Versatile WAP-enabled phones will become available, and high-speed GPRS, and its successor, broadband 3G, will set the tone for ever more complex services. BT Cellnet and Vodafone AirTouch have launched Internet access services from notebooks, PCs...
HP today launched what it claims is the first off-the-shelf Unix server to come with Nokia's WAP server capabilities. The announcement highlights a shift in the company's channel strategy from private networks to service providers.
IBM Global Services has entered into a $1bn, ten-year outsourcing deal to manage systems for four Nordic companies. ICA, If Property and Casualty Insurance, Skandia and Storebrand will hand over the reigns to IBM in one of the largest outsourcing...
Motorola and Sega are launching a joint WAP venture to allow customers access to entertainment software through wireless enabled devices. This means customers will be able to access the same set of games through mobile phones, pagers, laptops and...
Hypponen added: "Once the functionality in WAP phones increases with updated protocols, such as WAP 1.2, the wireless mark up language scripts can be attacked easily. Security experts fear the recent Timofonica virus, which sent SMS text message...
is using Transcoding to translate web pages into a format that a small screen device can display, Yahoo! Now any WAP-enabled phone, which includes most mobile phones with a colour screen, can do web searches.