TORONTO-Pixo Inc. and Wysdom Inc. have joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum.Pixo develops integrated software applications for wireless handsets, and said it joined the forum to accommodate WAP microbrowser technology as well as its own Hypertext Markup Language microbrowser.Wysdom is a wireless data software...
BOSTON-Accessibility and improvements in efficiency will drive adoption of mobile data services, according to a new report by independent research and consulting company Ovum titled, "Data over Cellular: The Road to Third Generation."Investment in new technologies, changes in traditional market models and an increase in...
Wireless stocks became the darling of Wall Street this year.Just a year ago analysts were predicting the death of stand-alone wireless stocks as landline companies planned to fold their wireless assets in with the rest of their companies to reflect their desires to be...
TORONTO-Wysdom Inc., a developer of wireless Internet applications, has received a $7 million private equity investment from The VenGrowth Investment Fund Inc., a Canadian venture capital firm.Proceeds will permit Wysdom to accelerate new product development and aggressively pursue the wireless e-commerce market, the company...
Adicom Wireless Inc., a Silicon Valley-based provider of wireless access equipment, plans to enter the U.S. market in the beginning of the new year, according to company President and CEO Adel Ghanem. The vendor already is scheduled to begin voice and data trials of...
SAN FRANCISCO-In line with the wireless data focus that has engulfed the industry throughout 1999, the four keynote speakers on the opening day of the 1999 CDMA Americas Congress represented Internet heavy-hitters.Executives from Microsoft Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems and Yahoo! Inc. gave...
The Canadian wireless market has seen a run-up in stock prices this year as tremendous growth and recent consolidation activity have driven increased interest in the sector."1998 was not a bad year, but it was a little wishy-washy," said George Karidis, director of research...
WASHINGTON-In a stunning turnabout, a federal appeals court in New York last week sided with the Federal Communications Commission and reversed a lower court ruling that had approved a bankruptcy judge's decision to lower NextWave Telecom Inc.'s payment for personal communications services licenses from...
Ah, the Thanksgiving holiday is now behind us. The official HOLIDAY season is upon us, and it's time to start shopping, writing letters to Santa and dusting off those favorite family recipes.As such, I'm ready to offer my recipe for a successful wireless industry.First,...
LOS ANGELES-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. launched its wireless data network in the Los Angeles market.AT&T Wireless Internet Protocol service will provide instant, wireless access to the Internet, as well as connections to e-mail, stock quotes, corporate databases and other network services using Cellular Digital...
About 10 years ago Qualcomm Inc. had a goal-to ensure CDMA technology's success by heavily promoting it, investing in companies that would deploy it and entering the equipment supplier business.Now total worldwide Code Division Multiple Access subscribers number more than 43 million, and Qualcomm's...
LAS VEGAS-OmniSky Corp., formerly OpenSky Corp., introduced its first product last week at Comdex-a wireless Internet and e-mail service solution for Palm V users that integrates hardware, software and Internet access from several partner providers.OmniSky is the venture formed in June with funding from...
U S West Wireless is delaying the rollout of its commercial Web-browsing service until the beginning of next year as it works to understand what its customers want from wireless Internet access."We have the capability to do it now, but it's clear customers don't...
Vodafone AirTouch plc Friday launched a hostile takeover bid for Mannesmann AG after the German company flatly rejected an earlier all-stock bid of about $106 billion."We made a friendly approach to Mannesmann last Sunday," said Chris Gent, Vodafone AirTouch's chief executive officer. "That proposal...
LAS VEGAS-While the growing convergence between the computer and wireless industries has made headlines in wireless industry press and generated great excitement at wireless trade shows, the issue remains somewhat of a footnote within the computer industry.At last week's fall Comdex show here, some...
Enhanced specialized mobile radio operators are poised to lead the country in rolling out Wireless Application Protocol services next year.Today, no U.S. wireless provider offers full WAP services. But SMR operators Nextel Communications Inc. and Southern Linc both have embraced pre-WAP services, with an...
In a deal loud with industry-shaking repercussions, the nation's top two paging carriers announced their intention to merge last week, raising the consolidation bar to a level as yet unseen in industry's history.Arch Communications Group Inc., the second-largest paging carrier, emerged as the victor...
SAN FRANCISCO-Act now! GSM carriers need to deploy wireless data today, speakers told Global System for Mobile communications operators at last week's GSM in North America conference here.Carriers need to get data applications into the hands of consumers before next-generation data-centric networks come along,...
TesscoTessco Technologies Inc. appointed Kevin P. Demery vice president and unit director of product and brand development. He will be responsible for electronic commerce, product management, strategic planning and all marketing communications. Demery has held senior sales and marketing positions with Ericsson Inc. and...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Paradigm4 unveiled SmartPartner Pager, a new wireless data service that provides law enforcement officers with the ability to access critical information from local, state and federal criminal databases via the RIM Inter@ctive Pager 950.Operating in a manner similar to mobile computers found...
The concept of a trade show devoted to wireless data applications, like Wireless I.T., is as marvelous as it is timely. The show no doubt is destined for greatness. Internet and wireless technologies-separately and converged-are the hottest things going these days.But Silicon Valley, which...
Alain Rossmann, founder of Phone.com, told the opening session audience at CTIA's Wireless I.T. conference last week in Santa Clara, Calif., that the wireless data industry has moved beyond the technology issues and now must address the business model.While Rossmann may be a bit...
NEW YORK-Landline replacement, the Holy Grail of wireless telephony, received a boost from an array of forces unleashed simultaneously into the communications environment.This is not a high-stakes game of winner takes all, however. Telecommunications providers are learning more about how best to exploit the...
NEW YORK-A key component of the IMT-2000 global wireless third-generation standard that the International Telecommunication Union evaluated this month comes from the kind of small, entrepreneurial company whose voice is often drowned out in this type of process.Golden Bridge Technology, West Long Branch, N.J.,...
