HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia has signed an agreement with Omnitel, a Lithuanian GSM operator, for the supply and installation of additional switching capacity to expand Omnitel's network capacity and modernize its switching technology.The expansion, to occur throughout 2002 and 2003, will address current subscriber growth in...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.—Verizon Wireless, the nation's largest wireless provider, and Motorola Inc. introduced the V200 Personal Communicator from Motorola, which features wireless phone functions, a speakerphone, a PC-like keyboard and a WAP browser.The device will sell for $200.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.-Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network has registered. The network, Japan's first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were designed, manufactured and installed by Motorola Inc. in 1998. "We have listened to our...
SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company's short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application Performance (Wireless DNA Performance) service, which helps carriers measure and improve the speed and reliability of data services.Wireless DNA Performance...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Illinois, United States—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network. The network, Japan's first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were designed, manufactured and installed by Motorola in 1998. "We have listened to our customers,...
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill.—Japanese mobile operator KDDI announced the 10 millionth mobile subscriber on its cdmaOne network has registered. The network, Japan's first CDMA digital cellular network, and the infrastructure were designed, manufactured and installed by Motorola in 1998. "We have listened to our customers,...
SAN FRANCISCO—Telephia Inc. will acquire Mspect and add the company's short messaging service QoS monitoring capabilities to the Telephia Wireless Data Network and Application Performance (Wireless DNA Performance) service, which helps carriers measure and improve the speed and reliability of data services.Wireless DNA Performance...
WAKEFIELD, Massachusetts, United States—In an effort to spur mobile commerce, four credit card giants joined forces to create the Mobile Payment Forum, which will work to address key issues like interoperability, passwords, cardholder authentication and encryption methods.According to the forum, the goal is to...
LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association's M-Services initiative, which is based on Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) version 2.0.The two organizations said they would work together on...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—The WAP Forum, which works to foster the growth of the Wireless Application Protocol standard, named Robert L. Brown, the former chairman of the GSM Association North American Interest Group, as the forum's new chief executive officer.As CEO, Brown will provide worldwide...
LONDON—The WAP Forum and the GSM Association announced they will formalize and strengthen their cooperative alliance, collaborating on projects such as the GSM Association's M-Services initiative, which is based on WAP version 2.0.The two organizations said they would work together on network operator requirements,...
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—In an effort to spur mobile commerce, four credit card giants joined forces to create the Mobile Payment Forum, which will work to address key issues like interoperability, passwords, cardholder authentication and encryption methods.According to the forum, the goal is to "offer consumers...
HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavia has long been the most fertile and concentrated spawning ground for technology innovation in Europe. The torchbearers for this culture have been led by global names such as Nokia, Ericsson, Benefon and Europolitan.In 1985, Nokia's main claim to fame was as one...
Audiovox CommunicationsAudiovox Communications introduced the Maestro, a Pocket PC that uses Microsoft Windows Powered Pocket PC 2002 software. The product features 32 MB of SDRAM and 32 MB of Flash Rom and an Intel Strong ARM 206 MHz processor. It also includes built-in CFR...
NEW YORK-Once upon a time in the United Kingdom, cellular service was so difficult to obtain that carrier marketing was unnecessary because each customer could resell his service connection to another consumer for $10,000 in the gray market, said Keith Mallinson, executive vice...
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BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company's gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum's specifications for the second generation of Wireless Application Protocol technology, and said it is the first company to have WAP 2.0-based systems."WAP 2.0 is a significant improvement...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Despite the marketing hype, fewer than 200,000 of the 1 million U.K. online banking customers are using a WAP cell phone to access their accounts, according to new marketing research from Forrester. The firm points to bungled marketing and poor analysis that...
WCitiesLocation-based information service provider WCities launched a geo-coded wireless service that provides location-specific information to individual users' cell phones. According to Tan Rasab, the company's chief executive officer, with the service, cell-phone and PDA users can find whatever they're looking for anywhere in the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group announced two major content distribution deals-moves that came just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Last week Walt Disney Internet...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. announced new features and services for its Go.Web corporate mobile Internet service, and for the first time the company released its Go.Web application-programming interface to the general developer community.GoAmerica said its new wireless Web features would take advantage of emerging standards,...
BELLEVUE, Wash.—Wireless data delivery solution provider Wireless Services Corp. and mobile software company FreeRein have entered a joint service agreement to commercially release new wireless data applications for worldwide carrier and enterprise customers.The companies said the new wireless applications will be available in the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, Calif.-Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals-moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.-proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Today, Walt Disney Internet Group...
