wireless application protocol

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp.’s Wireless Software Solutions division introduced the Nokia WAP Browser, a Wireless Application Protocol microbrowser designed for wireless handsets and personal digital assistants. The browser is featured in …

SAN FRANCISCO-The Wireless Application Protocol Forum has released the latest version of its mobile Internet standard-WAP version 1.1-at its members meeting. Enhancements to the new version include: local and international …

AirFlash.com Inc., a privately held Silicon Valley start-up firm, has created a service bureau called AirFlash, taking a somewhat different approach to the wireless portal market. The company is offering …

Olivetti ultimately prevailed in the takeover attempt of Telecom Italia, with 52 percent of Telecom Italia shareholders voting to accept Olivetti’s offer instead of Telecom Italia’s defense plan centered around …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-While the drive to implement Internet e-commerce is being hyped almost on a daily basis, with some justification, as the way forward for almost all future business transactions, …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. signed an agreement with KPN Telecom to supply an end-to-end Wireless Application Protocol solution to the carrier in the Netherlands. The two also said they will work …

NEW YORK-Ericsson Mobile Phones, Research Triangle Park, N.C., introduced a suite of new handsets June 21 at MobileFocus ’99 that the company plans to offer for sale later this year …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Phone.com Inc. revealed that Italian Global System for Mobile communications operator Omnitel Spa has licensed Phone.com’s UP.Link Server Suite for its new Omnitel 2000 Internet portal. The Wireless …

Scandinavian Softline to license WAP HELSINKI, Finland-Scandinavian Softline Technology has agreed to license Nokia Corp.’s Wireless Application Protocol technology to deliver value-added data solutions for wireless carriers. SST has developed …

Phone.com Inc., formerly Unwired Planet, entered the public realm with a bang last Friday with an initial public offering that proved exceptionally successful in a market where technology stocks don’t …

SAN FRANCISCO-Nokia Corp. announced several cooperative activities focused on supporting the Wireless Application Protocol at its third annual Wireless Data Conference. Companies cooperating with Nokia in the effort include Excite@Home, …

AUSTRALIA-Cable & Wireless Optus announced enhancements to its Global System for Mobile communications network to bring high-speed data services to the Australian market. The carrier said it has implemented General …

MONTEREY, Calif.-Ending months of speculation and veiled tension, Microsoft Corp. last week officially announced it joined the Wireless Application Protocol Forum, a move many see as effectively ending a microbrowser …

Leveraging its parent company’s strength as a landline and Internet service provider, U S West Wireless said it expects to roll out commercial mobile text-based Internet access during the fourth …

GENEVA-As any one of the tens of thousands of visitors who thronged the halls of February’s GSM World Congress knows, the latest word in GSM services is Wireless Application Protocol …

Recently I have read a few opinions casting doubt on the value of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in today’s converging wireless and Internet industries. I consider these opinions to …

Herschel Shosteck Associates Ltd. has discussed our view of the prognosis for Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) in other e-mail briefings and in our white paper. We are often asked whether, …

Unwired Planet Inc. last week filed a registration with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for an initial public offering of common stock in June, and also announced the first …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Unwired Planet Inc. and Matsushita Communications Industrial Co. Ltd. announced a licensing agreement for MCI to integrate Unwired Planet’s UP.Browser in its upcoming mobile phones expected to support …

Germany Siemens’ Information and Communication Networks Group, T-Mobil and Unwired Planet Inc. announced they will participate in a field trial to integrate Wireless Application Protocol compatible software from Unwired Planet …

FORT WORTH, Texas-The Sabre Group announced it is working with IBM Corp. and Nokia Corp. to create a real-time, interactive flight schedule service for Wireless Application Protocol phones. With it, …

HANNOVER, Germany-Motorola Inc. introduced a portfolio of digital wireless devices at the CeBIT exhibition and promised to offer Internet-browsing capability on its entire line of digital mobile phones by 2000. …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson introduced its first product as a result of its participation in the Symbian initiative-a mobile companion to Global System for Mobile communications phones called the MC 218. …

The Wireless Application Protocol effort gained momentum last week at the GSM World Congress in Cannes, France, with several Global System for Mobile communications carriers and handset manufacturers announcing WAP-compatible …

CANNES, France-CNN Interactive last week announced at the GSM World Congress its CNN Mobile service, a mobile telephone news and information service using a platform it co-developed with Nokia Oy. …