SEATTLE—Anti-piracy software developer Widevine Technologies snared $16 million in a Series C round of funding. Cisco Systems Inc. and Canadian telecommunications provider Telus Corp. participated in the round, which also included existing investors VantagePoint, Bear Stearns Constellation Ventures, Pacesetter Capital and Phoenix Partners. Widevine,...
Portland, Ore., city officials announced that MetroFi beat out Earthlink Inc. and VeriLAN to supply Wi-Fi networking across the city's 135-square miles. City officials said MetroFi won the contract "by submitting a proposal that excelled in demonstrated operational experience and its level of public...
The lack of a service integrator to help businesses purchase, deploy and manage mobile offerings has long been an albatross for the wireless industry. But it looks as if help might finally be on the way. Brad Boston, chief information officer of Cisco Systems...
The city of San Francisco selected EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc. to jointly build a Wi-Fi network for the city."We are thrilled that the San Francisco TechConnect Committee has selected the EarthLink proposal, and we look forward to taking the next step to negotiate...
LAS VEGAS-As Voice over Internet Protocol calling over Wi-Fi networks picks up speed, interoperability issues between voice and Wi-Fi platforms, networks and applications are emerging. But almost as quickly as technical worms surface, developers begin to work on solutions, ensuring that use of wireless...
HUNT VALLEY, Md.—Network development company Tessco Technologies Inc. announced it purchased Wi-Fi equipment company TerraWave Solutions Ltd., and affiliate GigaWave Technologies Ltd., for $4 million in cash. Tessco’s stock was down slightly on the news to around $20 per share."This acquisition would enhance our...
WASHINGTON-Wireless industry veterans with access to significant financial and political resources soon intend to ask policymakers to scrap plans to auction a large swath of 700 MHz spectrum being surrendered by TV broadcasters and instead use 30 megahertz for a fourth-generation nationwide public-safety network...
LAS VEGAS-Wireless issues played second fiddle to convergence and net neutrality at last week's United States Telecom Association's first TelecomNext conference in Las Vegas, though a handful of executives touched on expanding wireless services during keynote addresses. Despite lacking the name cache of more...
Merger talks between Alcatel Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. could put the entire infrastructure industry in play as consolidation among telecom carriers trickles down to their suppliers. Indeed, Merrill Lynch analysts said L.M. Ericsson, Siemens AG and Motorola Inc. are likely to acquire smaller...
AT&T Inc.'s planned acquisition of BellSouth Corp. could be great for consumers, but the news isn't so great for telecom equipment vendors, already suffering from declining profits. "In our view, carrier consolidation is a net negative for equipment vendors," stated a recent report by...
WATERLOO, Ontario—Research In Motion Ltd. unveiled its push into the wireless local area network space with the launch of its BlackBerry WLAN Solution. The service includes a WLAN Solution platform and a Wi-Fi enabled handset, the BlackBerry 7270. The company’s WLAN offering is aimed...
Wi-Fi news is never in short supply. Last week, EarthLink Inc. announced that it teamed with Google Inc. to submit a proposal for San Francisco's Wi-Fi network contract. Instead of having to choose between free or paid options to get Wi-Fi services, the city...
Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global network of 1 million shared Wi-Fi hot spots by 2010. In its first round of funding, the three-month-old company said it...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration confirmed an agreement among military, high-tech and wireless firms on criteria for certifying new 5 GHz Wi-Fi devices capable of avoiding harmful interference to military radar. RCR Wireless News first reported the accord Feb. 6.The 5 GHz Wi-Fi pact, the result...
One of the most popular features of instant messaging is expanding off the desktop and into the mobile enterprise. It's called presence, and it allows users to determine the availability of others. An employee, for instance, can use presence to determine whether a colleague...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration today confirmed an agreement among military, high-tech and wireless firms on criteria for certifying new 5 GHz Wi-Fi devices capable of avoiding harmful interference to military radar. RCR Wireless News first reported the accord Monday.The 5 GHz Wi-Fi pact, the result...
MADRID, Spain-Google Inc. and Skype Technologies SA are among the backers of Fon, a Spanish Internet software company with plans to create a global network of one million shared Wi-Fi hot spots by 2010. In its first round of funding, the three-month-old company said...
WASHINGTON-The Bush administration has reached an agreement with the Pentagon and vendors on how to test and manufacture new 5 GHz Wi-Fi products that avoid harmful interference to military radar systems, according to sources. The accord paves the way for new 5 GHz Wi-Fi...
WASHINGTON-U.S. tech firms, bedazzled by Internet, wireless and other business opportunities in China's massively underserved market, find themselves facing intensive scrutiny and criticism from Congress, human-rights groups and others for adhering to the communist government's censorship policies. Chinese censorship, a growing controversy that complicates...
LONDON-MobileIGNITE, a trade group aiming to accelerate the adoption of fixed-mobile convergence, picked up new member companies. The group said E28 Limited, BCT Global, Convergin, FG Microtec, HelloSoft, Netrake, NewHeights Software and tekVizion have signed on. MobileIGNITE stands for Mobile Integrated Go-To-Market Network IP...
Among the gathering hordes of hungry mobile virtual network operators, nearly all are angling for a bite of the 18-to-34-year-old demographic. But one MVNO launching this week, BeyondMobile, is taking a different tack, targeting small businesses. The wireless service is being offered by an...
WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense and Federal Communications Commission say they are cautiously optimistic about finally achieving a technical solution that could enable an explosion of new Wi-Fi connections in the 5 GHz band without compromising military radar. Government and industry representatives plan to meet...
The IEEE's November Wi-Fi standards-development meeting came and went without much fanfare, but debate over how to best reach a standard is causing some fireworks. Airgo Networks Inc. said it is disappointed that there was no proposal to vote on at the meeting, and...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. announced it's updating several products with Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem standards in order to enable cellular carriers to bring IP-based services to their networks.Cisco's support for IMS technology has been limited in the past. However, as a large IP...
