The end is near.That is the prophecy heralded by the principals of Phone.com Inc. and Software.com Inc., which last week said they will merge in what is the largest announced wireless Internet transaction to date."Together, we are going to be an incredible force," said...
NEW YORK-If 7,000 responses from last month's survey by Solomon-Wolff Associates are an accurate barometer of wider trends, then electronic mail is the primary use consumers want for wireless Internet access."Are you disappointed?" Susan "Joey" Wolff, partner, asked her audience at the conclusion of...
The RCR editorial staff has realigned its beat coverage for Denver-based reporters in order to capitalize on the rapid changes taking place in the wireless industry.In addition, RCR reporter Antony Bruno has been promoted to senior writer in recognition of his contributions to the...
The Personal Communications Industry Association made another move designed to evolve the association into one that serves the global mobile Internet market.PCIA last week announced the PCIA Global Initiative, a new PCIA division designed to provide consumer and market data for the mobile Internet...
OWINGS MILLS, Md.-Wireless data products and services provider Aether Systems Inc. completed an $8 million strategic investment in ePhones, a wireless Internet products and services solutions provider.In addition to the investment, Aether will become a preferred provider of wireless data solutions for ePhones, allowing...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-As carriers continue to roll out wireless Internet services worldwide, subscribers are expected to migrate to these new data services at a high rate, according to Allied Business Intelligence.Shipments of WAP-enabled handsets will grow from 33 percent of all handsets this year...
In a July 10 article about System Beta, a one-number dialing system patented by Richard Levine, RCR reported incorrectly that callers would need to dial a star-number code for each call between a wireless and wireline network. This would not be necessary if the...
Qualcomm Inc. and Ford Motor Co. perpetuated the marriage between wireless communication and mobility last week, creating a new company called Wingcast, which will develop and deliver wireless mobility and information services to cars and trucks, and give Qualcomm a means to main-line new...
Qualcomm Inc.'s transformation is complete.The CDMA innovator last week announced it intends to spin off its chipset and software business, leaving the company as primarily one that collects royalties from CDMA technology.Qualcomm started out this way. It developed CDMA technology for mobile systems, patented...
Hoping to speed the adoption of wireless location-based technologies by operators nationwide, Phone.com Inc. introduced several new products at its Unwired Universe conference held last week aimed at tying location services to its wireless Internet platform.Most significantly, the company introduced a mobile location addition...
Nextel Communications Inc. is introducing mobileID's personalization platform to its wireless Internet customers this week, marking the first commercial deployment of mobileID's Integrated Personalization Platform.The IPP allows users to personalize their wireless Internet experience by self-provisioning a profile based on their preferred likes and...
WirelessNorthPersonal communications services carrier WirelessNorth named David Charles president of the company. Charles served as director of operations with Montana Power Co., where he was responsible for 120 employees serving 110,000 electric and natural gas customers in the Missoula division, covering Western Montana. In...
Nortel Networks Corp. beat analysts' expectations and demonstrated its continued financial growth, reporting $7.82 billion in revenues for the second quarter ended June 30, a 48-percent increase from the $5.28 billion reported for second-quarter 1999.The company reported a net loss of $745 million, or...
HONG KONG-MagiNet Corp. and Lucent Technologies Inc. formed an alliance to bring wireless Internet access to laptop users, the companies said.The companies will combine MagiNet's Laptop Connect broadband wireless local area network and Lucent's Orinoco suite of products. The service, which will provide data...
There is a growing horde of start-ups emerging onto the wireless scene looking to make a play in the still-being-defined wireless Internet space.Looking to take advantage of this raw creative material is a venture capitalist firm that has decided to focus its funding activities...
SBC Wireless Inc. said it plans to roll out wireless Internet services by the fourth quarter and named InfoSpace Inc. as the underlying platform provider for the service. SBC carriers Ameritech Cellular, Pacific Bell Wireless, Nevada Bell Wireless, Cellular One and SNET all will...
Looking to give end users greater control of their personal information via wireless devices, InfoSpace Inc. added two services to its wireless Internet platform that will allow users to interact with various financial and e-mail accounts from a single device.The new financial service will...
ChinaChinese Internet portal Sohu.com said its content will be expanded to mobile networks in several Chinese provinces. The content, including news, stock quotes, travel information and weather data, is used today by operators in nine provinces. China has experienced only lackluster wireless Internet use,...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Outsourced e-mail and messaging solutions provider Commtouch and GoAmerica Inc., a wireless Internet service provider, reported they will collaborate in adding wireless connectivity to the existing Commtouch communications platform.The companies said they plan to provide remote Internet, e-mail and messaging services to...
The mainstream media's honeymoon with WAP technology ended long ago, but the relationship has deteriorated so much lately that the entire affair seems ready for marriage counseling. One reason for the discord is media has a new mistress-iMode.While the press and analysts have largely...
Nextel Communications Inc. added more than 677,000 new proportionate subscribers during the second quarter, giving the company approximately 6.2 million global subscribers, the company said.The company's growing subscriber base is a reflection of industrywide growth and demand. As such, Nextel President and Chief Executive...
BellSouth Wireless DataMichael McGarry was appointed regional vice president, Central Region, for BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. McGarry's team will be responsible for selling Interactive Messaging PLUS and industry solutions to Fortune 1000 companies. Prior to joining BellSouth, McGarry held vice president of sales positions...
TantauTantau 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 with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for financial institutions that combine the...
FranceBrightpoint 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 the agreement were not released.ItalyNokia announced it will provide Wireless Application Protocol and General Packet...
