Wireless Internet

Since expanding its business around a mobile application service provider model, JP Systems Inc. recently presided over the launch of a wireless Internet portal in India called Netxcell.com, the first …

TOKYO-Japan’s NTT DoCoMo said it may limit its wildly popular iMode wireless Internet service due to capacity problems. There were 5 million iMode users in mid-March, making DoCoMo the largest …

Large carriers across the country are painstakenly trying to determine what wireless Internet service offerings will attract customers. Surprisingly, some small and rural carriers are on the same page. Smaller …

PARIS-France Telecom announced several wireless data initiatives, including General Packet Radio Service and Wireless Application Protocol-based services. The carrier announced the first phase of GPRS service will be rolled out …

SAN DIEGO-USE Credit Union is offering wireless Internet banking services to all its customers, the company announced, using wireless application service provider SensCom Inc. to facilitate the wireless integration.

There seems little doubt the wireless Internet is going to be a reality, but what remains unclear is exactly who will use it, on what devices and using which technology. …

As the wireless industry is ramping up efforts to convince customers to use their mobile phones for Internet access via Wireless Application Protocol technology, some are taking the concurrent step …

As carriers develop relationships with wireless portals and content providers, they may find a new and beneficial trend emerging: that is Internet companies battling for the premier spots on wireless …

Analysts covering Motorola Inc.’s stock were surprised and irritated last week after the company unexpectedly indicated wireless handset profits would face pressure the rest of the year. Though the company …

WASHINGTON-While the mobile-phone industry knew from the start it faced an uphill battle to convince the U.S. government to embrace a multiband spectrum harmonization approach for third-generation technology at next …

Hong Kong Phone.com Inc. and Sunday, a developer and provider of telecommunications and wireless Internet-related services in Hong Kong, launched mobile Internet services using the Phone.com Wireless Application Protocol UP.Link …

WASHINGTON-The mobile-phone industry, despite having shed many state and federal telecom regulations in recent years, is about to be swept into a bold new regulatory regime as wireless and Internet …

WASHINGTON-With prospects uncertain for securing third-generation mobile-phone spectrum at the World Radiocommunication Conference next month in Turkey and apparent concerns about the Clinton administration’s commitment on that score, U.S. wireless …

Amid a market of as-yet unseen volatility, two wireless Internet content firms commenced with initial public offerings last week that so far have enjoyed moderate degrees of success. First to …

Add another wireless application service provider to the mix, as Everypath Inc. commercially launched a service designed to extend Web content wirelessly, at Internet World 2000 last week. The company’s …

RICHARDSON, Texas-MobileStar Network Corp., a high-speed wireless Internet access provider for business travelers, secured $38 million in a second-round of private funding from venture capital firms Mayfield Fund, Blueprint Ventures, …

Having been ruled a monopoly and found guilty of violating federal antitrust laws to maintain that status, Microsoft now faces an uncertain future as federal courts determine how best to …

Mobile commerce services are almost universally expected to become huge revenue generators for carriers in the future. Analysts predict a market potential of more than $200 billion by 2005. As …

Nextel Communications Inc. will soon announce commercial availability of wireless Internet service, people close to the company say. According to the company’s Web site, its Nextel Online service already is …

AUSTIN, Texas-Mobile Internet content and commerce solution provider agentGO.com announced an agreement with Motorola Inc. under which it will provide customized Internet content on Motorola Web-enabled wireless phones. The company …

SAN FRANCISCO-Even as the tech-heavy Nasdaq stock market was spinning out of control and dragging down telecom shares last week, wireless network and marketing managers here were brimming with optimism …

Hoping consumers will continue to think of it as an authority in the emerging wireless Internet space, Motorola Inc. aired an image/branding spot on Oscar night to promote its Mobile …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Advanced Radio Telecom Corp., a broadband wireless Internet Protocol service provider, entered a definitive agreement with Bachow Communications Inc. to acquire 39 GHz licenses in 14 markets covering a …

The hype surrounding the possibilities of wireless Internet services has reached an all-time high following Wireless 2000 in New Orleans last month. But in the wake of this fevered pitch …

NEW YORK-Randy Ostler, mobile computing marketing manager for Texas Instruments Inc., Dallas, called his company’s new collaboration with Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., a “declaration of independence for software developers.” The …