wireless phones

PacketVideo Corp. and Warner Bros. New Media unveiled plans to deliver Warner Bros.-created original animated content to wireless devices, including wireless phones and personal digital assistants, using PacketVideo’s MPEG-4 streaming …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Televigation and U.S. Wireless Corp. have partnered to provide navigation assistance for both WAP-enabled and regular mobile phone users. Under terms of the agreement, U.S. Wireless will provide Televigation’s …

WASHINGTON-Several instant messaging companies, telecom carriers and Internet service and content providers have formed an organization dedicated to achieving true instant messaging interoperability among competing platforms. The IMUnified coalition said …

DALLAS-The next time you hear the distinct pitch of a wireless phone ringing, don’t be surprised if the person picking it up is sporting shorts and sandals instead of a …

If you like to talk on a cell phone will driving, you may want to steer clear of Marlboro Township, N.J., on your next trip. The township’s council is preparing …

LOS ANGELES-Family calling plans, highly touted by wireless providers, make sense for most families that don’t use their wireless phones as their primary communications device, according to a report by …

ALLEN, Texas-Wireless Dimensions Corp. announced a solution called Mobile-Venue Suite, which is a portfolio of products allowing stadium operators and other similar entities to offer wireless gaming, trivia, contest and …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry, breaking with the public-safety community, last week urged the Federal Communications Commission to scrap efforts to improve technical capabilities of 911-only mobile phones donated to charitable organizations …

One thing Cricket Communications Inc. did not plan on when it decided to offer a wireless service that competes with landline telephony was the fact that handsets break faster. In …

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Cellmania.com introduced wireless e-commerce solutions Mfinder and Mstore, created for businesses pursuing mobile customers. Mfinder is a directory of Web sites written in Wireless Application Protocol. It reviews …

PHILADELPHIA-Connexus Corp.’s *CD service has integrated its audio sampling technology with Wireless Application Protocol technology, enabling music identification on wireless Web devices. According to Connexus, the *CD service uses proprietary …

Instant messaging is considered a key element to what the wireless industry calls pervasive messaging, meaning the ability to send a text message from any device-such as a computer, pager …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement, clearing the way for research to begin on whether radio-frequency emissions …

RALEIGH, N.C.-Nando Media has launched a 24-hour news service for Internet-enabled wireless phones and pagers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.

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 …

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly passed a bill to phase out the 3 percent telecommunications excise tax. “American consumers should no longer be paying for Teddy Roosevelt’s ride …

Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution. For …

WASHINGTON-The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association kicked off Wireless Safety Week last week with an emphasis on driver safety. The association focused on different wireless safety aspects each day of the …

Article intended to highlight many contributions To the editor: I am concerned that there may be a misperception resulting from my article published by RCR on March 27, 2000, that …

Whatever you do, don’t tell John Beletic he’s running a paging network. “We spend $580 million building a two-way messaging network and $90 million on the one-way paging network and …

OMAHA, Neb.-Nextel Partners Inc. expanded its digital wireless network with the launch of service in Omaha and Lincoln, Neb., as well as in Idaho. The Nebraska coverage area will include …

How ironic that during a time industry chooses to celebrate the heroic side of the wireless phone industry, we also can see how wireless phones can cater to the less …

MENLO PARK, Calif.-GetThere.com Inc., which offers Internet-based business-to-business travel systems, introduced its GetThere Wireless Network, extending online travel to wireless customers. The wireless service allows travelers to make changes to …

Noting more than 100,000 calls are placed every day to 911 from wireless phones, the Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association has recognized May 22-28 as “Wireless Safety Week,” with an emphasis …

CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Alltel launched a new nationwide rate plan in its mid-Atlantic markets allowing its customers to use digital wireless phones anywhere and at any time for one flat rate without …