Wireless Business Forecast articles from June 2004

Wireless Business Forecast archives from June 2004

Wireless Could Drive New Smart-Card Marketplace.
June 2, 2004... SIM cards containing a wireless subscriber's ID, phone numbers and calendar no longer are the be-all and end-all of wireless communications smart cards. While some countries are farther than others when it comes to incorporating more business...

General Category Coordination: Love Or Money?(Industrial Telecommunications Association Inc.)
June 2, 2004... Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission released an instant notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that sought comments on ways to "streamline and harmonize" specific rule parts (regarding Parts 1, 22, 24, 27 and 90) that are "no...

At Press Time...(Wireless Communications Association International)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... As Wireless Business Forecast was getting ready to print, we learned wireless pioneer Craig McCaw was getting ready to announce yet another venture, this time a national broadband wireless service that could compete against larger carriers...

Putting More Cream Into BREW's Coffee.
June 2, 2004... After several startup years, Peggy Johnson, president of Qualcomm Internet Services, a division of Qualcomm Inc. [QCOM], thinks the BREW technology finally has segued from being the store brand to being Starbucks. It wasn't immediately...

GPS Providers Could Reap Big Homeland-Security Bucks.(Global Positioning System)
June 2, 2004... Any communications company that weathered the last few down years knows that diversification was key to survival, and those that focused on either homeland security or the trucking industry may see their efforts pan out in a big way. A pending...

Kuwait Set For Third Network Competitor.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... The two incumbent wireless carriers in Kuwait soon could see competition from a third player, which would be 40-percent owned by the country's pensioner institution, 40-percent owned by Kuwaiti citizens who manage to buy company shares and...

U.S. Enterprise Says Auf Wiedersehen To Berlin Exchange.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Broadband provider 5G Wireless Communications Inc. [FGWC], based in Marina Del Rey, Calif., made a quick exit from the Berlin Stock Exchange, where it was listed without the company's authorization. Said CEO Jerry Dix, "We discovered the...

Is Bike-By Emailing The Next New Thing?(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Wireless media artist Yury Gitman, who currently is curating a wireless festival in conjunction with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Downtown Alliance for late summer in downtown New York City, also is working on creating the...

Calypso Solicits Licensing Deals.(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Calypso Wireless Inc. [CLYW] in Miami Lakes, Fla., is talking to at least one "major" ISP regarding the licensing of its newly patented automatic switching of network access points (ASNAP) technology and the distribution of its PDA-like...

New Digs.(Airpath Wireless Inc)(Brief Article)
June 2, 2004... Airpath Wireless Inc., which makes Wi-Fi management systems, relocated its national headquarters from Toledo, Ohio, to 950 Winter St., Suite 2410, Waltham, MA 02451, 419/930-1500. According to Todd Myers, chairman and CEO, being closer to...

Deal Sheet.
June 2, 2004... Who' s Doing What?: SK Telecom [SKM], headquartered in Seoul, South Korea; 011 82-2-2121-2114 Has launched a takeover attempt on LG Card [LGCDF.PK], headquartered in Seoul, South Korea; 011 202-81-48079 What To Expect Near-Term: SK...

The New M-Commerce Driver: Fingerprint Recognition.
June 16, 2004... SAN DIEGO--During the Qualcomm [QCOM]-sponsored BREW 2004 Developer Conference last week, Atrua Technologies Inc. offered Wireless Business Forecast a demonstration of a new biometric technology that could help pave the way for mobile-commerce...

Will The Numbers Game Bog Down 800 MHz Relief?(Federal Communications Commission)
June 16, 2004... Apparently, things have changed at the Federal Communications Commission, now that time is getting short for the resolution of the dueling Consensus/Compromise Plans and the rebanding of the 800 MHz strip of spectrum. Public-safety entities,...

ROI Key To Marketing Business Apps.(Return on investment)
June 16, 2004... A quick look at the exhibit floor at the recent Qualcomm BREW 2004 Developers Conference last week revealed a download industry still heavily focused on games and ringtones. But underneath all the entertainment apps, developers are starting to...

Finding 'Remo' - An App That Tackles The Enterprise Market.(Opinions of Nick Walker)(Interview)
June 16, 2004... Xpherix CEO Nick Walker takes aim at the notion that deploying high-end enterprise applications requires a high-end mobile device SAN DIEGO--Mobile phone applications for the enterprise market thus far have received little attention from...

GPS Adds Whole New Gaming Dimension.(Global Positioning System)
June 16, 2004... A new interactive video game featuring an embedded GPS chipset, developed by Gizmondo Europe Ltd., a business unit of Jacksonville, Fla.- based Tiger Telematics [TIGR], has hit the marketplace. The GPS-enabled game called "Colors" was unveiled...

New Startup Views Relief Efforts As Revenue Generators.(Global Relief Technologies LLC)
June 16, 2004... The need for 100,000 humanitarian- and reconstruction-aid workers worldwide to manage and communicate information quickly from remote parts of the world spurred a former refugee coordinator to start a company that intends to fulfill the mission...

Nokia Clams Up On WCDMA At Annual Confab.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2004... Nokia [NOK], which has been slipping somewhat when it comes to global market share although it still retains its Number One position, is coming back with a vengeance, introducing a bushel of new products at its annual Nokia Connection meeting...

Verizon Wireless 70 Millions Apps Served.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2004... SAN DIEGO--Verizon Wireless officials told attendees at the Qualcomm [QCOM]-sponsored BREW 2004 Developer Conference here last week (see related features in this issue) that total downloads on its "Get It Now" service reached more than 70...

Asia Touts Cheapest Hotspots.(low-cost wireless broadband)(Brief Article)
June 16, 2004... Want low-cost wireless broadband? Go to Asia, says London-based consultant firm BroadGroup. Its new report, Marketing Wi-Fi Services in Asia - Service Provider Strategies and Future Growth, says many subscribers are paying less than $5 per hour...

Forgetting Wireless, Concentrating on Connectivity.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2004... Even though surveys differ as to whether consumers really want all their communications, information, entertainment and home controls available on one wireless device, a movement is afoot to possibly meld five separate short-range wireless...

Biometrics: The Next Social-Security Number.(Brief Article)
June 16, 2004... Motorola says the Czech Republic will be using some of its technology as a stepping stone to finally being able to join the European Union (EU). Czech officials working on the EU plan purchased the company's enhanced automated fingerprint...

Deal Sheet.(Wireless telecommunications services)
June 16, 2004... Who's Doing What?: Starent Networks Corporation [privately held], headquartered in Tewksbury, Mass.; 978/851-1100 inked an infrastructure agreement with China United Telecommunications Corp. [CHU], headquartered in Beijing; 800/777-2582 ...

With HTML, This 'Opera' Is Just Getting Started.(mobile internet)
June 30, 2004... In getting the public to generally accept the idea of wireless data, particularly in the Web-browsing area, the general strategy has been to "teach" the public that they should not expect the same desktop experience when browsing the Internet...

Between The NTIA And Nextel, Things Are Going To Change.
June 30, 2004... Believe it or not, there was movement on two major wireless fronts last week, and they both stand to change the face of the industry and to begin the transition away from the "this is the way we've always done it" mindset. However, it won't be...

WiMax Garners A New Believer: Motorola.
June 30, 2004... Despite the reported success of its Canopy system for wireless wide-area Internet access (WBF, April 21), Motorola has decided to let no technology go untouched in this day of dog-eat-dog competition. After making that decision, WiMax gained a...

Cisco Tests 802.11 At The Brickyard.(technology, wireless local area network)
June 30, 2004... For most gathered at the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on May 30, the day was about watching the running of the Indianapolis 500. But for members of Red Bull Cheever Racing and Cisco Systems [CSCO], the race served as a testbed for using...

Cisco Targets Local Gov'ts For New Biz.(Brief Article)
June 30, 2004... Not happy to dominate just the wireline side of the telecom world, Cisco Systems [CSCO] is digging itself even deeper into the wireless world, unveiling a series of infrastructure products aimed at the wireless metropolitan-area-network (WMAN)...

Wanted: One Small, Flat Community.(Brief Article)
June 30, 2004... Wheat Wireless Services Inc. of Reston, Va., which provides long-range wireless broadband Internet access, is backing a program called the Wireless Community Initiative Grant. Soon, some lucky small U.S. locale, chosen from applications due by...

Teens Get A Whole New Meaning For 'Jammin'.(prevention of cheating)(Enrico Tosi Technical Institute)(Netline Communications Technologies)(Brief Article)
June 30, 2004... The Enrico Tosi Technical Institute in northern Italy has found another way to make the life of a student miserable. It's no big secret that teens have used short messaging to cheat on tests, but the savvy school is testing an unobtrusive way...

Coming Soon To A TV Near You: MMS.(Brief Article)
June 30, 2004... Is this the height of laziness or what? At last week's Supercomm in Chicago, Materna Information & Communications of Arlington, Va., introduced a product that will deliver multimedia messaging, including text and video, to and from a home TV....

Will Wi-Fi Be The Next Commodity.(Brief Article)
June 30, 2004... For lo these many years, wireless gurus have been predicting that voice will be the commodity service for carriers as they make their real money from data. So far, talk still is cheap (literally and figuratively), and there now are those who...

Deal Sheet.
June 30, 2004... Who's Doing What?: WJ Communications Inc. [WJCI], headquartered in San Jose, Calif.; 408/577-6200 Just wrapped its purchase of a business unit belonging to EiC Corporation [privately held], headquartered in Fremont, Calif.; 510/979-8999 ...