WASHINGTON-A federal judge last Wednesday ordered Microsoft Corp. to be split into two companies, calling the world's largest computer software maker untrustworthy and a threat to other high-tech sectors.The ruling, which Microsoft will appeal, comes just two weeks after Justice Department lawyers produced an...
CALGARY, Alberta-Wireless location service provider Cell-Loc Inc. and InfoSpace Inc., a provider of infrastructure services for wireless devices, reported an agreement the companies say will result in the speedy rollout of advanced location-based wireless Internet services to mobile-device users in North America.Through the agreement,...
ATLANTA-Wireless infrastructure vendors made their wireless Internet plans a major priority at SuperComm here last week, introducing network solutions portfolios that, while different in makeup, have the same goal-to help wireless carriers avoid commoditization when converging with the Internet.Lucent Technologies Inc. and L.M. Ericsson...
In the Digital Age, it is no longer good enough to produce a product or service that people want. Today, you must be all things to all people all of the time.The old adage of doing one thing and doing it well is not...
ALTANTA-Convergence was the word at SuperComm 2000 this year, with computing firms like Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. both naming wireless Internet a priority for their business strategies going forward.The endorsement by these computing industry leaders is yet another indication the wireless Internet...
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.-Wireless Internet application service provider GiantBear.com Inc. signed an agreement with Hollywood.com Inc. to serve as the centralized Web-to-wireless application provider for Hollywood.com's wireless expansion.GiantBear.com said it will create applications and functionality for wireless users accessing Hollywood.com content via current and pending...
WASHINGTON-To bolster its case for splitting Microsoft Corp. into two companies-a remedy U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson may agree to as early as this week-Justice Department lawyers in the waning days of the antitrust case produced an e-mail and an internal memo from...
While wireless operators worldwide have formed joint ventures and made strategic acquisitions and investments, Japan's NTT DoCoMo has remained in Japan, developing wideband Code Division Multiple Access technology and bringing wireless data services to the masses.Now it appears the world's largest mobile-phone operator is...
NASHUA, N.H.-CMG Telecommunications released version 1.2 of its WAP Service Broker, a Wireless Application Protocol portal that includes an online service and user profiling system for carriers to keep track of their subscribers' wireless Internet usage.The new version supports Time Division Multiple Access and...
As the wireless Internet evolution develops, government should resist the temptation to bury the industry in regulations and instead, let competition for customers shape the market.In France, customer ownership issues are under scrutiny. A Paris trade court recently ruled that France Telecom must stop...
PARSIPPANY, N.J.-Third-generation wireless revenue will increase from $4.3 billion in 2002 to $63 billion in 2007, while wireless infrastructure purchases will grow from $4 billion to $34 billion during the same five-year period, according to a new study from The Phillips Group."For those companies...
SCARBOROUGH, Ontario-Canadian wireless company Clearnet Communications Inc. announced it installed new wireless equipment adhering to the new third-generation cdma2000 international standard.Clearnet said it will use the new wireless base station, provided by Lucent Technologies Inc., as its main vehicle for expanding voice services to...
Formus Communications Inc. filed a registration statement for an initial public offering of its class A common stock. Formus, a wireless broadband carrier, expects to complete the offering by the middle of the year.Advanced Radio Telecom Corp. successfully bid $77 million to acquire several...
WASHINGTON-When fanfare over the American delegation's victory in securing global frequency bands for third-generation mobile-phone service subsides, the United States and the wireless industry will face implementation challenges at home even greater than the fierce spectrum battles at the now-completed World Radiocommunication Conference.If U.S....
DALLAS-Western Wireless Corp., a provider of wireless communications services, signed a three-year, $200 million supply agreement with Nortel Networks Corp. to support subscriber growth in existing markets, service deployment in new markets and evolution to wireless Internet services.The agreement also includes Nortel's digital subscriber...
NEW YORK-WebLink Wireless Inc., Dallas, will target teen-agers and twenty-somethings with a two-way messaging and e-mail service it plans to debut this summer.Subscribers who sign a year-long service contract for $15 monthly will receive an $80 rebate on the $179 retail price of the...
OmniSkyOmniSky Corp., a provider of wireless Internet services for handheld computing devices, named five new people to its executive management team. Lawrence Winkler is the company's new senior vice president and chief financial officer and will oversee accounting and finance operations. Prior to joining...
NEW YORK-IBM announced alliances with eight Internet professional services firms to build mobile e-commerce solutions for IBM's wireless Internet initiatives.IBM said the companies-Agency.com; Answerthink; Luminary Worldwide Corp.; Organic; R/GA; Rare Medium; Razorfish; and US Interactive-will use IBM technology to help businesses create content and...
MONTREAL-Telesystem International Wireless Inc. and InfoSpace signed an exclusive agreement to offer InfoSpace's platform of integrated wireless Internet services to all cellular operators and Internet service providers in Brazil.TIW established a new company to develop wireless portals and applications on behalf of and in...
A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for "Where are the phones?"Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included in the wireless Internet game, the question may be asked, "Where are the pagers?"All discussions...
IPmobileWireless communications infrastructure company IPmobile Inc. hired Louis Wooldridge as its vice president of sales in Asia, and Chuck Derrick as its vice president of product development. Wooldridge will spearhead the company's initiative to secure and capitalize on the growing wireless data market opportunity...
Nortel Networks increased its presence in the European mobile-phone market last week, garnering a $700 million third-generation equipment contract with BT Cellnet in the United Kingdom and displacing several of the carrier's traditional European manufacturers.Nortel will provide an end-to-end Universal Mobile Telecommunications System network,...
WENATCHEE, Wash.-Internet service provider network US Online said it will offer GoAmerica Inc.'s wireless Internet content to its 130 network partners, which combined represent more than 500,000 subscribers.US Online is a national network of ISPs. With GoAmerica services, these ISPs can offer subscribers mobile-commerce,...
Two-way messaging took a leap forward last week as Motorola Inc. introduced a new two-way pager and JP Systems Inc. implemented a mobile Internet portal service.Motorola unveiled its Talkabout T900 two-way messaging device, which features a full Qwerty keyboard, a flip-top screen and a...
