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- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A look at challenging WiFi environments and user expectations
- A Tale of Two Devices:Â Â Real life case study on how two leading devices perform drastically different
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AUSTIN, Texas – RCR Wireless News has expanded its news outlet sources with the launch of RCR Local Market News and RCR Unplugged. Taking advantage of the latest in social media and networking, both RCR Local Market News and RCR Unplugged will provide readers...
Purple Labs has purchased Openwave Systems Inc.'s mobile-phone software business for $30 million in cash, the two companies said today. The sale, which includes browsing and messaging products and related personnel, will allow Openwave to pursue its stated goal of focusing solely on network-based...
A trio of independent wireless operators have partnered with Interop Technologies to deploy a range of wireless features such as short message service, multimedia messaging, wireless application protocol and over-the-air device management services.Rural Independent Network Alliance, which serves wireless operators in the western United...
BARCELONA, Spain—Top Level Domain Ltd., which is promoting mobile-specific domains, added to its .mobi push with the launch of weather.mobi, a trial URL that provides full access to The Weather Channel Mobile content. MTLD said it issued the temporary domain name to The Weather...
FORT MYERS, Fla.-InterOp Technologies Inc., which provides mobile data solutions, said it signed new wireless messaging contracts with Blue Wireless, CC Communications and Nex-Tech Wireless.Blue Wireless offers local and long-distance wireless services in New York and Pennsylvania. The company will use InterOp's solutions to...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif.-Evans Data Corp. released its Wireless Development Survey 2003 Volume 1, which includes research on what technologies are being used to secure wireless local area networks, intentions for LAN technology, Web services development and deployment and brands likely to be supported first.The...
NEW YORK-Although 2002 "was a very difficult year" because new landline competition squeezed profits, Matav, Hungary's incumbent carrier, rode the country's rising tide of wireless penetration and gained significantly in terms of mobile customers and associated revenue growth, said Elek Straub, chief executive officer...
HERZLIYA, Israel-Israeli supplier Niragongo said Israeli operator Partner Communications launched Niragongo's Lava Smart Proxy for its Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services.The new solution will mediate between the services, devices and the operator infrastructure, Niragongo said. The system provides a central point of control over...
MANILA, The Philippines-Experts expect the cellular industry in the Asia-Pacific region to generally fare better this year than last year. While the telecom industries in Europe and the United States are expected to face difficult years, with markets already overcrowded and requiring consolidation, many...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. signed deals with Vodafone and Bell Mobility to offer its range of wireless content services, further moves by the company to expand its MSN services into the wireless world.Under the Vodafone agreement, MSN Hotmail and MSN Messenger will be available to...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Seemingly learning little from what drove short message service (SMS) into being such an unexpected revenue earner-network interconnection-U.K. cell-phone operators are only now focusing on the fact that users of multimedia message service (MMS) will demand the ability to send pictures to...
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OXFORD, United Kingdom-Much to the annoyance of those promoting competing technologies, GSM continues to grow in worldwide dominance. While the reasons behind its original success have now largely been lost in the fading memories of retired executives from the wireless industry, its future is...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Having deployed several thousand Panasonic GD87 cell phones, Vodafone Germany has confirmed the handsets can make billable calls without users being aware. The company said the software bug within the device could lead to fraud or unwanted charges.According to Vodafone, which has...
SEOUL, South Korea-The Mobitex Operators Association (MOA) said two new wireless data networks will begin operation in China.Telecom Digital has officially launched its Mango Mobitex-based network and service in Hong Kong. The network provides bilingual e-mail, Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), short message service (SMS),...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-Siemens has joined the growing ranks of cell-phone manufacturers to announce third-generation (3G) handsets. The company, which somewhat surprisingly used New York to make the announcement, said its new U10 phone is the first device to be developed jointly with Motorola, and...
DUBLIN, Ireland-The Ireland business of European carrier MmO2 will use technology from location-services company Webraska to offer WAP-, Web- and text messaging-based location services, including applications to allow users to locate friends (on a permission-only basis), search for nearby movies and cinemas, search for...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-If you believe the latest predictions from the handset manufacturers and market research firms, then mobile gaming is set to become a major business for mobile operators.Nokia is actively attempting to pull together the various technologies, content providers and operators to make...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-One of Europe's leading Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Internet service providers (ISPs), Mobile Future, has gone bankrupt, blaming lack of demand for its products and services. The company built its reputation on developing a sub-10-second WAP connectivity service for use by customers...
DUBLIN, Ireland-Vodafone and consumer groups in Ireland are once again at odds over the price of calls following the publication of figures showing that average revenue per user (ARPU) in Ireland is significantly higher than the other European countries in which the company has...
HONG KONG-GSM operator SmarTone has launched a "picture mail" service that enables multimedia messaging service (MMS) phone users to send messages combining pictures, text, voice and music.Using either the Sony Ericsson T68i or the Nokia 7650 camera phones, subscribers can register free on air,...
MANILA, The Phillipines-Despite the influx of General Packet Radio Service (GPRS)-capable handsets and free service from operators, it will take some time to lure Filipinos to surf the Web via their mobile phones, according to Eliseo Rio, head of telecom watchdog National Telecommunications Commission...
BUCHAREST, Romania-According to Arabian online newspaper itp.net, Kuwaiti mobile operator Wataniya contracted with Siemens for the installation of a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network upgrade.The contract of almost 53 million euro (US$52.4 million) includes an expansion of existing equipment. Siemens ICM Networks Middle...
