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Attention to wireless security concerns emerged as the de facto theme of this year’s RSA Security Conference in San Jose, Calif., where several internationally recognized corporate security software firms stated …

Geoworks Corp. last week unveiled a licensing program to collect royalties on a user-interface method employed by the Wireless Application Protocol and Wireless Markup Language for which it says it …

UTRECHT, The Netherlands-diAx, the second-largest Swiss wireless operator, said it will provide wireless Internet service using the Wireless Application Protocol beginning in the first quarter. The company is commercially deploying …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens announced an agreement with Phone.com Inc. that will allow commercial deployment of Wireless Application Protocol-based services by more than 10 wireless operators in Europe and Asia. Siemens said …

LONDON-The Radicchio initiative announced 16 new companies have joined the group, which hopes to set a Public Key Infrastructure standard for secure e-commerce transactions over wireless networks. The new members …

SINGAPORE-Residents of Singapore can now surf the Internet without getting caught in those annoying wires. Motorola Inc. announced an agreement with SingTel Mobile to provide Motorola’s first Global System for …

As the United States gears up for the commercial launch of Wireless Application Protocol services, the question of interoperability between WAP vendors has become an increasing concern to carriers looking …

This holiday season heralded the beginning of the e-commerce revolution, and wireless operators have the opportunity to cash in on it with the growing proliferation of Internet-enabled wireless phones and …

SINGAPORE-Motorola Inc. took another step in providing Internet capabilities for wireless phones with the first demonstration in Asia of General Packet Radio Service using the Wireless Application Protocol over Global …

INDIANAPOLIS-Brightpoint Inc. announced it has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum as an associate member. According to Brightpoint, the membership demonstrates the company’s focus on providing contract manufacturing, fulfillment and …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Agence France-Presse have signed a global cooperation agreement to develop news services based on the Wireless Application Protocol. AFP, one of the world’s three leading news …

Alcatel Cameroon. With Societe Camerounaise de Mobiles (SCM) for a GSM network for the area between the cities of Yaounde, Douala and Bafoussam. Value: US$21.15 million China. With Post and …

WASHINGTON-For the wireless industry in 2000, the outlook is LOOK OUT! Wireless and the Internet have found each other. The high-tech Big Bang is not over. Creative forces are still …

1994 December Alain Rossman forms Libris Inc., hires two engineers to develop what eventually becomes the backbone for WAP. 1995 March Libris completes software prototype. 1996 June Libris changed to …

Tritel Inc., a Jackson, Miss., personal communications services affiliate of AT&T Wireless Services Inc., raised $168.75 million Dec. 14 in an initial public offering of 9.375 million shares. Tritel registered …

REDWOOD|CITY-Sometimes the greatest inventions aren’t inventions at all, but the successful application of an idea common in one industry to a problem faced by another. Alain Rossman did exactly this …

In a move seen as strengthening their respective weaknesses in the wireless industry, L.M. Ericsson and Microsoft Corp. said they plan to create a joint venture designed to develop and …

TORONTO-Pixo Inc. and Wysdom Inc. have joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum. Pixo develops integrated software applications for wireless handsets, and said it joined the forum to accommodate WAP microbrowser …

SYDNEY, Australia-At the recently completed Wireless Application Protocol Forum member meeting, the organization announced its membership has surpassed 250. The group also announced a formal liaison relationship with the World …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Siemens AG and Phone.com Inc. announced that Spain’s Airtel Movil selected Siemens to provide a commercial Wireless Application Protocol platform for wireless Internet-based services. Airtel, the second-largest wireless …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. announced Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. has agreed to license the UP.Browser Wireless Application Protocol compatible microbrowser for its Code Division Multiple Access phones. HEI said …

Arch Communications Group Inc. said it will offer weather updates to paging customers through a strategic marketing relationship with The Weather Channel’s weather.com Internet site. The weather.com site offers a …

About 10 years ago Qualcomm Inc. had a goal-to ensure CDMA technology’s success by heavily promoting it, investing in companies that would deploy it and entering the equipment supplier business. …

ATLANTA-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced the appointment of Scott Goldman to the newly created position of chief executive officer. Goldman will work with the WAP Forum board of directors …

LONDON-ICL, a United Kingdom-based wholly owned subsidiary of Fujitsu Corp., announced a $161.7 million electronic business expansion initiative, including a focus on wireless services. ICL will market and distribute Nokia …