interoperability

WASHINGTON-The Senate late Thursday agreed to set the date to complete the digital TV transition at April 7, 2009, after a failed attempt to move the date to April 2008. …

AUSTIN, Texas-It’s official, Wi-Fi is here to stay. The word Wi-Fi has been added to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition for 2005. “You know you’ve truly made it when you’re …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced several new offerings and product updates, wares it plans to show off during its upcoming Mobility Conference in Barcelona, Spain. First up, the company launched version …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-Mobile messaging revenues from U.S. mobile subscribers more than doubled in 2004 from the previous year and will account for 10 percent of total wireless service revenues by 2008, …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. announced several new offerings and product updates, wares it plans to show off during its upcoming Mobility Conference in Barcelona, Spain. First up, the company launched version …

WASHINGTON-NeuStar Inc., together with Equinix Inc., announced a suite of services called SIP-IX for direct network-to-network peering between trading partners for voice, video and content services using Session Initiation Protocol-based …

WASHINGTON-Legislation guiding the transition to digital TV is creeping along as a Senate committee aims to address policy issues on the matter this week, while a House committee considers a …

WASHINGTON-The Senate Commerce Committee is expected to consider legislation Thursday afternoon that will earmark $1 billion for public-safety interoperability and $250 million for implementing the enhanced 911 bill that passed …

Ratification is looming for a WiMAX specification standard, and trials, products and opinions are rampant. The worldwide WiMAX market is expected to reach $3.5 billion and account for 4 percent …

Instead of racing down separate standardization paths, wireless chipmakers Broadcom Corp. and Intel Corp. have joined a consortium of Wi-Fi players to form the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which says it …

SINGAPORE-The GSM Association said it successfully completed six months of interoperability trials in Europe and Asia with Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technologies. Many operators and vendors …

WASHINGTON-A leading expert has offered the White House and Congress recommendations to overhaul the nation’s emergency-alert system, based on eight years of research on the subject. The challenge requires a …

WASHINGTON-If the chairman of the House telecommunications subcommittee has his way, public safety will get money for interoperability from the sale of TV spectrum. Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) said he …

SINGAPORE-The GSM Association announced its successful completion of six months of network interoperability trials in Europe and Asia with Session Initiation Protocol and Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem technology. Many operators …

BOSTON-Internet voice provider Net2Phone launched a trial of VeriSign Inc.’s cellular/Wi-Fi connection, the companies said Thursday. During the trial, Net2Phone will allow subscribers to receive and place calls over a …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America L.L.P. to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel’s 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies …

Sprint Nextel Corp. reported a deal with Samsung Telecommunications America LLP to jointly test network equipment based on the 802.16e WiMAX standard using Sprint Nextel’s 2.5 GHz spectrum. The companies …

NEW YORK-L-3 Communications announced it will build BlackBerry-style devices for the U.S. Department of Defense and other U.S. government users under a new $18 million multi-year contract with the National …

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-The emerging wireless broadband platform WiBro will gain traction even beyond South Korea where it has garnered early favor, according to ABI Research. In South Korea, KT and …

DENVER-The Denver Police Department and the Consolidated Communications Network of Colorado each used the 71st annual Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International show here last week to showcase their successes …

M/A-COM’s NetworkFirst Land Mobile Radio interoperability solution received official designation as a Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology from the Department of Homeland Security’s Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act. NetworkFirst LMR …

Much hyped and long awaited, WiMAX is now in the first phase of wave one. That means it’s go-time for the world’s WiMAX players. The testing and rollout schedule for …

L.M. Ericsson, Motorola Inc. and ZTE Corp. joined Asia-Pacific’s largest mobile alliance group, Bridge Mobile Alliance, increasing the membership base from eight to 11. The vendors joined the alliance through …

Alltel Corp. finally joined the multimedia messaging service interoperability bandwagon, announcing deals with the nation’s two largest wireless carriers. Alltel said it signed agreements allowing its subscribers to exchange picture …