Content & Mobile Marketing

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The announcement by NTT DoCoMo of a five-month delay to its wideband-CDMA (W-CDMA) launch must have been music to the ears of Irwin Jacobs, the chairman and chief …

NEW DELHI, India-The Asia-Pacific region is witnessing a rapid growth of short message service (SMS), which is not only beginning to contribute significantly to operators’ revenues, but is also setting …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Uncertainty related to the future of Scandinavian mobile prepaid calling plans, less preferred here than in Western Europe generally, is largely due to the struggle to migrate customers to …

Mobile devices Alcatel Alcatel launched the One Touch 502 General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) phone with Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) access. The phone offers GPRS monoslot technology, which is ideal …

Three industry heavyweights announced plans to create universal standards for mobile instant messaging and presence services, a move that further validates a small but growing segment of the wireless industry. …

Iridium Satellite L.L.C. appointed Gino Picasso president and chief executive officer. Picasso previously was president and chief operating officer of Ace*Comm Corp., a provider of operations support systems software. Dan …

Navigating the September trade-show scene is going to be a challenge for the wireless industry. The two major trade associations are sponsoring shows the same week targeting the same audience. …

NEW YORK -Ten Square, San Jose, Calif., plans to expand its provision of wireless e-commerce services to 2,800 service stations and convenience stores in various cities by year-end. The privately …

108,159. It’s quite a large number. It’s also the sum of a brief scan through RCR Wireless News headlines from the past few months, headlines detailing job cuts carried out …

PARSIPPANY, N.J.-The wireless data market, which will grow to $8 billion by 2006, will largely be made up of three industries-transportation, financial/insurance/real estate, and professional business services-according to a new …

NEW YORK-AppliedTheory will partner with Brightpod to help corporate customers mobilize enterprise content through applications for wireless access on mobile devices including Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry handhelds, Web-enabled phones …

NEW YORK-Wireless steaming multimedia company Emblaze Systems Inc. announced a distribution deal with Network Appliance Inc. for Emblaze’s Wireless Media Platform, the company’s streaming audio and video technology. As a …

NEW YORK-The wireless information superhighway today is at the stage the interstate roads were during the 1930s, said Grover Righter, vice president of technical strategy for Kabira, San Rafael, Calif. …

NEW YORK-Emblaze Systems Inc. will optimize its patented streaming media technology for use in wireless devices running on Symbian’s EPOC operating system, under an agreement announced last week. A simulation …

SAN DIEGO-Kyocera Wireless Corp. has agreed to bundle software and services provider AvantGo with its QCP 6035 smart-phone handsets. Under this deal, the smart-phone users will have access to the …

NEW YORK-Paris-based Telemedia.fr has positioned itself to help telecommunications and Internet content providers capitalize on the convenience sought by French consumers, who prefer dialing to surfing for information on their …

Vast Solutions Inc., a wireless data company spun off in the Arch Wireless Inc.-Paging Network Inc. merger last year, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy earlier this month in the U.S. …

FREMONT, Calif.-Vodafone Global Platform and Internet Services (VGP), a division of Vodafone Group plc, has launched Vizzavi, a wireless Web portal based on software infrastructure provider Clickmarks’ software platform. The …

DULLES, Va.-America Online Inc. announced it expanded its mobile Internet offering to include more games, content and services. AOL’s mobile service, available through Sprint PCS’ Wireless Web site and AT&T’s …

SAN FRANCISCO-OmniSky Corp. announced it is the first to license Handspring Inc.’s Blazer browser and proxy server, which the companies said speeds up Web browsing on devices using Palm Inc.’s …

NEW YORK-With Andersen, the consulting firm, and Lucent Technologies Inc. as founding corporate sponsors, the London Business School has established a new Centre for the Network Economy. The interdisciplinary research …

The big names walked into the building just as Elvis decided to leave. In spite of recent gloomy economic signals, Sony Electronics Inc., Panasonic Telecommunications Systems Co., Cisco Systems Inc. …

SAN FRANCISCO-Brience Inc., a provider of mobile infrastructure software, said Sun Microsystems Inc. integrated Brience’s Framework 2.0 into its existing IT infrastructure, which will enable Sun to offer its customers …

LONDON-Vodafone Group plc confirmed the content and technology partners chosen for its Global Platform and Internet Services Group. The partnerships will add design, custom content, advanced search technology, content integration …

NEW YORK-As it gears up to export i-mode to the United States as part of its alliance with AT&T Wireless Services Inc., NTT DoCoMo recently has established an American subsidiary …