STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson today introduced its WAP Gateway for enterprise customers, a solution designed to extend mobile office capabilities to corporate intranet resources based on WAP technology. The company said …
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Teledesic L.L.C. and Motorola Inc. have agreed to end their system agreement in the wake of Teledesic’s plans to merge with ICO-Teledesic Global Ltd., Teledesic announced. Motorola was the …
VIENNA, Va.-Focusing on customer-based applications is ruining the potential of the wireless industry as demonstrated last week by the dip of Motorola Inc.’s stock price, said W. Kevin Hazzard, director …
CAIRO, Egypt-Africast introduced a free wireless Internet access and messaging service. Mobile users can access Africast Mobile by creating a profile on the Africast.com site, allowing the latest news headlines …
NEW YORK-Millicom International Cellular S.A. reported its worldwide operations added 276,751 net new cellular subscribers during the third quarter, a record for the company, bringing its total customer base to …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Everypath Inc., a wireless application service provider and technology enabler, introduced its Mobile Application Server, designed to give enterprise customers the ability to convert content into mobile applications …
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif.-ESat Inc. launched its Tera-Point Wireless services in Los Angeles, capable of delivering up to 155 Megabits per second of data capacity. Tera-Point initially will offer businesses in …
STAMFORD, Conn.-SmartServ Online Inc. has deployed its financial services application on Microsoft Corp.’s new Mobile Information 2001 Server platform.
LONDON-Sema Group and the United Kingdom’s Association of Train Operating Companies have agreed on a new contract to replace and maintain ATOC’s paper reference books with Windows powered Pocket PCs. …
BEDMINSTER, N.J.-The Federal Communications Commission awarded Flarion Technologies an experimental 700 MHz license so Flarion can trial its flash-OFDM broadband Internet technology, the company said. The multi-year grant covers the …
A new report says the Digital Divide is widening as Internet usage grows. The Consumer Federation of America and Consumers Union said policy should be focused on people through education …
CUPERTINO. Calif.-John O’Connell joined Vyyo Inc. as its new chief executive officer, replacing Davidi Gilo, who will maintain his role as the company’s chairman of the board of directors. O’Connell …
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. and Finnish-based mobile operator Radiolinja signed a partnership agreement to develop and supply Nokia’s mCatch, which enables location-based services to be introduced into mobile Internet networks. Radiolinja, …
BARCELONA, Spain-Lucent Technologies Inc. and Dutch wireless operator KPN plan to trial Universal Mobile Telecommunications System specifications along with mobile Internet applications. The trial will be based on European Telecommunications …
WASHINGTON-Congress last week passed a bill to repeal the century-old federal telephone tax, while Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.) sent out conflicting signals about foreign-ownership legislation he is sponsoring that would …
CLINTON, Mass.-WorldCom expanded its messaging portfolio with the addition of eLink, a wireless e-mail service designed for high-volume users, allowing customers to create, send, receive and respond to corporate e-mail …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Software solutions provider Application Design Associates Inc. adopted Cross Communications Inc.’s HipLink wireless gateway software to provide an integrated wireless messaging solution to the soft drink bottling industry. …
MARINA DEL REY, Calif.-David Bell has quite a resume. He founded his own company in 1997 in his basement. He helped evolve the company from a mostly hardware-focused business into …
SOMERS, N.Y.-IBM Corp. announced a number of software developers have chosen its WebSphere Everyplace Suite as the platform on which they will extend their applications to various wireless devices. “Combining …
Glenayre Technologies Inc. hopes to leverage the growing interest in wireless Internet service for the company to remain viable and turn around its troubled past. It is doing so by …
