wireless application protocol

RALEIGH, N.C.-Nando Media has launched a 24-hour news service for Internet-enabled wireless phones and pagers using Wireless Application Protocol technology.

SAN DIEGO-MP3.com Inc. launched its first Wireless Application Protocol application called MP3.com Wireless Live Events Calendar, which allows users to locate and buy tickets to live music events from WAP-enabled …

Comverse Network Systems introduced its Nex2Me wireless instant messaging solution, a Wireless Application Protocol and short message service suite that enables the creation of mobile communities shared by mobile and …

BOSTON-Ovum warned that Wireless Application Protocol supporters don’t have much time to take advantage of the now-open window of opportunity, which the global research and consulting company said will close …

Seagull Inc., a provider of e-business solutions for Windows and Web-based systems, extended its reach into the wireless realm last week with the introduction of its server-based Wireless-to-Host Solution. For …

A running joke dogging the Wireless Application Protocol industry is that its initials, WAP, stand for “Where are the phones?” Applying that to the messaging industry, desperate to be included …

Nokia Nokia Corp. unveiled its new 8260 wireless phone that the company says blends colorful and stylish options into a small digital handset. The 8260 is Time Division Multiple Access …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. unveiled Nokia Activ for its Wireless Application Protocol Server 1.1, a one-button solution enabling Web sites to send WAP service settings to WAP-enabled mobile phones wirelessly. The …

NEW YORK-MobileLogic Inc. introduced a suite of wireless business solutions designed to help extend corporate information to wireless devices. The solution supports devices such as wirelessly enabled personal digital assistants …

VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Image Power announced it has enabled its Web-based FaxPC and Linux FaxPC viewer universal messaging service with Wireless Application Protocol technology to extend these services to WAP-based wireless …

Mexico Mexican wireless carrier Grupo Iusacell S.A. de C.V. said it does not have any current intentions of filing for an equity offering in Mexico. The company has long been …

HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. introduced several solutions designed to improve the services available from the company’s third-generation and Internet Protocol product offerings. Based on Open Service Architecture standardized by the 3G …

BEIJING-Sina.com, an Internet media and services company geared toward the Chinese community, signed separate memoranda of understanding agreements with L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and Siemens in China to deliver content …

SignalSoft Steven Adams was appointed vice president of operations for SignalSoft Corp., a developer of wireless location services. Adams will oversee product deployment and installation, product technical support and customer …

HONG KONG-Infinite Technologies Inc. unveiled its Infinite Enterprise Wireless Application Protocol server, a secure WAP gateway the company said will make access to a range of confidential information possible for …

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. will be active in the upcoming government auctions for 1.9 MHz and 700 MHz spectrum, said Steven M. Shindler, executive vice president and chief financial officer. …

STAMFORD, Conn.-Wireless media solutions provider i3 Mobile reported an agreement to incorporate directory information from InfoUSA.com into its wireless content and mobile commerce services. According to i3 Mobile, the service …

ATLANTA-BulletIN.net, which develops and supplies wireless Internet messaging products, closed on $15 million in first-round venture funding from Milford Investment Partners. BulletIN.net noted it would use the funding to complete …

STOCKHOLM-Ericsson Inc. said VoiceStream Wireless Corp. awarded the vendor a multi-year contract for equipment and services to expand its Global System for Mobile communications network in the eastern United States. …

OKLAHOMA CITY-Dobson Communications Corp. reported it has purchased equipment and developed a strategic alliance in anticipation of launching wireless Internet services later this year. A company spokesman said Dobson will …

Solectron Corp. completed its acquisition of Americom Wireless Services, a privately held company specializing in wireless handset repair and refurbishment and outsourced technical customer-support services. Solectron, a supply-chain facilitator of …

LONDON-AnywhereYouGo.com, an independent community of wireless developers, launched an independent lab to test Wireless Application Protocol applications across multiple devices and gateways, providing an extensive range of testing and analysis …

LONDON-Vodafone AirTouch plc announced it is testing an international Wireless Application Protocol system that would allow users to access WAP-based information when roaming between the United States, the Netherlands and …

While the Wireless Application Protocol has provided a common standard for microbrowser technology, several firms are looking to offer their own flavor of the wireless Internet experience, and not all …

BOSTON-PhoneRun Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. said they will jointly market to service providers a mobile Internet service called “phonecasting,” a media network of Internet-sourced audio channels for news, entertainment …