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Mitsubishi Corp. is reviving an enterprise wireless technology once targeted at the automotive industry that would allow the formation of WLANs with nothing but client devices. Mitsubishis Moteran software works in conjunction with the 802.11b wireless protocol but is designed to be less expensive than a traditional wireless LAN because one of the notebooks or […]

Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Sony Corp. last month announced devices based on Version 4.1 of Palm OS, just as PalmSource Inc. was announcing new features for Version 5. The Kyocera 7135 is a clamshell-shaped smart phone with a color screen that runs on CDMA2000 1X networks. It features Global Positioning System technology, an expansion slot […]

BlackBerry e-mail device maker Research In Motion Ltd. this week reported a first quarter loss that was smaller than analysts expectations. The Waterloo, Ontario, company reported a loss of $10.8 million, or 14 cents a share, for the quarter, compared with net income of $3.8 million, or 5 cents a share, for the same quarter […]

Cingular Wireless this week finally made its New York debut, while AT&T Wireless expanded its next-generation service into Atlanta. Cingular, of Atlanta, does not own network space in New York but rather is making use of a network-sharing agreement with VoiceStream Wireless, announced last October, in which Cingular also let VoiceStream use network space on […]

Research in Motion Ltd. is preparing for increased competition from wireless carriers by going global with the development of an international smart phone for the enterprise. Building on its line of BlackBerry wireless devices with voice support, the Waterloo, Ontario, company has plans for an international version of its handheld pager, due this fall, that […]

NEW YORK — Reports of the ubiquity of Microsoft Corp.s wireless operating systems have been greatly exaggerated, company officials acknowledged on Monday. “Its great news if its happening,” said Ed Suwanjindar, product manager of Microsofts Mobility Group in Redmond, Wash., referring to a widely circulated article today that stated “all major mobile operators in Europe […]

NEW YORK – IBM this week introduced several prepackaged kits for small and medium businesses that want to build a wireless infrastructure. Wireless bundles include: A starter kit that includes two ThinkPad notebooks with integrated 802.11b wireless LAN support and a wireless gateway An intermediate kit that includes two notebooks, two wireless adapter cards and […]

Sony Corp. and Kyocera Wireless Corp. on Monday each announced devices based on version 4.1 of the Palm OS. The Kyocera 7135 is a clamshell smartphone that runs on CDMA2000 1X networks. It features 16MB of on-board memory, a high-resolution screen with 65,000 colors, GPS (global positioning network) technology, and an expansion slot compatible with […]

NEW YORK–Research in Motion Ltd. this week at the TechXNY trade show here promised new hardware, software and services for the companys BlackBerry platform for wireless corporate e-mail access, which will roll out throughout the year. Building on its line of pagers with voice support, the Waterloo, Ontario, company displayed a world band version of […]

Two years ago, U.S. public safety agencies began having trouble with mobile communications transmissions. The source of the problem, for the most part, was Nextel Communications Corp., which operates radio sites in the same frequencies as the safety agencies, the 800MHz band. For a while, the 800MHz problem was just one of the spectrum issues […]

Plans by several mobile computing vendors to deploy pay-per-use and subscription-based WLANs in public spaces across the country are spurring development of software and hardware for service providers, as well as new devices for users. Hewlett-Packard Co. this week in New York will launch a public wireless LAN initiative that includes new equipment, implementation and […]

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc.s Computer Systems Group is readying new technologies and services to support its effort to make WLAN access in public spaces ubiquitous through hot spot access points. “If you want to make it simple for people, you have to have a lot more spaces,” said Oscar Koenders, vice president of worldwide […]