Wireless Tribune

2007-01-30T05:05:00.000-08:00

Artimi develops embedded wireless USB reference design

Artimi Inc. has developed a small format module pre-integrated into a leading digital still camera (DSC) reference platform to help manufacturers bring Wireless USB-enabled cameras to market more quickly. The camera uses embedded technology, not external Wireless USB dongles, for high-speed wireless data transfer of photos from the camera to a PC, printer, storage or display. Artimi integrated its WiMedia-based Wireless USB module with the market-leading DSC platform used by multiple brand-name vendors of digital cameras. This pre-integrated reference design allows OEM and ODM camera vendors to quickly add ultra simple wireless connectivity to their existing platform without re-architecting the basic design or re-writing the core software. Next-generation digital cameras with Wireless USB will provide valuable benefits for consumers by eliminating need to use cables and speeding transfer of multimedia content and data.

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Sirenza Microdevices' Transceiver Products Selected for AvaLAN ...

BROOMFIELD, Colo., BUSINESS WIRE -- Sirenza Microdevices (NASDAQ:SMDI) today announced that the company's ML2722 and ML5800 transceiver products are now being used as the transceiver solution in AvaLAN Wireless Systems' wireless Ethernet products. "We are pleased to be providing these key components for this innovative company in the wireless Ethernet market," said Steve Moore, Sirenza's consumer products strategic business Learn high-end directing technique with Hollywood Camera Work 6 DVD set');" onMouseOut="setTimeout('hideLayer()',500);" class=hotlink2>director. "We have been able to provide AvaLAN with highly integrated transceiver solutions that help position AvaLAN in a market leadership position with both their 900 MHz and 5.8 GHz platforms." "We are excited about our successful collaboration with Sirenza," said Ray Shilling, vice president of sales and marketing for AvaLAN Wireless Systems.

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Wireless temperature measurement

Measurement Computing Corporation (Norton, Massachusetts), market leader in low-cost data acquisition, has announced through its UK distributor Adept Scientific (Letchworth, Herts) the release of two wireless temperature input devices modelled on the popular USB-TC and the USB-TEMP. The new products, the WLS-TC and the WLS-TEMP, are essentially identical to their USB predecessors but with an added RF module, which allows for wireless data transfer. The RF modules were engineered to meet IEEE 802.15.4 standards and support the unique needs of low-cost, low-power wireless sensor networks. The modules require minimal power and provide reliable delivery of data between devices. The modules operate within the ISM 2.4 GHz frequency band. Users can acquire and process temperature data for monitoring and control at distances up to 50 metres indoors, and as much as 750 metres line-of-sight outdoors.

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2007-01-29T04:55:00.000-08:00

Survey Shows that Corporate Wireless LAN Deployment is Increasing ...

As enterprises seek to reap the benefits of mobility, 64 percent of businesses intend to increase wireless local-area network (WLAN) deployment during the next 12 months, according to a new survey by Gartner, Inc.In October and November 2005, Gartner asked 200 networking and business technology organizations in North America and Europe about their views on WLAN technology. Respondents identified their reasons for adoption, the extent of deployment, concerns about using WLANs and the problems encountered.A total of 44 percent of respondents said the primary reason to deploy a WLAN was improving productivity with mobility. 21 percent said the primary reason was to provide access to places not possible to wire, while 13 percent of respondents thought wireless networks were a less-expensive or simpler way to deploy LAN connectivity, or they considered using WLANs to improve efficiency in specific business processes or operations.Although wireless LANs are not a new endeavor, interest in them is still growing.

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Kyocera Wireless and Runcom to collaborate on mobile WiMAX-powered ...

Kyocera Wireless Corp. and Runcom Technologies will be collaborating on the development of consumer electronic devices employing the latest in broadband Mobile WiMAX technology. The agreement leverages Kyocera's expertise in wireless device development and Runcom's leading chipset technologies. Kyocera is claimed to be one of the leading global suppliers of CDMA wireless devices and accessories, while Runcom Technologies is the pioneer in OFDMA enabling technologies for Mobile WiMax. WiMax delivers high-speed broadband fixed and mobile services wirelessly to large areas using considerably less infrastructure than previous wireless protocols. When paired with new MIMO (multiple input, multiple output) technology, it can deliver mobile services three to five times faster than today's third-generation (3G) standards at a lower cost.

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NSW free wireless plan gets underway

In the first significant step towards free wireless broadband throughout NSW's most popular cities, the state government today announced a tender inviting Internet providers to bid for the large-scale development. NSW Minister for Commerce, John Della Bosca, announced Internet providers were being invited to take part in the Iemma government's initiative to provide free wireless broadband to the state's major CBD areas. Della Bosca said the expression of interest released called for partnerships between the Iemma government and the private sector to provide universal broadband access. "Universal wireless broadband access will increase opportunities for government and business to deliver services more efficiently, to more people, while residents and visitors will have improved email and internet access," Della Bosca said.

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2007-01-28T04:57:00.000-08:00

National Grid Wireless generates interest

Blackstone, CVC and Apax are among parties considering a bid for National Grid Wireless, the £2 billion mobile phone and broadcast infrastructure business. Warburg Pincus and Cinven are also thought to have expressed interest in the business, whose owner, National Grid, effectively hoisted a for sale sign when it announced plans to demerge the division last year. .

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FFTP Network vs. Muni Wireless in San Francisco

Early next month, San Franciscos Board of Supervisors will vote on whether or not to approve the citys deal with Google/Earthlink for providing the area with free wireless internet access. As the date gets closer, suggestions for alternatives to the project are brought to the forefront. The Fog City Journal reports that Public Net San Francisco, a coalition of various community groups and Internet professionals, insisted that the City of San Francisco cancel the pending Google/Earthlink monopoly WiFi deal, and instead use the Citys existing high speed fiber optic network as the backbone to build a truly modern, fast, and free, public communications system. There are multi-faceted concerns about the Earthlink deal, including issues with the city signing on to a multi-year monopoly by one company.

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Apple Patches Mac Wireless Security Hole

Apple Inc. on Thursday released a security update to patch a hole in the wireless Internet software built into many of its computers running Mac OS X. The update applies to Core Duo versions of the Mac mini, MacBook and MacBook Pro computers equipped with wireless. Affected Mac users can download the patch via OS X's Software Update feature, or directly from Apple Downloads. The vulnerability was the last flaw documented in November as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs project, which sought to showcase 30 previously unnoticed security holes in the deepest recesses of various operating systems software (the "kernel" describes a vital component of all computer operating systems that is responsible for handling communication between system software and hardware). Apple credits the discovery to Lance M.

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2007-01-27T05:08:00.000-08:00

New wireless service will use WiMAX to connect

Clearwire, a Kirkland, Wash.-based wireless Internet company, is installing antennas, poles and other equipment at several sites, including Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital. A company spokesman said in an e-mail that he could not disclose Clearwire's expansion plans and did not return subsequent calls seeking comment. But Marianne Boring, a Tri-Cities independent contractor working for the company, confirmed that Clearwire was developing a new wireless service in Yakima. Craig McCaw, who built one of the first nationwide cell phone networks, created the company in 2003. Through its service, users can access high-speed Internet anywhere in its service area through a wireless modem. Its service is offered in more than 370 cities worldwide, including the Tri-Cities.

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Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2007

Com) -- inCode Telecom Group, Inc., a global business and technology consulting firm, revealed its Top 10 Global Wireless Predictions for 2007. The predictions help identify emerging wireless trends for the year and indicate ways that consumers and businesses will benefit. These trends include widespread use of mobile social networks, greater choice in multi-function devices and more wireless home entertainment options. "Over the past few years, consolidation rationalized and stabilized most wireless markets," said Bengt Nordstrom, Chief Strategy Officer for inCode. "Now we're ready for the next level, where Internet services are mobilized and deeply woven into our everyday lives, whether we're at home, work or play." In 2007 affordable handsets and service bundling will make mobile data a more attractive offering in established markets, where third-generation (3G) networks could become the preferred choice for most customers.

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Verizon Wireless Completes More Than $256 Million in Texas Network ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has completed more than $256 million in enhancements to its Texas voice and data wireless network this year. The investment includes a significant expansion of its EV-DO high-speed wireless broadband network, as well as adding and updating cell sites and technology throughout the state. These network enhancements allow the latest generation of wireless technology including video messaging, games and multimedia content, handheld GPS-enabled navigation and the ability to download music over-the-air directly to a wireless phone. Verizon Wireless made a significant expansion of its EV-DO high-speed wireless broadband network throughout Texas, including Sherman/Denison, Wichita Falls, Waco, Temple/Killeen and Bryan/College Station in North and Central Texas.

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2007-01-26T04:52:00.000-08:00

Choate Wireless Takes Steps Forward

The new Choate wireless system, instituted at the start of the month, is centered at Brownell on Upper Campus and is one of the fastest wireless networks available. Its obvious that most people like wireless Internet access more than its more grounded, wired counterpart. The cord-free technology is convenient, and easier to use than its outmoded predecessor. There have been mixed reactions from students regarding the new system. Ashley McGeary 08 is pleased with the new system. She said, I like being able to walk around with my computer free from wires...it is really convenient to have internet access without having to plug anything in. However, Chris Bakes 10 was more reserved with his praise, saying, Its an awesome idea, but if youre not in range then its not so great.

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Ulster County Residents to Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network ...

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Ulster County, Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Wawarsing. The new site increases coverage and capacity along Route 209 South toward Spring Glenn, along Route 209 North toward Wawarsing, and within the village of Ellenville. This network expansion is part of the company's aggressive multi-billion dollar network investment each year (more than $1 billion every 90 days) to stay ahead of the growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services. Verizon Wireless has invested more than $30 billion - on average, $5 billion every year since the company was formed six years ago - to increase coverage and capacity, and to offer customers the most reliable service available in the nation, including wireless data services such as picture messaging, text messaging, and wireless Internet access.

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TelePlus World Adds 30000 New Points of Distribution for Its ...

MIAMI, FL--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 25, 2007 -- TelePlus World, Corp. (OTC BB:TLPE.OB - News) (Frankfurt:YT3.F - News) (www.teleplusworld.com), a wireless and telecom reseller offering specialized communications products and services in the U.S. and Canada, is pleased to announce Liberty Wireless, Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary, signed an agreement with Via One, a company that offers next generation point-of-sale technology for the prepaid telecommunications industry. Via One is among the largest providers of prepaid products and services, with thousands of POSA (point-of-sale-access) and retail locations throughout the U.S.As part of the agreement, Liberty Wireless and MX Mobile (a sister company) airtime cards will be available on Via One's terminals currently installed at thousands of merchant locations in key U.S.

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2007-01-25T04:54:00.000-08:00

Three new offerings for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking from ...

Microchip Inc., a leading provider of microcontroller and analogue semiconductors has released three new offerings for IEEE 802.15.4 wireless networking. Microchip's first RF transceiver, the MRF24J40, is a 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 transceiver targeted for the ZigBee protocol, and proprietary wireless protocols, in RF applications requiring low power and good RF performance. The ZENA wireless network analyser tool further enables development of ZigBee protocol systems using Microchip's semiconductors. Finally, the MiWi protocol is a small-footprint protocol developed by Microchip for customers who do not need ZigBee protocol interoperability but want to use IEEE 802.15.4 transceivers in low-cost peer-to-peer, star and mesh networks. In fact, the MiWi protocol provides low-cost fully functional network protocol for IEEE 802.15.4 transceivers.

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FON Signs Important Wi-Fi Licensing Agreement with Wireless ...

1/25/07 - The German company Spotigo has successfully signed an important licensing agreement for its technically leading Wi-Fi Smart Client. The Spain based company FON - the largest Wi-Fi Community in the world - will be using the Spotigo technology to substantially improve the way its Community members and customers can access its Wi-Fi Community. Spotigo's technology will be provided by FON under the name of the "FON Wi-Fi Connection Manager" and distributed to all of its users and Community members around the world. The FON founder and CEO Martin Varsavsky states, " With this Connection Manager FONs users will be able to detect and connect to FON Access Points, Fonspots, automatically. Simply staying or passing within an area that has coverage of a Fonspot will be enough to automatically get a mobile broadband connection established.

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2007-01-24T04:52:00.000-08:00

Wireless Telemetry to Reach $25.3bn by 2009

According to industry analysts Juniper Research, wireless telemetry (or AMR - Automated Meter Reading) will lead the evolving growth in M2M markets over the coming 3 years and beyond. With businesses waking up to the operational benefits and efficiency savings of real-time data monitoring, the revenues will rise from $11.6bn in 2006 to $25.3bn by 2009. The substantial rise in revenues is expected to quadruple by 2011 to $40.8bn. Due to current widespread usage in many commercial vehicles due to legislation, this will contrast with limited growth in telematics from $6.4bn to $11bn in the same period. The other outlets such as security and surveillance, highway and public transport signs, and health care will show encouraging signs. From a cumulative low of $2bn in 2006 they will rise to over $9bn by 2009.

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Critical Links to Integrate NextHop Wireless Controller Software ...

1/24/07 - Critical Links and NextHop Technologies, Inc. announced a sales, marketing and joint development partnership for integrating their industry leading products into a single, turnkey solution. Critical Links will integrate NextHop's wireless LAN (local area network) controller software into their VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) business gateway software platform delivering a single turnkey VoFi (Voice over WiFi) offering for business gateway solutions in enterprise and carrier markets. This integration will provide integrated, production-ready software allowing networking equipment OEMs in the business gateway market to decrease development risk and reduce time-to-market. The edgeBOX software platform from Critical Links is an all-in-one, remotely manageable networking device that incorporates all the latest in-demand technologies such as VoIP, IP-PBX, VPNs (virtual private networks), security and QoS (quality of service).

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Industry’s smallest form-factor UWB solution for Certified ...

With a footprint of only 7.5 mm by 7.5 mm, the Ripcord WCSP boasts the smallest form factor of any Certified Wireless USB-based solution available on the market. As the only company with a single-chip, all-CMOS solution for WiMedia ultrawideband applications, the addition of WCSP to Staccatos portfolio further positions Staccato as the supplier of choice for mobile and portable products that demand a small form factor in combination with low cost and power. This approach further differentiates Staccato from competitors multichip offerings that demand significantly larger space requirements and adversely impact the battery life of mobile products. The WCSP based on Staccatos Ripcord single-chip, all-CMOS solution is expected to be available for general sampling later this quarter, with early samples available through Staccatos Lead Customer Program.

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2007-01-23T04:55:00.000-08:00

Vodafone scores Red Shed wireless deal

Vodafone has won a four-year, 550-phone wireless office deal with the country's largest department store retailer, The Warehouse. The deal will see Vodafone's Wireless Office call plan connect The Warehouse's existing internal phone system to 550 mobiles. This will allow The Warehouse to ditch surplus landlines and means staff will be contactable wherever they are on the shop floor, on the road or overseas. The 550 connections include 60 3G Vodafone Mobile Connect cards and 30 Windows-based i-mate handheld business devices, as well as more than 200 3G mobiles. The Warehouse CIO Owen McCall says duplicated fixed lines and desk phones, and an oversupply of extensions, was costing the company a substantial amount of money. "During the mobility trial we ran prior to choosing Vodafone, we identified that mobilising our staff could save us money purely in time saved, as well as improving efficiency and productivity by providing the right information at the right time and in the right place to our staff." The deal followed a hotly-contested RFP involving an independent consultant and a 10-month evaluation process, as well as a 45-day mobility pilot.

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Digicam platform integrates Wireless USB

Artimi Inc. has developed a small-format module pre-integrated into a digital still camera (DSC) reference platform to help manufacturers bring Wireless USB-enabled cameras to market more quickly. The camera uses embedded technology, not external Wireless USB dongles, for high-speed wireless data transfer of photos from the camera to a PC, printer, storage or display. High throughput rates Integrated Wireless USB makes it easier to use than plugging in an external dongle to download photos. Artimi's wireless technology promises high rates of real user throughput, allowing 1Gbyte of photos to download in about 30s. Artimi integrated its WiMedia-based Wireless USB module with the DSC platform used by multiple brand-name vendors of digital cameras. This pre-integrated reference design allows OEM and ODM camera vendors to add wireless connectivity to their existing platform without re-architecting the basic design or rewriting the core software.

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Cirronet to Exhibit Broad Range of Wireless Solutions at ...

1/23/07 - Cirronet, Inc. (NASDAQ: RFMI) announced that it will exhibit its wireless solutions at DistribuTech, the world's largest gathering of decision-makers in utilities automation and technology, in booth #1820 at the San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California February 4-6. Cirronet is known for its wide breadth of high quality wireless solutions that enable wireless data when and where you need it. Their offerings include rugged industrial standalone products, as well as embeddable modules for OEMs that integrate wireless into their products. Available in the 900MHz and 2.4GHz license-free bands, Cirronet products can achieve line-of-sight ranges in excess of 20 miles. Cirronet will exhibit its feature-rich industrial standalone products, most of which are Class I Div 2 certified with many available in NEMA 4X/IP66 rated enclosures.

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2007-01-22T04:57:00.000-08:00

Wireless VoIP systems growing in popularity

Companies are increasingly beginning to find that wireless VoIP, integrated with wireless internet networks, possesses a large number of benefits. It is widely expected that such systems will be employed by an increasing number of businesses this year, with the advantages of a flexible and mobile VoIP network serving a number of locations including the simple fact that inter-office charges and long-distance call costs are eliminated. In such a network, handheld computers, laptops containing VoIP-enabled phones and devices such as two-way radios can all be linked and have benefits which are strategic and operational as well as financial not least because conference calls with clients and colleagues can take place from just about anywhere. A report by IDC bolstered this view recently, saying that the features themselves of wireless VoIP could end up overriding cost-effectiveness as a boon for businesses who adopt it as part of their modus operandi.

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Travelers can get wireless Internet at BWI—

People traveling through B-W-I Thurgood Marshall Airport now can use a pay-as-you go wireless Internet service to stay connected. It's being offered now on concourses A and B. The service is expected to expand to Concourse D within two weeks. Concourses C and E are expected to have the service within two months. The wireless connection will cost seven-95 for one day of unlimited access, or 21-95 for a month. For now, the wireless signal will only reach travelers who have passed through security. Plans call for the signals to eventually reach the entire airport. By offering the service now, B-W-I beat Dulles International and Reagan National -- both of which are still installing their wireless systems. --- Information from: The (Annapolis, Md.) Capital, http://www.hometownannapolis.com/ .

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New wireless network needs public airing

Imagine sitting or walking or taking a bus anywhere in Silicon Valley and seamlessly checking your e-mail, preparing a presentation, playing ``World of Warcraft,'' streaming the latest episode of ``Lost'' or researching a term paper. Imagine traffic lights synchronized wirelessly to streamline the flow of cars on valley streets. Imagine emergency medical technicians sending medical data on the victims of an accident to the hospital straight from the scene. Silicon Valley could have that ubiquitous wireless network -- with a base level of access free to the public -- within a couple of years, thanks to the vision of the community and business leaders behind the year-old Wireless Silicon Valley project. But to make it happen, the Wireless Silicon Valley team needs to stop its closed-door fussing over ``model'' legal agreements and design specs and start bringing their customers -- the public -- into the process.

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2007-01-21T05:01:00.000-08:00

Head of TI wireless chip unit stepping down

SAN FRANCISCO Gilles Delfassy, senior vice president and head of Texas Instruments Inc.'s wireless terminals unit, will retire after 28 years with the company, TI said Friday (Jan. 19). Effective immediately, TI has promoted Greg Delagi to senior vice president and leader of the operation, which develops semiconductors for cell phones. Delfassy, 51, has been at the helm of TI's wireless terminals unit since its inception in 1995. Under his leadership, TI developed the OMAP platform, which enables multimedia on cell phones thereby broadening wireless capability beyond voice. "Gilles built an outstanding operation, one that not only transformed TI, but changed the way the world communicates. He leaves a legacy of innovation and growth," said Rich Templeton, TI's president and CEO, in a statement.

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Maine Residents and Visitors Benefit From Major Verizon Wireless ...

BANGOR, Maine, Jan. 18 -- Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, announced another 29 new cell sites across Maine's Hancock, Knox, Oxford, Sagadahoc, Waldo, and York counties. In 2006 the company built and activated 100 new cell sites across the Pine Tree State. Verizon Wireless has invested $35 billion in the last seven years - $5 billion on average every year since the company was formed in 2000 - to increase the coverage and capacity of its national network and to add new services. In 2006, the company invested nearly $318 million in New England to stay ahead of growing demand for Verizon Wireless voice and data services. "Reliable networks are not built overnight," commented Ken Dixon, New England president of Verizon Wireless. "Building 100 sites in one year, in one state, illustrates our strong focus and commitment to make the nation's most reliable wireless network even better." Details of the coverage these 29 new cell sites provide are as follows: Hancock County: oDedham: Provides improved coverage and capacity along US-1a, providing connectivity with the existing sites in Holden to the northwest and another Dedham site to the south oEllsworth: Enhances coverage along US-1, connecting with another existing site in Ellsworth to the east and a new site in Orland to the west oOrland (2 sites): Adds new coverage along US-1 and ME-3.

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JBL's wireless On Air Control 2.4G

The latest major manufacturer to attempt wireless speakers is JBL, who have announced the On Air Control 2.4G, Electronista reports. The units have 30W of power each, and connect to their primary source through a 2.4GHz receiver module up to 70 feet away. Crtically, a mini-jack port allows secondary sources such as iPods, while another input allows the addition of a dedicated subwoofer. It's suggested that the wireless aspect makes the speakers ideal as a replacement for a second audio system -- alternately, the speakers could be integrated into an existing setup as surround channels, or dedicated to a media player. JBL plans to debut the 2.4Gs in February for $350. .

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2007-01-20T04:54:00.000-08:00

Wireless-network rollout nears

When IBM's Brent Grotz gets asked how soon Silicon Valley's much-anticipated wireless network will be built, the project leader holds up his hands as if to fend off more questions. He doesn't want to be rushed. ``It's like building a house,'' Grotz said while speaking Friday at a national Wireless Communications Association meeting in San Jose. ``You have to get the foundation down right, and if you don't get that right then walls will fall down on you.'' Once completed, the network will span 40 cities in four counties and give residents free access to the Internet from their laptop computers or other portable devices. The network is being built to work outside but may work inside some homes close to the wireless access points. Internet access at higher speeds would be available for a fee.

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Is Your Wireless Network Secure? Posted By : Jeremy Whittaker -

Networking professionals are encouraging people to think twice about wireless network security. You might be thinking I use WEP-128 bit encryption with MAC address filtering, Im safe. Or you may be youve never even heard of WEP, if this is the case you might want to unplug your wireless access point immediately. But then again look at the bright side at least you dont have the false sense of security that your network is secure. Perhaps you are the smart guy who knows how . .

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Alltel Wireless changes the face of wireless phones with Celltop

Alltel Wireless announced the launch of Celltop, an exclusive, patent-pending technology that offers customers an easier way to access, manage and organize a wide range of information already available on their Alltel Wireless phones. Celltop gives customers more control over their wireless experience through a unique and fully-customizable technology similar to the desktop on a personal computer. Now available on select Alltel Wireless handsets, and on all new phones by late-2007, Celltop is free-of-charge and features 10 "cells" that come pre-installed and via download. Each cell is a category-specific half screen comprised of graphics and text that provides shortcuts for wireless users to navigate through information and applications including: call log, weather, news, baseball, basketball, football, rodeo, stocks, text messaging inbox and ringtones.

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2007-01-19T04:52:00.000-08:00

Wireless Networking: The Road Ahead

Through 2007 and beyond, almost every organization with a wireless network will experience significant growth in WLAN size and usage, increasing diversity of devices that connect to the network, and greater heterogeneity of network infrastructure. With these new advances, IT organizations will need a strategy that combines the management and security of both wireless and wired network infrastructures. Free Direct Marketing ListsConsumer and business lists with targeted leads to help you grow your business. .

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ALLTEL WIRELESS LAUNCHES CELLTOP

Alltel Wireless, has launched Celltop, a patent-pending technology that allows customers to manage and organise information currently on their phone. Now available on select Alltel Wireless phones and on all new Alltel phones by late-2007, Celltop features 10 'cells' pre-installed or via download, the company said. Each cell is a category-specific half screen comprised of graphics and text that provides shortcuts for wireless users to navigate through information and applications including: call log, weather, news, baseball, basketball, football, rodeo, stocks, text messaging inbox and ringtones, the company said in a statement.Alltel Wireless chose Motricity, a provider of mobile content services and solutions to deliver Celltop to its customers. Motricity provides content and technologies that enable Alltel Wireless to deliver a spectrum of personalised content accessed through a reduced number of navigation clicks."Once again, Alltel has worked hard to bring a great user experience to its customers", said Ryan K.

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LTI DataComm Awarded US Army NETCOM-ESTA BPA for Turn-Key Wireless ...

Sterling-based integrator LTI DataComm announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, Wireless Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) in support of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command Enterprise Systems Technology Activity (NETCOM-ESTA) by headquarters, United States Army Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4). Sterling, VA (PRWEB) January 19, 2007 -- Sterling-based integrator LTI DataComm announced today that it has been awarded a three-year, Wireless Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) in support of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command Enterprise Systems Technology Activity (NETCOM-ESTA) by headquarters, United States Army Information Technology, E-Commerce and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4). The NETCOM-ESTA BPA enables LTI to provide wireless products and services to the US Army and interagency customers alike.

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2007-01-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

Finning bans use of cellphones

CALGARY (Sun Media) -- As evidence of the hazards of cellphone use behind the wheel continues to mount, Finning Canada has prohibited its employees from using the devices when driving. Finning, which distributes Caterpillar heavy equipment in Western Canada, announced that as of Jan. 1 it joined the Coalition for Cellphone-Free Driving and banned its employees from using wireless devices when driving on company time. The decision comes on the heels of a study done by Human Factors North Inc. for the University of Calgary which last week showed that distractions - such as speaking on a cellphone or any other wireless communications device - can lead to delayed response times and result in fatal collisions. The findings showed that when travelling at 55 kmh, a quarter-second delay translates into a travel distance of four metres, which can mean the difference between life and death for a pedestrian in the vehicle's path.

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Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email available for SE M600 and P990

Nokia has announced an extension of its relationship with Sony Ericsson, bringing Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email to two additional Sony Ericsson devices, the M600 and P990. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email allows mobile professionals to enjoy a fully synchronized, real-time email, calendar and contacts experience on their mobile devices. The solution is available immediately. Nokia Intellisync Wireless Email provides wireless communications capabilities for virtually any device built on any platform. In addition, Nokia now enables operators and enterprises to deliver advanced wireless communications services including wireless email, synchronization for calendars, contacts, files, data and applications, and highly secure device management software for Sony Ericsson users. The Sony Ericsson P990 smartphone is a Wi-Fi enabled UMTS device that boasts a 2.0 megapixel camera with autofocus and a full QWERTY keyboard beneath the flip-down alpha-numeric keypad for fast text input.

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Verizon Wireless Purchases Spectrum License in Northern California

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has purchased a wireless spectrum license from Alpine-Monterey F, Inc. for $4.5 million. The license covers the Salinas-Monterey area in northern California. The company purchased the license to add capacity to its wireless network and meet the growing demand for its services in the area. The license covers a population of 426,000 people. About Verizon Wireless Verizon Wireless operates the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, serving 57 million customers. The largest US wireless company and largest wireless data provider, based on revenues, Verizon Wireless is headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 60,000 employees nationwide. The company is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD).

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2007-01-17T05:06:00.000-08:00

MoGo Wireless Bluetooth Mouse

The MoGo Wireless Mouse is a business-card sized, Bluetooth-enabled mouse that stores and recharges neatly inside (yes, inside…) your laptop's PC card slot. To recharge your MoGo Mouse, just slide it into the empty PC card slot in your laptop. It will fully recharge in less than an hour and provide you with enough power for about 8 or 9 hours of use. As you can imagine, the MoGo Mouse is specifically designed for people who spend a lot of time traveling like writers, reporters and sales reps. Other mice, even those meant for travelers, usually don't cut it. Mini-mice (aka “walnut shells") get lost in your hand and are difficult to maneuver, and the idea of carrying a full-sized mouse defeats the entire purpose of mobility on the go. The MoGo Mouse is a natural fit for road warriors.

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New Multi-Room Wireless Music Systems

Sonos is the king of wireless music systems for the home, but plenty of manufacturers are trying to get into multi-room media game game, as evidenced by the poor-man-and-not-so-poor-man's Sonos-like packages on display at CES. Here are some of the newer systems I saw last week on the CES show floor: Altec Lansing M812: Plug your iPod into this system's little dock and blast tunes wirelessly to up to four other speakers (which are, presumably, in other rooms). The system comes with one speaker, which will play your iPod tunes up to 100 feet away from the docking station, but you'll have to spring for additional speakers. You can control the iPod with the remote control. Alas, only the same music plays on each speaker, but it's great for a multi-room party. The list price is $400, but it'll probably cost less when it comes out this Spring.

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RealTime Shredding Adds Wireless Remote Monitoring to The Self ...

Colorado Springs (PRWeb) January 17, 2007 -- RealTime Shredding, Inc., developer of the first self-service shredding kiosk, has added wireless remote monitoring to its flagship offering, The Self-Service Shredder. The new Enterprise Model, designed for business centers and corporations with multiple locations, allows a company to monitor and manage The Self-Service Shredder kiosks remotely. With a wireless Internet connection, purchasers or lessors of The Self-Service Shredder can monitor use, obtain reports, and change software functions for each kiosk. With a network of self-service shredding kiosks, managers can aggregate information and easily determine changes to make each location as productive as possible, explains Amanda Verrie, president of RealTime Shredding.

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2007-01-16T04:51:00.000-08:00

Cable provider asks Congress to step in

Mediacom Communications Corp., a cable provider in smaller markets, asked Congress to intervene in its dispute with Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., which has cut off network television service to 700,000 Mediacom subscribers, including some in the western Twin Cities area. A letter written by Mediacom Chairman Rocco Commisso responded to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's refusal to order Sinclair to restore service to subscribers in markets such as Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Peoria, Ill., according to a statement Monday. In a separate release, Mediacom said it offered again to submit to arbitration with Sinclair. In the Twin Cities, where Comcast is the dominant cable company, Mediacom provides service to some communities around Lake Minnetonka. Commisso called on senators and representatives to hold hearings on the issue and urge the FCC to grant interim carriage of the stations while negotiations with Sinclair continue.

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Pacific Internet Brings Wireless@SG Excitement to Its Customers

SINGAPORE, Jan. 16 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pacific Internet Limited (Nasdaq: PCNTF - News; PacNet), the largest telco-independent Internet communications service provider by geographic reach in the Asia-Pacific, will create even more interest in Wireless@SG, an island-wide wireless broadband access initiative in Singapore, from PacNet customers through a partnership signed in a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with iCELL Network Pte Ltd, one of the three service providers to the initiative. The MOU seals a tie-up that will allow all Pacific Internet subscribers to have free wireless connectivity to the Internet at public hotspots with speeds up to 512kbps. Plus, customers will not need to register for an account with any of the Wireless@SG operators as this will be done automatically for them with their consent.

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Atheros JumpStarts New Wi-Fi Protected Set-up for Wireless LANs

Atheros has said that JumpStart 2.0, its wireless LAN configuration solution, is certified compatible with the new Wi-Fi Protected Setup program that was launched at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). JumpStart 2.0 is Atheros' implementation of the industry's push-button, simple configuration for personal wireless LANs (WLAN), the company said. The new specification developed by members of the Wi-Fi Alliance simplifies the process of setting up and protecting home or small office wireless networks from unauthorised access, as per a statement issued by the company.The Wi-Fi Alliance will certify products which implement the specification and has established a visual identifier to help consumers easily recognise products that employ Wi-Fi Protected Setup. Now, products using Atheros' JumpStart 2.0 can be certified for Wi-Fi Protected Setup and display the visual identifier to signify interoperability with other certified products, Atheros officials added.Nearly half of the Wi-Fi users today experience moderate to high difficulty in setting up secure home networks, and as many as 40 percent of consumers leave their networks completely unsecured.

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2007-01-15T04:50:00.000-08:00

Stamford offers more wireless service

STAMFORD - Months after launching free wireless Internet service in Columbus Park, the city is expanding it to more public areas downtown. The city plans to use a $15,000 federal grant to install Wi-Fi technology in Latham Park at Bedford and Prospect streets, Veterans Park on Atlantic Street and the Stamford train station. .

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XScale boards speed wireless development

Embedded systems tools and software distributor SDC Systems has announced the availability of a range of hardware platforms and reference design boards that target engineers working to develop wireless systems. Developed and manufactured in the USA by ADI Engineering, these platforms are based on the powerful Intel XScale silicon architecture and come complete with operating system, application software and protocol stacks. 'We have been working with ADI for several years now', stated Stuart Parker, Managing Director of SDC Systems. 'Because ADI focus solely on the XScale architecture and the datacomms market, their product offering is very comprehensive for anyone looking to develop wireless architecture products'. 'In addition to this, ADI can provide bespoke hardware designs in low and high volumes, offering developers a fast route to market for new products'.

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Horizon Wi-Com selects Navini for wireless deployment

Richardson, Texas, (ANTARA News/PRNewswire - AsiaNet) - Horizon Wi-Com is launching its high-speed wireless broadband service in the Northeast US region using WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks, the global leader(1) in providing plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions with the most experience in commercial deployments. The FCC recently approved Horizon's purchase of the WCS A Block spectrum previously owned by Verizon. Phase I of the deployment will implement service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Richmond, and Cincinnati. "We selected Navini due to their experience, customer base and proven technology," said Ron Olexa. "Our objective is to provide wireless last mile access to residential, business and emergency restoration markets.

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2007-01-14T04:58:00.000-08:00

University of Arizona Selects Smartvue(R) 802.11N Draft Wireless H ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Smartvue(R) Corporation, an award-winning technology leader in the IP video industry, announced that the University of Arizona had selected the Smartvue S4 IP video surveillance solution for protecting valuable property and the safety of students. Smartvue S4 is part of the Smartvue family of plug and play wireless IP video surveillance solutions which offer simple installation, superior imaging quality, and advanced security as well as video analytics for visual business intelligence. "I was tasked to find a high quality IP video surveillance for a complex installation that would have required special wiring and included difficult lighting conditions with both bright natural light and dark interiors," said Bryan Watmore, Manager of Information Technology at the College of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona.

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Will customers bite on new iPhone?

Although personal computers and digital music players have largely become commoditized products, Apple Inc. has been able to use innovation and design to maintain premium price levels in these markets. That ability may come under the ultimate test, as the Cupertino, Calif.-based company prepares to enter the wireless device market later this year. On Tuesday, Apple lifted the wraps on its much-anticipated iPhone -- a combination wireless phone, Web browser and digital music player. The device is set to go on sale in North America in June through an exclusive relationship with Cingular. While the iPhone has many head-turning features -- such as a touch-screen display -- its price is also popping eyeballs. The cheapest model, with 4 gigabytes of memory, will sell for $499.

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Wireless ways to the web

Las Vegas: Only one Indian information technology player was officially listed: Wipro Technologies. That might have some thing to do with the high cost of participation: $35 per square foot of booth space and a typical four-day spend around $500,000 even for a modest presence. The Bangalore-based IT leader exhibited its prowess in the farthest reach of today's broadband wireless technology known as Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and demonstrated the intellectual property for dual-role devices created at its design services operation, Wipro-NewLogic. It also showcased a variety of portable digital audio and video devices as well as know-how for digital Television broadcasting. Wipro may have seemed to be the lone Indian flag waver at CES but if one probed deep enough, `desi' technology was evident `under the hood' of many devices and gadgets that bore the brand names of their international makers: The `Hava' play your TV anywhere devices marketed by Pinnacle and others, were actually crafted in Noida.The technology called Rainbow, created by the Bangalore-based iWave Systems, was driving many of the hand held `smart' gadget applications being displayed by the U.S.-based semiconductor leader Xilinx to highlight its own product line.

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2007-01-13T05:04:00.000-08:00

For Now, a Cingular Sensation

The sleek new iPhone being developed by Apple is getting early rave reviews for its innovation, elegance and all-around coolness. Analysts say it potentially could become a breakthrough product that thrusts pricey "smart phones" -- now primarily a tool of business people -- deep into the American mainstream, blurring the lines between handheld devices designed mainly for work and not entertainment. But the iPhone has considerable hurdles to clear before claiming a spot in the technology pantheon alongside its cousins -- the Mac computer and the iPod -- according to analysts, consumers and corporate rivals. Chief among them are its relatively high cost, unproven durability, complications involving a trademark lawsuit and long-term marriage to a single wireless provider with a mixed record of service.

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Horizon Wi-Com Selects Navini for Its Wireless Broadband Deployment

RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Wi-Com is launching its high-speed wireless broadband service in the Northeast US region using WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks, the global leader(1) in providing plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions with the most experience in commercial deployments. The FCC recently approved Horizon's purchase of the WCS A Block spectrum previously owned by Verizon. Phase I of the deployment will implement service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Richmond, and Cincinnati. "We selected Navini due to their experience, customer base and proven technology," said Ron Olexa. "Our objective is to provide wireless last mile access to residential, business and emergency restoration markets.

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Verizon Wireless Brings Wireless Broadband Network to Greater ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it is bringing its wide-area wireless broadband service to the Greater Tuscaloosa area and the University of Alabama, giving local customers access to the latest high-speed business and entertainment services on their wireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices. Tuscaloosa joins Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery in the company's coast-to-coast broadband network. With this launch, Verizon Wireless customers in the greater Tuscaloosa area are able to access the company's two wireless broadband services -- BroadbandAccess and V CAST -- while traveling throughout the city. BroadbandAccess is the company's high-speed wireless broadband network geared toward mobile professionals and business customers.

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2007-01-12T05:23:00.000-08:00

Verizon Wireless Expands Wireless Broadband Network to Include ...

HAMMOND, La., Jan. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has expanded its wireless broadband network to cover Hammond, Louisiana allowing area customers to utilize the latest high-speed business and entertainment services on their wireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices. The expansion -- which entailed installing high-tech wireless hardware and software in wireless transmission sites throughout the area -- extends the Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess network on the North Shore to include Hammond. Hardware and software upgrades are complete, the system has been tested, and area residents now may enjoy wireless broadband service on the nation's most reliable network. Verizon Wireless launched wireless broadband coverage in New Orleans in early 2004 and expanded the wireless broadband coverage area to include most of the North Shore in June of 2005.

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True Wireless Media Player in Offing

LAS VEGAS - China's largest appliance maker, Haier Group, is teaming up with a subsidiary of AOL to make a wireless media player that can stream or download content without hooking it up to a PC.The product, which has yet to be named, was unveiled at the International Consumer Electronics Show and is set to be sold in the United States by the end of the second quarter.It looks like a regular iPod but does what even the new iPhone doesn't _ access online music and video stores over Wi-Fi networks to stream, download and play content without having to sync up with a computer."The PC really isn't needed to manage your media library," said Mike Wehrs, vice president of product management for AOL subsidiary Tegic Communications Inc. AOL is a division of Time Warner Inc. The Haier/AOL player, which will come with 30 gigabytes of memory, is the second device unveiled at CES that has a wireless music download capability.SanDisk Corp.

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@Road Receives Cingular Wireless Award

FREMONT, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 12, 2007 -- @Road, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARDI), a global provider of next-generation solutions for Mobile Resource Management (MRM), today announced that Cingular Wireless has named @Road as the "Business Alliance Channel Solution Provider of the Year." This award is for the solution provider recognized by Cingular as contributing the strongest business value to Cingular, demonstrating industry leadership through product and service innovation and growth. "We are honored to have received this special award from Cingular Wireless," said Krish Panu, president and CEO of @Road. "This award reflects our commitment to the success of our relationship with Cingular Wireless and our carrier business channel in general. It's also a demonstration of our strategy to partner with key players in the industry to bring pioneering MRM solutions to the marketplace." @Road MRM solutions are designed to work on Cingular's nationwide* high-speed GPRS/EDGE network, the largest national high-speed wireless data network in the United States.

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2007-01-11T04:57:00.000-08:00

Cingular Meets Frankfort's Need for Speed With New Wireless ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. Residents and visitors to the Frankfort area will no longer need to rely on wired connections for broadband access to information as Cingular transforms the Capital City into a wireless speedway. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060712/CLW073LOGO-b ) Cingular today begins offering its 3G mobile wireless broadband service throughout Frankfort. Nearly the entire Frankfort area-south to Alton, west past Hwy. 127, north past Peak's Mill, and east almost to Midway-is now a Wi-Fi hotspot. Cingular 3G not only offers advanced wireless services, such as viewing video clips, it also enhances existing services by making them run faster. Customers can now download a game or ringtone, or access e-mail, in a fraction of the time it used to take.

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Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Network In Lima, Ohio

LIMA, Ohio, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it has expanded the national rollout of its Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) third generation (3G) wide-area network to portions of Allen, Auglaize and Hardin counties including Lima, Ada, Beaverdam, Cridersville and Elida. The launch of the wireless broadband network means Verizon Wireless customers in the area can access the company's high-speed wireless network and enjoy two prime services: BroadbandAccess, the company's high-speed wireless service, with average user speeds of 400-700 kilobits per second (kbps), geared toward mobile professionals and business customers; and V CAST, a consumer-oriented multimedia service that offers music and short content on- demand, including cutting-edge 3D games, music videos, news, weather and sports.

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Older wireless networks to convert to GSM

Rogers Wireless said yesterday it will begin converting its older TDMA and analogue telecom networks on May 31, moving customers to its advanced GSM network. GSM, or global system for mobile telecommunications, provides ``superior coverage and signal quality" and is used by 80 per cent of the world's wireless customers, including most Rogers customers in Canada, the company said. TDMA and analogue customers will keep their existing phone numbers and service plans after the transition. Rogers Wireless, part of Rogers Communications, has more than 6.7 million customers. .

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2007-01-10T04:53:00.000-08:00

Terk Takes Wireless to the Next Level With New Accessory Offerings

Audiovox Corporation (Nasdaq: VOXX). According to Tom Malone, Sr. VP Sales, "Ultra Wideband is one of the key technologies that will make truly wireless entertainment networks a reality for consumers, helping them cut the cable and place their new flat panels where ever they want without the inherent wiring hassles … and Ultra Wideband is leading the way with our latest TERK branded accessories." HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the electronic industries accepted standard for carrying the highest quality digital video and audio signal and two of the Company's newest offerings feature HDMI specs. The TERK Ultra Wide-Band Wireless HDMI transmitter-receiver eliminates the cable connection between the high definition content source (cable box, DVD, game system, etc.) and the video display (TV, Projector, etc.).

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Philips Announces Wireless HDMI Connection

At CES 2007 Philips introduced a device that can transfer an uncompressed HD signal over the air. Aside from being the first of its kind, Philips' wireless HDMI “cable" is designed to replace conventional home theater wiring. Any home that currently uses an HDMI cable to transfer signals between their components and TV can use this unique device. "HDMI is an established cornerstone for the HDTV industry, and Philips is extremely pleased to see such significant advancements for picture and sound quality," said Glen McIlmail, CEO of Philips Accessories, North America. “Wireless HDMI presents an entire new category. For consumers who want the most advanced technology with the simplest connectivity, this is the only way to go." Wireless HDMI is an in-room solution that can transfer a 1080p signal without any signal loss.

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General Dynamics C4 Systems Deploys Ceragon's Secure Wireless ...

TEL AVIV, Israel, January 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ceragon Networks Ltd. (NASDAQ: CRNT; TASE: CRNT), www.ceragon.com, a leading provider of high-capacity wireless backhaul solutions, today announced that General Dynamics C4 Systems has ordered Ceragon's FibeAir 1500P Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) modules to protect voice and data transmitted across wireless broadband networks. The information security modules will be integrated into General Dynamics' Theater Deployable Communication and ReadySet communication systems used by the U.S. military and government agencies. Deliveries for this contract, valued at $7M, began in 2006 and will be completed during the second quarter of 2007. Ceragon is the first to provide a licensed, Point-to-Point, native IP wireless connectivity solution with TDM capabilities and built-in AES encryption that is FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) compliant.

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2007-01-09T05:12:00.000-08:00

B-Roll From the Verizon Wireless/Verizon News Conference at CES ...

WHO: Verizon Wireless, owner of the nation's most reliable wireless voice and data network, and Verizon Communications, provider of the nation's most comprehensive all-digital, fiber-network. WHAT: The following materials are available for use by the media: B-Roll featuring: * Video from the Verizon Wireless/Verizon News Conference at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, including product demos * Interviews and/or comments from: -- Denny Strigl, president and chief operating officer of Verizon Communications -- John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Verizon Communications -- Bob Ingalls, executive vice president and chief marketing officer of Verizon Telecom * Industry analyst commentary from David Kerr, vice president, Strategy Analytics WHERE: The B-Roll and still images can be found at http://www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia WHEN: Available immediately BACKGROUND: On the eve of the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Verizon and Verizon Wireless raised the curtain on two new products that move television to a new level: Verizon's next-generation groundbreaking FiOS TV and V CAST Mobile TV from Verizon Wireless.

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San Francisco picks EarthLink for citywide wireless

EarthLink Municipal Networks, one of the finalists to provide citywide wireless Internet in Houston, has reached an agreement with the city of San Francisco to build a network there and offer free access to residents, businesses and visitors. The contract includes a partnership with Google, which will subsidize the free access by selling advertisements on the network. The companies were chosen last year for the project but did not conclude a contract until late Friday, the city said in a news release. Houston officials are negotiating with Atlanta-based EarthLink and another finalist, a local consortium headed by former Reliant Energy CEO Don Jordan, to determine which company will build a network to blanket the city's 600 square miles. Mayor Bill White said months ago he hoped to select a vendor by the end of last year.

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Palm and Cingular Wireless Deliver the Treo 750 Smart Device

Palm, Inc. and Cingular Wireless announced the first Palm Treo smart device running on Cingular's 3G/UMTS network, providing mobile professionals with an exceptional phone experience and blazing-fast download speeds in U.S. markets and in dozens of countries around the world. The highly anticipated Treo 750 five-band world phone(1) running Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology offers Palm's exclusive usability improvements with powerful business features, including email, security, and web access on the go. "Designed with the business customer in mind, the Treo 750 brings together the speed of Cingular's BroadbandConnect service and broad solutions portfolio with Palm's hallmark ease of use and functionality on top of the familiar Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system," said Michael Woodward, executive director, mobile professional solutions, for Cingular Wireless.

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2007-01-08T05:13:00.000-08:00

Creative Introduces Xdock Wireless - an iPod Wireless X-Fi Music ...

MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF - News), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today introduced the Xdock Wireless, which docks an iPod and plays music in Xtreme Fidelity -- music beyond CD quality -- via X-Fi Wireless Receivers in any room in the home. The Xdock Wireless also connects directly to a powered speaker system or home theater system to play video, photos and music in DTS surround-sound. The Xdock Wireless is designed to work seamlessly with the iPod and has been certified by Apple under the Made for iPod program. "We're thrilled that Creative is joining the iPod ecosystem with the launch of the Xdock Wireless," said Philip Schiller, Apple's senior vice president of Worldwide Product Marketing. "Just place your iPod in the Xdock and easily play music wirelessly in any room with the great sound quality of Xtreme Fidelity." "We designed the Xdock Wireless so an iPod can easily become the audio platform for your entire home," said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative.

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Palm and Cingular Wireless Offer the Treo 750 Smartphone

Palm and Cingular Wireless unveil the first Palm Treo smart device running on Cingular's 3G/UMTS network, providing mobile professionals with an exceptional phone experience and blazing-fast download speeds in U.S. markets and in dozens of countries around the world. The Treo 750 five-band world phone running Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology offers Palm's exclusive usability improvements with powerful business features, including email, security, and web access on the go. The Treo 750 combines the Palm experience of a multifunction mobile phone with email, messaging, web browsing, organization software and a robust application portfolio with Cingular's next-generation 3G network. Its new compact design features an internal antenna, soft-touch finish, and contoured edges to make it comfortable in the hand.

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D-Link Unveils Next Generation Dual Band Draft 802.11n Wireless ...

LAS VEGAS, LVCC (Booth 31434), Jan. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today debuted its first high-powered Dual Band Draft 802.11n Wireless Router (DIR-855) for the Digital Home -- engineered to maximize speed, range and performance of a wireless network when running multiple devices including high definition (HD) media players, game consoles and computers -- at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week in Las Vegas. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070108/LAM031) (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20010327/DLINKLOGO) The next-generation Dual Band 802.11n Draft N Router enables home users state-of-the-art performance and protection to browse the Internet, send emails and share files while simultaneously streaming high definition movies, music and online games to ensure all applications run smoothly over the wireless network.

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2007-01-07T05:03:00.000-08:00

Gadgets freed of binding cables

Mobile phones, laptops and other battery-powered devices for today's mobile workforce all have at least one shortcoming: They need to be recharged. And that's a big nuisance for road warriors who have to lug power bricks on trips or even for everyday users who leave devices plugged into wall sockets at the home or office. Well, 2007 may be the year when recharging begins to go cordless. A technology called `eCoupled' that powers gadgets ranging from electric razors to iPods just by placing them on a countertop or into a slot on a car's dashboard will be introduced Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The innovation is just one of many wireless products and other gizmos that will be displayed at the show, which last year drew more than 150,000 people.

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Verizon Wireless Applauds Senators McCain and DeMint's Call for ...

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Jan. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, applauded the "Cell Phone Tax Moratorium Act of 2007" introduced yesterday in the United States Senate by Sens. McCain (R-Ariz.) and DeMint (R-S.C.). The legislation calls for a three-year moratorium on state and local governments placing discriminatory taxes on wireless services. "We have worked diligently for many years to protect our customers from unfair and discriminatory taxes on the wireless services that have become essential and integral to their daily lives," said Steve Zipperstein, vice president and general counsel of Verizon Wireless. "We applaud Senators McCain and DeMint for taking this bold step to protect wireless consumers from unfair and discriminatory taxes.

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Public Safety Demonstration Showcases Broadband Wireless ...

1/8/07 - Public Safety communications officials attending a conference in Riverside, California recently witnessed a mock robbery at a local restaurant – which was subsequently thwarted with the aid of a live, streaming video surveillance system that alerted security officials to the crime in progress. The security patrol's timely discovery of the crime allowed an immediate response and apprehension of the would-be "robbers." The Public Safety Broadband Consortium – a group that includes InfiNet Wireless, Lockheed Martin Information Technology, Public Safety Broadband, Radio IP Software and WiFi-CityWide – staged the event at The Broadband Wireless Conference for Public Safety and Public Access in Riverside, California as a practical capabilities demonstration of an integrated public safety / public access (Wi-Fi) network.

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2007-01-06T04:57:00.000-08:00

Atheros Introduces Highest-Performance XSPAN Dual-Concurrent ...

Atheros Communications, Inc., a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced the launch of its highest performance 802.11n solution to date. The AR5008AP-3NX2 chipset, combines Atheros XSPAN™ draft 802.11n technology with the industry's most powerful Wireless Network Processor Unit (WNPU), the Atheros AR7161. The chipset's concurrent operation in the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz wireless LAN (WLAN) frequency bands delivers up to 600 megabits-per-second (Mbps) aggregate physical data rates and the flexibility to segregate application content into the channels that provide the best user experience. The AR5008AP-3NX2 targets Atheros' retail, SOHO and enterprise networking customers that want to provide the highest wireless throughput, coverage and capacity. With up to 27 non-overlapping channels, end users can run numerous WLAN applications simultaneously while avoiding interference which often plagues networks operating solely in the 2.4 GHz frequency band.

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Wireless broadband for car drivers

Autonet Mobile has announced a new wireless service for vehicles, which provides in-car interet connectivity via WiFi Hotspot technology in the USA. The company plans to launch the technology at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on January 8. Autonet Mobile will offer the service - the first always-on broadband Internet service for cars - through leading car rental company, Avis Rent-A-Car System. It is expected that Autonet will provide a rolling Wi-Fi hot spot to Avis customers by the end of the first quarter. Under the expected agreement, Avis will provide motorists with a device that plugs into a car's power supply and delivers a high-speed Internet connection for laptops and other WiFi-enabled electronic devices for $10.95 a day. The device utilises the 3G cellular network and will work across 95% of the USA.

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Review: Logitech Freepulse wireless headphones

Readers are reminded that the opinions expressed, and the results published in connection with reviews and/or laboratory test reports carried out on computing systems and/or related items are confined to, and representative of, only those goods supplied and should not be construed as a recommendation to purchase. .

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2007-01-05T05:00:00.000-08:00

You'll Scream for Siren's Latest Wireless Audio

Siren has recently unveiled two new entries for the ongoing effort to remove cords from a society that seeks to become free of tangled wires. The Siren wireless headphones and Siren Screamer look to further integrate music into the household without forcing you to refinance your home to afford it. If your one of those people who has gigabytes worth of music on your computer, but a home stereo system that's still waiting for those new CD's your never going to buy, then the Siren Screamer may be your streaming solution. Music you listen to with Windows Media Player or iTunes can be wirelessly streamed to any room in your home with a range of up to 150 feet, and the remote has an LCD display to keep track of what you're jamming to. The wireless headphones have an over the ear design and up to 120 feet of line-of-sight wireless connectivity.

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An Open Letter to Verizon Wireless, From Yours Truly (and David ...

I know it's maybe been a tough year, breaking ground on your new 3G network, losing some traction to Sprint and T-Mobile, watching competitor Cingular make inroads towards stealing some of your high-speed data thunder. What you need is some hip, edgy marketing to lift you spirits, and I think Dave Letterman's crew has just the right idea: .

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Wireless Facilities on Brink of Disaster

Wireless Facilities (Nasdaq: WFII) is dropping 16% after the company lowered its fourth quarter guidance last night. Wireless Facilities is a wireless communications networking company that sells a variety of services to the wireless communications industry. The company also took a one time restructuring charge including a $7.5 million charge to remove on going stock option expenses. Though the company believes that the restructuring will benefit shareholders in the long run, share are sliding. The mantra on Wall Street is to always trust the tape over management talking points. The stock is falling below key technical levels; the 50 and 200 day moving average. .

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2007-01-04T05:07:00.000-08:00

Free-Wireless Utopia

Most places I've been in Monterey, CA (where I have been doing some research), have some kind of free-wireless Internet access available. While some of it is through a service that runs my Internet traffic through a proxy server and shows me advertisements, most of it is through open access points run by small businesses, restaurants, and home owners. This is the future that Nicholas Negroponte predicted, of course. Years ago he said that there would be lots of free wireless around cities. When people asked him who would fund it, he said that it would be funded through the same mechanism that funds flower boxes: people would do it out of the goodness of their hearts because it doesn't cost much and it makes the world a better place. I believed Nick back then, and I opened up the wireless access point at my house in Massachusetts.

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Solar-Powered Wireless Webcam: Perverted Geek’s Dream Gadget

OK, you perverts, have I got something for you. Like something straight out of a late-night Cinemax film, the SCIRC t1 camera is just what you've been looking for to make your voyeuristic dreams reality. It's a completely wireless Web cam, and we mean completely; its power can come from the revealing light of the Sun. This camera can be situated just about anywhere, where it relays the images it captures via a GSM/EDGE network to the destination of your choice, including Web sites or smartphones. Really. With a little ingenuity, the object of your dirty desire would never know that you're watching her (or his, Raj) every move. You're so naughty. SCIRC t1 [Digital Xtractions (more like Digital XXXtractions, haha!)] tr { border: 0px } td { cellborder: 10px} table { border: 1px solid black } This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 at 5:40 pm and is filed under News, webcam, Perverts, Voyeurism.

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AMIMON to showcase WHDI on Sanyo's wireless HD projector at CES

Okay, so we had a sneaking suspicion that this whole "uncompressed streaming of high definition video sans wires" was a bit too good to come true at CES 2006, but once again AMIMON is promising to showcase its WHDI (wireless high definition interface) at next week's Vegas extravaganza. Providing a little backbone to the claim is Sanyo, which is slated to showcase the "world's first wireless HD projector" using AMIMON's technology. The demo will utilize a yet-to-be-named Sanyo PJ and will reportedly beam unadulterated imagery via an "802.11a/n RFIC chipset" from an HD DVD player without the help of wires, and the quality should look exactly the same as if you were using a DVI / HDMI cable. Current developer platforms allow connections from any device outputting in HDMI, component, S-Video, composite, or VGA, and WDHI operates in a "5GHz unlicensed band" which enables video streaming "of up to 3Gbps" from 100 feet away.

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2007-01-03T05:06:00.000-08:00

Wireless firm wins $10M in financing

Numerex Corp. said it will receive $10 million in financing for strategic initiatives which may include joint ventures, co- marketing programs, and acquisition opportunities. The Atlanta-based company (NASDAQ: NMRX) provides wireless fixed and mobile machine-to-machine (M2M) services, as well as network services and technology that enable real-time wireless data communications, monitoring, tracking, and service management. .

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Mesh Networks to Drive Wireless Growth in the New Year

LOS GATOS, Calif., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Firetide, Inc., a developer of multi-service mesh networks, today announced the company's forward-looking perspective for the wireless networking industry. Firetide's market strategy has resulted in significant increases in revenue and installations in 2006 and the company attributes its success to accurately reading trends and preparing its technology and distribution channel to meet growing demands for freedom and mobility. Public Safety as High Priority Mesh applications for public safety and video surveillance continue to show very strong growth and the company estimates the overall market for IP- based video cameras alone to be well over $650 million in 2007. Reasons given include increased homeland security initiatives, widespread social acceptance of surveillance in public areas, and the many cost benefits of using mesh networks for video installations.

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Purchases of Wireless Games Will Gain Ground by 2010

Mobile gaming for wireless devices is providing new revenue opportunities for game developers, network operators, service providers, handset manufacturers, and other players in the value chain. At the close of 2006, the mobile gaming market is taking on a new dimension, literally, as it explores three dimensional games and all of the accompanying hardware and software requirements. Improved handset technology, flexible billing mechanisms, and the availability of wireless broadband (3G) networks is helping to improve the mobile gaming experience, enticing more consumers to jump on board. According to IDC, mobile game purchasers will grow more than 16% annually reaching nearly 50 million customers by 2010, which will substantially increase total mobile gaming revenue by the end of the decade.

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2007-01-02T05:16:00.000-08:00

802.11n Morphs Into Spec for Home Video Stream

When the IEEE first pondered antenna diversity for its 802.11n wireless LAN standard, the multiple-input/multiple-output antenna topology was seen as a general tool for increasing Internet data access to 500 Mbits/second--some 50 times that of 802.11b. But as draft silicon of 802.1n networks sampled in 2006, the focus had changed to a singular concentration on Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) and high-definition television video streams. .

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Kate and Pete 'wed' in Thailand

Lovers Kate Moss and Pete Doherty have apparently 'married' whilst holidaying over in Thailand. Sources report that the on-off pair took part in a Buddhist ceremony on Phuket Beach on New Year's Day. The ceremony is apparently not legally binding in the UK, but a source told ITV.com; "The wedding has been planned with the utmost care and attention to detail. "Virtually all the staff were informed that it was taking place but they have been under strict instructions to keep quiet about it. The couple was adamant that it should be a secret, private function." Sources suggest that a 'proper' wedding may take place in the UK later this month. Supports: digg del.icio.us reddit My Web Spurl Furl Netscape + More! Click link above to add .

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CES honors local companies that innovate

The annual Consumer Electronics Show starts in Las Vegas on Monday. But we got a sneak peek at dozens of products that will be highlighted as part of the show's Innovation Awards. More than 1,000 companies submitted a product and 32 nabbed a "Best of" for their category. While no Orange County company made the cut, several local companies were named finalists. Here's a roundup: D-Link Systems in Fountain Valley received two honors. Its 2-Bay Network Storage Enclosure was honored in the home networking category. Users can plug standard hard drives into the enclosure and then stream music and video through their network. The D-Link V-Click Wi-Fi phone was a finalist in the Wireless Communications category. The portable phone will switch between GSM cellular technology and Wi-Fi networks with the click of a button.

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2007-01-01T05:01:00.001-08:00

A wireless phone that can go through a wringer

One of the perks of this column is a chance to try electronic gadgets - especially during the holidays, when gadget shopping reaches the frenzy stage. After all these years, however, it takes a pretty good gadget to get my attention. Here are a couple that passed the test this year because (a) they solve real, if not terribly important problems, and (b) they're fun to use. By coincidence, each costs $299, which seems to be a popular limit for impulse-buying these days. .

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Berkshire Wireless Initiative:

As the New Year dawned, the Berkshire Wireless Learning Initiative rolled out 711 laptops for seventh-grade students at Herberg and Reid middle schools in Pittsfield, Silvio O. Conte Middle School in North Adams, and St. Mark School in Pittsfield. It was the beginning of an ambitious pilot project that is putting laptops in the hands of children, giving them an educational tool for the classroom and the home. The goal is to improve education and student achievement by getting children more interested in learning. The children have used the computers to do research online, type reports, produce graphs, and make music and movies. They can even take the Apple iBook G4 laptops home. As the program runs, it is being studied by Boston College's Lynch School of Education, which will try to determine whether it is an effective way to improve education.

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2007-01-01T05:01:00.000-08:00

Next Ford Option: Microsoft Software?

Rumor has it that one of the many things that'll be announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January will be a partnership between the Ford Motor Company and Microsoft to put a Microsoft operating system, known as Sync, into new Fords an option. The software will supposedly provide for hands-free phone calls as well as enable e-mail, music downloads, and other data-related activities. As I read about this, two things popped into my head: Point one. Back in the late 1990s, Microsoft launched a car electronics platform called AutoPC, based on Windows CE, with much fanfare; it did turn into a commercial product from Clarion, but seemingly went absolutely nowhere. (At the time, I attended a demo at Microsoft headquarters in Redmond--the main thing I remember is the synthesized voice it used, which sounded like an angry porpoise.) Which is not to say that Sync is doomed to join AutoPC in the dustbin of Microsoft-product history.

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Is Wireless Technology Encouraging Fraud?

Yes: The capability to perform mobile financial transactions is outpacing the ability to protect them with adequate security. Page 1 of 2 By I realize I'm taking a somewhat precarious position by speaking out against the ever-expanding move to mobile computing. However, I believe we're seriously facilitating online fraud by failing to address the lack of meaningful security on mobile devices. First, let's clear the air: I have nothing against mobile access per se. Indeed, I wouldn't be caught dead without my BlackBerry. But as a technology consumer and corporate IT executive, I take issue with ISPs, technology vendors, and device manufacturers that disregard security concerns when developing methods for consumers to access their banking information, for instance.

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Wireless network to aid cellphone use at party, stadium

You're not likely to hear that cellphone message at Glendale's New Year's Eve bash tonight or during the Fiesta Bowl on Monday when more than 70,000 gridiron fans are expected to swarm University of Phoenix Stadium. Newpath Networks has teamed up with Glendale, the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, the Arizona Cardinals and Salt River Project to create a wireless network that accommodates greater cellphone demand during mega-events without the need to build unsightly and intrusive towers. .

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2006-12-31T05:02:00.000-08:00

Bumbrey Selected as Verizon Wireless "Performer of the Month"

ELON, N.C. -- For the past three seasons, Elon University Athletics and Verizon Wireless have teamed up to name a Verizon Wireless “Performer of the Month" each month. The recipient of this award for December is junior women's basketball player Tierra Bumbrey (Stafford, Va.). This is the second time in her career that Bumbrey has received this award. During Elon's 3-3 month, Bumbrey averaged 8.3 points, 4.5 assists (team-best 27 total) and 2.7 steals (team-leading 16 total) per game. In a victory at Campbell, Bumbrey passed for a career-best eight assists and added seven points and three steals. Also during the month, Bumbrey led the Phoenix to victories over MAAC-favorite Iona (eight points, five assists) and Winston-Salem State (12 points, five steals). She shot 48.8 percent from the field, connecting on 21 of 43 shots in six games and pulled in seven rebounds.

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New Wireless Solutions from Gefen

Gefen Inc., a company that specializes in manufacturing add-on and plug-and-play products, announced on Wednesday that it will be debuting a series of new wireless solutions at this year's CES. The company says it is developing four different wireless extendersone for USB devices, one for component audio, one for HDMI, and one for VGA devicesthat will allow for cable-free connectivity between computers, cameras, televisions, displays and other peripherals. .

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Besides enhancing throughput, the new wireless standards will help ...

Till now the 802.11 (a/b/g) wireless technology has mostly been facilitating email and Internet access. That would change once products based on new wireless standards -802.11n, 802.11e and 802.11r - arrive in the market. Moving Beyond Data With enhanced speeds and more security, these upcoming standards would not only allow a host of applications, including voice and video, to be put on wireless but also enhance mobility as in the case of 802.11r. "802.11r would permit connectivity aboard vehicles in motion, with fast handoffs from one base station to another managed in a seamless manner. Handoffs are supported under the "a", "b" and "g" implementations, but only for data. The handover delay is too long to support applications like voice and video," points out Shridhar Kadam, vice president, Product Engineering, D-Link.

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2006-12-30T05:01:00.000-08:00

Wireless Threat Index Reveals Increased Risks to Corporate Data

Network Chemistry Inc., the wireless security experts, has announced the latest Network Chemistry Wireless Threat Index report, the only ongoing index to track and reveal trends that help enterprises and government organizations protect themselves from emerging wireless threats. The index analyzed over one million network connections across a wide range of devices, revealing that mobile device usage is on the rise, and dangerous end-user connectivity continues to increase the potential risk to organizations. Wireless networks and mobile devices provide great potential for increased productivity, but they also create a new level of security risks. Wireless attacks and employee misuse threaten confidential corporate data and assets, both inside and outside an organization's facilities.

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Verizon Wireless to Place Advertising on Mobile Websites

One of America's most advertised companies, Verizon Wireless, has recently announced plans to begin selling ad space on several of its mobile internet websites. The news, weather, and sports websites made available to Verizon subscribers will soon become revenue generators in their own right through the inclusion of paid banner ads. Executives with the company say that they intend to move cautiously into this largely uncharted industry, limiting the amount of ad spots available, and gauging demand gradually. “We know we can make significant dollars in mobile Web advertising in 2007," commented John Harrobin, Verizon Wireless's vice president of marketing and digital media. “That said, we likely will not — we want to take it carefully and methodically, and enable the right experience." Despite this understandable caution, Verizon's decision is undoubtedly an important step towards the mainstream appearance of customized advertising messages on the mobile internet.

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Verizon Wireless completes EV-DO broadband expansion

Verizon Wireless users in the Tampa Bay region as well as Orlando, Jacksonville and parts of South Florida have the option of using Evolution-Data Optimized BroadbandAccess now that the company completed its expansion work that began in 2004. EV-DO allows customers to utilize high-speed applications and services on their wireless phone, laptop computers and other wireless devices using typical connection speeds of 400 to 700 kilobits per second. .

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2006-12-29T05:04:00.000-08:00

Nationwide pharmacy chain chooses wireless vehicle management system

Walgreens, which operates more than 5500 drugstores in 47 states and Puerto Rico, will deploy I.D. Systems RFID-based Wireless Asset Net system in distribution centers in South Carolina and Illinois. The system will be used on material handling vehicles to restrict access to those vehicles to authorized users, as required by OSHA, I.D. Systems said. In addition, the system lets users conduct electronic safety inspection checklists and schedule maintenance based on use, instead of on a calendar basis. .

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Two New Cell Sites Give Danville Area Stronger Wireless Signal

DANVILLE, Ky.-(Business Wire)-December 28, 2006 - Wireless users in Danville get the strongest signal from Cellular One, according to a recently released independent study. Results, which were compiled by an independent, third-party network drive testing company, showed Cellular One's state-of-the-art network gives its customers the best coverage and lowest percentage of blocked calls compared to all other wireless providers in the area. What's more, Cellular One today said customers are already enjoying even better coverage in the area as a result of two new cell sites added recently. One site - located in Danville - will provide coverage along U.S. 127, U.S. 150 and the Danville Bypass. It also will provide coverage and additional capacity in downtown Danville.

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Allgon Microwave Supplies netZAP with Point-to-Point Broadband ...

12/29/06 - Allgon Microwave is proud to announce that PT. Solusi Aksesindo Pratama Indonesia has selected Allgon Microwave as the main supplier of point-to-point microwave radio antennas in their Wireless broadband network in Indonesia. PT. Solusi Aksesindo Pratama is a broadband wireless operator in Indonesia with product brand name netZAP Instant Broadband Internet. The netZAP services are offered under a nationwide network operating licence with exclusive spectrum allocation from the Directorate General of Post and Telecommunication of Indonesia and the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology of Indonesia. The netZAP network consists today of 18 base stations in Jakarta and will expand to 30 base stations by March '07. This will then be followed by a major network expansion comprising of at least 300 base stations to further enhance network coverage in the Greater Jakarta area and provide the service in other major cities throughout Indonesia.

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2006-12-28T04:52:00.000-08:00

Latrobe library to go wireless

Every week, people seek wireless Internet service for their laptop computers at Latrobe's Adams Memorial Library but can't find it. "These are usually students after school or business people in from out of town. Since we only offer Internet access from our computers, they've had to take their laptops somewhere else," library manager Tracy Trotter said. That's about to change. By the end of January, a wireless network is to be installed at the Ligonier Street facility thanks to a total of $5,000 in funding recently donated by the McFeely-Rogers Foundation and Senior Computer Associates. .

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eCoupled Intelligent Wireless Power debuting at CES next month

Looks like Fulton Innovation is getting ready to introduce a new system called "eCoupled" at CES next month that uses inductive coupling to wirelessly charge gadgets. We've been hearing about wireless charging solutions for gadgets for, well, years now (remember Splashpower?), so we wouldn't be surprised to see 2007 come and go with us charging all of our damn gadgets the old fashioned way, but Fulton has lined up some serious partners, including Visteon, Motorola, Mobility Electronics, and Herman Miller (they make office furniture). Their press release today is a little light on specifics, like when we'll actually be able to buy eCoupled-enabled gadgets, but presumably they're saving all that for CES. .

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FTS Wireless Reports Record December, Year Over Year Mobile ...

TAMPA, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 28, 2006 -- FTS Wireless, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of FTS Group, Inc. (OTCBB: FLIP), an acquisition and development Company, today announced record handset sales for the month of December and a more than 30% increase when compared to the same period for December 2005. FTS Wireless also announced today that it has named Mr. Tab Wright as its new Chief Executive Officer effective January 1, 2007. FTS Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Scott Gallagher commented, "FTS Wireless has had an exceptional Christmas season highlighted by a 30% plus increase in year over year wireless handset sales. December 2006 will go down as the second best month in the four-year history of the Company, in terms of handset sales. I'd like to thank all of our employees for delivering another solid quarter of growth." New wireless phones and functions were thought to be the main driver behind the increase in year over year sales.

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2006-12-27T05:01:00.000-08:00

Neosonik Announces World's First Digital Wireless Home Theater

Neosonik, a leading developer of wireless technology for consumer applications, will debut what it says is the world's first digital wireless home theater system at Suites 30-229/30-231 at the Venetian Hotel for the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, January 8 through 11 in Las Vegas. For many years considered an engineering goal of the A/V industry, Neosonik is the first company to wirelessly broadcast not just the rear speakers, but all audio channels in a surround sound system and High-Definition Video. The company claims it can synchronize all audio channels to less than 250 nanoseconds of each other, making it indistinguishable from a wired connection. It also transmits High Definition video to a small device that plugs into the HDMI input of any digital TV to give it wireless capability.

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Wireless transfer of energy

The wireless transfer of energy is used in various devices, such as electric toothbrushes, mobile phones, laptops, the transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) systems in artificial hearts like AbioCor. Others have imagined terrestrial networks of power-beaming stations that could fuel electric cars and other vehicles. One long-sought application is aviation. A fully developed World System would, conceivably, allow for the removal of many existing high-tension power transmission lines, and facilitate the interconnection of electrical generation plants on a global scale. The principle that energy can be transmitted without a direct physical connection is revealed by simple demonstration: briefly touching the ends of a wire to the poles of a small battery while holding the body of the wire near a compass needle will induce motion of the needle twitching; by the Newtonian axiom that energy is required to induce movement, this simple experiment observes the transmission of energy wirelessly.

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Accela, Nortel Partner on New Municipal Wireless Solution

Accela has partnered with Nortel on its Municipal Wireless Solution, a comprehensive suite of wireless network technologies, applications, and services to help municipalities bring broadband services to their agency field staff and citizens. Accela's mobile inspection management application, Accela Wireless, will be included as a component of Nortel's new Municipal Wireless Solution. "As Wireless Mesh becomes more prevalent, agencies are looking for applications that help them keep up with the expectations of the public, and that generate revenue," said Maury Blackman, Accela's senior vice president of sales and marketing. "Return on investment sometimes gets lost in the excitement of the technology, so it is important to establish partnerships like this one where we leverage each other's strengths to come up with solutions that are cost-effective and bring added value to agency services." Accela Wireless is a mobile government application that complements Nortel's mission by extending processing capabilities to the field for land use and asset management activities including inspections, investigations, code enforcement, work orders, and service requests.

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2006-12-26T06:40:00.000-08:00

POW! Entertainment Gains Foothold in Sixty Billion Dollar Wireless ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Dec. 25 PRNewswire — POW! Entertainment (OTC: POWN) had the foresight early on to form strategic alliances and develop mobile content to lock in a firm position in the burgeoning wireless marketplace, as reported by Inside Wallstreet Report. After nearly two years in development, POW!'s efforts have paid off in a very big way: Sprint, the nation's most powerful wireless network, in their press release issued Friday, has officially listed Stan Lee's POW! Mobile Channel as Sprint's Channel 70. On Friday's news, Sprint stock gained 1.56%, while POW! Entertainment (OTC: POWN) was up 12.24%. Stan Lee's POW! Mobile Channel can now be accessed by Sprint's Power Vision subscribers, right along with The Cartoon Network, The Weather Channel, ESPN, Fox Sports, Comedy Central, Hollywood Insider, Universal Pictures, Nickelodeon, MTV, ABC News Now, Hanna-Barbera, NFL Network, Saturday Morning TV, Looney Tunes, Warner Brothers Trailers, Sirius Music, Primetime TV, Sony Pictures Trailers, VH1, CNN toGo, and other Sprint channels.

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Accela Partners With Nortel on New Municipal Wireless Solution

SAN RAMON, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- December 26, 2006 -- Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise management software solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Nortel (NYSE: NT) (TSX: NT) on its Municipal Wireless Solution, a comprehensive suite of wireless network technologies, applications, and services to help municipalities bring broadband services to their agency field staff and citizens. Accela's mobile inspection management application, Accela Wireless™, will be included as a component of Nortel's new Municipal Wireless Solution. Accela Wireless is a mobile government application that complements Nortel's mission by extending processing capabilities to the field for land use and asset management activities including inspections, investigations, code enforcement, work orders, and service requests.

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Axesstel Announces PX100 Series Fixed Wireless Phones

Axesstel, Inc., a leader in the design and development of fixed wireless voice and broadband data products, today announced the PX100 Series CDMA2000 1X Fixed Wireless Desktop Phones designed for first-time home phone users in developing countries worldwide looking to establish access to voice calling and text messaging services. Axesstel will be exhibiting the PX100 series at ITU Telecom World being held in Hong Kong from December 4-8, 2006. "Based on feedback from our customers, we developed this series of fixed wireless phones which offer a modern, streamlined design at an attractive price point and are smaller than most fixed wireless phones. The PX100 series will enable operators to deliver affordable voice services to consumers in developing markets worldwide," commented Marv Tseu, chief executive officer for Axesstel.

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2006-12-25T04:55:00.000-08:00

SK Telecom Selects InterDigital to Develop Mobile Wireless ...

SK Telecom announced it has chosen InterDigital Communications Corporation to develop an advanced mobility solution for nationwide session continuity. The mobility solution will support nationwide handover for SK Telecom's customers when moving between WiBro and UMTS networks throughout the country. InterDigital's solution will include both the system design and the software solution for dual mode WiBro/UMTS terminal units. With this mobility solution, InterDigital and SK Telecom are driving demand for the next generation of converged wireless devices and providing a leading edge solution for the wireless industry migration to access independent Internet Multimedia Session (IMS) networks. In addition to the technology development, the agreement provides for potential collaboration on future projects.

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Verizon Wireless and Sierra Wireless offer the AirCard® 595 PC card

Verizon Wireless and Sierra Wireless today announced that the Sierra Wireless AirCard® 595 PC card for EV-DO Revision A networks is now commercially available for use with Verizon Wireless' BroadbandAccess service. This is the first EV-DO Revision A- compatible PC card to launch on the Verizon Wireless network, and is available on-line and through Verizon Wireless business customer sales channels. The Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 PC Card will be in Verizon Wireless communications stores by mid January. EV-DO Revision A, an enhancement to Verizon Wireless' current EV-DO network, will offer improved data speeds, particularly for users sending large files like presentations or photos over their wireless connection. The AirCard 595 PC card is also fully compatible with Verizon Wireless' current EV-DO and CDMA 1X networks, so customers purchasing the card will be able to take advantage of the benefits of Revision A when and where it becomes available.

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Can Large-Scale Wireless and Fiber Optic Plans Share Space?

There has been some recent debate as to whether or not it makes sense to have large-scale plans for wireless networks in places where large-scale fiber optic systems are in place. Officials in New Jersey who are looking in to a countywide wireless network say that the systems do not conflict with one another and actually complement one another. The Gloucester County Times gives reasons for this which include that the markets for the two technologies are different and that the fiber optic technology can create a backbone for the wireless technology. These factors are being considered by the New Jersey planners before a final decision on the new network will be made. .

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2006-12-24T04:53:00.000-08:00

Nortel and Telefónica O2 Czech Republic Demonstrate Broadband ...

Nortel and Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, the largest provider of wireless voice and data services in the Czech Republic, have teamed to show how operators can use broadband wireless spectrum more efficiently. Today, the two companies successfully demonstrated Europe's first CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Rev A call in the Telefónica O2 Czech Republic network at 450 MHz radio spectrum. This broadband capability is expected to enable Telefónica O2 Czech Republic to deliver more IP wireless services such as mobile music and interactive 3D gaming, VoIP, and high-speed file transfers; and support real-time interactive access to services such as push-to-talk, mobile television and video telephony. "We are glad that the 1xEV-DO Rev A deployment pilot has been successfully accomplished," said Pavel Kolár, Chief Network Infrastructure Officer, Telefónica O2 Czech Republic.

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LocatePLUS Expands Distribution of Wireless Access

BEVERLY, Mass., Dec. 21 -- LocatePLUS Holdings Corp. (OTC Bulletin Board: LPHC - News), one of the fastest growing business-to- business and business-to-government providers of public information, announced today that the Tier-2 version of their LocatePLUS Wireless product is slated for release in Q1 of 2007. To date LP Wireless, a Java-based application that provides access to the LocatePLUS database on wireless, handheld devices, was limited to Tier-1 customers, which includes over 30 different Government and Law Enforcement Agencies. With the release of the Tier-2 version, LP Wireless will expand its customer base to include Professional Investigators, Attorneys, and qualified Fraud and Security Officials. Customers accessing the Tier-2 version of LP Wireless will retain the same search functionality and capability as those customers currently using Tier-1, however, in order to comply with the information sharing laws outlined in the Fair Credit Reporting Act, they will need to select and agree to individual disclaimers before performing certain searches.

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UNVEILED: 2007's Windows Mobiles show its faces at Verizon Wireless

Engadget Mobile received a couple of information about new Windows Mobile devices which are expected to be released during Q1/Q2-2007 by Verizon. The Pocket PCs and Smartphones are all working with Verizon's CDMA network, so don't hold the breath to see them released anywhere else (except Canada maybe). Anyway, first we have two UTStarcom devices from HTC (namely the UTStarcom XV 6800 and SMT 5800) as well as a device from Samsung (the SCH-i760). The UTStarcom XV 6800 is a Windows Mobile Pocket PC featuring Windows Mobile 5 AKU 3, a slide out keyboard, a 2 megapixel camera, 256 MB ROM and 96 MB RAM which is extendable via microSD memory cards as well as the device includes a thumb-wheel and supports 1xEvDO (upgradeable to Rev A), WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0: The next device is the UTStarcom SMT5800.

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2006-12-18T05:06:00.000-08:00

Unity Wireless receives new orders in Vietnam, India

Unity Wireless, a provider of wireless coverage enhancement solutions for cellular operators and custom subsystems, has received a second purchase order of $520,000 for advanced 20 watt frequency shifting repeaters from an undisclosed Vietnamese wireless carrier. This second order, scheduled for delivery in the first quarter next fiscal, follows on the heels of Unity Wireless' successful deployment of a first round of repeaters. In a separate development, Unity Wireless has also received a second purchase order of $770,000 for advanced 50 watt frequency shifting repeaters and Unity's line of indoor repeaters from an Indian wireless carrier. Unity Wireless had earlier noted that it expects positive return from its South East Asian business development activity with $1,000,000 in repeater line purchase orders.

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Cohda Wireless trials Wi-fi enhancing technology

Cohda Wireless, a provider of Wi-fi enhancing technologies, has announced a trial wireless deployment of the company's mobile broadband wireless technology in Adelaide. The deployment will reportedly showcase Cohda Wireless' technology in high-speed mobile and urban conditions featuring enhanced receiver sensitivity, multipath resistance and high-speed mobility. Demonstrations include demanding real-time applications such as streaming full motion video from in-vehicle cameras, VoIP teleconferencing, integrated Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) tracking, and more. The company claims that the technology is able to accomplish this with fewer access points deployed in Non Line-of-Sight (NLOS) conditions compared to other municipal broadband wireless networks.

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NZ Wireless has cash for WiMax network

Wireless Internet provider NZ Wireless says it has lined up tens of millions of dollars of funding to bid for and build a national WiMax network using spectrum that the Government will auction next year. The company, which recently launched one of New Zealand's first WiMax networks in Wellington, joins CallPlus and Woosh as a likely bidder for some of the eight blocks of 10MHz spectrum in the sought-after 2.3GHz band. WiMax promises to provide a more economic means of delivering wireless broadband to large numbers of customers than earlier wireless technologies and is likely to be used as an alternative to conventional mobile phone networks. Junior telco CallPlus claims to have secured a US$450 million financing facility from a backer in Japan to build a national WiMax network.

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2006-12-17T04:59:00.000-08:00

Alltel Wireless Now Offering Palm Treo 700wx Smartphone

Alltel Wireless and Palm announced the Palm Treo 700wx smartphone, which comprises all the functionality and ease of use for which Treo smartphones are known, with the power and security of Windows Mobile. The Treo 700wx builds on the award-winning design of the Treo 650 smartphone and takes advantage of Windows Mobile 5.0, offering the ability to view and edit Microsoft Word Mobile and Excel Mobile files, and view PowerPoint Mobile and PDF files. In addition, users can get ready access to the Internet and multimedia content using Internet Explorer Mobile and Windows Media Player Mobile, as well as direct access to Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 for mobile access to email. Additional Applications from Alltel for the Treo 700wx * Sharpcast Photos offers Alltel customers a completely new experience for viewing their entire desktop PC photo collection on their Treo 700wx, automatically syncing Treo pictures to their desktop and the web, and effortlessly sharing their mobile, desktop and web photo albums from their Treo 700wx.

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Free 360 Wireless Adapter From BT

BT Total Broadband has partnered with Xbox Live to offer a free Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter for new BT Total Broadband customers. The Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter allows you to connect your Xbox 360 wirelessly to BT Total Broadband via the BT Home Hub. BT Total Broadband customers could benefit from ultra-fast download speeds of up to 8Mb enabling gamers to move up to a completely new level of online multi-player gaming with speeds which allow the game to react as quickly as the players. Gamers will be able to experience exceptional stability with any action delays reduced to an absolute minimum, incredibly smooth 'real time' game play and advanced online gaming features with Xbox Live. The offer, which is available to new Broadband customers and those who switch from another supplier, will be available through the BT site or call 0870 607 27773 for help with placing your order until June 30th 2007.

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NextWave Wireless Joint Venture Wins Nationwide Wireless Broadband ...

SAN DIEGO, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Inquam Broadband Holdings Ltd., a joint venture between NextWave Broadband Inc., BFD Mobile Radio Partners, and Omnia Ltd. today announced it has been declared the winner of 28 Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) licenses, covering 100% of the German population, at the recently concluded BWA spectrum auction conducted by BNetzA, the German regulatory authority for telecommunications. Inquam Broadband acquired the licenses, located in the 3.5 GHz frequency band, at a cost of $23.1 million or approximately seven tenths of a cent per MHz-POP. "We are very happy that Inquam Broadband was able to win licenses in all 28 German regions which together cover over 82.5 million people. These licenses, each of which provides 42 MHz of spectrum, are ideal for delivering next-generation, WiMAX based, wireless broadband services," said Allen Salmasi, president and chief executive officer of NextWave Wireless Inc.

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2006-12-15T05:02:00.000-08:00

Market for Wireless Multimedia Networking to Exceed 50 Million ...

Industry adoption of next-generation specifications will provide a substantial boost to the market for wireless multimedia networking, prompting growth in excess of 50 million wireless network devices by 2010, according to The Wireless Multimedia LAN: Requirements and Outlook. This new report from Parks Associates predicts that annual sales and shipments of wireless multimedia-capable devices, including home networking gears, personal computers, and fixed and mobile consumer electronics, will grow from 2.5 million units in 2006 to nearly 52 million units by year-end 2010, due in large part to standardization in the market. "Multiple factors are driving the move by both manufacturers and service providers in embracing wireless connectivity," said Kurt Scherf, vice president and principal analyst with Parks Associates.

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Wireless World to Get Simpler in EU

The European Commission is harmonizing radio frequency bands across the European Union in order to spur use of a wide range of wireless devices such as wireless computer keyboards, headphones and garage door openers, it said Thursday. Frequency bands will soon be harmonized throughout the E.U., making life simpler, as anyone in Europe will be able to use the same short-range wireless product anywhere in the union and manufacturers need make only one product for the whole internal market, the commission said in a statement. The commission hopes the move will decrease the price of wireless devices. A parallel move aims to harmonize frequencies for radio frequency identification (RFID) devices too. These electronic tags are increasingly used in businesses such as retail and logistics, tracking of goods and people, security and alarm systems.

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Wireless-speaker company reconnects

Back in January, Avega Systems wowed the crowd at the Consumer Electronics Show with a wireless speaker system, then promptly went silent. Avega, however, isn't dead. It just took a break to get reorganized, the company's chief executive said. The Australian-based start-up has tweaked its strategy and will show off a new line of Avega Systems at this year's CES, which kicks off January 7 in Las Vegas. The products could make a big impression, as speakers until now have mostly come with wires. "Wireless speakers are the holy grail," says Ted Feldman, president and founder of Neosonik, which will show off its own high-end wireless home-theater systems at January's show. Avega, rather than try to sell speakers under its own name, will sell software, speaker modules and other technology to speaker companies, which will then finish off the speakers and sell them under their own brand name, said CEO Peter Celinski.

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2006-12-14T04:57:00.000-08:00

Alltel Wireless Preps Photo Sharing and Synchronization Feature

Picture this: Alltel Wireless is prepping a photo sharing and synchronization feature that will let customers view PC and Web photo collections on mobile phones, send camera phone pictures automatically to a PC and the Web, and to share PC and Web photos from anywhere. The innovative effort, which is designed to free pictures trapped on camera phones for other uses, is part of a larger trend by wireless and wireline operators in North America to drive sales and build customer loyalty by letting them share assets that are valuable to them photographs. Telco TV deployers, such as Canadian operator MTS Allstream with its photos on demand offering (see story) are looking to differentiate there service by adding photo sharing and storage options to their services, while wireless operators are moving to unlock the value of pictures taken on a fast-growing number of customer camera phones.

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UBS: Apple to offer MVNO wireless

Apple is planning to launch its own MVNO service by purchasing wholesale capacity from Cingular Wireless in an effort to enter the domestic wireless services market, according to UBS analyst John Hodulik. "This strategy would appear to indicate Apple's increasing desire for customer control, and potentially, store traffic," Hodulik said. "We believe if volume had been the most important variable, Apple would work with all the major vendors in the U.S. to support its new iPod phone (iPhone), enabling it to target the heart of the 225 [million] domestic wireless users." Numerous hurdles exist for the Cupertino-based company if it is planning such a move, however, from competition from low-cost family plans already offered by other carriers to distribution troubles stemming from less retail outlets than other carriers such as Verizon and Cingular, according to a report from Barron's.

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Newest wireless chips fail to connect with consumers

Early versions of an upcoming standard in wireless technology haven't caught on despite a growth in demand for wireless chips and routers, according to a trade group study. The pre-standard "n" generation of wireless chips and routers comprised just four per cent of the market in 2006, according to figures from the Wi-Fi Alliance industry association and Arizona-based research group In-Stat. The slow sales are likely due to a lack of set standards for the chips, which are capable of handling data at speeds up to ten times faster than current models. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) sets the standards for wireless fidelity equipment, with each upgrade carrying a letter designation. While the group published a draft of the "n" standard earlier this year, the official standard date has been pushed back until June 2007.

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2006-12-13T05:07:00.000-08:00

BT plans to launch WiMax-based wireless services, to bid for ...

LONDON: British telecommunications service provider BT Group Plc. is readying to re-enter the mobile market, nearly five years after it had spun off its O2 wireless arm. The company intends to use WiMax or similar broadband technology. BT is likely to bid for spectrum at the forthcoming auction, announced Monday by telecoms regulator Ofcom. BT originally had major plans for the mobile market and it was one of the five telecoms companies that secured a 3G license. However, its debts forced it to demerge its mobile unit, O2, in 2001. Since, then the company has been focusing on broadband, internet TV and to a great extent IT-based services. It also provides, through an agreement with Vodafone, mobile services to business and residential customers. .

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Pre-built wireless Wii sensor bar for sale

Looking to cut that pesky cord off your Wii's sensor bar but unwilling to mod it, build one from scratch, or make do with candles or TV remotes? Well, it looks like the inevitable has finally happened, with the first pre-built wireless sensor bars now available for sale for the low, low price of $24.99 (plus $5.99 shipping and handling). Supposedly, it'll give you the same range as the standard Wii sensor bar and run for a full 48 hours on a single 9V battery, with an on/off switch to conserve battery life. Of course, WirelessSensorBar.com isn't exactly the most well-known video game accessory maker, so we can't vouch for their legitimacy but, for the time being at least, it looks like they're the only game in town.[Via Joystiq] .

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Eos wireless speaker system

Newlaunches: When it comes to home entertainment we do have a lot of options. These options narrow down as we pick out wireless entertainment systems as an option. And for those who need a perfect iPod speaker system, the Eos wireless system is something made for you. The Eos system has four speakers that connect wirelessly and produce a kicking 48KHz sound output. The iPod dock in between accepts your tiny music houses (iPods) and amplifies the sound to enchant a thrilling multimedia experience. The base station blessed with a couple of stereo drivers, a subwoofer and SRS WOW technology, used to provide fantastic clarity and high quality sound, and it does just that. The whole system is detachable by removing power supply from the back of the cabinet. The wireless speakers also have two stereo drivers of their own to give you a clearer feel of the music you are hearing.

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2006-12-12T04:51:00.000-08:00

Consumer Reports: Verizon Wireless Tops

'Tis the season to test and rank wireless service providers, and the latest Consumer Reports ranking puts Verizon Wireless at the top in many areas. The group claims that Alltel and T-Mobile are on the rise, while Cingular and Sprint sit at the bottom of the rankings (viewable by market by Consumer Reports members). At the end of last month, Consumer Affairs ranked 3G service specifically and gave both Sprint and Verizon high marks. .

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Merrill: Texas Instruments Faces Wireless Woes

As the wireless industry matures and fewer people buy new cell phones, will Texas Instruments (TXN) feel the pinch? Merrill Lynch thinks so. The Dallas semiconductor company earns much of its revenue from customers in the wireless business. Merrill analyst Joe Osha on Dec. 11 cut 2006, 2007 and 2008 revenue and earnings estimates for Texas Instruments. "For the near term, we don't think that consensus estimates yet fully reflect the likely impact of the industry-wide supply chain correction that's now taking place," Osha said in a research note. The cell phone industry is no longer going gangbusters. Subscriber growth is slowing in mature markets like Japan, Korea, and Western Europe, according to the investment research firm Morningstar. People who want handsets in such markets are looking for replacements instead of new phones.

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Cohda Wireless demoCohda Wireless demos WiFi on steroids in ...

Cohda Wireless - a University of South Australia spin-off now headquartered in the US - has set up a broadband wireless network in Adelaide to demonstrate its "WiFi enhancing" technologies and to reinforce its claims that standard WiFi is ill-suited to municipal WiFi networks, despite the build-out of many such installations. .

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2006-12-11T04:53:00.000-08:00

Kalaam Telecom first to bring wireless internet services to ...

Kalaam Telecom and Green Packet, a leading global developer of next generation mobile broadband networking solutions, have announced a strategic partnership paving the way to provide wireless broadband solutions in Bahrain. The partnership will bring value added services to cater for the corporate and residential customers and offer a real alternative to other operators in the market. Kalaam will be the first in the market, using Green Packets SONmetro technology to provide wireless broadband internet access, VOIP telephony and other applications and services at rapid speed and high quality to customers. These innovative services will allow Kalaam to compete in the highly open telecom market of the kingdom. Commenting on the partnership with Green Packet, Carlos Riera, CEO of Kalaam Telecom said: We are proud to be the first in Bahrain to provide wireless broadband solutions using the most advanced technology from Green Packet.

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Wireless phone central device of digital age

Is it big enough to hold a couple hundred musical groups, or perhaps a symphony orchestra or three? How about putting your office in there? Your whole life? The wireless phone is now firmly established as the single, central device of the digital age. Even the simplest, cheapest phones include far more features than merely making calls. Cell phones, in fact, are (almost) over-featured, and people seeking to upgrade their devices or services should list what they want the phone to do, and in what order of priority: music, video, e-mail, personal organizer. The major carriers Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Cingular and T-Mobile offer service plans and a variety of hardware options. Downloads and broadband data are the priciest of the add-ons, so tailor your plan carefully. Here's what's hot among phones this season: Verizon Wireless has added three new "flavors" to its LG VX-8500 Chocolate music phone.

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Wireless Internet: The next frontier

David Hall, chief executive of Digicel Jamaica, says he wnats to replicate cellphone success with wireless internet penetration. Ross Sheil, Staff Reporter Digicel hopes to replicate the success of its mobile phone service when it rolls out its residential wireless Internet product in mid-2007, by exploiting its cellular infrastructure. Broadband penetration in Jamaica is six per cent, but Digicel believes it can cross this next 'digital divide' by mounting its WiMAX wireless antenna on its existing cellular masts, which cover 98 per cent of the island. Unlike Cable & Wireless Jamaica and Flow, Digicel owns neither copper nor fibre wires to deliver fixed line ADSL or broadband Internet, respectively. "We believe that mobility in broadband will be the next big thing," chief executive officer David Hall told Sunday Business.

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2006-12-10T04:49:00.000-08:00

Ashwaubenon Branch of Brown County Library to offer wireless ...

Free wireless Internet access will be available at the Ashwaubenon Branch of the Brown County Library, 1060 Orlando Drive, beginning Monday. Wireless hot spots have been installed and access will be available throughout the public areas of the library and in the outside perimeter of the library. Laptop users will be able to access the Internet, the library's Web site, online catalog and research tools on their own equipment while at the library. The $4,200 project was funded by donations from the Ashwaubenon Lions Club, which donated $2,200 and the Ashwaubenon Business Association, which donated $2,000. The Central Library in downtown Green Bay also offers free wireless access. Press-Gazette .

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Lexmark Adds Wireless + Duplex Printing to All-In-Ones

These days, buying a regular printer sucks. You can get an all-in-one style machine that also scans and copies and faxes and makes coffee and spays your cat for not much more than a standard inkjet. They're pretty boring, however, the design and feature sets being fairly static. Lexmark, though, has put out a unit that grabs our attention. The X9350 has two features that make it stand out: built-in WiFi and duplex printing. The WiFi makes it easy for a whole small office to share without a dedicated print server (it's built-in), which any IT manager would love. The duplex printing means sending the job once and having the printer print on both sides of the paper, automagically. If pro-looking results are important (or saving paper), then it's a no-brainer. And, at $279, it's priced about the same as other all-in-one office machines.

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The next big thing: Mobispine bringing wireless to everyone

"We let users consume content in mobile phones easier than ever before," said Joacim Boivie, in an interview with me recently. "Besides having features such as mobile video blog capabilities, anyone can add an RSS feed to your phone. No more writing geeky URLs." Boivie is the founder of Mobispine, a tech company based in Stockholm, Sweden. "I started the company in 2004," said Boivie. "At the time, I was working on a leading Swedish real estate web site/community. I wanted to send real estate information to users, and struggled with the problem that the only way to send mobile messages to consumers was by using expensive SMS or in some cases even more expensive MMS. Also, both SMS and MMS were limited in formatting." So, with Mobispine, a mobile users can use the system for all carriers.

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2006-12-05T05:24:00.000-08:00

Handmark Launches MobileCierge Wireless Concierge Service on ...

Handmark is introducing a mobile personal assistant service called MobileCierge, integrated with its Pocket Express product. Together, Pocket Express and MobileCierge offer a worldwide wireless concierge service with global emergency assistance to consumers and mobile professionals. MobileCierge provides Pocket Express users with immediate access to personal, travel, medical, and emergency assistance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, anywhere in the world. MobileCierge is staffed with experts "who can provide live assistance with a restaurant referral, roadside assistance, flight booking, or even replacing a contact lens". According to Douglas Edwards, Handmark co-founder and chief marketing officer, the MobileCierge service is a natural extension of the Pocket Express experience.

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BT Partners With Motorola For Wireless City Initiatives

BT has selected Motorola, Inc to provide mesh Wi-Fi network infrastructure and services for six of BT's Wireless City initiatives in the UK. Under the terms of the agreement, Motorola will design, deploy and manage city-wide Wi-Fi networks with BT in cities such as Birmingham and Newcastle. The Mesh Wi-Fi networks will deliver wireless broadband for use by public services, businesses and citizens in each of the cities. BT Openzone hotspots will be extended to enable wireless web access and email. Contiguous Wi-Fi coverage will be provided to enable real time applications using for example, BT Fusion dual mode devices. Virtual private network (VPN) services will be provided for enterprise customers. These will also e-enable local authority workforces.

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2006-12-03T05:09:00.000-08:00

Free broadband link-up for everyone

MORE than 2.2m people in Greater Manchester would have access to a free wireless internet service under an ambitious council plan. Manchester council wants to launch Europe's largest wireless network, giving access to the internet at any point over an area of up to 400 square miles. It would put the city at the forefront of the digital age and provide a major boost to businesses and households. .

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First YouTube, Now Revver on Verizon Wireless

Verizon V-Cast subscribers will get another early Christmas present as Revver joins YouTube in providing content via Verizon's music and video service. As in its YouTube partnership, Verizon will be the exclusive U.S. distributor for Revver content for an undisclosed period of time, according to Multichannel News. Financial details were not revealed, nor was the length of the contract. Revver will begin providing videos to Verizon's $14.99 a month V-Cast service in early December. Those selections can also be viewed online, on Revver's site, in a V-Cast Collection section. "We've chosen to work with Revver because of its well-known respect for copyright and for the selection of high-quality video content it attracts," Verizon Wireless vice-president of marketing John Harrobin said in a statement.

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2006-12-02T04:54:00.000-08:00

Motorola W315 launches on Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless has added another phone to its lineup, the Motorola W315. We first caught up with the W315 earlier this year at CTIA. Design wise the W315 borrows from the PEBL, albeit with an external stub antenna. Features of the Motorola W315 include: Speakerphone 128×160 pixel screen with 65k colors Soft touch finish (like the PEBL) Verizon Wireless is selling the W315 for $29.99 with a new 2-year service contract. Another photo of the phone is available below. .

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Ahead of the Bell: Wireless Providers

A plan to wire New York City's subway stations is on hold indefinitely, according to Friday news reports, after a Metropolitan Transit Authority official said wireless companies are insisting on wiring train tunnels as well. MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow at a Thursday oversight hearing on the city agency said he doesn't want passengers chatting on cell phones while on trains, but wants platforms wired for the safety and convenience of customers, according to news reports. The agency received four bids from cell phone service providers earlier this year, but the wireless companies say it is not cost effective for them just to wire stations, which would allow for only short calls, the news reports said. Enabling long chats during train rides would generate better returns.

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Software-Defined Radio Technology Promises Converged Wireless ...

Startup Kenet is working on military technology which, in civilian hands, could lead to wireless devices that can use hundreds or thousands of channels at very low power. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Dec 1, 2006 07:00 PM New, low-power signal processing technology being developed for the Navy may lead to multi-function wireless devices capable of communicating over a wide number of frequencies and protocols. In August, Kenet,, a Woburn, Mass.-based fabless semiconductor company spun out of MIT, received a $1.3 million dollar subcontract to develop an advanced 12-bit analog-to-digital signal converter (ADC) as part of defense contractor BAE Systems' work on software-defined radio for the U.S. Office of Naval Research.

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2006-12-01T05:03:00.000-08:00

CityTalk Buys Wireless Assets

Fresh off its announcement to merge with enterprise mobility company Semotus Solutions, CityTalk is snapping up some wireless assets in an effort to advance its position in the U.S. wireless market. In its latest deal, CityTalk acquired mobile wireless operations, spectrum licenses and tower assets from an unnamed regional flat-rate wireless service provider. The company did not reveal the financial terms of the agreement. CityTalk founder Richard Sullivan says the newly acquired assets will be used to begin rolling out networks and services. "[CityTalk's] goal is to remove the price and complexity barriers that prevent potential customers from using wireless service. Those with poor credit tend to use traditional prepaid services with per minute costs," says Sullivan, who notes that prepaid costs are higher than CityTalk's service offerings.

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Techware plans to relaunch Germantown wireless broadband network

After acquiring the assets of Active Air Networks Wisconsin in August, Techware PC LLC is relaunching the Germantown wireless broadband network. Hartford-based Techware ultimately plans to deliver high-speed broadband and wireless technologies to consumers and business users throughout Washington, Waukesha and Ozaukee counties. Techware officials say they have secured private funds from individual investors to begin building out networks to assist with economic development through deployment of citywide wireless technologies to "broadband-deprived" areas. "Our goal at Techware is to be the first and best provider of fast, affordable and portable wireless broadband services and applications in small communities throughout Wisconsin," said Keefe John, co-owner of Techware. "Our plan is to work directly with business and community leaders in villages across Wisconsin in adopting the technology and launching networks to residents and local merchants." The network in Germantown is operational and can serve users in a 10-mile radius of the city's west industrial park.

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BlackBerry Pearl Debuting on Cingular Wireless Tomorrow

Bringing to an end a long series of leaks and rumors, Cingular Wireless has officially announced that it will be rolling out the BlackBerry Pearl over the next few days. Even though this is a smartphone, not one of RIM's larger cellular-wireless handhelds, the Pearl still breaks new ground for this company, as it is its first model of any kind with support for playing music and displaying video. .

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2006-11-30T05:03:00.000-08:00

Digital Signage Company Wireless Ronin Tech (RNIN) Soars on Second ...

Shares of Wireless Ronin Technologies (NASDAQ: RNIN) soared 57% today on its second day of trading on volume of 5.5 million shares. Yesterday, on its first day of trading, the stock did little closing at $4.58 on volume of 1.6 million shares. The company recently sold 4.5 million shares in its initial public offering at $4 per share. Wireless Ronin Tech provides dynamic digital signage solutions targeting specific retail and service markets. Digital signage is an electronic communication media viewed by a person on a video display. A common example of digital signage is an electronic billboard display in an arena or other public area. Through a suite of software applications marketed as RoninCast, the company provides an enhanced enterprise-level content delivery system that manages, schedules and delivers digital content over wireless or wired networks.

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Southaven to provide wireless Web

Southaven is seeking to become a 36-square-mile Wi-Fi hotspot where wireless Internet service is available to every household and laptop user. Officials hope to move forward early next year with an $805,962 project to blanket the city's southern third with pole-mounted wireless routers. The entire city could be covered within two years. .

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2006-11-29T04:52:00.000-08:00

Londoners to benefit from wireless city next year

Westminster City Council has been given the green light to move forward with its ambitions of becoming a wireless city, following the conclusion of successful trials of the technology dating back to early 2004. Work will begin by the end of the year, initially focusing on the central business and government area of the city, covering a square mile in and around the West End. Wireless connectivity will then be expanded, during a 12-18 month period, across the rest of Westminster, including residential areas, with the aim of transforming council services and reducing costs. The first phase of the project kicked off in April 2004 and involved trialing the effectiveness of transferring data and CCTV images wirelessly. Then, between December 2005 and March 2006, a wider pilot, building on the CCTV usage and also looking at mobile working and productivity and other applications such as remote noise monitoring, commenced in Soho, Lisson Green in Marylebone and Churchill Gardens in Pimlico.

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Two front-runners are competing to build city's wireless Internet ...

City officials are considering these two companies to build a citywide wireless Internet network. They could choose one by month's end. EarthLink Municipal Networks: Formed four years ago by Internet service provider EarthLink, the company has projects in several cities, including Philadelphia. Convergent Broadband: The local group, headed by former Reliant Energy CEO Don Jordan, was founded last year to bid on the Houston contract. .

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IBM To Acquire Wireless Software Provider

Vallent specializes in developing software that operators of wireless telecommunications networks can use to monitor network traffic, identify bottlenecks, and guard against service interruptions. By Paul McDougall InformationWeek Nov 28, 2006 02:00 PM IBM on Tuesday said it plans to acquire Vallent Corp., a Bellevue, Wash.,-based maker of network monitoring tools for wireless service providers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Vallent specializes in developing software that operators of wireless telecommunications networks can use to monitor network traffic, identify bottlenecks, and guard against service interruptions. Its customers include Cingular, Nextel, and China Mobile. IBM says it plans to add Vallent's products to its Tivoli Netcool line.

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2006-11-28T05:06:00.000-08:00

VeriSign Acquires inCode Wireless for USD 52 mln

Internet payment security company VeriSign is planning to buy technology consulting firm inCode Wireless for USD 52 million. Revenue and earnings from the acquisition will not materially affect VeriSign's 2006 results, VeriSign said in a statement.InCode has 14 offices in ten countries and is said to provide strategy-consulting services to wireless and fixed-line operators as well as cable TV providers and telecom manufacturers. The companys investors include Sequoia Capital, Focus Ventures and iNovate Communications Group.Shares of VeriSign fell more than four per cent following the news, losing USD 1.05 to USD 22.96. .

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Verizon Wireless to offer YouTube on cell phones

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Tuesday it would deliver selected video clips from YouTube to cell phones starting in December in a bid to increase subscriptions to its mobile media service. YouTube, the leading online video sharing site which was bought by Internet search leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O) this month, said it hopes to expand beyond computers to phones. It did not reveal the financial terms of the deal. .

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Verizon Wireless Launches The enV by LG

Verizon Wireless and LG Electronics have announced the exclusive availability of the LG enV mobile phone. The enV is the successor to The V by LG and offers loads of multimedia functionality including V CAST, V CAST Music, and VZ Navigator. The enV comes with a 2.2 inch internal color LCD and features an integrated slide-out QWERTY keyboard for easy access to messaging applications. The enV features Wireless Sync, the proprietary e-mail solution from Verizon Wireless. With Wireless Sync, customers can synchronize their enV with a home or office PC for easy access to new emails, calendar, contact, and task information. The enV is the perfect device for V CAST and V CAST Music fans. The V CAST music store offers over 1.4 million songs that customers can download and play whenever they like.

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2006-11-27T05:22:00.000-08:00

Health fears lead UK schools to dismantle wireless networks

Parents and teachers are forcing some schools to dismantle wireless computer networks amid fears that they could damage childrens health. More schools are putting transmitters in classrooms to give pupils wireless access from laptops to the school computer network and the internet. But many parents and some scientists fear that low levels of microwave radiation emitted by the transmitters could be harmful, causing loss of concentration, headaches, fatigue, memory and behavioural problems and possibly cancer in the long term. Scientific evidence is inconclusive, but some researchers think that children are vulnerable because of their thinner skulls and developing nervous systems. Read the full story at Times Online. .

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Wireless: When Wi-Fi goes too far

SAN FRANCISCO: Gary Schaffer looked out his window here last week to discover a reporter standing on his lawn, pirating his wireless Internet access to test a new cellphone. The phone, made by Belkin, is one of several new mobile devices that allow users to make free or low-cost phone calls over the Internet. They are designed to take advantage of the hundreds of thousands of wireless access points deployed in cafés, parks, businesses and, most important, homes. The technology's advocates say that as long as people are paying for high- speed Wi-Fi access in their homes, they should be able to use it as a conduit for inexpensive calls and an alternative to traditional phone service. But in a twist that raises some tricky ethical and legal questions, the phones can also be used on the go, piggybacking on whatever access points happen to be open and available, like that of Schaffer.

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Nintendo DS doubles as wireless MIDI keyboard / controller

Joining the nearly endless amount of Nintendo DS hacks already in the wild is TobW's DS Sampling Keyboard, which "uses the DS's microphone and touchscreen" to interface with a software-based sampling keyboard. A close contender to join our Music Thing series, this wonderous hack takes advantage of the wee machine's excellent X / Y-axis controls as well as its built-in WiFi to beam the MIDI commands wirelessly. The program has been tested with Wifi, GBAMP, and M3, so "it should work on pretty much anything," and provides a much less expensive alternative to those dedicated offerings. While musical gizmos are always more effective when seen heard rather than just heard about, be sure to click on for a front row seat to the YouTube demonstration.[Via MusicThing] .

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2006-11-26T04:48:00.000-08:00

Iqua's stylish CPW-603 Bluetooth wireless headset

We covered the Iqua Bluetooth car kit earlier this week, but if you're on the look out for something a bit more personal, the Finnish firm has a solution for that too - the CPW-603 Bluetooth wireless headset. The emphasis here is style - aimed at the fashion-conscious, the CPW-603 is available in pearl white, charcoal and pink, each with the same minimalist styling. It's also lightweight, fits in either ear and promises crystal-clear sound from any brand of Bluetooth phone. It's also straightforward to use - one button allows you to switch a call between phone and headset, redial or end the call. And there's voice activated dialling, along with support for VoIP calls when used with your PC. The CPW-603 costs £29.99 exclusively from Carphone Warehouse.

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Behold: the DIY wireless Wii sensor bar

It didn't take nearly as long as we thought it would: here is the first working, DIY wireless sensor bar for the Wii that we've seen so far on the net. There are some nice step-by-step instructions showing exactly how the gentleman built this, and it seems like a pretty simple project. I know very little about hacking my own electronics, but I'm tempted to give this a go. Bonus points for including the video. Why bother waiting for third party accessories when the tech behind the sensor bar is this easy to put together? I'm expecting some more neat things in the future, as well as some tests to see if there is any way to improve on Nintendo's designs. Very cool stuff, and it all happened almost instantly. .

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Bangalore challenge spurs Valley WiFi discussion

The words reached across the globe and read like a taunt: ``Bangalore is going to be the second city in the world to be fully WiMax enabled, something even the Silicon Valley can't boast of.'' So when Brian Moura, the co-chair of Wireless Silicon Valley, read them he took action. He e-mailed the article from the Hindustan Times to others in the local task force that plans to build a free wireless network spanning 1,500 square miles and about 40 communities in the South Bay. Moura's e-mail spurred discussion about how leaders here might learn from Bangalore. ``To me a lot of this isn't so much about a race, it's about setting up a wireless platform and doing it right,'' Moura said. From small-town America to the far reaches of the Asia, communities across the globe are watching each other as they rush to install mass-scale wireless networks for their residents, businesses and public safety networks.

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XFONE Posts Record Revenue for Third Quarter 2006

2006-11-19T05:33:00.000-08:00

Revenues Climb 60% and Operating Income Increases 225% for Three Months Ended September 30, 2006
Conference Call Scheduled Today, November 15 at 9:00 A.M. Eastern Time
JACKSON, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--XFONE, Inc. (AMEX and TASE: XFN) ("XFONE" or "the Company"), a provider of international voice, video and data communications services, announced yesterday financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2006.
Financial highlights for the three months ended September 30, 2006 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2005 (translated into US dollars for convenience):

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Verizon launches wireless broadband in Space Coast

2006-11-15T01:13:00.000-08:00

Verizon Wireless has launched its high-speed wireless BroadbandAccess network in the Space Coast to better serve residents and businesses, including thousands of space agency scientists and technicians, as well as technology industry professionals. The multimillion-dollar network expansion offers high-speed wireless services to the core areas of Brevard County, including Melbourne, Cocoa Beach and Titusville. The network links up with its network based in Indian River County, which serves customers down to Key West. .

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Critical Wireless Flaw Leaves Windows Users Open To Attack

2006-11-14T02:31:00.000-08:00

The vulnerability in the Broadcom wireless driver went public Saturday; the same day, an exploit was added to the Metasploit Framework, a penetration testing tool. By Gregg Keizer InformationWeek Nov 13, 2006 02:28 PM A critical vulnerability in a wireless driver used in PCs sold by Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, and others will be tough to patch, a security researcher said Monday, even though exploit code has already been published and attacks are possible. The vulnerability in the Broadcom wireless driver went public Saturday as part of the "Month of Kernel Bugs" project; the same day, an exploit was added to the Metasploit Framework, a penetration testing tool. Although the researcher who discovered the flaw had earlier reported it to Broadcom, patches may be slow in coming since each computer and third-party wireless card maker tweaks the generic Broadcom code for its own hardware.

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China Mobile, News Corp. start cooperation in wireless music ...

2006-11-12T04:59:00.000-08:00

China's largest mobile operator launched cooperation with the media giant News Corp. by kicking off a wireless music service here Saturday. It is the first move of China Mobile and the New York-based News Corp. since they established strategic partnership in June, when the mobile communications company bought a 19.9-percent stake in Phoenix Satellite Television from Star Group, the Asia-based television and entertainment subsidiary of News Corp. The purchase was regarded a sign of China Mobile's ambition to enter media industry and News Corp.'s strategy to expand its influence in China by looking to new media. Through the wireless music platform, China Mobile will provide cell phone users with downloading service of songs created by Internet users, while the Star Group will engage in music production and promotion, said Gao Nianshu, director of China Mobile's Department of Data Service, at the launching ceremony.

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Serious Wireless Vulnerability

2006-11-12T04:58:00.001-08:00

An exploit that takes advantage of a newly found vulnerability in Broadcom Corp's wireless driver has been released. This exploit has the potential of affecting millions of laptops as manufacturers such as Dell, HP and Gateway and some wireless devices made by Linksys and Zonet use the same driver code, but each driver is unique enough that a single patch from Broadcom won't cut it. This flaw is extremely dangerous because it exploits the kernel of the operating system which means it bypasses all conventional security measures like anti-virus, HIDS, firewalls, and user privileges. The attack range is limited to Wi-Fi range which is typically 100 to 200 feet but can be extended with high-powered antennas. It is unfortunate that the hardware manufacturers are keeping such a low profile for a critical flaw of this nature and Broadcom doesn't directly provide patched reference drivers.

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Wireless VoIP a Reality with Storm and Sentech

2006-11-12T04:58:00.000-08:00

(PRLEAP.COM) A commercially installed wireless VoIP solution based on Sentech's BizNet Xpress has gone live thanks to the collaboration between VoIP supplier, Storm, and telecommunications company, Sentech. A Gauteng-based advertising agency has been successfully running its voice over Sentechs enterprise grade wireless access product since the middle of October. The significance of this announcement is that it officially marks the first genuine alternative to Telkoms fixed-line Diginet product, says Dave Gale, business development director at Storm. The tests that Storm has conducted over the past few weeks have shown that BizNet Xpress meets, if not at times, exceed the quality parameters of Diginet. BizNet Xpress offers a constant bit rate, making it the one of very few wireless products stable enough to efficiently carry enterprise-grade VoIP traffic, says Georg Wenhold, Biznet product manager at Sentech.

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Lexmark unleashes SOHO with X9350 'productivity machine' featuring ...

2006-11-09T05:49:00.000-08:00

Priced at $279(1), the Lexmark X9350 is the only AIO in its class equipped with built-in wireless connectivity and automatic two-sided printing. The X9350 also uses the new Evercolor 2(TM) pigmented inks, and is backed by the Lexmark Protection Guarantee(2) that provides next-business-day replacement for up to one year. "The Lexmark X9350 gives SOHO customers the features, flexibility, quality and reliability they need to help them get more done. This is a powerful, business-class productivity machine that represents the best value in the SOHO market today," said Najib Bahous, Lexmark vice president and president of its Consumer Printer Division. The built-in wireless capabilities of the Lexmark X9350 will appeal to today's laptop users who want the flexibility to print without being anchored to their printer and prefer the clutter-free work environment of wireless(3).

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Wireless industry bullish on music phones

2006-11-09T05:14:00.000-08:00

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- The wireless phone industry predicts that iPod digital music players will become antiquated and consumers will get their music on cell phones. Wireless think tank Strategy Analytics told USA Today that 1 billion cell phones will be sold worldwide this year, and a quarter of those will be the type that can play downloaded music. It is expected that the number of music phones will grow to 800 million in just the next three years. Most consumers, USA Today, said, don't realize their new phones have this particular feature or they rarely use it. Rob Hyatt, executive director of music at wireless carrier Cingular, told the paper the company has launched five new music-gadget phones with several online popular subscription services.

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Check Point intros ZoneAlarm Z100G wireless router

2006-11-09T04:45:00.000-08:00

The security-minded folks at ZoneAlarm are branching out from their cozy nook in the software space into the wild world of hardware, with parent company Check Point announcing its first ZoneAlarm-branded wireless router. While it sure ain't pretty, the Z100G should keep you relatively safe behind its variety of security measures, including firewall, antivirus, and intrusion prevention, in addition to remote access VPN and secure remote desktop features. The router itself is a Super G number, promising speeds up to 108 Mpbs while still, of course, remaining compatible with regular 802.11b and 802.11g-based options, with a promised range of 984 feet indoors (right). Not surprisingly, you'll have to pay a bit of a premium over your run-of-the-mill router to get this one to watch your back, with the Z100G coming in at the $199 price point, although Check Point's knocked that down to $149 'till the end of December.

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High-Speed Wireless Beyond 3G

2006-11-09T04:16:00.000-08:00

HSDPA promises wireless speeds as high as 3.6 Mbps but in practice will be much slower than that -- fast enough, though, to make wirelessly surfing the Web and downloading music and video worth the effort. That will make it ideal for wireless Internet access on a PC, and manufacturers have started to release PC cards for just that purpose. There are already scores on the market. .

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High-Speed Wireless Beyond 3G

2006-11-09T03:09:00.000-08:00