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While wireless carriers may be too big to cater to the data access and billing desires of particular customers, there seems to be hope for innovation through a small but growing industry called the mobile virtual network operator. An MVNO provides mobile voice and data services to end users through a subscription agreement without owning […]

Electronic Data Systems Corp. is entering into the wireless services space with the pragmatic idea that systems integrators shouldnt have to build every solution from the ground up. The Plano, Texas, services company at the CTIA Wireless show here last week was touting OneBridge Mobile Sales, which combines several products into a single wireless middleware […]

ORLANDO, Fla.–U.S.-based wireless carriers are determined to develop enterprise services even though trends overseas indicate the consumer market may be the most lucrative place for the technology. Leading the push is Sprint PCS Group, which last week at CTIA Wireless here unveiled plans to bring its Business Connect corporate application access service to Handspring Inc.s […]

Palm Inc. on Thursday reported a narrow profit for the third quarter of fiscal 2002, which ended March. 1. The Santa Clara, Calif., handheld computer company had a net income of $2.9 million, or one cent per share, for the quarter. This compares with a net loss of $25.2 million for the second quarter of […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Based on the notion that enterprises are clamoring for wireless bandwidth more than consumers are, Verizon Wireless and Lucent Technologies Inc. today at the CTIA Wireless 2002 trade show announced plans to launch a high-speed wireless data service trial in the Washington area next month, focusing on business customers and their specific […]

ORLANDO, Fla. — Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association President and CEO Tom Wheeler Tuesday tried to persuade the federal government that American wireless carriers need more spectrum, and several times suggested to international carriers that the corporate enterprise will be a driving force in the adoption of wireless data services. But the keynote speakers at […]

Handspring Inc. on Tuesday will announce plans with Sprint PCS Group to develop a version of the Handspring Treo device that will run on Sprints next-generation wireless network. Sprints network, which is due to launch nationwide in June, is based on CDMA (code division multiple access) technology. Current versions of the Treo support only the […]

Orlando, Fla.—AT&T Wireless at the CTIA Wireless 2002 trade show here Monday announced plans for new compression software that could double the number of voice calls that is currently handled by existing spectrum. The company later this year will begin selling handsets that support the Adaptive Multirate Vocorder (AMR) technology, which will run on the […]

Verizon Wireless Inc. on April 2 will launch a new rate plan based on kilobit usage for business customers who use the companys 1XRTT Express Network. The rates start at $35 per month for 10MB, $55 per month for 20MB and up to $150 for 150MB–the last aimed at customers who wirelessly download large attachments […]

Next week, hundreds of companies will besiege Orlando, Fla., at CTIA Wireless 2002—each there to prove that their technologies take the best possible advantage of the airwaves. The products on display will range from telecom switches to wireless pens, and seminars will focus on making a case for the necessity of next generation wireless wide-area […]

Palm Inc. today announced an HTML-based browser for its Internet-enabled devices. The Palm Web Browser supports the Palm m125, m130, m500, m515 and i705 handhelds, according to officials at the Santa Clara, Calif., company. Costing $19.95 to download from the company site, it is due in the United States on April 8 and in Europe […]

At the same time the company was announcing lowered expectations for cell phone sales, Nokia Corp. on Tuesday introduced a new bunch of jazzy handsets along with one that is actually geared toward the more conservative corporate customer. In spite of the product onslaught, Nokia today lowered sales expectations for the first quarter, slightly below […]