Growth of the wireless location-pinpointing industry is evident with a flurry of company announcements. Boston-based Skyhook Wireless said it raised $6.5 million in its first round of Series B financing. The metro Wi-Fi location systems provider said Bain Capital Ventures led the round, along...
BETHESDA, Md.-Municipal Wi-Fi network solution provider MobilePro Corp. said it completed its first phase of restructuring, with the goal of becoming a facilities-based provider of wholesale and retail Voice over Internet Protocol services. "After two years and 20 acquisitions, a retooling of our organization...
The wireless sector will enter 2006 with great expectations, everybody watching third-generation systems shift into higher gear with all that jazzy, digital content whose anytime, anywhere availability is transforming other industries even as cellular carriers of old reinvent themselves. Indeed, the mobility given voice...
BOSTON-Metro Wi-Fi location systems provider Skyhook Wireless said it raised $6.5 million in its first round of Series B financing. The company stated that Bain Capital Ventures led the round, along with Intel Capital. Existing investors Innovent, an entrepreneurial division of Nokia Corp., and...
WASHINGTON-Law enforcement's ability to use "roving wiretaps" is in doubt following a failed attempt to break a Senate filibuster of the USA Patriot Act late Friday. The House of Representatives had passed a compromise USA Patriot Act extension but the Senate rejected the compromise....
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should not discriminate against Voice over Internet Protocol providers when there are more than 100 counties that do not offer wired 911 service, Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) told FCC Commissioner Michael Copps last week. Copps was appearing before the Senate...
TORONTO-Verizon Communications Inc. said it is testing Nortel Networks Ltd.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystems solution. Nortel said the carrier is looking for IMS-compliant solutions in order to converge voice, video and multimedia services. Nortel said it's confident that Verizon's lab evaluation will demonstrate IMS...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission should not discriminate against Voice over Internet Protocol providers when there are more than 100 counties that do not even have wireline 911, Sen. John Sununu (R-N.H.) told FCC Commissioner Michael Copps Tuesday morning. Copps was appearing before the Senate...
HOLMDEL, N.J.-Voice over Internet Protocol company Vonage Holdings Corp. released a Wi-Fi telephone it will sell for around $80 with a service plan. The UTStarcom Inc.-sourced phone will allow Vonage users to place VoIP calls from any publicly available hotspot."With the rapid increase of...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Israeli-based iDEN network operator MiRS Communications Ltd., selected Tekelec's core convergence switching solution as part of its transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture. Tekelec said the solution provides next-generation capabilities, including fixed-mobile convergence and hosted Session Initiation Protocol services.MiRS also purchased the...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission proposed rules to change the way the agency determines the universal-service support paid to larger carriers serving rural customers, including wireless carriers that serve customers who live in a large incumbent's territory. This is the third time the commission has...
MORRISVILLE, N.C.-Israeli-based iDEN network operator MiRS Communications Ltd., selected Tekelec's core convergence switching solution as part of its transition to Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture.Tekelec said the solution provides next-generation capabilities, including fixed-mobile convergence and hosted Session Initiation Protocol services.MiRS also purchased the Tekelec...
WASHINGTON-In an attempt to educate Capitol Hill staff about the importance of cost recovery, the Foundation for Rural Service released a paper saying that Voice over Internet Protocol could not be possible without the underlying telecommunications network provided by small rural wireline carriers.The Foundation...
WASHINGTON-A group opposed to assessing universal-service contributions based on telephone numbers said it had sent nearly 600,000 e-mails and letters to the Federal Communications Commission before this Friday's expected vote.The Keep USF Fair Coalition says that changing from the current system, which assesses contributions...
WASHINGTON-Another deadline for offering enhanced 911 services has come and gone. This time, however, the Voice over Internet Protocol industry is the market begging for relief. In June, the Federal Communications Commission gave VoIP service providers a Nov. 28 deadline to provide E-911 capabilities...
WASHINGTON-The Association of Public-safety Communications Officials late Thursday said it could not support the IP-enabled Voice Communications and Public-Safety Act of 2005 if language directing the Federal Communications Commission to approve waivers of its Voice over IP enhanced 911 rules remained."We have serious concerns...
WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association released its "911 System Reference Guide" to help carriers-primarily Voice over Internet Protocol providers-and public-safety answering points plan and build their own routing solutions. Access to selective router information is difficult for nonincumbent wireline carriers to get because often...
WASHINGTON-The National Emergency Number Association released its "911 System Reference Guide" to help carriers-primarily Voice over Internet Protocol providers-and public-safety answering points plan and build their own routing solutions.Access to selective router information is difficult for non-incumbent wireline carriers to get because often the...
LONDON-A new study by Infonetics Research says deployments of Voice over Internet Protocol are set to triple in the next two years, jumping from 10 percent in 2005 to 31 percent in 2007. Infonetics Research said the growth in deployments is being driven by...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said Voice over Internet Protocol carriers do not have to cut off service to customers in areas where enhanced 911 is not available, but VoIP carriers cannot market to or sign new customers in those areas. The FCC originally made...
ATLANTA & MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it reached a multi-year agreement to lay the foundation for BellSouth Corp.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture. Lucent said its next generation solution will enable BellSouth to offer a range of advanced consumer IP services, including...
CHICAGO-MobileIgnite declared its autonomy as an independent industry association, announcing that its top priority is to accelerate the adoption of fixed-mobile convergence interoperability. The new trade group said 16 industry players are set to join as members and that it has granted "affiliate" status...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission said late Monday that Voice over Internet Protocol carriers do not have to cut off service to customers in areas where enhanced 911 is not available, but VoIP carriers cannot market to or sign up new customers in those areas.Nov....
ATLANTA & MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. said it reached a multi-year agreement to lay the foundation for Bell South Corp.'s Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem architecture.Lucent said its Next Generation solution will enable BellSouth to offer a range of advanced consumer IP services, including...
