Wireless Internet

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement …

France Brightpoint Inc. subsidiary Brightpoint France SARL, entered an agreement with Motorola S.A. France, a subsidiary of Motorola Inc., to distribute Motorola wireless communications handsets in France. Financial terms of …

Wireless carriers spend billions of dollars on spectrum to support the latest high-speed wireless applications that are designed to change the way the world communicates. Knowing they can’t provide that …

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Verizon Wireless introduced a wireless Internet service called Mobile Web, featuring the ability for users to create custom home pages. Subscribers can configure a personal home page by dictating …

TOKYO-Qualcomm Inc. unveiled a digital chipset and system software solution that it said facilitates development of Code Division Multiple Access handheld devices suitable for wireless Internet services and applications. The …

NEW YORK-Andrew Seybold offered attendees of a recent New York New Media Association meeting this twice-told tale to illustrate how mobile data badly needs an application of common sense, that …

In a Dallas factory once used for making bombs during World War II, Stick Networks Inc. is building a new class of wireless Internet services it hopes will prove just …

SEATTLE-Personal safety tops the list of reasons why most Americans want location-based services, according to a study conducted by Integrated Data Communications Inc. The study, conducted for a wireless data …

A broadcast radio alternative is fast approaching that will allow drivers to access a variety of audio newspaper and magazine content in their cars using a wireless Internet connection. More …

The term wireless application service provider has been tossed around a lot lately. But what exactly is a wireless ASP and why is it so popular at this stage of …

BOSTON-Five Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni launched a custom wireless application strategy and solutions firm called Lobby7, focusing specifically on the wireless Internet. The firm hopes to create solutions that …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo announced it entered arrangements with Hutchison Whampoa and KPN Mobile to cooperate on European third-generation mobile networks. The agreements cover four European markets-the United Kingdom, Germany, France and …

LONDON-Amid the flickering satellite communications business, Craig McCaw’s ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd. appears to be shining bright after receiving more than $1 billion in investor financing led by McCaw’s Eagle River …

NEW YORK-Korea Telecom Freetel, the second-largest wireless provider in South Korea, is leaning toward deploying new technology in the third-generation license band. As recently as late June, Y.D. Hong, KT …

OWNINGS MILLS, Md.-Aether Systems Inc. invested $20 million in wireless Internet solutions designer Novatel Wireless Inc., which is widely known for its Minstrel modem product line. In separate news, Aether …

LONDON-U.K. wireless operator Orange plc announced a $752 million wireless Internet strategy, including numerous acquisitions, investments, partnerships and content agreements. Dubbed OrangeWorld, the initiative aims to take “wirefree communications beyond …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Brazilian wireless carrier Telesp Celular S.A. launched wireless Internet access service using Phone.com Inc.’s UP.Link Server and MyPhone applications on its Code Division Multiple Access network. Telesp expects …

CALGARY, Alberta-Cell-Loc Inc. announced it entered into an agreement with OpenGrid Inc. that will bring together Cell-Loc’s Cellocate network with OpenGrid’s Intelligent Wireless Services offerings. “By coupling the two technologies, …

Sprint PCS affiliate IWO Holdings filed a prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise $173 million in an initial public offering. The company said it would use proceeds …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Cable & Wireless introduced a global wireless Internet platform. Cable & Wireless is supplying the data center infrastructure and connectivity to its global Internet Protocol backbone, …

Sunday Communications Sunday Communications Ltd. announced that Craig Ehrlich, currently group managing director and chief executive officer, will give up his CEO duties. He will continue as group managing director, …

LONDON-British mobile provider BT Cellnet reported a 34- percent increase in new mobile- phone customers for the second quarter of this year compared with the same time frame last year. …

NEW YORK-The interplay between intelligent networks and Internet Protocol is a battle of the Titans, according to David Berndt, director of wireless mobile technologies for The Yankee Group. Carriers must …

Any industry that converges with the Internet has seen its entire model be destroyed and rebuilt. Like a tidal wave, it crashes and levels the playing field. For many, this …

NEW YORK-smartRay.com announced partnerships with seven national, international and regional carriers, including Nextel Communications Inc. Under terms of the agreement with Nextel, smartRay.com said it will provide Nextel’s wireless Internet …