HONG KONG-Trunked radio has been the Cinderella of Hong Kong's wireless communications in recent years, compared with the fast-growing mobile-phone technologies, but things may soon change. China's industrialization is opening the door to a potentially large market for transport and industrial communications, and digitalization...
Mobile devicesAlcatelAlcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal for WAP transmission because the packets of data involved are small, Alcatel said. The phone also...
Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but growing segment of the wireless industry.L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Nokia Corp. established last week the Wireless Village, which the...
Wireless portals will be a major part of the mobile Internet of the future, according to a new study from Allied Business Intelligence, and could become the centerpiece of many users' mobile experience.According to the report, "Wireless Portals: the Information Gateway to the Wireless User,"...
NEW YORK-Investors looking for successful Bluetooth market plays will have to wait till late this year, but the outlook for the technology will grow brighter during the next several years, said Johan Strandberg, senior wireless equipment analyst for Stockholm-based Deutsche Bank-Scandinavia."There are significant Bluetooth...
Brandishing Korea as a model, the CDMA Development Group looks at the future of its technology through rose-tinted lenses.With the battle for market share boiling up over the next generation of technologies and the wideband CDMA protocol gearing up for dominance, last week the...
CANADACell-Loc Inc. completed and made available its Cellocate Beacon I, a wireless device that enables several location services via the company's existing networks in Calgary, Alberta and Austin, Texas. According to test data, the new device is consistent with enhanced 911 Phase II guidelines...
In the RCR Wireless News article, "Despite Widespread use, WAP future remains in question," (April 9, page 20) Sam Adler's job title was incorrect and should read manager of developer marketing for Europe, Middle East and Africa for Openwave Systems Inc.
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless said it was testing a cdma2000 1X compatible handset from LG InfoComm U.S.A. Inc. on its field trial network.The tri-mode handset is WAP-enabled, has full personal information management functionality, a four-way navigation key and utilizes the Tegic T9 text input system...
LONDON-Vodafone Group plc confirmed the content and technology partners chosen for its Global Platform and Internet Services Group. The partnerships will add design, custom content, advanced search technology, content integration and location-based services to the Vodafone Global Platform, which designs, builds and maintains Vodafone's...
NEW YORK-As it gears up to export i-mode to the United States as part of its alliance with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., NTT DoCoMo recently has established an American subsidiary and offices on the East and West coasts.The Japanese parent has established NTT DoCoMo...
NEW YORK-The recent "Internet & E-Business Conference & Expo" brought together a host of players occupying various niches in cyberspace, and some may become shining stars in the wireless galaxy.Boston-based WebMap Technologies Inc. has developed a proprietary content mapping software that turns pixels into...
NEW YORK -Simon Hayward, vice president and research director of The Gartner Group, Stamford, Conn., is waiting for the real "WAGs" to come to the fore and realize the unfulfilled vision of a "Supranet" of anytime, anywhere data communications.These wireless application gateways of the...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia, KPN Mobile and Interpay Nederland have successfully made a financial transaction on a mobile network based on WIM technology, a part of the WAP 1.2 specification.According to the companies, this real-time payment solution makes secure m-commerce possible. Users perform transactions with a...
Amid the frenzy over a flagging economy and road bumps to the next generation of technologies, Nokia Corp. won a series of third-generation infrastructure contracts that gives the handset vendor coveted status as a network provider.The deals, including a $1.3 billion deal to supply...
WAP has found itself in a similar situation to mighty Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. A lot of people complain about it, but nearly everyone uses it.WAP came along at a time when the wireless Internet industry was beginning to take off and needed...
All BREW lovers are welcome to the party.Software developers and carriers are joining Qualcomm Inc. to propagate the virtues of the Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless, an open platform introduced by the San Diego-based company in January."It's exciting," said Jeff Ross, director of business...
NEW YORK -British Telecommunications plc will undertake "a massive, massive restructuring, and I don't want to underestimate what we plan to do this year," Sir Peter Bonfield, chief executive officer, told securities analysts at a recent meeting here.Under the umbrella of a new group...
With its feet in the New York Stock Exchange and an eye toward the future, Siemens AG has advanced a package of products and strategies to make it a major player in the U.S. wireless space.Making its big debut on the threshold of the...
LAS VEGAS-The world's leading mobile-phone makers launched an extensive array of new devices supporting a range of new technology last week, including GPRS, Bluetooth and full-color displays-moves the companies hope will garner more customers and counteract sluggish phone sales.Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc., L.M. Ericsson...
LAS VEGAS-Certicom, which provides mobile e-business security, will provide mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo with WTLS Plus, a technology that will secure Sendo's new lightweight, Internet-enabled WAP mobile phones."Certicom's leadership in WAP and wireless security enables Sendo to provide our customers globally with strong security from...
LAS VEGAS-Symbian, a provider of software platforms for next-generation mobile phones, made several announcements at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas and at CeBIT in Germany. Symbian unveiled its 2.5G platform, Symbian platform v6.1, a fully...
HANNOVER, Germany-CellPoint Inc., which provides location and wireless telemetry services, announced a strategic partnership with German mobile operator E-Plus Mobilfunk GmbH.E-Plus has installed CellPoint's network-based mobile-phone location system. The system supports location-based services for all GSM phones and mobile GSM devices in the operator's...
Lucent TechnologiesLucent Technologies introduced Flexent Wireless IP Core Network Architecture, which it said will help wireless carriers deliver a range of voice and data services to customers. According to Lucent, the first phase of the architecture, the Lucent Softswitch Toll/Tandem Solution, lets carriers connect...
