif.-At the Demo Mobile show last week, Aether Technologies Inc. announced the formal opening of its Enterprise Data Wireless Center in Maryland, designed to extend wireless access capabilities to enterprise information management systems.Initial customers include AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Bear Stearns & Co.,...
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Electronic Messaging Association announced the formation of the Wireless Messaging Group, designed to help bring wireless messaging mainstream.According to EMA, the WMG's specific charter is "to promote wireless technologies and solutions and educate corporate end users, (Information Technology) managers, (Chief Information Officers),...
EMERYVILLE, Calif.-Several technology companies announced they have created an alliance to develop an interface connecting consumer and small-business appliances to Internet services, called the Open Service Gateway specification.Its backers say the specification will allow Internet service providers, network operators and equipment manufacturers to deliver...
ORLANDO, Fla.-BellSouth Wireless Data disclosed in greater detail its distribution strategy for its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last week, where the company also announced a strategic alliance and conducted a developer's seminar.BellSouth released a list of 43 distributors made up of resellers,...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has been nominated for a Computerworld Smithsonian Award for developing and implementing its remote electronic auction system. The annual awards program, first introduced in 1989, has been called "the Academy Awards for information technology," and the commission could be up...
