America Online Inc. took its AOL Anywhere strategy further into the wireless space last week with the introduction of its AOL Mobile Messenger service, created through several strategic deals with several wireless carriers and device manufacturers.AOL's Mobile Messenger service is designed to extend access...
HandsetsPhilipsPhilips introduced several new handsets. The Ozeo GSM dual-band mobile phone offers a new user interface and a large LCD display with five text lines. The carousel icon screen feature simultaneously displays up to five visual icons representing the phone's functions and features. The...
In what is perhaps the most concrete example to date of its commitment to extend Internet services to mobile devices, America Online Inc. last week acquired Tegic Communications Inc. for an undisclosed sum.AOL said it made the purchase to further advance its AOL Anywhere...
LAS VEGAS-L.M. Ericsson introduced the R280LX quad-mode wireless phone, which covers the 800 MHz Time Division Multiple Access, 800 MHz analog and 800 MHz packet data frequencies, and supports data speeds up to 19.2 kilobits per second for Internet access.The R280LX was designed for...
There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, caller ID and three-way calling-offered on wireline phones.These features, previously known as enhanced services,...
NEW YORK-Even amid the rapidly expanding parade of venture capital investments, the telecommunications/wireless sector of American industry stands head and shoulders above the crowd.Venture capital investments in this sector totaled $1.59 billion during the second quarter of the year, more than triple the amount...
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications and Optimay GmbH, a subsidiary of Lucent Technologies Inc., announced they signed a licensing agreement that allows Optimay to integrate the Chinese language version of Tegic's T9 Text Input software with Optimay's Global System for Mobile communications Phase 2 Protocol Stack and...
Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of wireless carriers with a new instant messaging application, as yet unnamed.The current desktop version of Tegic's instant messaging notifies Internet...
SEATTLE- Tegic Communications, a company that specializes in text entry solutions for wireless devices, signed a licensing agreement with NEC Corp., which allows NEC to integrate the company's T9 Text Input software into its wireless phones.Tegic's T9 Text Input software allows mobile phone users...
TORONTO-Bell Mobility announced it signed a memorandum of understanding with NeoPoint Inc., formerly Innovative Global Solution, to introduce the new NeoPoint smart phone to Bell Mobility Digital personal communications services customers in Canada.NeoPoint's handset, the NeoPoint 1000, is a combined personal information manager and...
VLSI Technology Inc. said it received a major order from Mitsubishi Electric Corp. for its OneCT single-chip Global System for Mobile communications baseband solution. The order is valued at $19 million. Mitsubishi will use the OneCT product in its Trium GSM phones.Northern Telecom Ltd....
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications announced a licensing agreement with Sony Corp. that will allow Sony to incorporate Tegic Communications' T9 Text Input technology into products such as wireless phones.T9 Text Input enables users to enter text on a telephone keypad just as they would on a...
ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks Corp. announced it added Tegic Communications' text input technology to its Premion Interface+ solution. Geoworks said it included Tegic's T9 technology so users more easily can enter address and e-mail information as well as promote more data use. The T9 technology uses...
Tegic Communications Inc. said Groupe Sagem will incorporate Tegic's European and Chinese character-based versions of its T9 Text Input software into Sagem mobile phones."The demand for new advanced communications services, such as short messaging services, has been overwhelming. This is one of the most...
SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides up to 2.3 hours of talk time or up to 45 hours standby time in...
SEATTLE-Tegic Communications added Motorola Inc. to the growing list of companies licensed to use its T9 text-input technology in their wireless handsets.Motorola initially plans to incorporate T9 technology into its integrated Digital Enhanced Network digital wireless handsets. T9 provides end users the ability to...
