interoperability

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 …

WASHINGTON-With each significant manmade or natural disaster, the problem of public-safety communications networks not being able to interact with each other is underscored. Indeed, even as the public-safety community was …

FREMONT, Calif.-The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are …

FREMONT, Calif.—The Flo Forum ratified technical specifications for devices, transmitters and test applications based on Qualcomm Inc.’s Flo technology standard for mobile TV. The group said the new specifications are …

AACHEN, Germany—A consortium of European businesses and colleges unveiled an Application Programming Interface (API) designed to allow users to access content across mobile devices. The $2.1 million project, which was …

As the world waits for Nortel Networks Ltd. to post its fourth-quarter financials, chief executive Mike Zafirovski outlined his plans to overhaul the telecom company, addressing Nortel’s technology focus, organizational …

ESPOO, Finland-Vodafone Group plc named Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson as its preferred suppliers for IMS technology, an agreement that could stand as a major boost to both vendors. Nokia …

BARCELONA, Spain—The GSM Association said it has started interoperability trials for video services in Europe, Asia and the United States that would allow wireless users to share live video clips …

ESPOO, Finland—Vodafone Group plc named Nokia Corp. and L.M. Ericsson as its preferred suppliers for IMS technology, an agreement that could stand as a major boost to both vendors. Nokia …

WASHINGTON-Finally! Congress has told TV broadcasters that they must give up the spectrum they were given to transition to digital TV by Feb. 17, 2009. After an unexpected delay caused …

BIRMINGHAM, Mich.-Codespear L.L.C. said it won a contract to provide its alert notification and interoperability software to the Michigan State Police Emergency Management Division. The company said its SmartMsg software …

WASHINGTON-Finally! Congress has told TV broadcasters that they must give up the spectrum they were given to transition to digital TV by Feb. 17, 2009. After an unexpected delay caused …

You’d think Chuck Schumer, the Democratic New York senator actually from New York, would have been so busy trying to pin down Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito on issues near …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Fixed WiMAX products from Aperto Networks Inc., Redline Communications Inc., Sequans Communications and Wavesat Inc. have been stamped “WiMAX Forun Certified.” “The WiMAX era starts today,” boasted Ron …

COSTA MESA, Calif.-The CDMA Development Group announced that Wireless Test Systems in San Diego, Calif., and Telecommunications Technology Association in Seoul, Korea, have been authorized as CDMA Certification Forum test …

WASHINGTON-The independent task force created by the Federal Communications Commission to examine the affects of Hurricane Katrina on communications networks is scheduled to meet for the first time in an …

The IEEE’s Joint Proposal team is set to submit its proposal for the 802.11n standard for high-speed Wi-Fi at the task group’s meeting next week in Hawaii, where the standards …

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WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission told Congress that it plans to begin examining whether some of the 24 megahertz of spectrum public safety is set to receive as part of the …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry was as close to getting its hands on 700 MHz spectrum as it ever has been. A hard date had been set for auctioning broadcast spectrum as …

WASHINGTON-Sprint Nextel Corp. and Clearwire Corp. have sought Federal Communications Commission approval of a deal involving the swap of hundreds of broadband radio service channels in the 2.5 GHz band. …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise …

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A study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users in fact do enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 Americans …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission told Congress that it plans to begin examining whether some of the 24 megahertz of spectrum public safety is set to receive as part of the …