Cingular Wireless L.L.C. has extended the scope of its EDGE-based high-speed wireless data service to south Florida, providing customers with access to network speeds of up to 170 kilobits per second using either the Sony Ericsson GC82 PC Card or slower speeds using Nokia...
MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier.Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 wine reviews to wireless users. Airborne said it will develop The Wine Spectator Mobile Companion...
GOTHENBURG, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has sold its wireless data division known as Mobitex to a U.K. investment group. The major investors include two former executives of U.K Mobitex network operator Transcomm plc.The executives include Andrew C. Fitton, its former chief executive, and Russell Backhouse, its...
Bolstering its Ready Link walkie-talkie offering, Sprint PCS launched its fifth Sanyo handset for the service, which the carrier said now includes more than 275,000 users. Sprint also rearranged pricing for the service to align more with the carrier's PCS Vision wireless data service.The...
MONTREAL, Canada-The wireless Web just got a little tastier.Wine magazine Wine Spectator announced a deal with wireless content company Airborne Entertainment to offer wine information along with its 130,000 wine reviews to wireless users. Airborne said it will develop The Wine Spectator Mobile Companion...
BEIJING-Motorola Inc. said it has launched a center to research new wireless data services and enable operators to evaluate applications for their networks. Motorola has committed $3.4 billion in total investment in China.The center, known as Application Center of Excellence, was designed with China's...
RESTON, Va.-Transaction Network Services Inc., a provider of data communications services for transaction applications, said it has acquired certain assets from bankrupt U.S. Wireless Data, including its Synapse wireless point-of-sale payment platform."This is the first acquisition for TNS since going public in March and...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Several wireless technology companies kicked off last week with financial deals worth millions.Good Technology Inc., supplier of GoodLink standards-based wireless messaging and corporate data access system, has closed on $45 million in financing, which it plans to use to accelerate its "already rapid"...
OTTAWA-EMS Technologies Inc. said it has acquired a suite of fleet tracking software from GEOCOMtms Inc. that allows for seamless access to different wireless data networks in the same application.The value of the deal was not disclosed.The solution, combined with EMS' PDT-100 satellite communication...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-BMW of North America L.L.C. said it is using Sprint PCS' wireless data network to connect kiosks the company is deploying throughout the country as part of a marketing campaign for the BMX X3 and new 6-Series automobiles and its partnership with...
Qualcomm Inc. announced its BREW application download service will be available in Europe through a new deal with CDMA 450 MHz operator Zapp in Romania."Zapp is proud to be the first CDMA 450 operator to introduce BREW-based services to the market," said Cuneyt Turktan,...
Long-distance carrier Elephant Talk Communications Inc. announced it purchased Chinese wireless messaging company General System Technology Ltd., known as WestSMS. Terms of the deal were not disclosed."SMS is the most exciting and cost-effective direct marketing and advertising method available to business. It can be...
DENVER-High-speed wireless Internet service provider Ricochet Networks Inc. has once again revised its business model and now plans to sell its service to municipalities across the United States, as well as internationally.The company plans to sell its metro-wide networks to cities that could use...
Wireless messaging applications in the United States typically involve voting for reality TV show contestants, participating in trivia contests or requesting some sort of information, and most cost a few dollars or less. But one company is hoping to expand the functions of text...
SAN MATEO, Calif.-The market for wireless machine-to-machine communications is poised to experience a 27-percent compound annual growth rate, ballooning from $9.3 billion in 2004 to $31 billion in 2008, according to research from the Wireless Data Research Group.Machine-to-machine communication systems allow for the remote...
NEW YORK-Wireless capital expenditure in the United States for 2003 edged out its wireline counterpart, highlighting an onset of stability in the industry after the recent bubble, according to a report from Skyline Marketing Group.According to the study, U.S. wireless carriers' capex jumped 6...
New research shows the wireless data and entertainment industry is neglecting its most willing market segments: women and young adults."Females and young consumers have a significantly higher propensity to adopt most mobile interactive services and advanced handset features," wrote research and consulting firm Zelos...
REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. is assisting several airlines, including America West Airlines and United Airlines, in tracking mail sent via air through the U.S. Postal Service.The airlines use mobile devices to scan barcodes on mail that is tracked via AWS' network when the...
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said in a report that it expects the wireless industry to post moderate growth in the high single- to low double-digit range as carriers increase penetration, customers begin porting their phone numbers from wireline to wireless, and the industry...
BOCA RATON, Fla.-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits per second and average throughput of between 75 and 135 kbps. In support of the launch, Cingular also...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Western Wireless Corp. expanded its CDMA2000 1x network to provide its OpenDoor wireless Internet service and Hello2Pix picture messaging service to its Cellular One customers in Colorado, North Dakota, Utah and Wyoming. The carrier launched 1x services in it Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri,...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has deployed EDGE technology in its South Florida market providing customers with wireless data speeds up to 170 kilobits per second and average throughput of between 75 and 135 kbps. In support of the launch, Cingular also announced the...
Developers: Wireless wants you.At least, that's the message coming from many of the largest players in the wireless industry. Companies from Microsoft Corp. to Nokia Corp. to Verizon Wireless are investing both cash and manpower into enticing content and application developers into the market....
Showing a thirst for life rivaling the old man in Monty Python's Holy Grail who repeatedly cries out, "I'm not dead yet," AT&T Wireless Services Inc. has positioned itself to continue to compete in the wireless industry despite its impending acquisition by rival Cingular...
