MIDDLETOWN, R.I.-TowerStream said it has completed a one-month trial using mobile Voice over Internet Protocol over a Wi-Fi network in Middletown.The mobile broadband provider said it allowed VoIP phone calls to pass seamlessly between Wi-Fi access points without dropping the call. Users in New...
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has introduced a UMTS play into the picture: Enter UMTS450 technology. The company describes UMTS450 as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS operators with access to...
Motorola Inc. has thrown its weight behind one of two main standard proposals being developed for 802.11n technology.The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency consortium said it has harmonized its technical proposals with Motorola, which had developed a separate one. This will result in an enhanced...
While industry is battening down the details of CDMA 450 MHz technology, IPWireless has brought UMTS technology into the spectrum battle. Enter UMTS450 technology.The company describes it as a complete high-speed packet-based data and voice solution designed for UMTS operators with access to spectrum...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety advocates last week told President George W. Bush that Voice over Internet Protocol services need to be required to have access to enhanced 911 services regardless of how VoIP is otherwise regulated. "The public has an expectation that telephone services will provide 911...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Voice over Internet Protocol voice provider Ecuity Inc. reported an agreement with Boingo Wireless Inc. and TeleSym Inc. to jointly market a VoIP over Wi-Fi service. The companies said the arrangement will use Boingo's more than 13,000 Wi-Fi hot spots to access Ecuity's...
Voice over Internet Protocol voice provider Ecuity Inc. reported an agreement with Boingo Wireless Inc. and TeleSym Inc. to jointly market a VoIP over Wi-Fi service. The companies said the arrangement will use Boingo's more than 13,000 Wi-Fi hot spots to access Ecuity's Smart...
WASHINGTON-Public-safety advocates Tuesday told President George W. Bush that Voice over Internet Protocol services need to be required to have access to enhanced 911 services regardless of how VoIP is otherwise regulated. "The public has an expectation that telephone services will provide 911 and...
LUXEMBOURG-Device manufacturer i-mate will produce handsets preloaded with Skype software, enabling users to make VoIP (voice over Internet protocol) calls out-of-the-box, the companies announced Thursday.The first dual-mode wireless phones to come with the Skype offering, the i-mate PDA2 and PDA2K handsets will make their...
The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International and The Consultant Registry, with the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, conducted a test to show how background sounds, which are important to 911 call-takers, are transmitted over a Voice over Internet Protocol system. Since VoIP does...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials International and The Consultant Registry, with the Georgia Public Safety Training Center, conducted a test to show how background sounds, which are important to 911 call-takers, are transmitted over a Voice over Internet Protocol system. Since VoIP...
SAN FRANCISCO-InfiniRoute Networks Inc. said its Voice over Internet Protocol peering service for wireless carriers is now available. InfiniRoute launched its Managed VoIP Peering service last year. The service now allows carriers to terminate and receive international traffic using VoIP technology. The company outlined...
Voice over Internet Protocol phone carrier Vonage announced several new devices to support its service, including a portable Wi-Fi phone from wireless handset and infrastructure provider UTStarcom Inc.Vonage sells software that allows computer users to place telephone calls over the Internet. The company said...
Time Warner Cable is in discussions with Sprint PCS to test a wireless offering that would be bundled with the media giant's TV, landline phone and Internet services. However, it is unclear whether Time Warner Cable will offer the services under its own brand...
Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. The deal climaxes both companies' relationship during the past few years, which involved Siemens' efforts to step up...
Siemens AG has acquired Chantry Networks, a step that will extend its enterprise offerings and Voice over Internet Protocol into the wireless local area network space. The deal climaxes both companies' relationship during the past few years, which involved Siemens' efforts to step up...
MONTREAL-TeliPhone Inc., a subsidiary of United American Corp., said it has launched a dual-mode service combining its Voice over Internet Protocol platform with GSM technology. The service, which uses TeliPhone's Single Point of Contact FollowMe system, allows customers to alternate between wireless VoIP and...
Startup Xcelis Communications L.L.C. last week introduced a service that essentially re-routes Cingular Wireless L.L.C.'s in-network calls to numbers outside the carrier's network. The $10-per-month service allows Cingular customers to place a call to any phone number in the United States and Canada, but...
Wi-Fi is quickly taking the place of integrated cameras and push-to-talk functions as the new hot technology for the handset market. As a result, chipmakers, carriers and handset suppliers are rushing to take advantage of the perceived demand for such converged devices. And the...
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...
WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission's decision that it has jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol matters will increase pressure on Congress to pass legislation next year to reform the universal-service program, said the top lobbyist for state regulators. "The two things that people were predicting...
WASHINGTON-A ruling Tuesday by the Federal Communications Commission to declare it has jurisdiction over Voice over Internet Protocol because VoIP is interstate will increase the pressure on Congress to pass legislation next year to reform the universal-service program, said the top lobbyist for state...
SAN DIEGO-Investors continued to show their faith in wireless Tuesday with two new funding announcements. Sky Mobile Media Inc. announced it has raised $6.25 million in Series A financing, with Enterprise Partners Venture Capital leading the round. The mobile software developer said it will...
NextWave Telecom Inc.'s announcement to sell its remaining 1.9 GHz licenses to Verizon Wireless for $3 billion may not mean the end of one of the industry's most controversial players. In association with the sale, NextWave filed papers with its bankruptcy court noting a...
