America Online Inc. (AOL) has updated its instant messaging service with an online address book and the ability to send text messages direct to mobile phones. The move intensifies the competition between instant messaging service providers, among them Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc., to multiply the communication technologies and information services supported by their software.
Although the government has yet to issue licenses to mobile operators, a global wireless industry body is already advocating the use of the 2.1GHz frequency for the deployment of third-generation (3G) mobile services in the Philippines.
Closing out what shaped up as a summer of standards proliferation, OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) recently conferred official status on yet another specification aimed at enabling companies to conduct business over the Internet.
Closing out what shaped up as a summer of standards proliferation, OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) last week conferred official status on yet another specification aimed at enabling companies to conduct business over the Internet.