Source: CNN.com
AT&T Wireless Services is sharply curtailing plans to launch services over a high-speed data wireless network, announcing it will target four cities instead of 13 as originally envisioned.
The Redmond, Washington-based wireless telecommunications company also said Thursday it will delay the planned rollout of new services on the network by about six months to December 2004.
Source: unstrung.com
Sybase Inc.'s embedded database arm, iAnywhere Solutions Inc., has announced plans to acquire ailing wireless content delivery pioneer AvantGo Inc. for $38 million in cash (see Sybase Buys AvantGo).
IBM has released the Web Services Tool Kit for Mobile Devices. Its a free set of tools that provide run-time environments that allow development of applications that use Web Services on small mobile devices. This tool kit's Java Web service run-time environment is supported on PoctketPC, Palm, and BlackBerry.
Source: Toronto Star
The wireless "hotspot" market is beginning to heat up.
Bell Canada announced yesterday a three-month pilot project that gives anyone with a wireless-enabled laptop Internet access at a number of locations in Ontario and Quebec, including Toronto's Union Station and Air Canada Maple Leaf lounges at Pearson Airport.
SMS-based peer-to-peer mobile messaging could become mobile commerce's killer application. The J2ME Wireless Messaging API (WMA) provides SMS capabilities for mobile Java clients. In this first installment of a two-part series on mobile P2P messaging, the author discusses the design and usage of the WMA, and presents a sample application to demonstrate key concepts. He'll also discuss some server-side Java SMS solutions.
Source: PC MAGAZINE
Imagine a world where all your portable devices can be charged and powered simply by placing them on a desktop. Chip manufacturer MobileWise has gone well beyond imagining such a world and this week unveiled "a conductive solution" that it believes can make it all possible.
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Source: BBC
Consumers and companies are rushing to adopt wireless computer networks with little thought of the security problems they bring with them, warn experts. The ease with which wireless networks can be set up, and the convenience of replacing cables with radio waves, is making them hugely popular in both homes and offices.
But researchers warn that the security failings of these networks have not been fixed and that few people are doing enough to protect themselves.
