Even as some are predicting the impending demise of WAP, others are betting their futures on it.One such player is Obigo, a longtime participant in wireless data that is hoping a new name and face will energize its sales.Obigo was founded as AU-System, and...
It seems the wireless machine-to-machine market is finally coming into its own.The industry now boasts a range of players including major names like Nokia Corp. and IBM Corp., it enjoys a healthy value chain, there are a growing number of case studies and success...
A savvy Amazon.com shopper can find Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications L.P.'s color-screen T616 camera phone with service from AT&T Wireless Services Inc. for -$150. That's right: Buyers will actually receive $150 for purchasing the phone.Is Sony Ericsson giving away its phones in a desperate...
TOKYO-Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced its new 900i series of third-generation FOMA mobile phones, devices that feature perhaps the most advanced services the wireless industry has ever seen.Most importantly, DoCoMo said the devices in general offer three times the battery life...
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced it bought the enterprise mobility division of Aether Systems Inc. for $19 million, a move TCS said will boost its data offerings and further serves to highlight the difficulties in the wireless enterprise market.The deal is a relative steal for...
TOKYO-Struggling Internet company America Online Inc. and Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. announced they dissolved their widely touted joint venture, once heralded as way to promote "fixed-mobile convergence."Terms of the deal were not disclosed, and neither company was immediately available for comment....
LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a sequel to its popular Jamdat Bowling application, a game that will feature enhanced audio and multiplayer features."With over 2 million downloads, the original Jamdat Bowling is a milestone wireless game for the company and the...
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless announced a major step in the wireless instant messaging industry with its new application that will combine MSN Messenger, AOL IM and Yahoo! Messenger.Verizon said the Yahoo! Messenger service will be available early next year.Verizon said the service will initially work...
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. announced it bought the enterprise mobility division of Aether Systems Inc. for $19 million, a move TCS said will boost its data offerings and further serves to highlight the difficulties in the wireless enterprise market.The deal is a relative steal for...
Japanese wireless data giant NTT DoCoMo Inc. introduced its new 900i series of third-generation FOMA mobile phones, devices that feature perhaps the most advanced services the wireless industry has ever seen.Most importantly, DoCoMo said the devices in general offer three times the battery life...
LOS ANGELES-Wireless gaming company Jamdat Mobile Inc. announced a sequel to its popular Jamdat Bowling application, a game that will feature enhanced audio and multiplayer features."With over 2 million downloads, the original Jamdat Bowling is a milestone wireless game for the company and the...
Nextel Communications Inc. bought $2.7 million of specialized mobile radio spectrum from wireless data carrier Motient Corp., according to Motient's Securities and Exchange Commission filings. Motient said it did not need the SMR spectrum, and it would use the extra funds for capital requirements...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will host, operate and manage Western Wireless Corp.'s multimedia messaging service offering throughout the carrier's domestic CDMA coverage area.Ericsson noted that in addition to supplying the platform and integrating the application with Western Wireless' network and billing system, it...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will host, operate and manage Western Wireless Corp.'s multimedia messaging service offering throughout the carrier's domestic CDMA coverage area.Ericsson noted that in addition to supplying the platform and integrating the application with Western Wireless' network and billing system, it...
Nextel Communications Inc. bought $2.7 million worth of Specialized Mobile Radio spectrum from wireless data carrier Motient Corp., according to Motient's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.Motient said it did not need the SMR spectrum, and it would use the extra funds for capital requirements...
Sun Microsystems Inc. announced its newly launched Java.com Internet site will feature wireless Java games for Vodafone Live! subscribers. The effort is aimed at promoting Sun's wireless Java push, as well as Vodafone's Live! wireless data offering."We're delighted to have our consumer game...
As the holiday season approaches, the industry's mobile-phone players are working to gear up for a quarter most predict will be gangbusters.First up is Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., which announced it will sell its SGH-x426 through AT&T Wireless Services Inc. The phone features a...
Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text messages to another picture-messaging handset, as an Internet link for non-picture messaging handsets or...
Alltel Corp. jumped into the multimedia messaging business launching picture-messaging capabilities to its Axcess wireless data offering allowing customers to take, send and receive color photos with voice and text messages to another picture-messaging handset, as an Internet link for non-picture messaging handsets or...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a new flash card to enable personal digital assistant users to use its FOMA third-generation services. DoCoMo currently provides a card that is applicable only to PCs with PC card slots.The new P2402 will enable 3G...
TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will begin marketing a new flash card to enable personal digital assistant users to use its FOMA third-generation services. DoCoMo currently provides a card that is applicable only to PCs with PC card slots.The new P2402 will enable 3G...
IRVINE, Calif.-Military Communications Technologies Inc. said its affiliate, Military SDR Technologies, has implemented its OFDM waveform on two of its platforms known as SpectruCell and PC4.OFDM, which is known as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, transmits multiple signals over a single wireless system."The successful implementation...
With more than 1 million active users contributing a reported $7 to $8 in average revenue per month, AT&T Wireless Services Inc.'s mMode offering is seen by many industry analysts as a reasonable success in the early stages of wireless data services. But compared...
