wireless application protocol

Wireless Internet technology Integra Micro Systems Indian software company Integra Micro Systems introduced a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browser for the PalmOS platform, allowing Palm devices to access Wireless Markup …

NEW DELHI, India-The Southeast Asian region is set to enter a new era of wireless data within the next two years. Many operators in the region have already introduced wireless …

HONG KONG-Hong Kong may become the Asian leader in mobile e-commerce, as network operators rush to embrace next-generation smart cards, said Claus Hansen, GSM marketing director at smart card vendor …

DENVER, United States-One of the world’s most savvy and chic brand names is coming to the U.S. mobile-phone market next year. Virtual network operator (VNO) Virgin Mobile USA said it …

DUBLIN, Ireland-High license costs and fierce competition have further increased the pressure on European third-generation (3G) operators to quickly roll out their networks. But while this rush to market will …

DUBLIN, Ireland-The myth that prepaid cellular users are by definition low-value customers has been firmly discredited, and prepaid services did much to increase GSM penetration among the young and cost …

MELBOURNE, Australia-Australian telecommunications giant Telstra has significantly boosted the capacity of its mobile telephone networks to cater to the large influx of visitors to Sydney, Australia, for the Olympic Games. …

DUBLIN, Ireland-Gaining more than 10 million Japanese subscribers within 18 months of launch, NTT DoCoMo’s i-mode wireless Internet service is a genuine industry phenomenon. But despite the Japanese company’s determination …

China Chinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

NEW YORK-Any wireless carrier that frets about competition on its turf should consider SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., the fourth licensee in Hong Kong. The city-state has a population of 6.9 …

France Brightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets in France. Financial terms of …

Internet portal Lycos Inc. launched its mobile initiative today branded as Lycos Mobile, extending the My Lycos personalization platform to Internet-enabled wireless devices. Wireless application service provider Wysdom Inc. is …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-Wireless infrastructure equipment provider interWave Communications International Ltd. signed a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Microcellular Systems Ltd. The acquisition is expected to …

WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. is acquiring Exalink Ltd., an Israel-based Wireless Application Protocol gateway and application software developer. The tax-free, stock-for-stock transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of …

The Netherlands opened its auction for five third-generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services mobile-phone licenses Thursday, and immediately two of the eight bidding companies bowed out. Hutchison 3G Netherlands and Nogenta …

MALAYSIA-Telekom Malaysia launched Wireless Application Protocol services based on Motorola Inc.’s Mobile Internet Exchange platform, leveraging content from Telekom Multimedia, the Internet and multimedia division of Telekom Malaysia. The first …

As anticipated, Geoworks Corp. has released the revised terms of its licensing program concerning its Flexible User Interface patent, which it says is used by anyone building or deploying Wireless …

NEW YORK-Telstra Corp., Australia’s dominant telecommunications provider, “hates to be considered an incumbent because we transitioned to a New Age company years ago,” said Philip Wise, managing director of its …

Looking to wirelessly enable vertical markets and corporate enterprises, Veriprise Wireless Inc. was formed this January by the co-owners of NextGen Technologies, a consulting firm focused on enterprise and e-business …

FAIRFAX, Va.-Aelix Inc., a provider of unified messaging products, said Ztango.com will provide Wireless Application Protocol and short message service wireless gateway services for its Qortet family of unified messaging …

Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit. The kit consists of a software …

NEW YORK-Developers of devices and applications for wireless communications strutted their stuff, offering new, nearly new and soon-to-debut products and services at this year’s MobileFocus. Giving more gumption to handheld …

NEW YORK-SBC Wireless hopes to take a bite out of the Big Apple as one part of a territorial and services expansion plan accompanying combining its wireless operations with those …

NEW YORK-InfoWave Software Inc. will make commercially available in July its new FirstHand server software package, which give devices enabled with Wireless Application Protocol access to Microsoft Exchange information. FirstHand …