Digital rights management has arisen as one of the most critical elements of the wireless data industry. And in an acknowledgement of the importance of the technology, the Open Mobile Alliance today released an updated version of its DRM specifications."There is a strong market...
BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion Ltd. faces a range of obstacles, both major and minor. But one challenge overshadows the rest, according to Mike Lazaridis, the company's president and co-chief executive officer."RIM's biggest competitor is ignorance," Lazaridis said. "Our challenge continues to be and has...
ATHENS, Greece-Greek mobile operator Stet Hellas Telecommunications reported it will launch commercial third-generation services Tuesday. Two Nokia UMTS handsets-the 6650 and 7600-along with the Motorola A835 and the Siemens U15 devices will be available for the service.The service will initially be available in greater...
To Internet or not to Internet is the question.Some carriers have embraced the idea of selling wireless content over third-party Internet sites, while others have steadfastly rejected it. Content providers like Walt Disney Internet Group are clamoring for the technology in hopes that it...
ATLANTA-Although wireless banking services have suffered from low subscriber numbers and uninterested customers, Premier America Credit Union recently launched a new text-messaging service the firm said is enjoying some success.Premier America teamed with Digital Insight and wireless technology company Air2Web to launch a wireless...
Even as some are predicting the impending demise of WAP, others are betting their futures on it.One such player is Obigo, a longtime participant in wireless data that is hoping a new name and face will energize its sales.Obigo was founded as AU-System, and...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced it will use search technology from Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), which the companies said will allow users to search across an extensive portfolio of content and an index of worldwide WAP content using a hosted installation of FAST Data...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc announced it will use search technology from Fast Search & Transfer (FAST), which the companies said will allow users to search across an extensive portfolio of content and an index of worldwide WAP content using a hosted installation of FAST Data...
Jon Tetzchner wants to kill WAP. And he's not alone."It makes no sense to have two systems," said Tetzchner, chief executive officer of Internet browsing company Opera Software ASA.Tetzchner is hoping to kill WAP by making it obsolete. He's got company-Nokia Corp., Sony Ericsson...
Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text-messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text messages without the need of a WAP browser.Critics have long disparaged Sprint's WAP-based text-messaging service as clunky and slow. Under...
Sprint PCS said it will launch a new text messaging service in the coming weeks, a move that will allow users to fire off text messages without the need of a WAP browser.Critics have long disparaged Sprint's WAP-based text messaging service as clunky and...
LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging services.The LogicaCMG technology will replace existing infrastructure and enables the carrier to improve its content,...
After months of speculation, analysts prognostications and Internet rumors, Sprint PCS finally launched its Ready Link push-to-talk solution, bolstering the carriers' service line up and providing the wireless industry with three nationwide operators now offering a walkie-talkie service.Sprint PCS said its offering, which uses...
Premium text messaging is now a reality in the United States-essentially creating a new market in the U.S. wireless industry.Most of the nation's wireless carriers have installed the necessary billing and management systems to offer the service-including all of the nationwide operators-and already a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless technology company L.M. Ericsson announced a new music product through a partnership with Sony Music Germany that delivers bundled packages of artist pictures, ring tones, music clips, artist news, and music recommendations. Swisscom Mobile launched the service, dubbed M-USE, as part of...
LONDON-LogicaCMG said Portuguese mobile operator Optimus has deployed its Wireless Service Broker product, which will enable Optimus to deliver mobile Internet services based on WAP 2.0 and multimedia messaging services.The LogicaCMG technology will replace existing infrastructure and enables the carrier to improve its content,...
LONDON-Radio Frequency Investigation Ltd. said it has accredited Panasonic's first Bluetooth-enabled mobile phone, the X70. RFI approved the phone through testing and regulatory compliance services.The phone includes a full-color display with GPRS and WAP capabilities, along with a digital camera.
LAS VEGAS-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. plans to relaunch its mMode wireless data offering in November, although details of the carrier's plan are unclear.Andre Dahan, president of AT&T Wireless' multimedia services, announced the carrier's intent during the CTIA Wireless I.T. show earlier this week in...
LONDON-UK-based mobile software company Vibelet.com is to extend support for a range of handsets with its Purring Kitty application. The company has also added a new global payment and delivery system for the product.The Purring Kitty Java Midlet developed by Vibelet, which transforms cell...
LAS VEGAS-Two new acquisitions highlight the potential of the wireless data market, as well as the growing valuations for the players involved. First, wireless data mainstay InfoSpace Inc. announced it purchased mobile media company Moviso from Vivendi Universal Net USA for $25 million in...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOP Technologies L.L.C. recently announced it has signed multi-year service partnerships with Cellcom, First Cellular of Southern Illinois and thumb Cellular to provide short message service short-code functionality.InterOP's short-code platform features a Web-based architecture that allows carriers to securely create, edit and...
GENEVA-WAP browser company Access announced more than 100 million devices have shipped with its NetFront WAP browser. The company counts AT&T Wireless, China Mobile, China Unicom, Handspring, Hutchison 3G Group, IBM, KDDI, NEC, NTT DoCoMo, PalmSource, Samsung, Sharp, Sony and more as customers."I'm excited...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled its new Modalyst platform, a set of development tools and technologies the company said will allow those interested in selling wireless applications to do so more quickly.In its unveiling, InfoSpace released the first tools for the platform, which are designed...
MILAN, Italy-Italy's largest mobile operator Telecom Italia Mobile said that although it has not commercially launched its third-generation network, it has launched services that will become available on UMTS, including television services.TIM said beginning this week, users can connect via WAP to a "virtual...
