AKRON, OHIO-A panel of telecommunications experts at a conference this month in San Antonio will discuss design trends and business prospects for that hot market, as well as the potential …
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Software developer Pixo Inc. licensed Certicom Corp.’s security technology for the Pixo Internet Microbrowser for wireless phones. Certicom said its Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology and MobileTrust digital certificates will …
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Palm Inc. shipped 1.5 million handheld computers during its first financial quarter of 2000, ended Sept. 1, up from 600,000 units shipped during the same quarter of 1999, …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Palm Inc. are collaborating to create a new smart phone that combines Palm handheld computer functionality with a mobile phone. The two have agreed to develop …
MANKATO, Minn.-Midwest Wireless will begin offering voice-activated dialing Oct. 1 to its customers following the successful test of Preferred Voice Inc.’s Voice Integrated Platform System. The service will be offered …
ATLANTA-Mobile e-commerce security provider Certicom Corp. announced it is accepting applications for participation in a beta testing program of a WinCE handheld virtual private network client for Pocket PC users. …
LONDON-Cable & Wireless Optus announced it is conducting an ongoing review of structural and strategic options for all three of its operating businesses, Data and Business Services, Mobile and Consumer …
CHARLOTTE, N.C.-Glenayre Technologies Inc. will supply its @ctiveLink two-way wireless messaging module for the Handspring Visor computer to Metrocall Inc., which Metrocall will distribute through its various channels. In addition, …
SAN DIEGO-Nextel Communications Inc., Wireless Knowledge Inc. and Qualcomm Inc. have agreed to co-market and sell an enterprise solution enabling business customers to access business information on their Nextel Internet-capable …
ATLANTA-Domestic United Parcel Service customers can now track packages, find the nearest UPS drop-off location, calculate shipping rates and determine transit times for shipment via any wireless device, including one- …
WASHINGTON-In a move with major implications for the future of mobile commerce and the $183 billion merger between America Online Inc. and Time Warner Inc., the Federal Communications Commission last …
NEW YORK-The New York Times Co., through its New York Times Digital Internet division, launched NYT Mobile, a global, 24-hour news, information and entertainment service built using WAP technology. The …
The outgoing (and next) Congress and administration should be worried about losing the third-generation mobile phone market to Europe and Asia. Why? Because, in a very real sense, losing 3G …
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Nortel Networks Corp. integrated Philips Speech Processing’s SpeechPearl speech-recognition engine with its Open Signal Computing and Analysis Resource voice interaction platform, enabling deployment of speech-enabled directory assistance and …
MINNEAPOLIS-ADC Telecommunications Inc. reported that its NewNet OTSserver TDMA application and NewNet SMserver application were approved through the Nortel Network Wireless Interoperability Testing program, gaining the Nortel Networks Compatible Product …
HELSINKI, Finland-Spanish wireless operator Telefonica Mobiles Espana agreed to implement Nokia Corp.’s General Packet Radio Service core solution into its commercial mobile network, supporting more than 12 million subscribers. Nokia …
Wireless broadband service provider Nextlink Communications Inc. ushered in a new look and feel for the company last week, announcing it changed its name to XO Communications and now will …
SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. introduced two Bluetooth products, a Timeport 270 wireless phone and a Bluetooth Smart Module accessory, that when combined with the company’s previously released Bluetooth PC card, provide …
TEMPE, Ariz.-Scientists working for Motorola Inc. demonstrated a prototype of a ceramic-based microfluidic fuel delivery system for a miniature direct methanol fuel cell that may one day replace the traditional …
NEW YORK-Wireless users may be free of the wire but not of the clutter. Despite the image of untethered communications, they are burdened with a bevy of devices. Only technology …
