Wireless Internet

TOKYO-Japanese operator KDDI Corp. and Okinawa Cellular Telephone plan to offer a new payment collection service where charges for purchases through participating online shopping sites are invoiced to end users …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launched Samsung Telecommunications America’s SGH-s307 Java-based handset on its network. Cingular said the handset, which is compatible with Cingular’s GSM/GPRS network using both the 850 MHz and …

A new customer survey shows that the wireless data industry may have turned the corner, a change that seems to be due to the advent of camera phones. The number …

SEOUL, South Korea-KT Corp. plans to trial 2.3 GHz equipment from Navini Networks, using spectrum defined by the Korean government for a high-speed wireless Internet service called Portable Internet. The …

As open standards and alliance building become the Holy Grail of the wireless industry, some industry watchers see them as oxymoron and schemes to capture market share. “Standard groups are …

DRAPER, Utah-Broadband Central has launched its Blue Zone reseller program to support its nationwide rollout of high-speed wireless Internet services for residential customers. The company, which is initially focusing on …

SEOUL, South Korea-KT Corp. plans to trial 2.3 GHz equipment from Navini Networks, using spectrum defined by the Korean government for a high-speed wireless Internet service called Portable Internet. The …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Analyst firm Probe Group believes Bluetooth technology might drive wireless Internet revenues, but remains cautious on its outlook. Analyst David Chamberlain expects one of three uptake scenarios to …

Finnish company Comptel Corp. said it won a global contract with Telefonica Moviles for Comptel’s mediation and provisioning software. Under the agreement, Comptel’s technology will be available to all companies …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to trumpet is BREW application download service, announcing BellSouth International will offer BREW services in nine areas in Latin America and that South Korean carrier KTF …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo said it will begin offering its Sigmarion III handheld PC May 28. The device, which uses the Microsoft Windows CE .NET operating system, is compatible with NTT DoCoMo’s …

BellSouth Corp. has agreed to buy WorldCom Inc.’s multichannel multipoint distribution system licenses for $65 million in an agreement the two companies reached last month. BellSouth’s bid for the company’s …

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados-Nortel Networks Inc. said it will supply GSM/GPRS technology to Sunbeach Communications Inc., a wireline and wireless Internet service provider in Barbados. Sunbeach is expanding its service offerings to …

CARROLLTON, Texas-Broadband wireless services provider Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc. reported first-quarter revenues of $4 million, down from $10.6 million during the first quarter of 2002. Net loss was $4.3 million, …

ATLANTA-Sanswire Technologies Inc. will move forward with its plan to launch a nationwide wireless broadband network, following the reworking of its agreement with Telesphere Communications Inc., a division of Techsphere …

REDWOOD CITY, California, United States-Openwave Systems, which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales and upgraded products, along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and shrinking revenues. …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Openwave Systems Inc., which sells wireless Internet and messaging software, reported new carrier sales along with third-quarter results showing declining losses and shrinking revenues. Openwave said it expects …

VANCOUVER, Canada-Canadian wireless Internet service provider FatPort said it will provide high-speed wireless Internet access throughout the Coast Hotels & Resorts chain in Canada. The Wi-Fi access will be initially …

KIRKLAND, Wash.-Wavelink Corp. has partnered with Europe’s Wificom Technologies and Aptilo Networks to enable communications service providers to offer wireless Internet access in public areas including airports, coffee shops, hotels …

NEW DELHI, India-The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued guidelines for public wireless Internet access services. Called “Guideline on the Provision of Wireless LAN Service using Spread Spectrum …

NEW YORK-GuestWiFi, which provides wireless local area network access at small and mid-sized hotels, has teamed with Pronto Networks, a Pleasanton, Calif., provider of carrier-class operations support systems for hot …

NEW YORK-Would you like wireless Internet access with that burger? Fast food customers at select New York City McDonald’s Corp. restaurants are now also being offered wireless Internet access, compliments …

NEW YORK-Content application provider Pinnacor Inc., formerly ScreamingMedia, will join the Leadership Council of CITA’s Wireless Internet Caucus (WIC), an organization devoted to driving adoption of wireless Internet applications. Pinnacor …

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Wireless Internet users could increase by 300 percent by 2007, with demand on the rise from this year forward, according to the “Wireless Internet Year-End 2002 Review and …

WASHINGTON-The wireless data arm of the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association said it plans to expand its focus to include the rapidly growing content creation community, and that content companies …