NetActive Internet has formed a strategic alliance with Motorola`s networking division and will become one of Motorola`s 22 preferred technology partners in Southern Africa.
Nokia is launching Nokia Mobile Display Appliances, a new venture focused on the development of Internet-enabled mobile display devices.
Johannesburg-based Sonorous Networks is making a name for itself in the field of streaming technology with the introduction of what it says is a brand new way of implementing streaming content in the workplace.
A cellular focus group by third cell licence contender Telia-Telenor confirms some beliefs and shatters others: Housewives don`t care for WAP, but price is important. Competition is good, but changing providers is too much hassle.
Lucent Technologies says it has added easy-to-use speech recognition to its Intuity Audix Multimedia Messaging System.
Siltek Telecoms has signed a distribution agreement with Dictaphone, a global provider of Integrated Voice and Data Management systems and software.
Nokia is developing a solution that enables easy and immediate access to mobile commerce sites via a wireless application protocol-enabled phone.
MB Worksoft, part of the JSE-listed MB Technology Group, is to form a new business unit focusing on mobile business solutions, using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) as an enabling technology.
AST eBusiness Integrity Services, SA distributor for Entrust Technologies, says that Schlumberger and Entrust are collaborating to provide client security solutions for the WAP-enabled mobile e-commerce marketplace.
In what it says is an industry first, Ericsson demonstrated a live end-to-end General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network, complete with WAP applications over GPRS, at the GSM World Congress in Cannes.
3Com has expanded its CommWorks architecture, a solution for multiservice packet-based networking, to include its Carrier Systems product offerings.
At the GSM World Congress today, Siemens Communication Devices and Yahoo! Europe announced that they have joined forces to provide easy access to WAP services for Siemens phone and companion users.