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Articles tagged with: Sun Microsystems
Mobile industry seeks its own web domain name
Leading companies from the mobile industry have signed a memorandum of understanding to apply for a mobile Top Level Domain ("mobile TLD") from the Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) during the current application round, which closes March 15. If the application is successful and the mobile TLD is granted by ICANN, the industry leaders have agreed to form a new joint venture to manage the mobile TLD. A mobile TLD would be a key step in bridging the world of mobility and the Internet to the benefit of customers and the entire mobile industry. more
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New boss selected for Motorola
Motorola has elected the former boss of Sun, Edward J. Zander to succeed Christopher B. Galvin as chairman and chief executive officer of the company. Zander, 56, most recently was a managing director of Silver Lake Partners, a leading private equity fund focused on investments in technology industries. Zander will join Motorola in his new capacity effective 5 January 2004. more
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New forum to push Java handset development
The OSGi Alliance has announced the formation of the Mobile Expert Group, a new working body designed to further promote the use of Java technology in the mobile space. Comprised of industry leaders including BMW, Gatespace Telematics, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Oracle, Panasonic, ProSyst, Siemens VDO Automotive, Sun Microsystems, Telcordia Technologies and others, the Mobile Expert Group is chartered with defining requirements and specifications for the next generation of Java technology-based platform software, targeting data-capable mobile devices. more
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Hokey Smoke! Rocky & Bullwinkle Come to Wireless
Sennari and Bullwinkle Studios have entered into a partnership to create character driven wireless content. Bullwinkle Studios, a joint venture between Classic Media and Jay Ward Productions and Sennari, a seasoned developer and publisher of wireless games will create a variety of games, screen savers and ringtones based on animation franchises such as Rocky & Bullwinkle, Boris & Natasha, Sherman & Peabody and Dudley Do-Right. more
Brunei network to get unified billing platform
Lifetree Convergence has announced that Brunei's GSM operator, DST has awarded itthe global contract to design and deliver an Integrated Customer Care and Billing System for its pre-paid and post-paid customers. The implementation of this solution will result in a single bill for all nine DST Group subsidiaries and lines of business. more
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Orange has announced that Sanjiv Ahuja has been appointed Chief Operating Officer of the Orange Group. Mr. Ahuja most recently had been chief executive officer of Comstellar Technologies, a California company focused on bringing innovative communications technologies to market. He also served as President of Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), the world's largest provider of operations support systems, network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. Approximately 80 percent of the US telecommunications network relies on Telcordia consulting services and software. Under his guidance, Telcordia expanded into European markets, generated unprecedented revenue and profit growth, and achieved industry-leading software quality and customer satisfaction. more
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National Hockey League launches a Java Game
Tira Wireless has launched what it says is the first North American major sports league branded Java Game, the National Hockey League (NHL) PowerShot Hockey. The game carries the NHL brand as part of a licensing agreement signed between Tira Wireless and the NHL. NHL PowerShot Hockey will be made available to mobile subscribers through mobile operators in North America and across Europe. more
Thai network orders Java download server
Mobilitec and Sun Microsystems have said that Thailand's DTAC has chosen to commercially deploy their joint solution as the foundation for its new Java and wireless content download services. Mobilitec mPower on Sun Fire server, Solaris and Sun ONE Application Server platform is enabling the introduction of a new platform for downloading of multiple content types including Java applications, ring tones, pictures and melodies to the Thai market. more
Sun Microsystems has announced the completion of the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP 2.0) standard and the availability of the final specification and beta version of the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.0. Developed by more than 50 wireless industry leaders worldwide MIDP 2.0 supports new and enhanced gaming, graphics, video, audio, security, and many other features for mobile devices such as cell phones and personal digital assistants. more
Sun signs Java deal with China Unicom
Sun Microsystems has announced a strategic partnership with China Unicom to jointly build an end-to-end Java technology-enabled wireless data infrastructure. Sun will provide products and consulting services to help enable China Unicom to go to market quickly with data services on the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) platform. more