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 participated in the trials as basic IMS and SIP compatibility are key success factors...
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 master plan far more involved than adding wireless and other technologies to the mix...
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 plans to offer an amendment to legislation to mandate a hard date to complete...
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 and vendors participated in the trials as basic IMS and SIP compatibility are key success...
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 Wi-Fi network or mobile carrier network using a single device and phone number. Like Skype,...
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 said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and core network equipment designed to...
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 said the agreement will involve testing prototype terminals and supporting core network equipment designed...
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 Security Agency. The gadgets, dubbed Secure Mobile Environment-Portable Electronic Device (SME-PED)-will support voice calls...
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 SK Telecom have been working to launch commercial WiBro services next year, and ABI said...
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 in public-safety communications. DPD demonstrated its M/A-COM Inc.-built radio communications system, which serves Denver...
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 is the first and only LMR to receive such a designation.The SAFETY Act, set...
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 fixed WiMAX technology is broken down into phases and waves, explained Gordon Antonello. Antonello...
SAN RAMON, Calif.-The WiMedia Alliance announced it is working with Ecma International, a nonprofit association of technology developers, vendors and users, to establish a global ultra-wideband standard. The alliance said that with the help of Ecma, it aims to establish WiMedia's multiband orthogonal frequency-division...
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 a new associate-membership scheme, which extends membership to global technology partners and breaks from...
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 and video messages with both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless users. The deals...
Third-party content providers are becoming increasingly savvy in hiding wireless transactions from the network operators that deliver them, industry insiders say. A handful of direct-to-consumer content providers in the United States and abroad are disguising their wares on mobile networks as photo messages and...
Alltel Corp. finally joined the multimedia messaging service interoperability bandwagon Thursday, announcing deals with the nation's two largest wireless carriers. Alltel announced agreements allowing its subscribers to exchange picture and video messages with both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Verizon Wireless users. The deals mark...
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 a new associate-membership scheme, which extends membership to global technology partners and breaks from...
PETALUMA, Calif.-PixToPix Inc., an Internet-based picture-messaging service, announced it is shutting down its free interoperability service. The service allowed users to send camera-phone pictures to subscribers of rival carriers. Although questions to the company went unanswered, the shutdown is likely due to interoperability agreements...
PixToPix Inc., an Internet-based picture-messaging service, announced it is shutting down its free interoperability service. The service allowed users to send camera-phone pictures to subscribers of rival carriers.Although questions to the company went unanswered, the shutdown is likely due to recent interoperability agreements among...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan.-The move toward universal multimedia messaging service interoperability continued with a deal between two of the top U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and Sprint PCS are the latest Tier 1 carriers to ink deals allowing subscribers to exchange picture and video messages with...
Ironically, the march toward a simplified, converged "digital home" is producing an overwhelming number of wireless and wireline offerings for consumers. It seems the only thing growing as fast as the types of digital content and services consumers can access at home is the...
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and Novatel Wireless Inc. announced that they have completed interoperability tests between Alcatel Evolium radio access infrastructure and Novatel Wireless' Merlin U740 Wireless PC Card Modem, enabling mobile operators to launch High-Speed Downlink Packet Access services.The companies said they will support a...
Universal multimedia messaging service interoperability among U.S. Tier 1 carriers moved closer to becoming reality with two agreements unveiled last week. T-Mobile USA Inc. users can exchange pictures and video clips with subscribers of both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Corp., the three carriers...
