Content & Mobile Marketing

NEW YORK-Notable by its absence amid the current merger mania in telecommunications is convergence across industry lines between transmission and content providers, according to a new study by Price Waterhouse …

New lawsuit filed on Motorola patents Motorola Inc. last week filed a new patent infringement lawsuit against Qualcomm Inc. in San Diego federal court, claiming all of Qualcomm’s wireless phones …

ARLINGTON, Va.-Bell Atlantic Network Services Inc. selected DSC Communications Corp. to supply equipment and software for the company’s 1998 launch of a high-speed data communications service for consumers using Asymmetric …

Union Electric Co., Honeywell Inc. and CellNet Data Systems teamed up to develop a wireless interactive home management system, which will begin a pilot program in more than 100 St. …

More than a year after the Internet burst into the wireless space, the big story in mobile data continues to be how the industry is responding to this communications phenomenon. …

RICHARDSON, Texas-Ericsson Inc. said it will use Marimba Inc.’s Castanet technology to deliver and manage software and content on its Internet and intranet-related products. The Castanet system allows end users …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Geoworks will expand its cooperation with Nokia to provide packaged content and services for Smart Messaging, the Nokia-developed Global System for Mobile communications wireless service architecture announced last month …

NEW YORK-Provision of flat rate, local call access to a plethora of wireless and wireline services is the driving force behind the acquisition of Voice-Tel Enterprises Inc., which Premiere Technologies …

NEW YORK-Nokia Corp. became a licensee of the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corp. March 13, joining 200 other companies that pay the nonprofit organization to recycle nickel cadmium batteries, a mainstay …

Since unveiling its MobileWeb Internet Web server/controller technology one year ago, CellPort Labs Inc. reports a diverse group of innovators are using the platform to develop wireless data applications. The …

WASHINGTON-The Environmental Protection Agency is expected shortly to issue a policy statement supporting a new hybrid radio frequency radiation standard, but sources say the EPA is unlikely to retreat from …

NEW YORK-As 1996 drew to a close, the impact of the Internet on wireless communications manifested itself in a flurry of announcements from an array of providers. “It’s all about …

ATLANTA-Motorola Inc.’s Platform Software Division and Unwired Planet Inc. signed an agreement to provide an optimized solution for delivering Internet-based content to wireless communications devices such as cellular smart phones …

WASHINGTON-If the wireless telecom industry has learned one thing in recent years, it is that rules for paging, cellular, specialized mobile radio, personal communications services, mobile satellite, microwave, wireless local …

NEW YORK-NetSource Communications Inc. was expected to go public late last week with a 3.5 million share offering of common stock priced between $13 and $15 each. Deutsche Morgan Grenfell, …

NEW YORK-Single-number portability, delivery of branded content and the growing similarity between switched voice and data are all trends that are moving in fast, according to participants in a panel …

A U.S. District Court judge has ruled Gwinnett County, Ga., violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by denying BellSouth Mobility Inc. a permit to construct a monopole cellular tower. In …

LAS VEGAS-After making a splash last July in the wireless Internet/intranet-access market with a micro-browser software solution optimized for so-called “thin-client” wireless devices, Unwired Planet Inc. is moving on up …

Corsair Communications Inc. appointed Dr. Donald R. Oestreicher vice president of engineering. Oestreicher will direct Corsair’s efforts in product engineering, research and development. Oestreicher’s background includes engineering management with Dow …

More than a half million Paging Network Inc. customers started receiving news briefs from CNN Interactive for free last week. Subscribers to PageNet’s alphanumeric service, via Motorola Inc.’s Advisor and …

Motorola Inc. unveiled a new open messaging software platform called Memos that is adaptable to all networks but optimized for the unique environment of wireless. “Motorola believes the establishment of …

GTE Mobilnet Inc. is signing up customers in a new way, by mail order. Hello Direct Inc., which produces a catalog full of a various telecommunications and business products, will …

WALTHAM, Mass.-Primark Corp. has acquired Yankee Group Research Inc., a market research and consulting firm in the communications and computing field. The transaction includes cash payments of $34 million and …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …

PCS eyes cable TV’s line Competitive times call for innovation. During the energy crunch of the mid-1980s, The Williams Cos. of Tulsa, Okla., wanted to take advantage of its unused …