The mesh market is garnering increased attention lately-and following a typical path in wireless evolution-complete with competition between startups and industry leaders, and competing proposals for a standard-all underscored by analyst predictions that the technology holds great promise. Cisco Systems Inc. is among the...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. unveiled its outdoor wireless mesh solution, launching itself into the municipal Wi-Fi technology marketplace. Cisco said its new access point, called Aironet 1500, was built for large-scale deployments and can be deployed anywhere-rooftops, light posts or power poles. The...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. is coming back strong, posting a fiscal third-quarter net income of $5.8 million, or 8 cents per share, after posting a $14.9 million net loss, or 22 cents per share, during the same period a year ago. But the company...
Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola last week filed a lawsuit asserting that by taking the Nortel position, Zafirovski breached the noncompetition and trade-secret...
Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.'s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication technology company Cellnet and Madison Gas and Electric to deploy a Wi-Fi network in...
SAN DIEGO-Wireless Facilities Inc. announced a contract win to provide network design and deployment services for Madison, Wis.'s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. The company said it plans to work with communication technology company Cellnet and Madison Gas and Electric to deploy a Wi-Fi network...
TORONTO-Motorola Inc. nixed a smooth transition for its former president and chief operating officer, Mike Zafirovski, to take the top seat at Nortel Networks Ltd. Motorola filed a lawsuit asserting that Zafirovski breached the noncompetition and trade-secret agreements he signed while employed at Motorola.The...
Wi-Fi frenzy has hit a number of U.S. cities. I hope they know what they're getting into. EarthLink Inc. has promised the city of Philadelphia it will roll out a low-cost Wi-Fi system to its underprivileged, while a Massachusetts airport is furious that Continental...
The wireless Internet is coming to European users in a big way this week, as two European operators launched high-speed mobile Web services.T-Mobile U.K. aggressively is pursuing wireless Web surfers by expanding its "Web'n'walk" service, which uses Google as a home page instead of...
Municipal-Wi-Fi-mania has landed. By the end of the year, the world will have more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hot spots, according to Informa Telecoms & Media research. And the Asia-Pacific region is not in its usual predominant spot, as North America and Europe are getting...
LONDON-The wireless Internet is coming to European users in a big way this week, as two European operators launched high-speed mobile Web services.T-Mobile U.K. aggressively is pursuing wireless Web surfers by expanding its "Web'n'walk" service, which uses Google as a home page instead of...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C. said it has asked the city of San Francisco to consider its wireless EDGE network as a complement to San Francisco's Wi-Fi network but said it does not plan to provide the city with a Wi-Fi network.Cingular pointed out that while...
Wireless Facilities Inc. said it's joining forces with Google Inc. to bid on San Francisco's municipal Wi-Fi project. WFI specializes in the design, deployment and management of wireless networks and said it's ready to provide Google with its services."As noted in the proposal, WFI...
Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation's largest wireless carrier, gave a "suggestion" to San Francisco that the city let Cingular's EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies submitted proposals to supply San Francisco's 750,000 or so residents with Wi-Fi Internet access....
SAN FRANCISCO-Municipalities in the United States are expected to spend more than $400 million in 2007 on wireless networks and nearly $700 million during the next three years.So says the "2005 Municipal State of the Market Report" published by Muniwireless.com, a wireless industry analyst...
NEW YORK-Demand for paid wireless information services remains low, according to new research from JupiterResearch.The company said only one-fifth of consumers are willing to pay for 411 information, and only 7 percent are willing to pay for local search on their cell phones. For...
SAN FRANCISCO-Executives from Cingular Wireless L.L.C., VeriSign Inc. subsidiary Jamster!, WiderThan, Orange SA and others took turns discussing the future of wireless content and the mobile Web during the Mobile Software Value Chain forum here, while Opera Software used the event to announce plans...
The mobile-search playground gets even more crowded this week, as an established behemoth expands its offerings and an infant startup tries to get onto the field. InfoSpace Inc. this week should unveil a service that delivers business listings and maps, movie showtimes and other...
Google Inc. looks ready to stroll onto the Wi-Fi playground. Several pages on the Internet search company's site indicate Google is set to launch its own wireless Internet service via Google Secure Access, a downloadable client application in beta-test status. The free software allows...
EBay Inc. has agreed to spend at least $2.6 billion in cash and stock to acquire Internet startup Skype International S.A. The online auction company said it will pay $1.3 billion in cash and an equal amount in stock for Skype, a 2-year-old Voice...
LUXEMBOURG-Skype Technologies S.A. inked its first deal with a wireless carrier, announcing a contract with Germany's E-Plus to provide its Voice over Internet Protocol service over the mobile operator's network. Beginning in October, Skype software will be bundled with E-Plus' flat-rate data subscription, allowing...
Skype Technologies S.A. inked its first deal with a wireless carrier, announcing a contract with Germany's E-Plus to provide its Voice over Internet Protocol service over the mobile operator's network. Beginning in October, Skype software will be bundled with E-Plus' flat-rate data subscription, allowing...
REDMOND, Wash.-Microsoft Corp. said late Tuesday it is buying into the Internet-calling arena with the acquisition of 2-year-old startup Teleo Inc. The software behemoth said it will use Teleo's Voice over Internet Protocol technology to expand voice capabilities to its instant messaging service, MSN...
Internet search giant Google Inc. is continuing its stealth move into wireless with the acquisition of software developer Android Inc., the company confirmed this week. The acquisition raised industry eyebrows due to Android's wealth of talent and veil of secrecy. The startup was launched...
