Contraband cellphones are the top problem today at prisons. Yet, attempts to block cellphone usage by prisoners has been a controversial topic – wireless operators don't like cellphone jammers because they can block legal communications – and yet prison officials need to find a...
With 10 years and $100 million in research and development behind it, xG Technology Inc. is hoping the world is ready for its cognitive radio network. The Florida-based company stopped in Denver yesterday to demonstrate the radio and share its vision of the...
Recent actions by Middle East and Asian governments, as well as eight U.S. senators, that question whether telecom equipment manufacturers could undermine national security issues underscores how governments around the globe are going to have to balance the fact that wireless communications are an...
While WiMAX technology is often spoken of as the wireless protocol best suited for smart-grid applications, Alcatel Lucent and Texas Energy Network are planning to demonstrate next week that LTE technology is also well suited for the energy industry's communications networks.The week-long demo, set...
Telecom service providers – both wireless and wireline – are going to need to find new ways to leverage their networks to find new revenue sources while gaining efficiencies in operating those networks. That reality is driving Alcatel- Lucent's vision going forward, said Manish...
Telecom service providers – both wireless and wireline – are going to need to find new ways to leverage their networks to find new revenue sources while gaining efficiencies in operating those networks. That reality is driving Alcatel- Lucent's vision going forward, said Manish...
Nokia Siemens Networks should be able to increase its presence in the United States and Japan with the announced acquisition of Motorola Inc.'s networks business. The $1.2 billion acquisition was hinted at last week. Motorola will retain its iDEN networks business.Nokia Siemens will pick...
The Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with plans to remove barriers in wireless backhaul, announcing it plans to address the issue at its Aug. 5 meeting. The commission is issuing a Notice of Proposed Ruling and a Notice of Inquiry regarding backhaul. Previously,...
A shakeup in the wireless infrastructure segment seems certain as Tyco Electronics Ltd. (TEL) bought ADC Telecommunications Inc. (ADCT) for $1.25 billion and speculation heats up that Nokia Siemens Networks will pick up Motorola Inc.'s (MOT) networks business, a buy that could be...
Adsmobil – The mobile advertising company has expanded its sales division, adding Thomas Anderson, formerly of JumpTap, and Wandrill Pruvot, formerly of Buzzcity. Anderson will serve as sales director, Americas, while Pruvot will act as sales director, EMEA.Highwinds – Steve Lidell has been...
The Embedded Systems Conference, in San Jose CA., is hardly the place to look for simple, uncomplicated products, but small Danish company Nabto proved a welcome exception to all the complexity, offering rather ingenious answers on a tiny scale.The firm's name stands for “network...
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas—“It’s not fair to call that a phone,” commented Craig Miller, VP of marketing and business development at chip maker Sequans, referring to the HTC EVO 4G WiMAX smartphone, set to be commercially introduced this summer by Sprint Nextel Corp. Miller ...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
Appalachian Wireless said it will implement 14 of Transaction Network Services' roaming, network and database solutions in an effort to strengthen its mobile roaming program.Aricent said Nepal Telecom has awarded the company a three-year systems integration contract to provide Convergent Mediation and Convergent Interconnect...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace.Windows Mobile, BlackBerry, iPhone, Android. What's next? The public's taste in smartphones seems to change much like...
Riverbed Technology will pay $25 million to acquire a Massachusetts company in its effort to improve its Wide Area Network optimization products.Mazu, which is based in Cambridge, will become a business unit of Riverbed, which is based in San Francisco.Along with announcing the acquisition,...
StarHub and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. announced the launch of a new, commercially available 3G femtocell network in Singapore, which they said provides mobile-phone services through the carrier's cable network.StarHub has launched Home Zone to its customers and uses 3G femtocells, portable cellular access...
Sierra Wireless Inc. has launched its Junxion Box as its most recent addition to its AirLink Mobile and machine-to-machine line of devices, the company has announced.The cellular router technology became part of the company's umbrella of services when Sierra Wireless purchased Junxion Inc. in...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Analyst Angle. We've collected a group of the industry's leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless industry. In the coming weeks look for columns from Current Analysis' Peter Jarich, NPD Group's...
Big deals attract attention. Watching mergers and acquisitions play out is a perennial spectator sport in the technology business, in part because the results of M&As take time to reach fruition or wither on the vine. After Motorola Inc. announced last week it would...
By Chris Ambrosio, director, Wireless Device Strategies Service, Strategy AnalyticsEditor's Note: This is the third column in a new weekly feature at RCRNews.com, Analyst Angle. We’ve collected a group of the industry’s leading analysts to give their outlook on the hot topics in the wireless...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.—Cellular and Wi-Fi convergence technology developer, DiVitas Networks, announced it raked in $15 million during a second round of funding, bringing the company’s total funding to $23 million. Menlo Ventures led the round, joined by existing investor Clearstone Venture Partners. In addition,...
MINNETONKA, Minn.-Digi International said it has partnered with PetroCom to deliver high-speed GSM wireless connectivity on PetroCom's network to offshore oil and gas industry devices in the Gulf of Mexico.PetroCom will use the Digi Connect WAN GSM to provide Ethernet-to-wireless Internet Protocol connectivity to...
ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. reported that national wireless distributors Global Wireless Data and Trio Teknologies are now offering the carrier's Wireless Wide Area Network Connectivity Service through their more than 445 wireless agents and resellers across the country. Cingular's Wireless WAN Connectivity Service was launched...
