When Cingular Wireless L.L.C. launches high-speed data packet access-based service en masse in the United States later this year, the protocol is expected to double the carrier's reach, making a significant mark not only in this country, but around the world as well. But...
NATICK, Mass.-The emergence of IP Multimedia Subsystems is creating an environment in which telecom vendors' share and influence could experience revolutionary change, according to market research firm Venture Development Corp. With original TDM networks, traditional infrastructure suppliers controlled the entire solution development and deployment...
CHICAGO-Lucent Technologies Inc. announced enhancements to its Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem equipment. The vendor introduced new "blended lifestyle" services that combine voice, video and data capabilities that can be delivered on both wireless and wireline networks.Lucent's Active PhoneBook is a unified phonebook supporting an...
Nortel Networks Ltd. and IBM Corp. announced they will pool their resources to develop new products, collaborate on research and development and design new carrier servers."It's a tremendous opportunity for collaboration," said Pat Toole, IBM's vice president of business transformation.The companies said they would...
Nortel Networks Corp. and IBM Corp. announced they will pool their resources to develop new products, collaborate on research and development, and design new carrier servers. "It's a tremendous opportunity for collaboration," said Pat Toole, IBM's vice president of business transformation.The companies said they...
NATICK, Mass.-Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems architecture is creating opportunities for several players, according to new research from Venture Development Corp.Several vendors are vying to increase their control of the supply side of the telecom core infrastructure market, and IMS allows many of them to...
Taking advantage of new technologies, peer-to-peer companies, otherwise known as dotcoms, are porting services to wireless subscribers without operator consent. Through handsets, personal digital assistants, laptops and other mobile devices, end users can enjoy services such as music downloads and file sharing, video on...
NATICK, Mass.-The worldwide market for Session Initiation Protocol infrastructure and software could exceed $5.5 billion by 2007, according to research from Venture Development Corp.The company said worldwide shipments for SIP technologies hit $2.6 billion last year. VDC outlined several growth drivers for SIP, including...
STOCKHOLM-L.M. Ericsson and Siemens AG said they have completed interoperability tests between Siemens push-to-talk handsets and Ericsson's Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems-based infrastructure."One of the core strengths with an IMS solution for standards-based push to talk is its ability to enable compatibility between a range...
In the juggling act between GSM and W-CDMA, dilemma is beautiful.But it is a terrible kind of beauty because both vendors and carriers must decide how much of their resources to devote to GSM without jeopardizing the promise of W-CDMA.Today, GSM provides the main...
NEW YORK-New research shows that smart phone sales will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 28 percent during the next few years. Research and consulting firm JupiterResearch said smart phones accounted for 3.7 percent of the mobile-phone market last year, but that number...
CANNES, France-The GSM Association said it has brought together network operators and vendors to conduct interoperability trials of equipment and networks for Session Initiation Protocol-based services.SIP is the underlying protocol for hosting session-based services such as instant messaging, Push-to-talk over Cellular, video telephony and...
CANNES, France-Nortel Networks Ltd. and Lucent Technologies Inc. have intensified the momentum for Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems.Lucent said it has integrated six Bell Labs-developed software technologies into its IMS solution. Nortel said it is partnering with a group of technology players anchored by IBM...
Two international carriers announced plans for a roaming agreement for Wi-Fi hot spots. Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc. signed a public wireless local area network inter-roaming agreement with Swedish mobile operator TeliaSonera AB. The agreement includes more than 570 locations between the two carriers...
BOSTON-Carriers looking to deploy push-to-talk service outside the United States should proceed with caution, according to a new report from the Yankee Group.Despite successes in the United States, PTT faces several hurdles in markets outside the United States, said the firm. Those issues include...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Hewlett-Packard Co. has teamed with Swedish multimedia company Hotsip and Finnish mobile software developer Movial to bring a converged instant-conferencing product to market. The companies announced the release of the first in a series of converged broadband/mobile applications. The first set of tested...
HELSINKI, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has collaborated with NEC Corp. to complete what it describes as both companies' first phase of interoperability testing for Internet Protocol multimedia subsystems.Both vendors said the tests established sessions for Voice over IP as well as transferred instant messages...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-Despite continued concern over the future of the short-range wireless technology, Bluetooth technology shipments have increased from more than 2 million per week several months ago to more than 3 million per week currently, according to IMS Research. The news follows Bluetooth...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which is less than nine months after the Bluetooth SIG said the industry had passed the 1-million-units-per-week mark."Bluetooth wireless technology is definitely...
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group reported that the Bluetooth industry is now shipping more than 2 million units per week worldwide, which is less than nine months after the Bluetooth SIG said the industry had passed the 1-million-units-per-week mark."Bluetooth wireless technology is...
BOSTON-With the full commercial deployment of Internet Protocol multimedia subsystems, carriers are gearing up for a variety of services that will converge various technologies like Wi-Fi, DSL and cable, according to a report by the Yankee Group.With this deployment, callers can forward calls, and...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. The announcement comes against the background of an industry search for a common standard for PoC even as the major players and the Open Mobile...
Motorola Inc. has unveiled what it describes as the first cross-technology Push-to-Talk over Cellular solution rooted in wireless networks. This announcement comes against the background of an industry search for a common standard for PoC even as the major players and the Open Mobile...
GREENSBORO, N.C.-RF Micro Devices Inc., provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs), will acquire Silicon Wave Inc., supplier of integrated circuits for wireless personal area networks (WPANs).RFMD expects Silicon Wave's Bluetooth product portfolio to give it a strong foothold in the Bluetooth market. "Leading industry...
