For all the play Voice over Internet Protocol snags in the wireless arena, a new and broader technology is lurking to gulp it up. Media over packet technology, as it is called, will also threaten to make multimedia messaging services obsolete. But its arrival...
The launch of converged mobile devices, capable of communicating over both Wi-Fi and cellular technologies, suggests Wi-Fi, long hailed by start-up companies and tech-savvy consumers, may be gaining credibility among the big names in wireless.The launch of such integrated devices could also put investor...
Enterprise users can now seamlessly switch between outside GSM networks and enterprise 802.11-based wireless local area networks for both voice and data using Motorola Inc.'s Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution, launched today in collaboration with Avaya and Proxim.The solution features Motorola's new CN620 mobile office...
BEIJING-Chinese telecom supplier ZTE Corp. said it was chosen by the International Telecommunication Union to draft two international standards aimed at shaping the world
GENEVA-ZTE Corp. said the International Telecommunication Union has chosen it to draft two important international standards for next-generation networks.The company will draft the requirements and framework for end-to-end quality-of-service architecture for NGN and QoS framework for Internet Protocol-based access networks."ZTE plays an active role...
When Java came into wireless, it was welcomed with arms half open. Companies like Qualcomm Inc. thought the technology was too open and had to shrink its appeal. Some said it was not open enough because it savored such a wide array of supporters...
SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators.In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract with Tata Teleservices to support the carrier's CDMA network in the state of Andhra Pradesh.Lucent...
SINGAPORE-Lucent Technologies Inc. flexed its muscles at the CommunicAsia trade show with a series of contracts with Indian, Vietnamese and Korean operators.In India, Lucent signed a $30 million contract with Tata Teleservices to support the carrier's CDMA network in the state of Andhra Pradesh.Lucent...
Qualcomm Inc. and its BREW partners released a rash of announcements in conjunction with the BREW developer's conference last week. The CDMA technology pioneer joined carriers, handset makers, technology vendors and content providers in pushing forward the BREW platform with it annual event, this...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The market for packet-based cellular machine-to-machine communications is growing, but the final shape of the market will depend on the commitments wireless carriers are willing to make to it, according to a study from ABI Research. "A number of different pieces must...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse Technology Inc. said it has signed a licensing deal with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to market the i-mode mobile gateway around the world.The i-mode service has been one of the mainstays of DoCoMo's activity in the past few years, clutching 41 million subscribers...
The worldwide wireless local area network hardware market in the first quarter of this year trumped the fourth quarter of 2003 by 2 percent, with revenues of $696.4 million, according to Infonetics Research. The industry can also expect another 2-percent growth, amounting to $713.6...
BURNABY, British Columbia-WebTech Wireless said it has signed a $1.5 million hardware agreement with Datacom Wireless for the supply of WebTech Locator Devices, representing a 50-percent increase over last year's order.The agreement calls for WebTech to continue to supply its devices to Datacom for...
Tim Berners-Lee, widely credited with creating the World Wide Web, published a paper criticizing the wireless industry's attempts to create ".mobi," a mobile-specific Internet domain name. The Technical Advisory Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which develops and evaluates Internet technologies, voiced...
Wireless broadband service provider Digitalpath Networks has partnered with national Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to target customers in the areas surrounding Chico, Sacramento and Redding, Calif.Digitalpath provides wireless Internet service through its own proprietary "relay system," rather than through a traditional wireless tower...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Greek wireless Internet service provider ACISgroup has chosen a public hot-spot solution from Proxim Corp. and Nomadix for deployment at Athens hotels and surrounding outdoor areas to support tourists attending this summer's Olympic Games there. ACISgroup will use Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-2500 access points...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-Wireless Internet vendor Openwave Systems Inc. reported increasing revenues and a narrowing net loss in its slow march toward profitability."Openwave delivered a strong quarter as the second wave of mobile data has moved mainstream worldwide," said Don Listwin, the company's president and...
Satellite is spreading its wings. The sector appears to be aligning itself with other wireless technologies in hopes of becoming a significant part of a hybrid wireless network.John Kealey, chief executive officer of iDirect, a networking equipment company that makes routers that allow customers...
With what it describes as the first clearinghouse of its kind, LightSurf Technologies Inc. hopes to raise the bar on how wireless operators will do business by democratizing the ebb and flow of multimedia traffic.Its platform, known as GX-MMS, will serve not only as...
Mobile satellite services provider Globalstar announced it has completed its financial restructuring and will emerge from bankruptcy following the closing of the acquisition of its main business operations and assets by Thermo Capital Partners L.L.C.Following the acquisition, which was announced in December, Thermo owns...
Wireless local area network equipment shipments increased a hefty 53 percent in 2003 from 2002 to $3.9 billion worldwide, according to a study by Forward Concepts.The report, titled, "WLAN for Enterprise and The Multimedia Home," anticipates a 21-percent compound growth rate to the $8.5...
Following are mobile infrastructure contracts announced in March:Ireland With Meteor for a core GPRS solution.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With First Cellular of Southern Illinois for MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products.Value: UndisclosedUnited States With MetroPCS for MMS equipment.Value: UndisclosedEricssonIreland With Meteor...
DALLAS-Alcatel announced First Cellular of southern Illinois will become the fist North American service provider to use its Multimedia Messaging Services. To date, Alcatel has installed its MMS Proxy Relay, WAP Gateway and Push Proxy Platform products in the carrier's network. With the service,...
CUPERTINO, Calif.-Symantec Corp. announced it is expanding its family of secure firewall applications with the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series, including the 320, 360 and 360R.The 300 series of solutions, which were designed for small businesses, provides firewall, intrusion prevention, intrusion detection, anti-virus policy...
