CANNES, France-Siemens AG said it has developed a new standards-based mobile network architecture that simplifies and enhances performance as well as reduces cost.The vendor claims to be the first to develop a comprehensive system that conforms to the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, Carrier Grade...
Wireless technology is on the cusp of fulfilling its promise for homeland security, with the District of Columbia's office of the Chief Technology Officer's partnership with Motorola Inc. and Flarion Technologies Inc.It is the first high-speed wireless broadband contract for public safety in the...
Third-generation contracts seem to be giving Nortel Networks Ltd. an edge lately, owing to what industry observers describe as the Brampton, Ontario-based vendor's Internet Protocol advantage. Nortel's complete solution has helped it in its contracts of late with both Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless...
While Alcatel Alsthom, Cisco Systems Inc. and L.M. Ericsson did not have a quarter of bonanza profits like some other big vendors, optimism still underlined their performances. Except for Cisco, their heroics lay more in recouping their losses rather than in raking in profits,...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it enjoyed a second-quarter net income of $1.3 billion, or 18 cents per share, compared with $991 million, or 14 cents per share, in the year-ago period. The result put a damper on the stocks as the market...
More challenging than erasing a $477 billion budget deficit (which should keep the 3-percent federal phone tax intact for another hundred years or so) is figuring out where the U.S.-China relationship is headed.It is a moving target that is as much about dollars and...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. last week inked $1.1 billion in contracts with Chinese mobile-phone operators, transactions that come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3 billion in deals-mostly wireless-were announced here last Tuesday at a U.S.-China technology event. Motorola's $556...
The economy has begun to rebound, but recovery in the job market remains elusive, and information technology industries in particular continue to report cuts. "Given the non-cyclical factors that have influenced the IT labor market, it is unclear how soon unemployment rates for workers...
China is a land of enormous opportunity for wireless infrastructure makers and the like, no doubt about it. A land with more than 1 billion people can yield a lot of cell-phone users. Motorola Inc. recently scored a $1 billion contract in China, and...
WASHINGTON-Motorola Inc. today signed deals totaling $1.1 billion with China's top mobile-phone carriers, and other U.S. wireless firms picked up multimillion contracts in the world's largest wireless market. The transactions come at a time of rising trade tensions between the two countries.In all, $2.3...
In the eyes of market research firm IDC, wireless chips are on a roll. And semiconductor companies want to match this zeal with solutions and initiatives.In its report released last week, which was an optimistic revision of its earlier forecast, IDC said it expects...
Intel Corp. at this week's Consumer Electronics Show said it will invest $200 million in companies developing technologies to drive the convergence of personal computer and consumer electronics devices on a wireless home network via The Intel Digital Home Fund. The Intel Capital-managed fund...
ATLANTA-Top wireless players have come together to form what they call the Wireless Technology Forum, a non-profit to communicate, educate and promote the changes that take place in the industry.The members include Cisco Systems Inc., Nokia Corp., Intel Corp., Proxim, Motorola Inc. and Sellera."The...
LONDON-This year represents a turning point for Wi-Fi technology, according to recent research from Ovum.During 2003, Wi-Fi has transitioned from being seen as a niche technology to a commercial proposition for business and consumer users. Wi-Fi initiatives from vendors like Cisco and Intel, as...
WASHINGTON-With the United States facing $4 billion in retaliatory tariffs from the European Union by month's end, telecom and high-tech firms find themselves split on competing legislation to repeal tax breaks for U.S. exporters.The export subsidy issue directly impacts Motorola Inc., the nation's top...
BOULDER, Colo.-Roving Planet said Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida has selected its management platform for it wireless local area network."After installing a full Cisco network and complete WLAN infrastructure, we selected Roving Planet's central site director to enable us to securely integrate all...
SANTA CLARA, Calif.-In a drive to improve wireless broadband experience in homes and small offices, Intel Corp. and Cisco's Linksys have pooled together their technology and marketing programs.Linksys will combine its routers and access points with Intel's Centrino mobile technology in wireless notebooks.Intel said...
The Wyndham Anatole convention hotel in Dallas said it plans to install Sprint Corp. high-speed wireless and wired Internet access in common areas and 315,000 square feet of total meeting space, and install wired Internet access in its 1,614 guestrooms.The Sprint Guest Online system...
Battle won, even before the first shot is fired.Early in the life of the technology, industry analysts and players already regard Cisco Systems Inc. as the big tree in the wireless local area network jungle.Leveraging its channels and products in the wired market, Cisco...
It's official. The 802.11g protocol, which has been touted as God's gift to 802.11b, received the final nod from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.The wireless local area network technology, which enjoyed approval in April, is based on the OFDM protocol and enhances...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. introduced an enhanced wireless connectivity offering for the education and medical industries that uses Wi-Fi technology to combine both wireless phone and wireless data connectivity on a single 802.11-based network.The telecommunications provider said the WLAN package includes Cisco Systems Inc.'s...
SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. is aggressively rolling out plans for a public Wi-Fi network, said company spokesman Michael Coe."We know we are going to pursue the public hot spot arena aggressively, and we are now in the final stages of figuring out the fastest,...
With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...
With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...
