MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Personal digital assistant maker Handspring Inc. said it will create a reseller program for its Visor line of PDAs, a move to create a stronger distribution channel for the company.Under the program, qualified resellers and value-added resellers will be able to distribute...
SAN FRANCISCO-Genesys Telecommunications Laboratories Inc., a subsidiary of Alcatel, and Deutsche Telekom have announced Contact Routing Solutions, a range of managed services for customer contact centers. The companies said the new solution will give businesses the benefits of centrally managed, integrated voice and Web-enabled...
WEXHAM SPRINGS, United Kingdom-Fujitsu Siemens Computers joined Red-M's m-dev program to enable the development of Bluetooth networking solutions and enable interoperability between the companies' product offerings.
SYDNEY, Australia-Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. has won the bidding war for Australian mobile operator Cable & Wireless Optus Ltd. with a cash and share offer for the company of up to $2.30 per share, valuing Optus' equity at nearly $8.6 billion.Optus announced it was for...
GroupServeGroupServe announced Tom Stroup, president, will also take on the role of chief executive officer. Stroup's first task as CEO will be to oversee the commercial product launch of GroupPort. Stroup will also oversee the company's business development, strategic alliance and product development efforts....
LAS VEGAS-Executives from Brightpoint, RadioShack, Sierra Wireless and TeleCorp PCS were presented with the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association's President's Awards this week at CTIA Wireless 2001.Brightpoint and its chief executive officer, J. Mark Howell, received the award for donating facilities and manpower to...
LAS VEGAS-The world's leading mobile-phone makers launched an extensive array of new devices supporting a range of new technology last week, including GPRS, Bluetooth and full-color displays-moves the companies hope will garner more customers and counteract sluggish phone sales.Nokia Corp., Motorola Inc., L.M. Ericsson...
The slowing economy took out two more companies last week.NetMorf Inc., an established wireless Web site developer, and Paradigm4 Inc., which provides data network services and solutions, announced they would file for bankruptcy.Calls to Paradigm4's spokesman were not immediately returned.Paradigm4 said it originally planned...
WASHINGTON-Sweeping reforms at the Federal Communications Commission promised by new Chairman Michael Powell and trumpeted by GOP lawmakers, owing to likely Democratic resistance and legal constraints, could fall far short of the dramatic agency shakeup envisioned by Republicans.Powell will outline proposed FCC reforms in...
Sadly lost in the debate over wireless E911 is life itself. The mobile-phone industry and we in the press are engrossed in an E911 debate focussed on deadlines, waivers, costs and technologies. Then comes the tragic story of Karla Gutierrez. Her death instantly puts...
HANNOVER, Germany-Toshiba Europe GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Toshiba Corp., launched its Toshiba Mobile Office solution, a wireless network Internet solution for mobile professionals and small or home office customers.The Toshiba Mobile Office is a broadband-backed wireless network for access in public...
Nokia Networks will partner with IBM's Lotus Development Corp. to deliver business-critical Lotus messaging and collaboration solution to users of the Nokia 9210 Communicator.With Lotus Mobile Notes, Nokia 9210 Communicator users will be able to access information management systems, including mail, calendars and address...
A far-reaching bill introduced Feb. 7 in the Texas state House of Representatives received a major makeover after the amateur radio community and wireless industry lawyers inadvertently joined forces to strongly oppose the legislation during last week's public hearing in Austin, Texas.The bill has...
HANNOVER, Germany-Sharp Corp., which develops mobile electronics, and PacketVideo Corp., a provider of wireless multimedia solutions, announced they will integrate PacketVideo's technology into Sharp's new Linux-based wireless personal digital assistants.PacketVideo will provide Sharp with its PVPlayer, which will allow users to view wireless multimedia...
PALO ALTO, Calif.-Hewlett-Packard Co. introduced a new line of printers that feature a range of Internet-enabling technologies. Among their capabilities, the new printers enable users to scan documents directly to the Web, remotely manage printers and supplies, and print directly from wireless devices.The HP...
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LAS VEGAS-Perhaps the most eagerly awaited applications in the wireless industry are mobile-location services, which promise to be a mobile-phone user's guide and information guru, even in the most unfamiliar of places. Unfortunately, the U.S mobile-location service industry still has some work to do...
SAN FRANCISCO-WCITIES, which provides location-based information services, launched its Geo-Coded Location Information Service for wireless network operators.The new service integrates longitude and latitude coordinates with WCITIES content for point-to-point location finding via a cell phone or personal digital assistant.
PLANO, Texas-OracleMobile, the mobile products and services division of Oracle Corp., and Sonera SmartTrust Ltd. will together offer a secure solution for mobile transactions on GSM networks.The Oracle9i Application Server Wireless Edition will support SmartTrust's security solution for public key infrastructure technology for fixed...
The vast layout of the CTIA Wireless 2001 show last week in Las Vegas was a little dizzying, with meetings and conferences spread out across the city's famous strip. One company, making its official debut at the show last week, offered a new technology...
NEW YORK-SkyBridge L.P., a Bethesda, Md., company that plans to offer fixed wireless broadband access in 2003 via its own low-earth-orbit satellite constellation, will add leased geostationary satellite capacity to its offering by the end of this year."SkyBridge will provide both access and content...
LAS VEGAS-Certicom, which provides mobile e-business security, will provide mobile-phone manufacturer Sendo with WTLS Plus, a technology that will secure Sendo's new lightweight, Internet-enabled WAP mobile phones."Certicom's leadership in WAP and wireless security enables Sendo to provide our customers globally with strong security from...
WASHINGTON-While the wireless industry's attention was focused last week on new products and gizmos in Las Vegas, Capitol Hill was working on legislation that could impact the telecommunications industry in a variety of ways.The Senate Banking Committee on Thursday passed by a vote of...
LAS VEGAS-SkyGo Inc. launched the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Platform (SkyGo MAP), a family of products that will allow carriers, publishers and advertisers to create, deliver, track and report on effective wireless advertising campaigns."We've developed, tested and implemented the SkyGo Mobile Advertising Platform to help...
