STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services.According to i3 Mobile, the service will allow phone numbers and addresses for businesses to be accessed by leveraging its location-based...
ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, which develops and supplies wireless Internet messaging products, closed on $15 million in first-round venture funding from Milford Investment Partners.BulletIN.net noted it would use the funding to complete a buyout from parent company TWS Inc., expand its services into new markets and broaden...
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. awarded the vendor a multi-year contract for equipment and services to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the eastern United States.The contract is valued at $350 million, with provisions for an additional $90 million. The...
OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported it has purchased equipment and developed a strategic alliance in anticipation of launching wireless Internet services later this year.A company spokesman said Dobson will use infrastructure software and applications developed by Phone.com Inc.to provide network capabilities for its Wireless...
Solectron Corp. completed its acquisition of Americom Wireless Services, a privately held company specializing in wireless handset repair and refurbishment and outsourced technical customer-support services. Solectron, a supply-chain facilitator of customized electronics technology, manufacturing and service solutions, received specialized repair and testing equipment and...
LONDON-AnywhereYouGo.com, an independent community of wireless developers, launched an independent lab to test Wireless Application Protocol applications across multiple devices and gateways, providing an extensive range of testing and analysis services to help developers and information technology managers accelerate deployment of new WAP applications."The...
LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc announced it is testing an international Wireless Application Protocol system that would allow users to access WAP-based information when roaming between the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.Participating in the pilot program are carriers Vodafone UK, Verizon Wireless and...
While the Wireless Application Protocol has provided a common standard for microbrowser technology, several firms are looking to offer their own flavor of the wireless Internet experience, and not all are convinced WAP will remain the popular standard it is today. Pixo Inc. is...
BOSTON-PhoneRun Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they will jointly market to service providers a mobile Internet service called "phonecasting," a media network of Internet-sourced audio channels for news, entertainment and shopping available to any telephone via voice-enabled technology known as "voicetone."PhoneRun's service will...
HELSINKI, Finland-Inktomi Corp., a developer of scalable Internet infrastructure software, and Nokia Networks have agreed to deliver carrier-class infrastructure software to mobile network operators.According to Nokia, the deal will enable to companies to deliver next-generation mobile data services and applications to both current and...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-The commercialization of mobile data services continues its headlong rush as cellular operators look to differentiate themselves in the market. The heavy promotion of an ever-increasing portfolio of data services by many of Europe's leading operators is setting the trend for others...
LONDON-The wireless sector in the Middle East is still widely accepted as a vibrant and growing market, with the wireless Internet and several wireless trade shows coming on the scene.Nearly everyone who attended the GSM Gulf and Middle East Conference, a two-day event held...
IsraelRiots and injuries occurred during protests against the installation of cellular masts in a Druze Arab village in March, according to international press reports. Reports said seven police officers and members of the public were injured in the riots, which are thought to be...
Phone.com Inc. fired the first shot against Geoworks' claim that it holds intellectual property rights to Wireless Application Protocol technology by suing the company.Geoworks claims its patent concerning a flexible user interface implicates all carriers, vendors and applications developers using WAP technology, while the...
TORONTO-Wysdom Inc. is acquiring Evolucom Inc., which designs and manages large-scale e-commerce and Wireless Application Protocol projects for such firms as Ericsson Inc., Hewlett Packard Co., Phone.com Inc. and Laurentian Bank.Wysdom, a wireless application service provider, said the acquisition will speed the time to...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced it signed a contract with Jilin Mobile Communication Co. to offer commercial Wireless Application Protocol solutions to Jilin's 1 million Global System for Mobile communications subscribers in China.Nokia noted deliveries of the company's Artus Messaging Platform, including both WAP gateway...
Now that wireless phone providers have jumped on the Wireless Application Protocol bandwagon, it seems only fitting that the dedicated data network providers should follow suit.And they are, with help from Neomar Inc., a start-up firm in San Francisco that has created a WAP...
InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for Web sites and devices, said wireless Internet opportunities continue to represent the company's biggest opportunity and fastest-growing area.Within that space, InfoSpace is betting mobile commerce services will play an important role in providing value to its...
Content is king. That's the mantra repeated by many looking to make it big in the wireless Internet space these days. But for content to be valuable, it must be personal, and that is the driving force behind the growing interest in synchronization technologies...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Networks and Cap Gemini have agreed to develop mobile Internet solutions together, integrating Nokia's Wireless Application Protocol products and solutions with Cap Gemini's system integration expertise.
As it becomes increasingly clear that users will access the Internet from a variety of devices, wireless included, more and more companies are stepping forward with ideas on how to help manage all that data across various devices.One, NetSanity Inc., began trials this week...
About 20 companies have joined a new association created to bring accountability to advertising seen on wireless devices.The Wireless Advertising Industry Association, created to develop standards and address technical, creative and business issues associated with advertising on mobile devices, met for the first time...
There seems little doubt the wireless Internet is going to be a reality, but what remains unclear is exactly who will use it, on what devices and using which technology.Many types of wireless devices are entering the marketplace with wireless Internet capabilities, using various...
As the wireless industry is ramping up efforts to convince customers to use their mobile phones for Internet access via Wireless Application Protocol technology, some are taking the concurrent step of preparing for voice access to the Net as well.The issue was the subject...
