ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wireless technology company Wavecom SA announced it will open a research laboratory for the world's handset makers, a development studio that the company said will include all the latest handset technologies.The lab, which is essentially a computerized testing environment and not an actual...
Hollywood, meet wireless.It seems the Boob Tube is the latest mobile phone add-on for the world's wireless industry, a business constantly hunting the next new technology to astound and astonish the average phone shopper. Indeed, U.S. shoppers will get their first taste of a...
AUSTIN, Texas-Motorola Inc. said it updated its GSM/GPRS handset platform to include additional security and software features, moves that come as more players enter the handset platform and reference design market.Motorola said the new version of its i.250 Innovative Convergence platform includes "quad-band" operation,...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Two new phones from LG Electronics will feature multimedia messaging technology from Openwave Systems Inc., the companies announced. Further, Openwave said its Mobile Messaging Client software has already shipped on six devices with a total of 20 devices expected to ship by...
Mobile satellite service providers continue to struggle financially, but rebuilding efforts in Iraq appear to have increased minutes of use and precipitated the launch of new services.Bankrupt Globalstar L.P. said its second-quarter results were bolstered by its service launch in Iraq. The company's revenue...
TOKYO-Openwave Systems Inc. said Japanese operator KDDI has upgraded to Openwave Mobile Browser Version 6.2 for its first set of megapixel camera phones. The carrier uses Openwave's client and server WAP 2.0 technology to power its EZweb mobile Internet services.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates-Acotel Group will supply FastLink Jordan with a multimedia message service center, including a WAP Gateway and several MMS applications, following a trial earlier this year. "Our platforms provide the functionality and flexibility that allows FastLink to develop exciting revenue-generating services...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. announced Canadian carrier Bell Mobility is one of 20 wireless operators around the world that have signed up to use Openwave's WAP version 2.0 gateway. Other operators include Cincinnati Bell, DNA Communications, Telefonica and Telstra.Openwave said it has so...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc. had a fiscal fourth-quarter net loss of $25.7 million, or 14 cents per share, compared with the previous quarter when it had a net loss of $23.2 million, or 13 cents per share.The company's revenue stood at $66.5 million...
Like '70s disco or roller skates, the wireless portal is now retro cool. Dude.In the heyday of the late 1990s, the wireless industry was awash with the wireless Internet and the possibilities therein. Wireless players from carriers on down to startups imagined opening Yahoo!-style...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla.-Are you dying to know which Miss Florida USA 2004 contestant will win the bathing suit competition? Well, fear no more.Thanks to a deal between Tel-Air Interests Inc. and mobile marketing company Adversoft Inc., wireless users can be kept up-to-the-minute on all the...
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions said Finnish mobile operator Radiolinja will deploy its XMG gateway to upgrade its wireless data infrastructure to offer a new line of multimedia applications and services.Radiolinja's deployment of XMG includes the WAP 2.0-compliant pull and push proxy gateway. Radiolinja customers...
Verizon Wireless is set to launch a color-screen mobile phone from LG Electronics that includes an integrated digital camera and support for multimedia messaging services, according to the carrier's Web site.The device is notable because Verizon has largely remained out of the camera-phone market...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text...
Verizon Wireless continued to tout its wireless data services-the carrier said almost 75,000 applications are downloaded per day-numbers that could increase following the carrier's plan to combine all its data services under the Get It Now brand.Verizon said it will combine its text messaging,...
As open standards and alliance building become the Holy Grail of the wireless industry, some industry watchers see them as oxymoron and schemes to capture market share."Standard groups are paper tigers," remarked Isaac Ro, senior analyst, mobile and wireless technologies with the Aberdeen group...
RA'ANANA, Israel-Streaming video company Emblaze Systems Ltd. announced it will conduct a streaming video trial with U.K. carrier MmO2.To participate in the trial, MmO2 has selected 350 customers using the O2 Pocket PC-based xda, the Nokia 7650 and the Nokia 3650. Users will be...
Wireless streaming video over mobile phones is now available at a store near you.Internet video company RealNetworks Inc. today planned to launch a wireless Web site featuring streaming content from several media companies, as well as a promotional program for content providers and carriers....
REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Openwave Systems, which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales and upgraded products, along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and shrinking revenues. Openwave said it expects to report similar sluggish results in the coming quarter.Telecom New...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc., which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and shrinking revenues. Openwave said it expects to report similar sluggish results in the coming quarter.Telecom New Zealand and Taiwan Cellular...
KIRKLAND, Wash.-Mforma Group Inc. said it's providing WAP mobile content, including games and location-based services, to Boost Mobile L.L.C. Mforma added that nearly half of all Boost Mobile Wireless Web users accessed its services last month."We have experienced a steep growth rate month over...
WATERTOWN, Mass.-The wireless data industry continues to expand, with several content companies announcing new strategies and applications.One of the most interesting comes from Mobile-Mind Inc. and Xap Corp., which announced a mobile phone application designed to help students study for the Scholastic Assessment Test...
MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG said it has signed a contract to build GPRS network for Thai operator Advanced Info Service plc."This will allow AIS to offer its customers a large number of new services including faster Internet and Intranet access, Multimedia Messaging and expanded WAP...
NEW ORLEANS-Siemens Information and Communication Mobile made several announcements at CTIA Wireless 2003 this week in New Orleans.The company announced its SX1 mobile phone for U.S. consumers will be available in the third quarter. The SX1 has strips of keys built into each side...
