Wireless Internet

BOSTON-The wireless application service provider market will grow to $3.6 billion by 2005 and is in the same formative stages as the fixed Internet ASP industry was a few years …

Like any healthy, enterprising entity, the wireless broadband industry is comprised of various companies and associations with products to push and agendas to satisfy. The industry’s quest for a single, …

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CAMBRIDGE, Ontario-COM DEV Wireless, a subsidiary of COM DEV International Ltd., and Alpine PCS will partner to conduct initial trials of COM DEV’s M/ERGY high-speed wireless Internet system in the …

WASHINGTON-Despite uneven progress of fixed wireless broadband carriers in recent years, the ability of newcomers to the local market-small and large alike-to offer voice, data, video and Internet services competitively …

Although U.S. trade negotiator Richard Fisher called the mobile Internet arm candy, the delicacy may have to improve into an eye candy for Americans to call it sweet. But, so …

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TheRightSize TheRightSize Inc. released its new Rosetta Stone wireless software for the Palm family of personal digital assistants, which the company said uses information from online retailers to help shoppers …

FREMONT, Calif.-OnMobile Inc., which provides next-generation wireless Internet solutions, announced a strategic partnership with Nuance, a voice interface software provider. By integrating Nuance’s speech recognition and voice authentication software into …

So far, the question has been: Who drives the traffic? Do content providers for the wireless Internet push user traffic for wireless carriers, increasing their revenue stream, or do carriers …

TOKYO-Japan Telecom Co. Ltd., the country’s third-largest wireless operator, reported subscribers for its Internet-enabled cell phones reached 5 million customers. “Thanks to communications functions and content such as ringing tones, …

Nine months after investing an initial $33 million into its mobile Internet services development company Microcell i5 Inc., Canadian wireless operator Microcell Solutions Inc. introduced its i.Fido wireless data services …

Newly named Leader of the Pack FCC Chairman Michael Powell got it right last week when he declared that wireless is the killer app. He’s not alone. Each week, there …

Motorola Inc. said Borland, a provider of Internet access infrastructure and application development tools, will provide its JBuilder 4 Foundation development environment as part of the Motorola iDEN Subscriber Group’s …

ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, a provider of two-way wireless Internet connectivity for wireless carriers, announced it will deliver its wireless messaging products to China Systems Corp.’s network of financial institution customers. In addition, …

TOKYO-The value of wireless Internet transactions in Japan will grow from $336 million in 2000 to more than $5 billion in 2005, according to a report from Japanese research firm …

Several large wireless operators showed proof of continuing strength in the wireless industry, amid rumblings of a general slowdown in the economy. AT&T Wireless Services Inc., Sprint PCS, Verizon Wireless …

NEW YORK-AirMedia has embarked on a common carrier strategy for Internet content provision with the late January introduction of its new “Wireless Hub.” “This will be a worldwide automated marketplace, …

SAN FRANCISCO-Telephia Inc. gave new hope to mobile Internet entrepreneurs with its latest study, finding almost one-quarter of wireless Internet users purchased some type of product with their wireless device. …

While cellular and personal communications services carriers have a long way to go to woo business travelers to their mobile Internet offerings, companies building WAN- and LAN-based networks are poised …

AT&T Wireless wasted little time in exploiting its relationship with Japan’s NTT DoCoMo in an attempt to jump start its wireless Internet offerings. AT&T, which received nearly $10 billion from …

CHICAGO-Third-generation wireless networks will rely on wireless Internet access for profitability instead of full motion video and other high-bandwidth applications, according to a study by wireless consulting firm Herschel Shosteck …

Wireless carriers believe in the power of advertising. Two of the major advertisers in last month’s Super Bowl were the nation’s two largest wireless carriers, Verizon Wireless and Cingular. But …

ATLANTA-Two-way wireless Internet product developer BulletIN.net announced it acquired a controlling interest in Jungle Drum Systems Ltd., a wireless application company in New Zealand. BulletIN.net said the acquisition will expand …

A year ago, if a company was looking for a few million dollars in investment money, all it needed to do was call on Wall Street and wait for the …