ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, which develops and supplies two-way wireless Internet solutions, won patents in the United States and New Zealand for a single-button reply process for short message service e-mail.BulletIN.net said the patent solves a problem on typical wireless phones that allows users only to reply...
SAN DIEGO-Indiqu Inc., a provider of wireless entertainment content, announced AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has launched its Edge Sports channel on the carrier's Digital PocketNet service.Unlike other sports content, Indiqu's Edge Sports channel provides news and event schedules for sports like skateboarding, snowboarding and...
LONDON-France Telecom's Orange, a United Kingdom mobile-phone provider, decided to standardize on Nortel Networks' Alteon Web switching products to support the expansion of its infrastructure.Orange is deploying ACEdirector 3 and Alteon 180e Web switches in its European Web data centers to manage and accelerate...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Samsung Telecommunications America Inc. and VoiceStream Wireless Corp. have agreed to develop GPRS phones using Microsoft Corp.'s Stinger smart phone platform and Mobile Internet Explorer microbrowser software for VoiceStream's GSM network.VoiceStream has stated it plans to launch GPRS services sometime next year. The...
The evolution of the Symbian initiative advanced last week as the company held its first developers conference in London, supporting the release of version 6.0 of its open software platform for next-generation wireless Internet-enabled devices, and made several other significant announcements.In addition to making...
UTRECHT, The Netherlands-NewsEdge Corp. and CMG Telecommunications announced an alliance to combine NewsEdge's eTopics with CMG's WAP Service Broker, which will allow CMG to offer specific information to their mobile-phone customers."NewsEdge eTopics is the only service that we have found that provides high-quality business...
SINGAPORE-StarHub announced it will invest another US$58.8 million to enhance its Singapore mobile network during the next few months. This will bring its investment in the network to US$232 million.The added investment will allow StarHub to increase its capacity to handle approximately 300,000 customers...
SpirentSpirent Communications, which provides performance analysis solutions, announced the InfoDM v2.0 release, which is part of the company's acquisition of InfoSoft Technologies, will supplement Spirent's CDMA test solution with high-speed, over-the-air data logging and a data playback feature. The InfoDM v2.0 improves message logging...
While wirelessly enabling various types of applications is generally the one common element among wireless application service providers, most agree that value-added services and applications added to this core platform will be the basis of wireless ASP competition.With this in mind, wireless ASP Mobilize...
In the effort to alter consumers' perceptions of wireless phones, Sprint PCS turned up the volume last week with the introduction of an online music service offered in conjunction with the first combination MP3 player/wireless phone available in the United States.The introduction of the...
NEW YORK-Mobileum, a Pleasanton, Calif., start-up, has filed for nine patents and received $45 million in first-round venture funding for its system to simplify communications between corporate enterprises and their mobile workers.The company's software platform approach to linking corporate intranets with their employees' wireless...
LONDON-Ericsson launched its new T20 mobile phone, available in November, which features Swatch Internet time and WAP mobile chat.The company said the Swatch Internet time feature will help customers keep track of all the time differences and daylight savings time across the world.The phone...
NEW YORK-The battle over customer ownership in the emerging mobile-commerce market will evolve, by necessity, into a model of "coopetition," said Philip Yen, executive vice president of e-Visa International.Banks, credit-card companies, middleware providers, telecommunications operators and equipment manufacturers must and will join forces, each...
NEW YORK-Chase Manhattan Bank announced it will use Tantau Software Inc.'s Wireless Internet Platform in the company's new wireless infrastructure.Chase said it intends to offer wholesale and retail customers the ability to conduct financial transactions via wireless devices. Tantau's solution will allow these users...
SAN DIEGO-In a move to get access to BEA Systems Inc.'s WebLogic E-Business Platform and other m-commerce tools and services, Stellcom Inc. agreed to join BEA's Professional Service Provider program.Stellcom, a wireless systems integration firm, was previously a BEA Technology Alliance Partner, and worked...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. launched a global cooperation agreement with Andersen Consulting to help corporations and service providers build their own WAP-based solutions.The initiative calls for the two to provide a packaged offering of wireless technologies and integration skills to Global 2000 companies and dot-coms...
HONG KONG-The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is generally regarded with something between scorn and indifference in Hong Kong among industry sources, and mobile operators will not even reveal subscriber numbers for the service.This contrasts with the bullish claims of Scott Goldman, chief executive officer...
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa-Operators in the Middle East are focusing on extending coverage and considering networks upgrades. The region offers enormous potential, considering the cellular penetration is only 3.5 percent-very low in comparison with world standards. However, penetration rates in some single markets exceed 30...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Unlike the hype that surrounded the launch of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services, European mobile operators are taking a conservative approach to how General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) will be commercially deployed.This time, no TV advertisements proclaim the wonders of accessing the...
China Mobile began charging for wireless Internet services beginning 21 October after twice delaying the date due to slack demand for the services, particularly by many industry professionals.However, Frost & Sullivan believes wireless Internet is exactly what the Chinese people are looking for, and...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic-Cesky Mobil, the Czech Republic's third mobile telephone operator, is seeking to differentiate itself from its competition by offering low start-up costs and emphasizing ease of use.The formula has paid quick dividends. In its first four operational months, it signed up more...
MOSCOW-Russian wireless carriers, which this year considerably expanded their client bases thanks to radically decreased prices, registered a major average revenue per user (ARPU) decrease from more than US$215 two years ago to US$36 for one Russian carrier this year. Therefore, carriers have launched...
NEW YORK-More than any other part of telecommunications, the handset business "will go through the most severe changes in the next several years," said Jeffrey Schlesinger, wireless technology analyst for UBS Warburg in New York.Slowing rates of growth in voice communications, coupled with the...
HandsetsNeopointThe company released new dual-band and tri-mode smart phones that include increased capacity for personal digital assistant functions, built-in e-mail capabilities and a NeoPad Qwerty keyboard. The dual-band NeoPoint 2000 and tri-mode NeoPoint 2600 phones hold more than 2,000 contacts, schedule, task and personal...
