wireless application protocol

There was a time, not so long ago, when reasonably priced voice service with decent coverage delighted most wireless subscribers. But subscribers soon were demanding the same features-like voice mail, …

TORONTO-Wyrex Communications Inc. announced it formed a new business division specializing in wireless data. The first phase is concentrated on developing Wireless Application Protocol applications for clients, including WAP gateway …

The Wireless Application Protocol had the biggest coming-out party of its 20-month life span during Telecom ’99 in Geneva, with more than 100 carriers, vendors and content providers displaying WAP …

GENEVA-Sun Microsystems Inc. announced three manufacturers of Global System for Mobile communications handsets have agreed to incorporate Java technology in their products. First, Motorola Inc. plans to launch the Timeport …

Harris Harris Corp. previewed its ClearBurst 2.5/3.4/10.5 GHz point-to-multipoint system, the newest addition to the Harris broadband wireless access product line, which is intended for deployment by public service providers …

GENEVA-Sonera, the Finnish telecommunications operator, announced it plans to enter the wireless portal business. The company said it initially will focus its efforts on Western Europe and the United States, …

GENEVA-The European Telecommunications Standards Institute and the Wireless Application Protocol Forum signed a cooperation agreement designed to drive interoperability of standards for wireless mobile Internet, according to the WAP Forum. …

NEW YORK-A parallel universe of messaging service providers is coming into existence alongside Internet service providers to manage and unify the proliferation of devices and modes by which people receive …

Oracle Corp. introduced wireless Internet software called Portal-to-Go, a universal translator of sorts designed to allow wireless devices to communicate with any Internet site, intranet database or network-aware appliance. Based …

Scandinavia As expected, the European Commission approved the merger of Telia of Sweden and Telenor of Norway. To secure the approval, the two companies have consented to sell their cable …

Phone.com Inc. added to its mounting momentum last week by signing a definitive agreement to buy the Wireless Application Protocol products and operations of infrastructure software company APiON Ltd. of …

Glenayre Technologies Inc. launched Symmetry, a PC-based intelligent agent software package provided through Infowave Software Inc. that connects Glenayre pagers to information stored on Microsoft Outlook software. The two companies …

Motorola Inc. released a new communications platform last week called Mobile Internet Exchange, or MIX, with the goal of giving users the ability to access Internet information by either voice …

GENEVA-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum announced it has reached 200 members, which it calls a significant milestone in the organization’s growth. The forum has more than doubled its membership in …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Inc.’s CyberLab NY introduced a program designed to speed growth of the wireless Internet industry by providing market and technical information, development and testing tools and on-site expertise …

The Edge Consultants, an affiliate of agency.com, released a Wireless Application Protocol browser for handheld computers running either Palm Computing or Windows CE operating systems, called WAPman. Lucent Technologies Inc. …

Wireless middleware and software provider Aether Systems Inc. filed an initial public offering prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last week with the intention of selling 6.9 million …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it began its first shipments of the 7110 Wireless Application Protocol handsets. The GSM 900 and 1800 handsets are WAP version 1.1 compliant, according to a …

SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.-com Inc. announced it has formed partnerships with Critical Path Inc. and EDS. Critical Path provides business-to-business messaging solutions. Its partnership with Saraide.com is designed to deliver Internet messaging …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-APiON Ltd., a Wireless Application Protocol infrastructure provider, and Symmetry Communications Inc., which provides General Packet Radio System equipment, announced that have cooperated to demonstrate WAP-GPRS interworking. The …

TOKYO-While operators and venders successfully found a way to interconnect two different systems for third-generation services, NTT DoCoMo and its vendors are now gearing up to develop equipment for wideband-CDMA …

U.S. TDMA operators must make some critical decisions about competing in the wireless data market during the next year as they witness their CDMA counterparts begin to launch circuit-switched data …

NEW YORK-Cellular terminals have come a long way in the quarter century since Motorola introduced its handheld Dyna TAC mobile phone, a clunky device that weighed nearly 0.9 kilograms and …

Nokia and Reuters signed a global cooperation agreement to develop and deliver financial, sports and general news services based on the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP). The new service is optimized …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The phrase on everyone’s lips within the cellular industry at Telecom ’99 will be value-added services, a world apart from the talk at the 1995 exhibition. This simple …