Topic: Publications & Resources
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
Wi-Fi tariffs converging on more standardised products according to BroadGroup
London, 13 January 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- A new report by BroadGroup, the London based consultancy, reveals that Wi-Fi tariffs are converging on more standardised products as competition emerges from North American roaming entrants wishing to extend the aggregator model.
STRATEGY ANALYTICS: FIRST IN PHONES AND NOW CAMERAS - IS THE ENTERPRISE NEXT FOR NOKIA?
Boston, MA, USA & London, UK- January 10, 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/-
Nokia's launch of a division dedicated entirely to business solutions marks a well-timed retooling of the Finnish colossus that will better position it in 2004 to capitalize on the relatively untapped corporate solutions market. Realizing effective R&D flow-through to the new division, a newfound openness around partnering, maximizing the value of its brand equity and PDA competitiveness will all emerge as pivotal issues for Nokia Enterprise Solutions this year.
Magic4 and Colibria announce Seamless IMPS Solution
9th January 2004, Warrington, UK /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Magic4, the world?s leading supplier of seamless mobile messaging software solutions, and Colibria, the world leading supplier of IMPS and Community Servers announced a fully interoperable IMPS client?server infrastructure that includes all features defined in OMA?s IMPS 1.1 ?Wireless Village? specification.
MAGIC4 SUCCEEDS IN OPEN MOBILE ALLIANCE?S TEST FEST
Warrington, UK, January 8th 2004 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Magic4 the world?s leading supplier of seamless mobile messaging software solutions, today announced its results in the latest Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Test Fest held November 19-21 2003 in Bellevue, Washington, USA. Magic4 successfully tested its MMS Client with OMA?s MMS 1.1 enabler and it?s IM Client with OMA?s IMPS 1.1 enabler.
MobileAware launches real-time engine to release the full potential of existing WAP sites
Dublin, Ireland, 17 December 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- MobileAware, specialists in delivering Internet content to wireless handsets, today announces the availability of its WAP Energiser.
MobileAware?s WAP Energiser is a plug-and-play, ?device-aware? real-time engine that, in a mobile environment increasingly characterised by colour screens and greater memory, overcomes the limitations of existing WAP content by inserting colour icons and images, tailoring delivery according to handset capabilities, and providing additional campaign and marketing management tools.
STRATEGY ANALYTICS: DIGITAL TV SET-TOP BOX SALES TO REACH RECORD HIGHS IN 2004
London, England - December 17, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Sales of digital TV set-top boxes will soar by 39 percent to a record 50.3 million units in 2004, according to the latest research from the Strategy Analytics Broadband Device Strategies service. This follows the recovery in demand seen during 2003, when sales will reach 36 million units, an increase of 28 percent. To achieve success in 2004, manufacturers must target key growth areas such as satellite in Europe and cable in Asia-Pacific, say the analysts.
Companies team up to deliver superior in-car navigation leveraging the power of GPS-enabled mobile phones
Scotland ? December 15th, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Rhetorical, a leading developer of text-to-speech technology, today announced an agreement with Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) to provide speech synthesis software for use with Motorola?s VIAMOTO products. Motorola?s VIAMOTO products and solutions allow consumers to easily access location-specific information and turn-by-turn directions on wireless devices.
Innovative personal location-based service promises to extend senses with a geographical layer of information
London, December 11, 2003/Wi-Fi Technology News/- An innovative location-based service has become commercially available, which promises to extend people?s senses with a new geographical layer of information. TagandScan gives mobile users a ?sixth sense? of information about their environment through their GPRS Java-enabled mobile phones. The service is available on any of the UK?s major mobile networks: Vodafone, Orange, O2 and T-Mobile.
Portal Software Implemented for Convergent Prepaid and Postpaid Billing
CUPERTINO, CA (December 9, 2003) ? Portal Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRSF) today announced that Orange UK (www.orange.com), has implemented Portal?s convergent content billing solution to drive increased revenue from content, data, and messaging services. Orange, the United Kingdom?s most popular mobile service with over 13 million customers, now uses Portal?s billing solution. Orange UK is using Portal?s solution to generate additional revenue by rapidly supporting value-based pricing for a wide variety of prepaid and postpaid services as well as quickly increasing the number of third-party partner relationships.
O'Reilly Releases "Mac OS X Unwired", A Guide to Going Wireless at Home, in the Office, or on the Road
Sebastopol, CA /Wi-Fi Technology News/-Remember the first time you held a wireless phone and realized you were no longer tied to the wall by a cord? Or the first time you drove off in your car with a cell phone and realized you could keep talking? Each step of freedom makes you wonder how you ever survived being wired. But going unwired is more than just a heady experience. In more situations than not, it just makes sense. And fortunately, dramatic improvements in wireless technology in the past few years, coupled with the growing affordability of wireless equipment, make going "unwired" all the more attractive. With Mac OS X--now primed to take advantage of the many different wireless technologies--it gets even better.