BROWSING: Java
SUN MICROSYSTEMS SEES JAVASTATION USED TO MONITOR SYSTEM
NEW YORK-Sun Microsystems Computer Co. plans to target infrastructure monitoring in the wireless sector with its recently unveiled JavaStation network computer.A lower-cost alternative to the personal computer, the JavaStation network computer is available for between $750 and $1,500. Java is Sun's programming language that...
WORLD BRIEFS
Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. announced it will resell long-distance service to its more than 225,000 wireless customers during the first phase of the opening of the Mexican long-distance market. Iusacell, through its long-distance subsidiary, Iusatel, will offer discounts which are from 30 percent...
D.C. NOTEBOOK
It probably wouldn't be a bad idea if all political news from here on in were tagged `Campaign '96.'Take the July 22 front-page piece by Washington Times reporter Frank J. Murray that brought late Commerce Secretary Ron Brown back to life to criticize the...
CIRRUS ANNOUNCES SMART PHONES CHIP
FREMONT, Calif.-Cirrus Logic Inc. announced a single-chip mobile compute engine targeted for next-generation mobile applications.Cirrus said its CL-PS7110, based on the ARM7100, has the highest MIPs per watt and the lowest system power consumption of any embedded processor available. The processor is ideal for...
NORTHERN TELECOM TO INCLUDE JAVA CHIPS IN FUTURE PHONES
DALLAS-Northern Telecom Inc. plans to incorporate Sun Microsystems Inc.'s Java Software Platform and Java Powered chips into its future telephones for residential, enterprise and wireless applications.Java is an Internet programming language. Java Powered chips are specialized microprocessors optimized to run Java applications.The first application...
NOKIA GROUP EXPANDING INDONE SIA ANALOG SYSTEM
The Nokia Group is expanding an analog system in Indonesia, in the face of the deployment of digital systems by numerous other operators there.Earlier this year, Indonesia's government gave the state-owned operator the nation's first license for personal communications services. Other PCS licenses are...
CELLPORT DEVELOPS IN-VEHICLE IN TERNET DATA TRANSFER CONNECTION
BOULDER, Colo. - CellPort Labs Inc. is providing drivers an on-ramp to the information highway by connecting them to the Internet's World Wide Web via Cellular Digital Packet Data networks.The Boulder, Colo.-based company said its new MobileWeb product turns any vehicle into an untethered...
WIRELESS OPERATOR IN INDONESIA SEEKS PARTNER TO HELP COMPETE
U.S. telecom companies have the chance to buy into one of Indonesia's cellular operators, PT Telkomsel, which is seeking a strategic partner to help combat the $586 million investment Deutsche Telekom AG has made in competitor Satelindo.Telkomsel turned on the country's second nationwide Global...