Ephraim Schwartz

In-vehicle wireless services will make a sharp turn to the business side when General Motors previews telematics solutions for its commercial vehicles this week.

After what seems like almost two quiet years of using the same processor on Pocket PCs, this is about to change in a big way now that Intel is turning its attention to handhelds.

Hewlett-Packard Co. announced Tuesday a number of software and service products for wireless solution providers, developers, and consumers.

From the pick, pack and ship processes of distributor Dee Electronics to the package-tracking capabilities of logistics giant UPS, wireless is becoming an integral part of business automation around the world.

Bank of America Corp. is expanding its offerings into so-called financial account aggregation services next quarter.

Combining current products with future technologies that are still fresh from the IBM Corp. labs

Version 2 of the Voice XML markup language is all but signed and sealed, but not quite delivered due to a snag in nailing down IP (intellectual property) rights.

An underground movement to deploy free wireless access zones in metropolitan areas is taking hold. If it turns out to be successful, wireless network operators may be fighting against a grounds-up movement that could undermine their multibillion-dollar campaign to offer next-generation 3G (third-generation) wireless services in major metro areas.