BELLEVUE, Wash.-InfoSpace Inc. unveiled several implementations of its wireless Internet services platform by such companies as Nortel Networks, SBC Wireless, Virgin Mobile and Indian firm Tata.Nortel and InfoSpace have teamed to jointly offer the InfoSpace platform with Nortel's wireless network infrastructure to service providers....
SAN JOSE, Calif.-FusionOne Inc. said it will provide its Internet-based synchronization services to InfoSpace Inc.'s Wireless Internet platform. FusionOne's services are based on a store-and-forward, transaction-based architecture that synchronizes information across both compatible and otherwise incompatible systems, the company said.
Just because the majority of the world's wireless Internet users live in Japan doesn't mean a U.S. company can't join in on the fun.Which is exactly what FunMail Inc. hopes to do. This week, the company launched its Animated Instant Message service on NTT...
As the calendar turned over from the '90s to the '00s, the wireless industry has seen a surge in companies targeting the wireless enterprise enablement space.While outsourced solution providers such as wireless application service providers have made a name for themselves earlier in the...
Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, recent initiatives by innovative carriers such as Sonera allow users to buy candy, to...
NEW YORK-The best is yet to be in the conjunction of wireless and the Internet, and that means plenty of opportunity, said Lior E. Yahalomi, managing partner of CMGI @Ventures.The Menlo Park, Calif., venture fund, established in 1995 to invest solely in Internet-related companies,...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Ericsson said it signed a contract to supply equipment for China's first national Internet Protocol backbone. China Mobile signed the contract, which includes an IP backbone network for voice over IP access, and transmission for GPRS technology by year-end.Eventually, the system will deliver,...
Burst Wireless Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are collaborating in a trial of high-speed wireless Internet services that Burst says will offer data rate speeds up to 144 kilobits per second, and, using Lucent's infrastructure equipment, keep in step with burgeoning third-generation technologies.The trial...
Looking to make a play in the wireless e-business enablement space, Brience Inc. was formed six months ago by former executives of KPMG Consulting who found existing wireless enablement solutions lacking."We saw a trend about 18 months ago back when we were building for...
NEW YORK-AnywhereYouGo.com, which recently opened a wireless applications testing laboratory in Dallas, its home base, has literally taken on the world in its short corporate life.The company, whose mission is to facilitate development of wireless applications and solutions from as many sources as possible,...
STAMFORD, Conn.-TSR Wireless L.L.C. has chosen i3 Mobile Inc. as the exclusive provider of wireless Internet services for the paging firm.TSR said it will market the services under the brand InfoBlast, beginning in the fourth quarter. News, business content and sports scores will be...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hybrid Networks Inc. said it converted its system used by Alaska Wireless Cable Inc. in Fairbanks, Alaska, to provide two-way wireless Internet access. AWC operated Hybrid's one-way system for about a year in Fairbanks."We operate in an area where many individuals do...
HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. has agreed to provide its wireless Internet service and content to the Metricom Inc. Ricochet network.The agreement calls for GoAmerica to integrate its Go.Web encryption and compression technology with Ricochet. The combined solution will be marketed specifically to enterprise customers.
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. announced that Evertek Enterprises, an Internet service provider based in Sioux City, Iowa, plans to upgrade its current two-way multichannel multipoint distribution service system using ADC's Axity broadband wireless access system.The Axity solution will allow Evertek to supply high-speed wireless data...
Aether Systems Inc. is known for its custom messaging solutions, wirelessly enabling various types of applications for use on messaging devices and handheld computers.This week, the company is hoping to stake out a piece of the browser-enabled phone market, introducing a new partnership with...
DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. has added its vast array of content and services to OmniSky Corp.'s wireless Internet access solution, allowing OmniSky users to access AOL wireless content and services on mobile devices.This includes such features as AOL e-mail, instant messaging, news, weather and...
Over and over again, we've been told that compelling content is the key to surviving in the wireless Internet game.A global start-up firm called Quios Inc. this week introduced a new tactic for gathering quality content with the launch of Planet Quios, a unique...
It's the content stupid!With WAP backlash increasing worldwide, those in the know have pointed to what they call the poor implementation of WAP technology as the major culprit behind its less-than-enthusiastic response, not the technology itself.As such, the wireless industry is looking to the...
A relatively unknown company is muscling its way to the front of the pack in the race to provide two-way satellite broadband Internet service, backed by the financial and marketing strength of two of the world's most influential corporations.With investments from Microsoft Corp. and...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Most wireless users are not aware of their phone's wireless Internet capabilities, according to a study from Allied Business Intelligence called "Mobile Wireless Voice and Data Use 2000."Less than 5 percent of participants in a sample survey said they believed a wireless...
Companies looking to wirelessly enable their back-office systems are getting more help these days.Existing system integrators are adding wireless support to their business and new integrators are emerging to focus specifically on wireless solutions.Angelbeat Inc. is a system integrator and design firm that does...
LOS ANGELES-iNetNow Inc. introduced a human-assisted Web-surfing service designed for wireless Internet access device users.The service provides context-based links in WAP environments that connect users to professional Web surfers, who search the Internet using iNetNow's search engine and read the results to callers. If...
BOULDER, Colo.-Siemens AG selected SignalSoft Corp.'s location technology to enhance its deployments of WAP gateways, SignalSoft said."Location is a key component in the wireless value-added-service market. We believe that combining location with our current WAP deployments will help make the wireless Internet a growing...
Another firm has emerged to help start-up companies find their place in the nascent wireless Internet space.Sprint PCS and eCompanies L.L.C., a firm that guides Internet start-ups, have formed eCompanies Wireless, an incubator dedicated to creating companies that offer wireless consumer services, business services...
