NEW YORK-Convergin, formerly PhoneDo Networks, is launching its carrier-grade core network wireless convergence server solution for fixed-mobile convergence in the United States. Convergin said its Accolade platform unifies mobile, legacy and next-generation network elements, enabling service providers to accelerate network evolution toward a Session...
SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said. Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, the company announced partnerships with carriers such as Pakistan's Paktel GSM, Nepal Telecom, Vietnam's...
SINGAPORE-Mobile 365 has inked deals to provide text messaging delivery and data services with six Asian operators since January, the company said Wednesday.Using the CommunicAsia 2005 conference as a backdrop, the company announced partnerships with carriers such as Pakistan's Paktel GSM, Nepal Telecom, Vietnam's...
CHICAGO-Two high-profile wireless veterans have joined BridgePort Networks' board of advisors. The mobile Voice over Internet Protocol company has added Perry M. LaForge, executive director of the CDMA Development Group, and Thomas E. Wheeler, former president and chief executive officer of CTIA, to its...
Broadband service provider Speakeasy launched what it called "WiMAX-class" fixed wireless broadband covering parts of downtown Seattle. The service, which Speakeasy said will expand later this year to cover all of Seattle, uses Alvarion's BreezeAccess infrastructure deployed at selected city sites, including its landmark...
Broadband service provider Speakeasy launched what it called "WiMAX-class" fixed wireless broadband service covering parts of downtown Seattle. The service, which Speakeasy said will expand later this year to cover all of Seattle, uses Alvarion's BreezeAccess infrastructure deployed at selected sites across the city,...
NATICK, Mass.-The worldwide market for Session Initiation Protocol infrastructure and software could exceed $5.5 billion by 2007, according to research from Venture Development Corp.The company said worldwide shipments for SIP technologies hit $2.6 billion last year. VDC outlined several growth drivers for SIP, including...
Even before it plants its feet, Voice over Internet Protocol soon may see its sun fade as another protocol emerges on the horizon: Voice and Video over Internet Protocol. Triggered by the efforts of four companies led by Freescale Semiconductor, the reference platform may...
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, using Qualcomm's MSM6250 W-CDMA chipset on the Japanese carrier's networks. The tests are scheduled...
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, using Qualcomm's MSM6250 W-CDMA chipset on the Japanese carrier's networks. The tests are scheduled to...
First there is a date. If sparks fly, the romance eventually may graduate into a union. But in the wireless business, not all mergers and acquisitions result from long-standing engagements, evidenced by several recent such deals. "It's not always a necessary condition," said Ned...
Vendors are looking to deploy the Internet Protocol multimedia subsystem platform not only to differentiate themselves, but also to raise the stakes for third-generation wireless applications and services by compelling operators to upgrade their networks.Major vendors like Nokia Corp., Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks...
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 server, Siemens can now offer operators and open application manufacturers (OAMs) a software environment for...
WARRINGTON, United Kingdom-Messaging software company Magic4 said it will jump into the push-to-talk game with its new Push To Talk over Cellular (PoC) messaging client.The company said its new messaging client is based on the Session Initiation Protocol industry standard and will allow users...
WARRINGTON, United Kingdom-Messaging software company Magic4 said it will jump into the push-to-talk game with its new Push To Talk over Cellular (PoC) messaging client.The company said its new messaging client is based on the Session Initiation Protocol industry standard and will allow users...
DENVER-Able Planet Inc., HighSpeed Communications Inc. and Mitel Networks have teamed to install Able Planet's micro-technology, which allows people with hearing losses to access wireless and wired telephone technology, into Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phones.More than 50 SIP...
Sprint PCS said it has deployed a Session Initiation Protocol platform, and its Ready Link push-to-talk service uses the protocol. Sprint purchased the platform from SIP company Dynamicsoft."As we continue to roll out multimedia services, our customers will discover that we have redefined the...
The hype is data, but the reality is voice.It often comes in the language of converged services or unified platforms, but the inability of data to pick up rapid revenue has led vendors to use voice as the platform to drive data services.While beating...
BOSTON-Nortel Networks Corp. and Sprint PCS said they are cooperating to build the first access technology-independent wireless network test bed using Internet Protocol technology for both voice and data.The companies will test Nortel's e-mobility Multimedia Core IP Network. With this technology, a user will...
