interoperability

As Wi-Fi adoption grows, companies are coming together to work out suitable standards in two key areas-security and quality of service. The security protocol for Wi-Fi is called Wi-Fi Protected …

WASHINGTON-The estimated $1 billion contract awarded to M/A-COM to build a public-safety wireless network throughout New York state will be paid for through a 911 cell-phone surcharge on consumer bills, …

BELLEVUE, Wash.-Trade groups 3G Americas and the CDMA Development Group released technical specifications to allow GSM subscribers to send picture messages to CDMA users. The groups’ new “Americas MMS Inter-carrier …

As the standards bodies for two metropolitan area network protocols prepare for separate meetings in May, both 802.16 and 802.20 are spoiling for a battle for survival. Neither .16e nor …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration hit the trifecta on wireless trade last week, winning concessions from China and South Korea on Wi-Fi, third-generation wireless and mobile Internet services that advance U.S. business …

LEDBURY, United Kingdom-A new study by BWCS and Senza-Fili Consulting predicts the U.S. market for broadband wireless access services based on technologies such as WiMAX will be worth $3.7 billion …

SEOUL, South Korea-Although the Korean government has yet to make a decision regarding whether to mandate a wireless Internet platform for the country’s three wireless carriers, the operators plan to …

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.-VoIP Inc. announced it will acquire Wi-Fi technology company Apex Sight L.L.C. Following the acquisition, Apex will become a wholly owned subsidiary of VoIP Inc., which will offer …

WASHINGTON-It has been 10 years since the Federal Communications Commission took its first steps toward a nationwide wireless enhanced 911 system, and after a long struggle, important progress is being …

With what it describes as the first clearinghouse of its kind, LightSurf Technologies Inc. hopes to raise the bar on how wireless operators will do business by democratizing the ebb …

It’s been nearly three years since attacks on the World Trade Center in New York, yet the city still does not have interoperable public-safety systems. It’s unthinkable. And yet, it …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration last week identified exclusionary wireless standards and high mobile-phone interconnection fees as barriers to telecom trade in a new report, and did not rule out bringing complaints …

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission told Congress last week. Powell appeared …

WASHINGTON-It will cost billions of dollars to solve the public-safety interference problem in the 800 MHz band, the FCC Chairman told Congress Wednesday Powell appeared before the House Appropriations commerce, …

WASHINGTON-The seventh iteration of the FCC’s Network Reliability & Interoperability Council convened Tuesday with a wireless chief executive, Timothy Donahue of Nextel Communications Inc., as chair for the first time. …

AMSTERDAM-Aptilo Network and Gemtek Systems said they have entered into a partnership to provide wireless local area networks solutions for carriers. Gemtek will offer its access gateways, hotspot-in-a-box solution and …

Neither edgy nor solitary, Nokia Corp. has all the hallmarks of a conservative company. As a leading player in both the handset and infrastructure businesses, the Finnish vendor always has …

CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-From the show floor of CTIA Wireless 2004, TTPCom Ltd. this week announced it has commenced interoperability testing with its single processor-based EDGE modem design. “The commencement of EDGE …

NEEDHAM, Mass.-M/A-Com Inc. has sub-contracted General Dynamics Network Systems’ wireless services to deploy a land mobile radio system that will link 10 U.S. Army installations in the National Capitol Region. …

Push-to-Talk over Cellular technology is wobbling on three legs: one belonging to Nokia Corp.; the second to four other heavyweights; and the third to the Open Mobile Alliance- and all …

MUNICH-The Siemens Information and Communication Mobile Group and Ubiquity Software Corp. announced they will integrate Ubiquity’s Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Application Server into Siemens’ IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS@vantage. With Ubiquity’s …

LA JOLLA, Calif. -The Open Mobile Alliance has described as proprietary the Push-to-Talk standard announced by two competing vendor interests yesterday. “They are not 3G products,” remarked Gaby Lenhart, chairman …

MUNICH, Germany-Trouble seems to be simmering in the push-to-talk house as Nokia Corp. has taken a different path from other major vendors and members of the Open Mobile Alliance on …

Text messaging interoperability company InphoMatch announced plans to expand into the wireless content market with its new InphoMatch Interactive (Imi) platform, which the company said takes the headache out of …

Are state legislatures beginning to over-legislate? It seems when states are not busy addressing hands-free legislation, they are trying their collective hands at laws that restrict the types of pictures …