NEW YORK-Although 2002 "was a very difficult year" because new landline competition squeezed profits, Matav, Hungary's incumbent carrier, rode the country's rising tide of wireless penetration and gained significantly in terms of mobile customers and associated revenue growth, said Elek Straub, chief executive officer...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Data on Air Inc., which for the past seven years has worked in wireless data networking, carrier billing, provisioning, WAP hosting and reporting, announced plans to change its name and business direction in order to focus on multimedia content.Data on Air will change...
DENVER-As he demonstrated the strength of Palm Inc.'s new product, the Tungsten W PDA phone, senior product manager Stephane Maes showed how the market has segmented over the past few years. Palm recently visited RCR Wireless News to preview the new device the company...
CANNES, France-ICQ, an instant messaging and online community owned by America Online Inc., announced it is working with wireless carriers across the world to extend its services to mobile users.ICQ (pronounced "I seek you") said it is working with Cellcom in Israel, E-Plus of...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging and data company Comverse released a new version of its wireless data gateway product, which the company said supports WAP 2.0 standards.Comverse said the Mobile Data Gateway version 4 can support new color handsets, multimedia and photo messaging, mobile e-mail and Java...
CINCINNATI-Roto-Rooter Inc. said it will install wireless solutions using Gearworks Web-based applications and Nextel Communications Inc.'s handsets and network for its more than 1,500 field technicians designed to improve quality and support the company's customer service.The wireless offering will integrate Gearworks Etrace mobile work...
LAS VEGAS-Conference-goers who managed to brave the miles of show floor at this year's annual Consumer Electronics Show were witness to a significant movement in the electronics landscape-the rise of wireless. Hundreds of wireless companies showed off their wares at the well-attended convention, and...
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ISSY-LES-MOULINEAUX, France-Wavecom SA and Korean handset manufacturer Telson Electronics have entered a contract under which Wavecom will supply its quadband WISMO modules for Telson's new TDG7050 line of mobile phones.The clamshell phones, equipped with digital cameras and MP3function, color screens, polyphonic ring tones and...
RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-Mobile marketing company Avesair Inc. reported the results of its advertising campaign for the grand opening of New York City sport store Champs Sports, with hundreds of thousands of viewers and a click-through rate of almost 4 percent.The campaign, first announced...
OSLO, Norway-Ericsson's mid-November confirmation that its sweeping restructuring and job slashing would lead to a 50-percent reduction in its research and development (R&D) staff struck a raw nerve in Sweden. By the end of 2003, Ericsson will halve its R&D staff to 12,000, with...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Much to the annoyance of those promoting competing technologies, GSM continues to grow in worldwide dominance. While the reasons behind its original success have now largely been lost in the fading memories of retired executives from the wireless industry, its future is...
LONDON-Mobile commerce company Magex Ltd. released its new mobile payment platform that supports mobile-phone payments through interactive voice response systems, text messaging and WAP technology."This new capability gives users the ability to send funds, make payments and complete purchases all with the tap of...
LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data technologies, ranging from multimedia messaging services to digital rights management.Under the OMA's new release...
LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data technologies, ranging from multimedia messaging services to digital rights management.Under the OMA's new release...
DENVER, United States-Santa's helpers will be able to stuff stockings with a new gift this year-wireless data.U.K.-based wireless entertainment and publishing company Digital Bridges plans to sell packaged, prepaid ring tones through a major U.S. retailer by the end of the year, with wireless...
TORONTO-724 Solutions' X-treme Mobility Gateways and Access' NetFront v3.0 browser technology are now interoperable, so mobile network operators can use NetFront-enabled handsets powered by 724's WAP-based infrastructure."Having NetFront v3.0 acceptance demonstrates that the X-treme Mobility Gateways enable mobile operators to truly support open standards,...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Summus Inc. announced it will make online picture service Snapfish available to wireless carriers that support WAP. The companies said wireless users will be able to view, store, manage and print all of their photos from their mobile phone."By developing the Snapfish Mobile...
HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong's wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short range technologies with potential applications in companies and household.The upsurge in totally unregulated wireless...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Analyst predictions of a groundswell in wireless gaming seem to be coming true, with a variety of companies making gaming-related announcements.Perhaps the most important news comes from Sprint PCS, which is continuing to expand its application portfolio for its new Vision network....
OXFORD, United Kingdom-One of Europe's leading Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Internet service providers (ISPs), Mobile Future, has gone bankrupt, blaming lack of demand for its products and services. The company built its reputation on developing a sub-10-second WAP connectivity service for use by customers...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Software firms across Europe have developed myriad mobile applications aimed at the business market during the past few years, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital to fund their development. But with few applications being widely used and businesses fearful of...
Editor's Note: In a new series, RCR Wireless News takes an in-depth look at nationwide wireless players, including their strengths and challenges in an ever-changing wireless environment. In this third installment, RCR Wireless News reporter Hilary Smith tackles the nation's third-largest carrier, AT&T Wireless.As...
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