RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. launched Aether Systems Inc.'s PocketBlue wireless data solution for public safety on Nextel's i95cl Java-enabled handsets and iM1100 modem.Aether said the PocketBlue solution enables law enforcement officers and other authorized personnel to query local, state and federal criminal information and...
ORLANDO, Fla.-Data on Air Inc., which for the past seven years has worked in wireless data networking, carrier billing, provisioning, WAP hosting and reporting, announced plans to change its name and business direction in order to focus on multimedia content.Data on Air will change...
SAN DIEGO, United States-Qualcomm increased its wireless footprint with announcements in China and Japan.In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the development of BREW-based CDMA wireless data applications, splitting the ownership between both companies."With the outstanding value-added...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. increased its wireless footprint with announcements in the United States, China and Japan.In China, the CDMA proprietor signed a joint venture with China Unicom to foster the development of BREW-based CDMA wireless data applications, splitting the ownership between both companies."With the...
BEIJING-China Mobile will double its investment in wireless data networks and GPRS this year, but reduce its investment in GSM networks. The forecast was made by CCID Consulting, affiliated with China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), at its 2003 China IT Market Forum held...
DENVER-As he demonstrated the strength of Palm Inc.'s new product, the Tungsten W PDA phone, senior product manager Stephane Maes showed how the market has segmented over the past few years. Palm recently visited RCR Wireless News to preview the new device the company...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Messaging and data company Comverse released a new version of its wireless data gateway product, which the company said supports WAP 2.0 standards.Comverse said the Mobile Data Gateway version 4 can support new color handsets, multimedia and photo messaging, mobile e-mail and Java...
ATLANTA-Telemetry company Numerex Corp.'s stock dove 30 percent after the company said its losses for its fourth quarter will be more than the previous quarter and that its full-year growth will be lower than expected.Numerex said its wireless data revenues for the full year...
SAN FRANCISCO-Researchers from Lucent Technologies Inc.'s Bell Labs announced what it describes as the world's first turbo decoder chip for terminals that support an enhanced version of UMTS called High Speed Downlink Packet Access."The Bell Labs-designed chip, which will be licensed to manufacturers of...
DALLAS, Texas-Nortel Networks Ltd. said it has demonstrated a 30-fold increase in UMTS radio capacity, using new multiple input, multiple output and multibeam smart antenna technologies."Using these innovations, Nortel Networks has demonstrated wireless data applications, including streaming video, large file transfers and video conferencing,...
JAKARTA, Indonesia-Singapore's StarHub said it would target more corporate customers by offering a broad array of wireless data services this year.StarHub, which achieved 640,000 subscribers by the end of last year, said it is targeting corporate customers who currently comprise roughly 5 percent of...
Schooling the everyday Joe in the benefits of wireless has long been a major task before the industry, and wireless players have funneled millions of dollars into the effort. Wireless data is a hard sell, so the argument goes, and the technology's value must...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Communications said it will file a motion to stop a court ruling requiring the carrier to reveal the identity of an Internet user accused of pirating music."The recording industry brought this case as a test case of its aggressive legal theories," said John...
RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. and Aeroprise Inc. introduced the Aeroprise Mobile Gateway, which the companies said was designed to provide BMC Software Remedy customers with wireless data access to their applications developed on the Action Request System business process automation platform.Nextel said no programming...
MEXICO CITY-Wireless operator Iusacell has launched the country's first cdma2000 1x voice and high-speed data network for instant messaging, e-mail and Internet access, as well as mobile office capabilities and applications.Lucent Technologies Inc. provided the equipment, software and services for the networks."We are extremely...
FOLSOM, Calif.-The Association of Wireless Professionals (AOWP) announced it will hold its AOWP Certified Wireless Sales Associate (CWSA) Training Course March 16 and 17 as part of the CTIA Wireless 2003 conference in New Orleans.The course, designed for wireless sales people, will cover telecommunications...
MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Despite economic slowing and sector saturation, profitability of some of Europe's savvy-and lucky-wireless operators is managing to improve across a desolate backdrop. Across the Continent, average revenue per user (ARPU) for most operators has been increasing at about 5 percent quarter on...
Just months after European carrier Orange released the world's first mobile phone running on Microsoft's Smartphone operating system, the two companies are working to develop a patch for a software bug in the phone's operating system, a bug that allows users to bypass the...
WELLESLEY, Mass.-The Mobile Confidence Index developed by Mobile Ecosystem projects the wireless industry downturn will continue through at least the first half of this year.The index tracks 13 leading wireless indicators across several categories, including financial, industry performance, marketing, advertising, employment and innovation metrics....
SAN MATEO, Calif.-About 7 percent of all text messages in the United States do not reach their destination, according to a new study from Keynote Systems, a finding that comes as many operators have installed text messaging interoperability and are looking to boost usage...
ALLENTOWN, Pa.-Agere Systems announced it will supply Samsung with wireless data chipsets and software for use in the company's new generation of advanced mobile phones.The agreement, worth more than $150 million over 12 months, calls for Agere to incorporate its GPRS chipset and software...
STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless applications provider SmartServ Online Inc. announced it will team with Wireless Retail Inc. to sell packaged bundles of wireless data applications inside retail locations."Wireless Retail's sophisticated POS (point of sale) system will enable us to activate applications, compensate personnel and differentiate offerings...
AT&T Wireless Services Inc. said it will push back the launch of its advanced W-CDMA network by six months and scale down the coverage area to four cities.The carrier said it will deploy a W-CDMA network in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle and Dallas...
Editor's Note: Each year RCR Wireless News chooses the person who has most impacted the wireless industry. Our choice for 2002 is Dennis Strigl, Verizon Wireless Inc.'s chief executive. Verizon, the nation's largest carrier, is known as a conservative company, and that has served...
