IPass Passes 20,000 Hotspot Milestone   02 May 2005 13:30 GMT
Communications aggregator says it has gathered its network of hotspots by offering services from 55 separate providers.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Carriers To Increasingly Depend On Data: Study   02 May 2005 13:24 GMT
A market study found that less than six percent of revenue collected by U.S. wireless operators comes from data services, a figure that will nearly triple in coming years.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Nextel Launches Group Push-To-Talk Service   02 May 2005 13:19 GMT
New service enables as many as 21 users to participate in a walkie-talkie conversation.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Product previews   02 May 2005 12:00 GMT
Sun heats up Java EnterpriseSystem with Version 3 Sun Microsystems late last month updated its JES (Java Enterprise System). The latest version, JES 3, features an upgraded application server; support for HP-UX and Windows; and licenses for Sun’s Identity Manager, N1 Grid Service Provisioning System, Portal Server Mobile Access, and Java Studio Enterprise products. Also new to Release 3 is the Enterprise Edition of Sun’s application server, which supports the latest version of the J2EE specification, Version 1.4, as well as some features for improving application availability. JES Release 2 came with the standard-edition application server. Sun increased the price of the JES suite to $140 per employee. This includes the additional products, although they are not integrated into the suite but offered separately. JES 3, Sun Microsystems
Source: InfoWorld

Linux Platform on Tap for Cell Phones (Ziff Davis)   02 May 2005 06:18 GMT
Ziff Davis - MontaVista Software will soon start shipping a Linux operating system designed for mobile phones that MontaVista said will increase flexibility and cut costs for handset manufacturers.
Source: Yahoo

Enterprises Discover Mobile Systems - Again   02 May 2005 04:00 GMT
Lower prices and increased performance are encouraging more companies to switch to notebook computers
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Survey: TV for Mobile Phones Set to Reach Masses (Reuters)   02 May 2005 00:05 GMT
Reuters - About 125 million consumers will be watching television on their mobile phone in five years from now, a new survey found on Thursday.
Source: Yahoo

Sprint pumps up volume on its Wi-Fi network   02 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Sprint is beefing up its Wi-Fi hot-spot coverage in what the company calls an effort to offer users better wireless access support around the world.
Source: InfoWorld

Sprint to bundle Orb media access with DSL   02 May 2005 00:00 GMT
The service lets users remotely access media stored on home PCs from a Web browser. It requires a home PC running the Windows XP or Windows Media Center operating systems and supports multimedia files such as video, audio and images.
Source: InfoWorld

Qwest bows out of MCI bidding   02 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Qwest said it is no longer in the "best interests" of the company to continue competing with Verizon in a bidding war to acquire MCI.
Source: InfoWorld