STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson is testing a wireless financial information and transaction service with Dagens Industri AB, a leading business daily publication in Sweden.The test involves about 40 selected Internet brokerage customers who will be able to buy and sell shares and options on the Stockholm...
Competition in the mobile remote access space has begun to heat up of late, most notably as several companies have turned their attention to the same target-the corporate mobile businessman.Mobile remote access applications long have been a staple of the wireless data industry, but...
EAST LANSING, Mich.-Zsigo Wireless Developer Services announced it will manage the developer training for Nextel Communications Inc.'s new Nextel Online family of wireless Internet services.Zsigo will begin Nextel developer training courses for third-party hardware manufacturers, system integrators and software developers in April.
NEW ORLEANS-Nortel Networks announced its wireless Internet Protocol evolution plan at Wireless '99 and said it aims to reduce a wireless operator's total cost per megabit for data transmissions from 37 cents currently to 4 cents within five years."Nortel Networks has set a goal...
NEW ORLEANS-1999 could be a key year for many carriers in determining if wireless users want to access the Internet from mobile devices.Nextel Communications Inc. announced it will begin rolling out limited mobile Internet access service to six East Coast markets during the fourth...
I guess there is no use longing for yesterdays when wireless trade shows were somewhat sane.Today's conventions are full of new twists as last-minute press conferences are called to announce deals signed at 3 a.m. the previous day, and phones that were supposed to...
Omnipoint TechnologiesOmnipoint Technologies Inc. introduced a Global System for Mobile communications radio module called Eagle One as the latest addition to its GSM-based wireless solutions product suite. The original equipment manufacturer solution provides developers the tools needed to integrate wireless data communications with their...
When BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. introduced its Interactive Paging service at PCS '98 last year, Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing Janet Boudris said she expected financial applications to be a big driver of the two-way messaging paradigm.If recent announcements are any indication, that...
NEW YORK-w-Trade announced its Wireless Internet Trading System now supports both the Research In Motion Inter@ctive 950 handheld wireless device, as well as those on Palm Computing Inc.'s platform, such as the PalmPilot and the Palm III from 3Com Corp.w-Trade's solution can be used...
NEW ORLEANS-The CDMA Development Group reported close to 23 million global Code Division Multiple Access technology subscribers for 1998 after adding about 15 million customers during the year.In North America, cdmaOne customers now total 6.8 million, growing 453 percent in the last year and...
MarketwaveRichard Bryan is the new senior vice president of sales and marketing at Marketwave Corp. Bryan previously worked for AT&T Wireless Services Inc. as its vice president of sales and marketing, in charge of staff, national accounts and retail sales.Kansas CellularKansas Cellular announced several...
STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. announced it signed a contract with German operator Deutsche Telekom MobilNet to implement General Packet Radio Service into T-Mobil's Global System for Mobile communications network.The technology will allow T-Mobil to offer wireless Internet and other Internet Protocol-based services at speeds up to...
WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association will host two-day sessions prior to Wireless '99 in New Orleans to address small market operations, wireless data and Y2K.The "Market Operations Forum: Solutions for Networking Our Communities" targets wireless professionals in smaller markets. Topics include key financial benchmarks; best...
WASHINGTON, D.C.,-The Wireless Data Forum announced it is developing an electronic-commerce program in conjunction with Wireless Internet & Mobile Computing, to be called the Wireless E-Commerce Initiative.The initiative will focus on two areas-aiding the wireless industry in using the Internet to sell existing products...
SINGAPOREMotorola Inc.'s Cellular Infrastructure Group signed a contract valued at $23 million to upgrade M1's digital wireless telephone network in Singapore. In addition to its SC 4852 base transceiver station, Motorola CIG will install two new base station types into M1's network, its SC...
ATLANTA-Telecom Wireless Solutions Inc. announced it obtained $17 million in financing for strategic acquisitions, new ventures and product development initiatives.As a part of this strategy, TWS also added four new board members. They include: Hugh Sawyer, chief executive officer and president, National Linen Services; Mike...
MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced it exercised its option to acquire the remaining 80 percent of WaveAccess Ltd. for about $50 million in cash. In May, Lucent acquired a 20-percent stake in the company.The acquisition will provide Lucent with a packet radio technology...
Palm Computing Inc., an affiliate of 3Com Corp., introduced the Palm VII personal digital assistant at the Palm Computing Platform Worldwide Developer Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., featuring out-of-the-box wireless connectivity to the Internet, World Wide Web and instant two-way personal communications.Through various partnerships...
LOS ANGELES-Nortel Networks said it is conducting live trials of cdmaOne circuit-switched data services with Bell Mobility and other selected customers and in the Nortel Networks Wireless Internet Lab in Dallas.The announcement was made in conjunction with the 1998 CDMA Americas Congress this week...
ItalyTelecom Italia Mobile announced it will begin a market trial of Unwired Planet Inc.'s UP.Link Server and software planet for wireless Internet access to mobile phones. Equipped with Unwired Planet's UP.Browser microbrowser software, handheld phones can access Internet sites written in Wireless Markup Language...
Metrocall Inc. and PageMart Wireless Inc. have entered a five-year strategic alliance that is part resale agreement, part shared network buildout relationship.In the first phase of the alliance, to begin immediately, Metrocall plans to resell PageMart's advanced messaging services in areas where PageMart's narrowband...
CHANTILLY, Va.-GTE Corp. created a national wireless stock-trading system, extending the reach of online investment programs from desktops to mobile phones.GTE Wireless Trader allows people to trade stock, receive alerts, obtain real-time stock quotes and manage portfolios from browser-equipped portable smart phones. GTE said...
SONYSony Electronics' Personal Mobile Communications-America announced the availability of a dual-mode 800 MHz analog/Code Division Multiple Access version of its D-Wave Zuma wireless handset. The lithium ion battery provides up to 2.3 hours of talk time or up to 45 hours standby time in...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission, in moves that will largely wipe out the huge wireless backlog and automate future licensing, dismissed 50,000 multiple address system applications and approved rules implementing the universal licensing system last week."Implementation of the wireless bureau's universal licensing system will literally...
