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After close to five years of working quietly away as a software development company, Marbles Inc. executives decided it is time for the company to make its entrance into the wireless industry-and they plan to light their way with the …

MMTA Anne-Rivers Forcke was appointed chairman of the MultiMedia Telecommunications Association’s Media Relations Committee. Forcke is a relationship marketing strategist for the Global Small Business group at IBM Corp., where she is responsible for managing the marketing program worldwide. Forcke …

Notwithstanding all the fireworks on Capitol Hill surrounding Attorney General-designate John Ashcroft and other controversial nominees, President Bush is on the way to putting a new administration in place. And then what? Well, there’s the 10-year, $1.3 trillion tax-cut that …

Microsoft and Ericsson announced a joint venture to develop and market mobile Internet products. In addition, Microsoft introduced its dual-mode microbrowser, called Mobile Internet Explorer, which Ericsson will adopt into with WAP stack on certain phones. Ericsson will hold the …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a joint research effort aimed at improving multimedia delivery and network applications over fourth-generation wireless broadband networks. The companies are calling their 4G multimedia architecture Moto-Media. The technology is expected to enable high-performance …

NEW YORK-Before mobile commerce can reach the goal of providing a value-added revenue stream for wireless carriers, it must fulfill its potential as a value-added service for their customers. “Today m-commerce is a subset of e-commerce, and it’s having problems. …

Premier telecommunications equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc.’s woes continued last week as it revised its first-quarter earnings downward while announcing an overhaul plan that will involve $1 billion in cost cuts and job layoffs. The company said it expects to …

Extolling them as “wings of light,” Nortel Networks hopes to illumine the wireless Internet space with four new initiatives. Basking in a 55-percent third-quarter growth, the Internet and communications company identifies the four-pronged blitz as optical infrastructure, wireless access, Internet …

HACKENSACK, N.J.-GoAmerica Inc. said its Go.Web service is now available on Hewlett-Packard Jornada 540 Pocket PC devices. The solution includes the Minstrel 540 wireless modem from Novatel Wireless Inc. Wireless access, combined with GoAmerica’s software, allows the Jornada devices to …

HELSINKI, Finland-In a move the companies hope will lead to wide usage of mobile services, Hewlett-Packard Co. and Nokia Corp. announced an agreement to develop solutions built on an Internet-based platform. For their first application, the companies plan to enable …

CHICAGO-When Bridget Glavaz touched down in Los Angeles recently, she pulled out her handheld computer, a Palm VII, and started addressing two critical issues. She needed directions to her appointment downtown, so she logged onto Mapquest.com. Equally important, she wanted …

Lucent Lucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman of the company’s Microelectronics business, which will be spun off …

Just less than a year after bursting onto the wireless Internet scene with a wireless solution for the Palm V, OmniSky Corp. this week is introducing a similar solution for the Handspring VisorPhone. The company also is unveiling version 2.0 …

NEW YORK-Solid Information Technology, known for network synchronization software, has received $50 million in second-round private equity investment. Robertson Stephens Inc. served as placement agent for the transaction, which is a precursor to taking the company public, said Pekka Roine, …

E2open has opened its doors. The new electronics marketplace sports 10 high-powered founders, including IBM Corp., Hitachi and Nortel Networks. With this backing, e2open aspires to be nothing less than “one of the largest enterprises of the 21st century,” said …

Amrel Systems Amrel Systems Inc. released a more powerful version of its Rocky II+ ruggedized mobile notebook computer, certified under MIL-STD 810E, MIL-STD 461C and IP54, offering an Intel Pentium III processor at speeds up to 650 MHz. Amrel said …

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-In the wireless data weltanschauung of Lucent Technologies Inc., operators will remain the linchpin for an increasingly complex assembly of players. Lucent’s role, from its world view, is to anticipate and facilitate solutions for each part, large and …

NEW YORK-Within the next few months, Hewlett-Packard Co. expects to open its first United States-based “Mobile Bazaar,” a facility that provides free space, technical expertise and computer hardware to wireless applications developers. Since last year, HP has opened similar sites …

Companies looking to wirelessly enable their back-office systems are getting more help these days. Existing system integrators are adding wireless support to their business and new integrators are emerging to focus specifically on wireless solutions. Angelbeat Inc. is a system …

NEW YORK-Manufacturers increasingly are planning to outsource production as more companies transition to the virtual manufacturing model, according to a recent Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. study. A substantial number of electronics manufacturers plan to outsource a collective average of …

Tantau Tantau Software Inc. released its Wireless Internet Platform version 2, which features enhancements for back-end connectivity, content personalization and information delivery. In addition, the company announced a strategic agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co. to co-market mobile e-services solutions designed for …

WASHINGTON-The skyrocketing consumer consumption and subsequent disposal of computers, pagers, mobile phones, personal digital assistants and other electronic devices has created new environmental challenges in the Digital Age, which Europe is addressing far more aggressively than the United States. The …

WASHINGTON-Customer care, billing and order management solutions provider Amdocs and Hewlett-Packard Co. reported plans to provide a real-time, prepaid billing solution capable of running on public switched telephone and Internet Protocol networks. Amdocs said the solution will integrate HP’s OpenCall …

LONDON-Sonera Zed Ltd. has agreed with Unilever and Hewlett-Packard Co. to test new mobile marketing solutions beginning in Finland this summer. “Mobile marketing is one of the areas in which Zed wants to be a forerunner and develop new, advanced …

NEW YORK-Developers of devices and applications for wireless communications strutted their stuff, offering new, nearly new and soon-to-debut products and services at this year’s MobileFocus. Giving more gumption to handheld computers is the design of at least five of the …