The Wireless Application Protocol made strides in Sweden, Germany and Finland last week, adding to its gaining momentum in Europe.In Germany, Nokia Corp. and Deutsche Bank have agreed to develop new mobile banking services based on the WAP that will allow users to conduct...
Wireless industry members agree smart phones will become a critical differentiating factor for handset vendors and mobile-phone operators within the next two years, but the proliferation of these devices remains relatively unknown.For handset providers, smart phones represent an opportunity to extend their products, boost...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it will combine three units and establish Nokia Internet Communications to serve enterprises and Internet service providers, effective Oct. 1.Nokia Internet Communications will consist of Nokia Wireless Business Communications, Nokia Wireless Software Solutions and Nokia IP Application and Connectivity Platforms."Nokia...
Aether Systems Inc. announced it will acquire mobeo Inc., a company that provides financial news and stock updates on wireless devices such as pagers.Formerly called DocuPro Inc., mobeo delivers quotes on more than 150,000 stocks, options, futures, treasury, foreign exchange and other market data...
SAN FRANCISCO-Charles Schwab Corp., San Francisco, plans to offer customers who trade securities more than 48 times each year access to this service over their pagers, mobile phones or handheld computers by Dec. 31.Schwab has 2.8 million active online accounts with $251 billion in...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Knowledge L.L.C. and Razorfish Inc. have joined joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.Wireless Knowledge said it also intends to support all existing and future computing and Internet-based standards to provide the broadest choice of standards-based wireless solutions to customers.Razorfish is a provider...
Phone.com Inc.'s Unwired Universe conference attracted about 1,100 attendees from 29 countries, twice the number expected by conference planners.The conference was designed to act as a meeting point for vendors, carriers and application developers interested in Wireless Application Protocol technology. Several WAP-related announcements were...
Having made partners of most wireless handset OEMs with its T9 Text Input technology, Tegic Communications Inc. said it plans to make customers of wireless carriers with a new instant messaging application, as yet unnamed.The current desktop version of Tegic's instant messaging notifies Internet...
Riverbed Technologies Inc. and Spyglass Inc. said they have entered a worldwide licensing agreement under which Riverbed will incorporate Spyglass' Prism technology with its ScoutWare mobile enterprise software.The agreement provides a much-needed entrance into the growing mobile enterprise market for Spyglass."The most significant aspect...
ATLANTA-BellSouth Cellular Corp. said it will begin offering information services through an agreement with CNN Interactive, becoming the first wireless phone provider to offer the CNN service in the United States.CNN Mobile is a 24-hour news service launched in February in Europe and Asia...
Two Code Division Multiple Access carriers launched limited data services last week that involve linking wireless phones to laptop computers via a cable, allowing the phones to act both as a voice device and wireless data modem.Such a solution has been available from Global...
TORONTO-Diversinet Corp. has joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move expected to bring added encryption security standards to the wireless data transmission technology.Diversinet said it plans to work closely with the WAP Forum's Security Group to develop open security standards based on public...
Bell Atlantic Mobile has ventured into a collaborative effort with Phone.com Inc. and Motorola Inc. to use Wireless Application Protocol technology to enable over-the-air provisioning on Code Division Multiple Access phones.The combined effort aims to extend the functionality of Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite technology,...
NAPERVILLE, Ill.-Nokia Wireless Software Solutions and Spyglass Inc. said they have entered into a distribution agreement that empowers Spyglass to license the Nokia Wireless Application Protocol browser to manufacturers of mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other devices that rely on wireless communications.Spyglass also...
United KingdomBritish Telecommunications plc said it will buy Control Data Systems Inc., a software company based in Arden Hills, Minn., for $340 million. The purchase will expand British Telecom's service offering. Control Data makes software that links programs from various suppliers, letting companies file...
SAN FRANCISCO-Saraide.com and APiON Ltd. have partnered to conduct Wireless Application Protocol Gateway trials, scheduled to begin this summer.According to the company, the trials will allow Saraide.com to integrate the APiON WAP Gateway into its global infrastructure and thereby make its Internet-based wireless data...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.'s Wireless Software Solutions division introduced the Nokia WAP Browser, a Wireless Application Protocol microbrowser designed for wireless handsets and personal digital assistants.The browser is featured in Nokia's previously released 7110 phone, but now is available to others wishing to integrate WAP...
SAN FRANCISCO-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum has released the latest version of its mobile Internet standard-WAP version 1.1-at its members meeting.Enhancements to the new version include: local and international support to create one worldwide standard for mobile Internet communications; static conformance needed for interoperability...
AirFlash.com Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley start-up firm, has created a service bureau called AirFlash, taking a somewhat different approach to the wireless portal market.The company is offering the service bureau to wireless voice carriers as a means of providing such services as...
Olivetti ultimately prevailed in the takeover attempt of Telecom Italia, with 52 percent of Telecom Italia shareholders voting to accept Olivetti's offer instead of Telecom Italia's defense plan centered around a proposed merger with Deutsche Telekom. The US$65 million takeover is the largest in...
OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the drive to implement Internet e-commerce is being hyped almost on a daily basis, with some justification, as the way forward for almost all future business transactions, the possible success of this application within the mobile world remains less than clear.Many...
NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus '99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year and early next year.For those who want a wireless communications device rugged enough for...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. revealed that Italian Global System for Mobile communications operator Omnitel Spa has licensed Phone.com's UP.Link Server Suite for its new Omnitel 2000 Internet portal.The Wireless Application Protocol solution will allow WAP-enabled mobile phones to access the integrated voice and data...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with KPN Telecom to supply an end-to-end Wireless Application Protocol solution to the carrier in the Netherlands. The two also said they will work together to market mobile messaging services throughout the region.
