interoperability

As open standards and alliance building become the Holy Grail of the wireless industry, some industry watchers see them as oxymoron and schemes to capture market share. “Standard groups are …

WASHINGTON-The National Institute of Standards and Technology said engineers have developed a new “ad hoc wireless network” for emergency communications, a breakthrough in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, …

WASHINGTON-Defense contracting giant Northrop Grumman has asked the Federal Communications Commission for an additional 10 megahertz of public-safety spectrum for advanced broadband wireless use by first responders. The frequencies being …

In an apparent counter-punch to a recent Nokia Corp.-backed initiative with Texas Instruments Inc. and STMicroelectronics, Qualcomm Inc. has seized the spotlight with a series of chip announcements, drawing attention …

SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. continued to trumpet is BREW application download service, announcing BellSouth International will offer BREW services in nine areas in Latin America and that South Korean carrier KTF …

Two small vendors have made some progress in the multimedia messaging service center arena this week with global wins announced by LogicaCMG and Comverse. LogicalCMG announced an agreement to supply …

Wi-Fi roaming is garnering more attention this week as more companies announce settlement solutions in the space and a new report points to the importance of hot spot roaming. Interoute …

RESTON, Va.-Nextel Communications Inc. announced a mobile Virtual Private Network solution that uses IBM Corp. software to provide mobile workers a higher level of security, faster response times and more …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …

SAN RAMON, Calif.-The PAM Forum plus Parlay Group now equals the Parlay Group. Both standards groups are merging into the Parlay Group in a process that will be completed by …

Software-defined radios may be the answer to today’s interoperability issues, but carriers and handset makers do not seem overly enthused about adopting the technology because the technological advances gained from …

FAIRFAX, Va.-The nation’s public-safety interoperability score has improved 41 percent since 2001, according to the Public Safety Wireless Network (PSWN) Program’s National Interoperability Scorecard, which measures public safety wireless communications …

WASHINGTON-The House telecommunications subcommittee today approved legislation to create a trust fund to pay to relocate military radio systems in order to make room for third-generation wireless systems in the …

DALLAS-MetroPCS Inc., which provides flat-rate unlimited local calling service in Atlanta, Miami, San Francisco and Sacramento, Calif., expanded its text messaging service offering to provide nationwide interoperability and introduced changes …

IRVINE, Calif.-The Bluetooth Special Interest Group named Toshiba Corp.’s Portege 4010 Series notebook computer a Designated Profile Interoperability Tester platform for testing and verifying interoperability between Bluetooth-enabled devices. Toshiba said …

NEW ORLEANS-Advantest America Measuing Solutions introduced the R4870, a single-instrument solution that can perform both radio-frequency and interoperability tests in accordance with the Bluetooth Special Interest Group specifications. The solution …

NEW ORLEANS-Dilithium Networks, which provides multimedia solutions, announced network monitoring support in a new release of the company’s Dilithium Networks Analyzer, a protocol analysis and test tool for 3G-324M markets. …

SINGAPORE-The telecom regulator in Singapore announced a collaboration with chip maker Intel Corp. on a Wi-Fi initiative that the Infocomm Development Authority said would help achieve “seamless connectivity in the …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Wireless giant Ericsson said it created an interoperability test program for instant messaging and presence services and will work with IM companies Ecrio, magic4, MessageVine, Motorola Inc., Ruksun Software …

CANNES, France-Operators and vendors alike expressed a quiet optimism for the upcoming year as the GSM community gathered for its annual global meeting last week in the south of France. …

CANNES, France-The Open Mobile Alliance standards body said it completed two interoperability tests in conjunction with the 3GSM World Congress, and that it approved two new sets of specifications. The …

CHANTILLY, Va.-Wireless interoperability company InphoMatch said T-Mobile customers in the United Kingdom will now be able to send text messages to non-GSM wireless subscribers in the United States. InphoMatch manages …

CANNES, France-The GSM Association’s new board declared its two key strategic goals for this year are shortening time-to-market and ensuring the global availability of new and developing wireless services. The …

LONDON-Actix Solutions said it will develop and supply optimization and analysis software for Agilent Technologies Inc.’ s portfolio of wireless solutions. “The combined solution illustrates the two companies’ dedication to …

CANNES, France-L.M. Ericsson flexed its muscles within and outside the 3GSM Congress with a series of announcements from interoperability testing to deals with carriers and content providers as well as …