NEW YORK-In tandem with the anticipated debut of Wireless Application Protocol services by American carriers in fall and winter, Nokia Mobile Phones Inc., Irving, Texas, plans to begin shipping its 7100 series WAP-enabled handsets.Domestic operators already are testing the Nokia 7160, designed for TDMA...
PASADENA, Calif.-Google Inc. introduced its Google Number Search, a new feature of its search engine designed to streamline the process of entering text on Web-enabled mobile phones.The system allows users to enter URLs into a phone by only pressing each key once, instead of...
Over and over again, we've been told that compelling content is the key to surviving in the wireless Internet game.A global start-up firm called Quios Inc. this week introduced a new tactic for gathering quality content with the launch of Planet Quios, a unique...
NEW YORK-Mobilocity Inc. entered a preferred partnership with Siemens Business Services to provide strategic consulting, systems integration and WAP application development, among other things, to mobile business clients.As part of the deal, SBS Ventures has made an undisclosed investment in Mobilocity.
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. announced it completed its acquisition of Exalink Ltd., a global supplier of router-based WAP gateways and applications.Comverse, a supplier of software and systems for network-based enhanced services, said the addition of Exalink allows it to provide an end-to-end mobile Internet...
It's the content stupid!With WAP backlash increasing worldwide, those in the know have pointed to what they call the poor implementation of WAP technology as the major culprit behind its less-than-enthusiastic response, not the technology itself.As such, the wireless industry is looking to the...
LOS ANGELES-iNetNow Inc. introduced a human-assisted Web-surfing service designed for wireless Internet access device users.The service provides context-based links in WAP environments that connect users to professional Web surfers, who search the Internet using iNetNow's search engine and read the results to callers. If...
BOULDER, Colo.-Siemens AG selected SignalSoft Corp.'s location technology to enhance its deployments of WAP gateways, SignalSoft said."Location is a key component in the wireless value-added-service market. We believe that combining location with our current WAP deployments will help make the wireless Internet a growing...
There it was again, a comparison between Europe, Japan and the United States. In a recent report on the worldwide telematics industry, UBS Warburg noted significant differences between the telematics markets in the three global regions. "Ultimately, perhaps 10-15 years down the road, we...
SAO PAULO, Brazil-Two issues characterized the Brazilian cellular market during the first half of the year-an increase in subscriber numbers and the rollout of more advanced services.Latin America in general saw an explosion of prepaid services, but in Brazil, prepaid subscriptions overcame all operator...
Wireless Internet technologyIntegra Micro SystemsIndian software company Integra Micro Systems introduced a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for the PalmOS platform, allowing Palm devices to access Wireless Markup Language (WML) content. The Jataayu Browser is fully WAP compliant, the company said, and can be...
NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless data services, including Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) launches, in preparation for a full-scale transition...
HONG KONG-Hong Kong may become the Asian leader in mobile e-commerce, as network operators rush to embrace next-generation smart cards, said Claus Hansen, GSM marketing director at smart card vendor Schlumberger."Wireless Internet and mobile e-commerce will boom in Hong Kong next year, as network...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The myth that prepaid cellular users are by definition low-value customers has been firmly discredited, and prepaid services did much to increase GSM penetration among the young and cost conscious at a time, around 1997, when European growth rates were slack.Now European operators...
Shooting yourself in the foot is not to be recommended. But it seems to happen regularly within the mobile industry. The self-inflicted injury is almost always the result of a disconnect between the capabilities of a technology and the marketing of that technology.Sometimes the...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Gaining more than 10 million Japanese subscribers within 18 months of launch, NTT DoCoMo's i-mode wireless Internet service is a genuine industry phenomenon. But despite the Japanese company's determination to extend the service to Europe to compete with the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-which...
NEW YORK-In November and December, Sonera zed U.S. Inc. "will dip its big toe into the waters of mobile commerce to see if they're warm," and it plans user trials by next spring, said J. Paul Hughes, vice president of business development."There are a...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson announced plans to work with WorldCom's UUNET Internet communications subsidiary to develop Internet services for mobile operators.The companies plan to work together on new technology and product developments to meet Internet Protocol networking needs. Ericsson said it will support UUNET's effort...
One of the world's most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year.Virtual network operator Virgin Mobile USA said it plans to ink an agreement with a carrier in the United States and offer nationwide service by the...
Ding!The bell has sounded for the rematch between Phone.com Inc. and Nokia Corp. in the fight over WAP browser market share, and Nokia is coming out swinging with a whole new strategy.As the U.S. market readies for the coming WAP rollout, Nokia introduced the...
LONDON-British carrier One 2 One has chosen Phone.com Inc.'s UP.Link Server Suite to launch WAP-based wireless Internet services in the United Kingdom. This is the second U.K.-based carrier to launch WAP services using the Phone.com platform. BT Cellnet was the first in March.
LONDON-Yahoo! Europe announced two new wireless partnerships this week, including one with a handset manufacturer and one with a mobile operator.Yahoo! Europe and Trium, a Mitsubishi subsidiary, said Yahoo! will provide a range of content and services to Trium's WAP-enabled mobile phones. The handsets...
Analog DevicesAnalog Devices Inc. introduced the AD9226, a 12-bit, 65 MSPS analog-to-digital converter designed to increase data rates and enable direct intermediate frequency-sampling architectures for communications applications, including next-generation cellular base station and software radio applications. Analog Devices said the key to the AD9226...
In an effort to make up for a history of poor communication with application developers, Motorola Inc. held its first Application Developer Conference last week in San Diego.Dubbed the Xtreme Developer's Conference, some 300 developers met with Motorola and other industry personnel during the...
