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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the 50/50 handset venture between Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Sony Corp., started its operations on Monday. “I am proud to announce that we have received the final approvals and we can start operations according to our initial plans,” Katsumi Ihara, president of the London-based Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, said in a […]

Microsoft Corp. this week announced the latest version of its wireless middleware, which has improvements over the first version but still offers access only to Microsoft applications. Mobile Information Server 2002 includes over-the-air server synchronization for Pocket PC devices and more security features than the previous version. But in terms of applications, MIS 2002 does […]

Living up to its promise of being easy to get up and running, the wireless network is playing an integral communications role in the recovery efforts in areas of New York and Washington devastated by terrorist attacks two weeks ago. IT officials from Arlington County, Va., joined several companies, including Avaya Inc. and AT&T Corp., […]

U.S. Attorney General John Ashcrofts anti-terrorism proposal includes a request to allow the FBI to tap all the communications of a suspect rather than just the suspects telephone. The move is a first step toward laws that wireless carriers and privacy advocates have thus far been able to keep at bay. Aimed squarely at the […]

In what could be an indirect hit to Palm Inc., Sprint Corp. Monday announced that it is licensing the Blazer Web browser from Handspring Inc. Besides being bundled with Sprint products that use the Palm OS, the Blazer browser software will be available as a free download to existing Sprint customers. Previously, Blazer was available […]

Although it reported this week a fiscal first-quarter loss that was better than what analysts expected, Palm Inc.s future is still bleak, in spite of the introduction of a new device, the m125. The handheld leader says the second quarter, historically its strongest, will likely end in a loss as well–despite Palms recent restructuring. Earlier […]

Although it reported this week a fiscal first-quarter loss that was better than what analysts expected, Palm Inc.s future is still bleak, in spite of the introduction of a new device, the m125. The handheld leader says the second quarter, historically its strongest, will likely end in a loss as well–despite Palms recent restructuring. Earlier […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. and Research In Motion Ltd. have embarked on an effort to enable wireless printing from RIM BlackBerry devices to HP printers. Due early next year, the HP Mobile Enterprise Printing application will allow BlackBerry customers to print e-mail and Windows-based attachments remotely to network printers accessible through their businesses intranets. “As long as […]

As last weeks terrorist attacks slowed telecommunications services in the Northeast, many businesses and individuals turned to the Internet to track co-workers and family. Kevin Baradet, for one, was thankful for an e-mail that let him know a friend who works for a major brokerage in New York had made it safely out of Building […]

Tuesdays attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon snarled telecommunications services in the northeastern part of the country, forcing many companies to rely on e-mail or instant messaging to stay in touch with co-workers and customers in that region. Kevin Baradet, for one, was thankful for an e-mail that let him know a […]