STOCKHOLM, Sweden-BellSouth Mobility said it plans to deploy up to 56 Ericsson Datacom Inc. AXC 627 Tigris Access Servers in 28 of its mobile switching centers.The servers, part of Ericsson's Integrated Access System wireless solution, will complement an ongoing upgrade of BellSouth's Time Division...
NEW YORK-After a year-long collaborative trial with a cellular carrier in its hometown of Mankato, Minn., PrePaid Systems Inc. has begun marketing its handset-based prepaid system, which affords services and prices equivalent to those postpaid customers receive.Hickory Tech, formerly Cellular One of Minnesota, began...
ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help wireless carriers avoid commoditization when converging with the Internet.Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson...
NEW YORK-ThinAirApps L.L.C. released its ThinAirServer 1.1, which permits two-way, real-time information access to a range of out-of-the-box applications from a variety of wireless devices.The new platform is compatible with any Palm VII handheld, any Palm III or Palm V with Transmission Control Protocol/Internet...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. reported it carried out the first Wireless Application Protocol service over a trial wideband Code Division Multiple Access system.The tests, completed in Beijing, involved Chinese language WAP services transmitted via the W-CDMA system and radio network."The demonstration of seamless interoperability of...
ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going forward.The endorsement by these computing industry leaders is yet another indication the wireless Internet...
NASHUA, N.H.-CMG Telecommunications released version 1.2 of its WAP Service Broker, a Wireless Application Protocol portal that includes an online service and user profiling system for carriers to keep track of their subscribers' wireless Internet usage.The new version supports Time Division Multiple Access and...
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.-Despite the outlook by many in the industry that paging is a market in decline, Southeastern Communications Association members are excited abut it. The group, which held its annual meeting here last week, primarily represents smaller, regional paging operators looking for new...
RALEIGH, N.C.-Nando Media has launched a 24-hour news service for Internet-enabled wireless phones and pagers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.
SAN DIEGO-MP3.com Inc. launched its first Wireless Application Protocol application called MP3.com Wireless Live Events Calendar, which allows users to locate and buy tickets to live music events from WAP-enabled mobile phones.As bandwidth capabilities improve, the company said it plans to offer music downloading...
Comverse Network Systems introduced its Nex2Me wireless instant messaging solution, a Wireless Application Protocol and short message service suite that enables the creation of mobile communities shared by mobile and Internet users.The system will notify users when a member of their instant messaging community...
BOSTON-Ovum warned that Wireless Application Protocol supporters don't have much time to take advantage of the now-open window of opportunity, which the global research and consulting company said will close quickly.In a new report, "WAP Market Strategies," the company said upcoming technologies like Extensible...
Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution.For 10 years, Seagull has offered Web-to-Host and Windows-to-Host solutions, basically providing software that allows enterprises...
A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for "Where are the phones?"Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included in the wireless Internet game, the question may be asked, "Where are the pagers?"All discussions...
NokiaNokia Corp. unveiled its new 8260 wireless phone that the company says blends colorful and stylish options into a small digital handset. The 8260 is Time Division Multiple Access 800 compatible, weighs 3.4 ounces, is approximately four inches tall and will include mobile originated...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. unveiled Nokia Activ for its Wireless Application Protocol Server 1.1, a one-button solution enabling Web sites to send WAP service settings to WAP-enabled mobile phones wirelessly.The service will allow consumers to click a Nokia Activ button on a Web site and...
NEW YORK-MobileLogic Inc. introduced a suite of wireless business solutions designed to help extend corporate information to wireless devices.The solution supports devices such as wirelessly enabled personal digital assistants and Wireless Application Protocol phones. It includes consulting services, solutions deployment and wireless data support,...
VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Image Power announced it has enabled its Web-based FaxPC and Linux FaxPC viewer universal messaging service with Wireless Application Protocol technology to extend these services to WAP-based wireless devices as well as extend them to wirelessly enabled Palm and Windows CE devices.
MexicoMexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been interested in enhancing its liquidity in the Mexican market and noted that in the future,...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced several solutions designed to improve the services available from the company's third-generation and Internet Protocol product offerings.Based on Open Service Architecture standardized by the 3G Partnership Project, Nokia's new 3G Service Creation and Execution Platform is designed to provide seamless...
BEIJING-Sina.com, an Internet media and services company geared toward the Chinese community, signed separate memoranda of understanding agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Siemens in China to deliver content to wireless Internet consumers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.According to the agreements, Sina.com will...
SignalSoftSteven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer training for all geographic areas, including North America, South America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Prior...
HONG KONG-Infinite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Infinite Enterprise Wireless Application Protocol server, a secure WAP gateway the company said will make access to a range of confidential information possible for mobile Internet subscribers."We expect that our scalable version will encourage many more companies...
NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. will be active in the upcoming government auctions for 1.9 MHz and 700 MHz spectrum, said Steven M. Shindler, executive vice president and chief financial officer."There is all sorts of speculation about spectrum, auction and M&A issues, and Steve has...
