Looking to add further value to its UP.Link Server Internet gateway, Phone.com Inc. said it will acquire Paragon Software Ltd. for about $500 million in stock.Paragon develops synchronization technology called FoneSync that allows desktop computers and mobile devices to share information. Phone.com said it...
Nokia reported it is developing a solution enabling immediate access to mobile commerce sites via Wireless Application Protocol-enabled phones. Partnered with Hewlett Packard, IBM and Nocom, the collaboration hopes to bring the new over-the-air WAP solution to market during the first half of this...
ScandinaviaMillicom International Cellular S.A., a worldwide cellular telephone and telecommunications company, said it sold 900,000 class B shares from a total of almost 6 million class A and class B shares held in NetCom AB, a provider of telecommunication services in Scandinavia, the Baltics...
Although some rumblings continue over Geoworks Corp.'s licensing program for Wireless Application Protocol technology, WAP-related announcements continued making news at last week's GSM World Congress in Cannes.Phone.com Inc. announced it formed a WAP interoperability testing lab, a software upgrade preview center and the latest...
CANNES, France-Vodafone Ltd. said it bought CMG Telecommunications Inc.'s WAP Service Broker solution to bolster its Wireless Application Protocol services.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Hong Kong's mobile operator, Hutchison Telecommunications Ltd., selected Siemens Information and Communication Networks Group to implement its Wireless Application Protocol platform for wireless Internet-based services.The deal calls for Siemens to provide Hutchison with a complete WAP solution including Phone.com Inc.'s UP.Link server...
NEW YORK-Smart cards must overcome a chicken-and-egg problem before they can expand their use in wireless devices beyond their established role as subscriber identification modules in Global System for Mobile communications products.The vision for smart cards is that they will become the tiny pocket...
LONDON-BT Cellnet said it will be the first U.K. mobile phone operator to commercially launch General Packet Radio Service this summer. The carrier also officially launched commercial Wireless Application Protocol service.BT Cellnet's GPRS service will begin with a 500-person trial, followed by commercial service...
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 it awarded "commercial availability status" to the Phone.com UP.Link Server Suite R4. The company has...
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 their intention to concentrate on the wireless industry going forward."Everybody has made the leap...
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 holds essential intellectual property rights.While others have made essential IPR claims on WAP technology,...
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 CMG Telecommunications' WAP Service Broker, location-based services using SignalSoft Corp. technology and an intelligent network...
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 Mobile communications tri-band Internet-access-enabled telephone-the L-series-for traditional voice calls as well as Internet connectivity utilizing...
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 to offer Internet-based services on a variety of handsets.WAP exists as a standard that...
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 include security notables like Baltimore Technologies Inc., Entrust Technologies and VeriSign Inc. Other members include...
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 handheld computers.Optimism among the analyst community is rampant. Most recently, Strategy Analytics predicted the...
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 System for Mobile communications networks.The demonstrations took place in Singapore using test frequencies from...
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 other integrated logistics services to members of the WAP Forum.The WAP Forum is an...
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 and photo agencies, will use WAP-based mobile services to provide the latest general, sports...
AlcatelCameroon. 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 millionChina. With Post and Telecommunications Administration of Hubei province for DECT wireless local loop systems.Value: US$20 millionMozambique. With Telecomunicacoes Moeis de Mocambique for...
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 reshaping the digital universe, but patterns are emerging.At the dawn of the new century,...
1994December Alain Rossman forms Libris Inc., hires two engineers to develop what eventually becomes the backbone for WAP.1995March Libris completes software prototype.1996June Libris changed to Unwired Planet. Commercial release of first generation UP.Link Server and UP.Browser software.1997June Ericsson, Motorola, Nokia and Unwired Planet agree...
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 Nov. 18 for the IPO with an expected price range of $15-$17 per share....
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 when he created an application environment enabling Internet applications to run on wireless networks using...
