Content & Mobile Marketing

AvantGo Inc. released a new solution designed to extend enterprise and Web-based applications to handheld computers, allowing companies to deploy corporate applications to mobile devices that are compatible with their …

Colorado MicroDisplay Inc., a Boulder, Colo.-based supplier of microdisplays, announced it is taking orders for its CMD View Cube Optics Developer’s Kit. The kit provides a visual interface development platform …

ORLANDO, Fla.-Silverlake Communications Inc., a wireless messaging software provider, announced it has entered a reseller agreement with Arch Communications Group Inc. Under terms of the agreement, Silverlake will be Arch’s …

DataLink Systems Corp.-a company providing real-time turnkey information services-introduced two new information services this week, expanding its portfolio of personalized Web-based content. Sports2Go, offered in conjunction with ESPN, delivers sports …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Communications Corp. announced it is reselling Research In Motion’s Inter@ctive Pager 950 palm-sized advanced messaging device, operating on the BellSouth Intelligent Wireless Network. The Inter@ctive Pager 950 will …

Wireless carriers in the United States have been focusing a great deal of attention on a government mandate concerning emergency calls made from wireless phones. The United States has in …

BellSouth Wireless Data L.P. marks its re-entry into the paging market this week with the commercial debut of its two-way Interactive Paging Service. The service uses the new Inter@ctive 950 …

The recent commercial launch of PageMart Wireless Inc.’s facilities-based ReFLEX 25 narrowband personal communications services network has heralded in the new age of paging, in which all major paging players …

In the past year, paging companies have engineered a striking makeover designed to change their “look” to better meet the business style of the new millennium. Just as the parachute …

BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.-Motorola Inc. announced its PageWriter 2000 two-way pager will have access to Internet-based information services through the PocketGenie software application developed by WolfeTech Corp. The agreement follows a …

DALLAS-Paging Network Inc. introduced a two-way messaging service it said will allow customers to receive and create e-mails and pages from one device. The company also said it will create …

Arthur Andersen predicts continued convergence within and amongst the industry segments well into the next century, thanks to the advent of digital technology. Seven of the 10 biggest acquisitions and …

PLAINVIEW, N.Y.-RTS Wireless Inc. and The Traffic Station Group L.L.C. announced a strategic alliance that will deliver real-time traffic reports to digital wireless phone and pager subscribers. Under the alliance, …

Motorola Inc. said it created a new start-up services business to focus on developing and providing integrated communication and information services. The Internet and Connectivity Services Division is part of …

WASHINGTON-A proposal to assign abbreviated dialing codes nationwide appears to be headed for a major roadblock from the North American Numbering Council. NANC is expected to approve a report in …

Metrocall Inc. announced a two-year interactive marketing agreement with America Online, by far the country’s largest Internet online service with more than 12 million members. Under the terms of the …

Comverse Network Systems, a division of Comverse Technology Inc., joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum Ltd., said the company. Comverse said it is the first vendor exclusively dedicated to providing …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry last week urged the FBI to revise its definition of key words in rules implementing the digital wiretap act. The Cellular Telecommunications Industry Association asked the FBI …

Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a conference call last week, and found that while current usage levels are low in both Europe and …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-The imminent explosion of the mobile data market has been like a constant companion for the past 12 years. The technology driving this supposed market expansion may have …

DENVER, United States-Analysts from consulting firm Strategy Analytics debated the future of data transmission over cellular networks in a June conference call, concluding that while current usage levels are low …

Lucent Technologies Inc. added several new applications to its Cooperative Innovations alliance program, which is meant to supplement Lucent-developed and -branded solutions. Lucent tests applications marketed through Cooperative Innovations for …

To the Editor: I’ve watched with more than passing interest the growing outcry against the federal government’s universal service program. Each day brings another news release from a member of …

WASHINGTON, D.C.-The North American GSM Alliance L.L.C., a consortium of U.S. and Canadian GSM personal communications services carriers, filed reply comments with the Federal Communications Commission, saying a decision to …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission needs to rule on when call-identifying information is “reasonably available” to be given to law enforcement by carriers implementing the digital wiretap act, the Cellular Telecommunications …