interoperability

SANTA BARBARA, Calif.-724 Solutions appointed Michael E. Luna chief technology officer where he will lead all engineering, architecture and product development initiatives for the company. Luna most recently was with …

The nation’s wireless carriers have agreed to provide consumers with multimedia messaging service interoperability, a move that industry watcher say will give a much-needed boost to MMS use in the …

WASHINGTON-The public-safety community is urging lawmakers to accept the Senate language of the 9/11 Commission legislation that would allow it to have access to 700 MHz spectrum Jan. 1, 2008. …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it will not certify products with enhancement features for 802.11n, warning that such pre-standard products that fail to interoperate with Wi-Fi will lose certification. “To …

WASHINGTON-ATIS today released a comprehensive plan to craft new industry standards for converging multimedia architectures across wireline, PCS/cellular and Wi-Fi networks. ATIS said the Mobile Wireless Services Priority Work Plan …

OTTAWA-VeriSign Inc. has licensed Bridgewater Systems’ authentication, authorization and accounting and mediation capabilities, according to a strategic agreement between the companies. VeriSign will use the technology in its Wireless Data …

AT&T Wireless Services Inc. continues to roll out advanced devices and services despite an impending acquisition by Cingular Wireless L.L.C., which could be completed by the end of the year. …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a cooperation agreement with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to promote the global deployment of W-CDMA technology. The announcement follows interoperability tests by both companies, …

WASHINGTON-The House of Representatives said Friday the transition to digital TV should end Dec. 31, 2006. “It is the sense of Congress that the Communications Act should be amended to …

Depending on your perspective, mobile instant messaging either has taken off like a rocket or is still idling on the launching pad. Like many other applications, IM has been a …

OTTAWA-VeriSign Inc. has licensed Bridgewater Systems’ authentication, authorization and accounting and mediation capabilities, according to a strategic agreement between the companies. VeriSign will use the technology in its Wireless Data …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it has signed a cooperation agreement with NTT DoCoMo Inc. to promote the global deployment of W-CDMA technology. The announcement follows interoperability tests by both companies, …

WASHINGTON-FCC Chairman Michael Powell plans to present for a vote at either the November or December meetings of the Federal Communications Commission a Media Bureau plan to set an end …

ORLANDO, Fla.-The Open Mobile Alliance unveiled 10 new enabler releases in an effort to ensure service interoperability across mobile devices. Nearly 400 OMA member companies around the world have collaborated …

LAGUNA NIGUEL, Calif.-The OTA Flash Forum has published a “best practices” document addressing interoperability of over-the-air device clients and management servers. The document describes relevant device management standards, offers recommendations …

ALAMEDA, Calif.-Internet Protocol networking vendor UTStarcom launched a service allowing Chinese wireless users to send and receive text messages between carriers, the company announced Monday, furthering the competition between the …

WASHINGTON-The District of Columbia government Thursday showed off its public-safety wireless network as it urged Congress to allocate 10 megahertz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band to public …

WASHINGTON—The telecommunications industry and policy-makers need to establish a different way of funding enhanced 911 systems especially because these networks are moving to Internet Protocol-based systems, the FCC’s Network Reliability …

WASHINGTON-The wireless and public-safety communities lost another battle for 700 MHz spectrum to the powerful TV broadcasting lobby. Last week started out well: Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), chairman of the …

WASHINGTON-Tim Donahue, chief executive officer of Nextel Communications Inc., said Thursday morning Nextel finds nothing in the Federal Communications Commission’s plan to solve public-safety 800 MHz interference that it opposes …

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 …

WASHINGTON-It will take leadership from the White House and Congress for public safety to achieve interoperable communications and that leadership has been lacking, charged Rep. Bart Stupak (D-Mich.), chair of …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has certified the Wi-Fi-multimedia standard, otherwise known as WMM, for networking in consumer electronic devices such as DVD players and televisions. The standard is …

AUSTIN, Texas-The Wi-Fi Alliance said it has certified the Wi-Fi-multimedia standard, otherwise known as WMM, for networking in consumer electronic devices such as DVD players and televisions. The standard is …

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 …