BURLINGTON, Massachusetts, United States—CTI Squared said Israel's Bezeq has begun a unified messaging trial called OneMail using CTI's unified messaging application. Access to the service will be available by fixed and wireless telephone, personal computer and the Internet.Bezeq's users can use one mailbox for...
PARIS—Telfort and Postbank in Norway have selected SchlumbergerSema's Subscriber Wireless Application Protocol Identify Module (SWIM) card to provide public key infrastructure for their m-banking service. The service, which launched earlier this year, has more than 500,000 users.The Simera e-motion SWIM card will allow customers...
BUCHAREST, Romania—MobileCom announced it will showcase some of its latest mobile services at METS 2001, being held from 23-27 October. MobileCom will offer hands-on demonstrations of its information-on-demand service, Clickit; its first full Arabic Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) service, Yalla; and mobile banking. MobileCom...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-AT&T Wireless announced an agreement with Google to provide subscribers with Internet-ready mobile phones direct access to Google's search engine.The Google service, available to AT&T Digital PocketNet Service Premium Plan customers, automatically converts HTML Web pages for Wireless Application Protocol...
BANGALORE, India—Jataayu Software released WAP 2.0, the company's gateway and browser software that meets the WAP Forum's specifications for the second generation of Wireless Application Protocol technology, and said it is the first company to have WAP 2.0-based systems."WAP 2.0 is a significant improvement...
HELSINKI, Finland—China Mobile plans to launch an electronic directory service called Sonera Finder for its customers in Peking. Newpalm Information Technology and Sonera Info Communications delivered the service.Sonera Finder provides international contact data via Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), short message service (SMS) and the...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—Cell-phone operator BT Viag, the German subsidiary of BT's MmO2 mobile division, said it plans to launch Microsoft's combined Pocket PC and mobile device in early 2002. The device, which will be branded as O2 xda, will be based on Microsoft's new...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia Corp. rolled out a new category of handset with a music player, FM radio, messaging machine and games platform in the phone.The Nokia 5510 handset, which has a wireless application protocol 1.1 browser for mobile Internet access, will be shipped in the...
LONDON—Mobile virtual network operator Virgin Mobile launched a new range of short message service and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-based wireless Internet applications built on InfoSpace's wireless platform, the companies announced.The deal is an extension of a previous agreement between the two companies. In February,...
NEW DELHI, India—The government-owned fixed-line operator, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), awarded Ericsson and Motorola contracts to build out its GSM network. BSNL is slated to launch a nationwide GSM service next year, with a projected 4 million-line capacity.Ericsson has won a US$135 million...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden—Telia launched Finland's first General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) service, called Telia Mobile Online. The service provides a continuous connection tot he Internet and Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) services.Corporate customers can access the service for an e8.25 (US$7.5) entrance fee and a monthly...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands—Several European operators have chosen CMG Wireless Data Solutions' technology to facilitate pan-European i-mode-based services, CMG said, although it declined to name the operators. CMG said it will provide the operators with the capability to deploy both i-mode and Wireless Application Protocol...
KIEV, Ukraine—The second-largest Ukrainian carrier Kyivstar is placing corporate bonds worth 86.95 million hrivnas (US$16.3 million). The placement will continue until 17 October.The bonds are issued in documentary and non-documentary form and mature in six, 12 and 18 months. The interest rate was fixed...
NEW YORK-Trivnet, an Israeli software provider, has developed a system designed to answer questions and eliminate concerns that have slowed adoption of the wireless phone as a sales transaction device.Consumers are concerned about inadequate security and its potential to permit fraudulent use of their...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD, California, United States—Walt Disney Internet Group today announced two major content distribution deals—moves that come just one week after the company announced a distribution agreement with Taiwan Cellular Corp.—proof Walt Disney is moving rapidly into the worldwide wireless Web industry.Walt Disney Internet...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-For years, countries in Southeast Asia have achieved tremendous growth in cellular phone services. However, when economic turmoil hit the region in 1997, network buildout was deferred and even stopped in some countries due to plummeting local currencies. Although many operators in the...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States—The WAP Forum officially launched the specifications for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) version 2.0, an upgrade that includes added functionality and a new developer language."The new specification is a significant milestone towards the WAP Forum's goal to bring a richer...
OXFORD, United Kingdom—The recent news that T-Motion, the mobile portal division of Deutsche Telekom, will charge Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) users for certain previously free mobile data services has been praised by mobile application developers. T-Motion is the first European mobile portal to start...
TOKYO—NEC, the leading high-tech enterprise in Japan, and Cybird, a mobile content provider, partnered for a content business in Korea. Under the deal, NEC acquired 15.4 percent of Cybird Korea, a business unit of Cybird in Korea. SK Telecom, the largest mobile carrier in...
TOKYO- NTT DoCoMo, in cooperation with KPN Mobile and E-Plus, is scheduled to launch i-mode-like services in the Netherlands and Germany in the fourth quarter. Access, a Japanese provider of microbrowsers for non-PC devices including NTT DoCoMo's i-mode service, is also exploring the European...
Handsets/ devicesMitsubishiMitsubishi released three new handsets. The Eclipse is a General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with a color display. The dual-band phone offers 256 colors and up to 86 kilobits-per-second data speeds. It has several features for business users. The phone allows users...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Amid an unpredictable economic crisis, Indonesia's telecommunication sector is moving forward, with new regulation in effect since 8 September, 2000. The new regulation, which says any company can provide telecommunication services, has received positive market response. Many new players, mostly cellular and wireless...
