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While the wireless community continues to search for the killer application that will make wireless Internet access mandatory, the mysterious application may be as simple as following the model set …

NEW YORK-To avoid falling into “microcap hell,” companies play a “gorilla game” of amassing size, but going public may not be the best way to get there, said Eric Gebaide, …

The millennium is off to a good start for Vodafone Group. The U.K.-based carrier began 2000 with a hostile takeover of Mannesmann, parent of its rival Orange, and continued with …

WASHINGTON-2001: A Space Odyssey? Perhaps if you’re working on the international space station or developing a Star Wars defense. But for wireless, it will be a year the industry comes …

Chris Gent has had quite a year. For the chief executive of Vodafone Group plc, 2000 began with a hostile takeover of Mannesmann AG, parent of its rival Orange plc, …

WASHINGTON-A French court’s decision to regulate the Internet could have repercussions for the wireless Web in the United States at a time when carriers are excited mobile commerce will help …

This holiday season, those shopping for wireless service and devices will find a culmination of new offerings, as well as traditional bargain rates on buckets of wireless minutes. For the …

As it initiates a beta launch of its wireless Internet solution and wireless portal this week, YadaYada Inc. is preparing to go head to head with competitors OmniSky Corp. and …

Until you have actually bought a good or service using a mobile device, it is difficult to comprehend the sheer power of the phone as an electronic wallet. In Europe, …

NEW YORK-Like the Wizard of Oz working the controls unseen, electronic commerce could soon become the primary delivery and fulfillment mechanism for all goods and services, regardless of whether consumers …

LONDON-Yahoo! Europe announced two new wireless partnerships this week, including one with a handset manufacturer and one with a mobile operator. Yahoo! Europe and Trium, a Mitsubishi subsidiary, said Yahoo! …

RESTON, Va.-Motient Corp. announced an agreement with Internet content leader Yahoo! Inc. under which Yahoo! will use Motient’s eLink service and wireless network to provide Yahoo! users with wireless access …

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 …

WASHINGTON-Rep. Rush Holt (D-N.J.), responding to angry constituents hit with unsolicited wireless junk mail, plans shortly to introduce legislation to ban mobile-phone spam. “He saw this as the next wave …

Palm Inc. introduced a wireless solution for its full line of personal digital assistants at PC Expo last week called the Mobile Internet Kit. The kit consists of a software …

Just as a zoo is a place where different species from around the world can peacefully co-mingle, telezoo.com said it is a place where telecommunication buyers and sellers can easily …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. signed an agreement with Telecom Italia Mobile to provide a range of Yahoo!’s Wireless Application Protocol-enabled content and services in Italian to TIM’s customers. “The wireless …

NEW YORK-Excluding the third-generation wireless impact, the number of cell sites for mobile communications in the United States likely will reach 140,000 in the next two years, said Ric Prentiss, …

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 …

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 …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Yahoo! Inc. launched second-generation services for wireless Yahoo! users as part of the company’s “Yahoo! Everywhere” strategy. The new services allow consumers with Wireless Application Protocol-enabled mobile phones …

The Personal Communications Industry Association announced another initiative last week to turn the association around in the midst of dwindling membership and public-relations problems surrounding its annual trade show. PCIA …

NEW ORLEANS-Lucent Technologies Inc. has been relatively quiet about its plans for the wireless Internet, but last week it announced a number of initiatives to propel itself into this arena. …

NEW ORLEANS-Just how wireless Internet access will explode may depend on how carriers work with Internet players, executives said at last week’s Wireless 2000 show. While Sprint PCS made one …

TORONTO-Bell Mobility Inc.’s new Mobile Browser is providing plenty of new options to customers who want access to online services from their digital personal communications services phones. GetThere.com Inc., a …