BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and in a separate announcement announced the availability of the CDM-8930 handset, a swivel clamshell...
Western Wireless Corp. said it signed an agreement with Wireless Services Corp. to provide WAP 2.0 access to more than 1.3 million Cellular One customers in 19 states and in a separate announcement announced the availability of the CDM-8930 handset, a swivel clamshell camera...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Pine Cellular Oklahoma, a family-owned cellular carrier that offers service in McCurtain County in southeastern Oklahoma, plans to deploy Jataayu Software's WAP Gateway and Multimedia Messaging Services Center, according to Jataayu. The solution will allow Pine Cellular to offer mobile Internet and messaging...
OSLO, Norway-Opera Software said it expects to increase sales of its Web browser through Nokia Corp., according to reports, a move that could further expand the wireless Internet marketplace.Opera sells a scaled-down version of its standard Internet browser to mobile-phone makers like Nokia. The...
NEW YORK-European telecom carrier Tele2 AB said it has launched a free video and audio service for third-generation handsets.The company said video content will be provided by its TV channel, dubbed Tango, and music for Sunshine Radio Luxembourg will be available from a...
NEW YORK-Comverse Technology Inc. reported that regional wireless operator Triton PCS Inc. selected its Comverse Mobile Data Gateway Version 4.0 to expand the carrier's WAP services.Comverse noted the MDG Version 4.0 solution was fully compliant with the Open Mobile Alliance WAP 2.0 standard and...
The "moan tone" industry is already getting crowded.Brickhouse Mobile and New Frontier Media said this week they'll bring R- and X-rated pillow talk from porn stars to U.S. wireless users, disclosing details of a deal announced earlier this year. The offerings will include groans,...
Virgin Radio launched what it claims is the first third-generation radio player, enabling listeners around the world to tune in to the U.K. station's broadcasts on their handsets. The service, powered by mobile music company Sydus, is available to high-speed 2.5-generation or 3G users...
DENVER-The National Basketball Association wants to be on the forefront of technology, be it the Internet, High-Definition TV or satellite radio. And to be on the cutting edge, the NBA also recognizes it needs a wireless presence. "It's important ... that the NBA be...
NEW YORK-Interactive marketing company 24/7 Real Media Inc. and wireless content vendor Vindigo announced an innovative teaming that will add advertisements to Vindigo's WAP pages."As the leading provider of mobile media, Vindigo is poised to capitalize on the burgeoning market of mobile advertising," said...
PlanetOut Inc. will team with mobile technology company m-Qube Inc. to bring lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender content to wireless phones.Boston-based m-Qube will develop and distribute Gay.com and PlanetOut content and subscription services including news, ringtones, images, games and access to community-themed information services...
CANNES, France-Following through on its fourth-quarter promises, Openwave Systems Inc. announced a deal with Qualcomm Inc. to include Openwave's WAP browser on Qualcomm's MSM chips. "This phone solution streamlines development efforts and accelerates time to market to significantly reduce the costs of 3G device...
CANNES, France-Following through on its fourth-quarter promises, Openwave Systems Inc. announced a deal with Qualcomm Inc. to include Openwave's WAP browser on Qualcomm's MSM chips. "We are pleased to work with Openwave to provide an integrated client solution that addresses the rapid adoption of...
CANNES, France-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced a series of new deals in conjunction with the 3GSM show, news that highlights the company's focus on the carrier market while its technology for handset makers continues to gain traction. "Java is now making money for everyone in...
TORONTO-QuickPlay Media will provide video download service for Telus Mobility subscribers nationwide, the companies announced Tuesday.QuickPlay said it will deliver mobile video with content from partners such as Chum Television, CBC and the Soundtrack Channel, as well as content provided by existing Telus partners....
Internet search engine Ask Jeeves said it will bring its service to wireless devices later this year, joining an already crowded playing field of mobile-search providers. But whether wireless subscribers will use their phones to access search engines-or how they might do it-is anybody's...
Content providers and developers continued to chase the exploding Chinese wireless market with two announcements Wednesday.California-based mobile game publishers Jamdat Mobile Inc. and THQ Wireless Inc. said they were both investing in C-Valley, a Chinese content delivery company that has established relationships with Chinese...
More than 1.5 billion people subscribe to wireless services. The vast majority of those wireless users see their mobile phone as a device that allows them to talk to other people-and nothing more. The wireless industry, however, is spending billions of hours and dollars...
SHANGHAI, China-Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP customers 72 cents for a service that should have been free. As a result,...
Mobile-phone content application provider Linktone Ltd. said it is being sanctioned by carrier China Mobile for billing mistakes. Linktone said it is being penalized for inadvertently billing 27,000 WAP customers 72 cents for a service that should have been free. As a result, China...
Sprint PCS launched two new content services Monday, continuing its lead in the advanced content arena.The carrier announced a radio-like service that will deliver short video clips and six channels of streaming audio to subscribers via their handsets.Music Choice Today, which is available to...
RALEIGH, North Carolina-A local news TV station in North Carolina will offer news stories, pictures, traffic information and weather forecasts through a downloadable Java application. The application will be available over Sprint's network. Local TV station WRAL-TV said it teamed with sister company DTV...
SLOUGH, United Kingdom-U.K. customers of carrier MmO2 can make animated invitations, greeting cards and other messages through a new service, the operator announced Tuesday. Users with WAP 2-enabled phones can create their own animated content through "Fun Zone," O2's online storefront that offers entertainment-based...
SLOUGH, United Kingdom-U.K. customers of carrier MmO2 can make animated invitations, greeting cards and other messages through a new service, the operator announced Tuesday.Users with WAP 2-enabled phones can create their own animated content through "Fun Zone," O2's online storefront that offers entertainment-based applications,...
