Cisco is pairing its wireless technology leadership with Flip Video's simplicity-in-design approach to launch ValetTM -- a breakthrough new product line that makes home wireless simple and accessible for everyone. Valet is designed to transform how families use the Internet in their homes so they can enjoy the freedom of wireless access without the traditional frustration and complexity of setting up a home network.
"Valet is home wireless made easy," said Jonathan Kaplan, senior vice president and general manager of Cisco Consumer ...
Posted on 1st April 2010
Under: ABI, Cisco, Internet, Video, WiFi, Wireless |
Nortel Networks Corporation announced that it, its principal operating subsidiary Nortel Networks Limited (NNL), and certain of its other subsidiaries, including Nortel Networks Inc., Nortel Networks UK Limited (in administration), and Nortel Networks SA (NNSA) have completed the sale of substantially all of the global assets of Nortel's GSM/GSM-R business. Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson ("Ericsson") and Kapsch CarrierCom AG ("Kapsch") have purchased the businesses for US$103 million in cash, subject to working capital adjustments.
Ericsson has purchased assets relating to the North American ...
Posted on 1st April 2010
Under: Nortel, Samsung |
Sprint is backing up its promise to be the best value in wireless, by announcing the only full money-back satisfaction guarantee on service plans that exists in the wireless industry today.
Beginning tomorrow, the Sprint Free Guarantee gives any customer opening a new line of service the chance to try Sprint for 30 days. If a customer isn’t completely satisfied, they can get reimbursed for the device purchase and activation fee, get the early termination fee waived, get a full refund for ...
Posted on 1st April 2010
Under: 3G, AT&T, BlackBerry, GPS, Google, HTC, Palm, Samsung, Smartphone, Sprint, Verizon |
AzulStar, Inc today announces the completion of the world's premier WiMAX 4G rail network which provides high speed Internet services aboard the New Mexico Department of Transportation RailRunner Train System. The highly innovative network, which is one of the first of its kind on a rail transit system and one of the highest performing in the world, provides high speed Internet access for commuters while on the train and at the stations as well as supports a variety of on train ...
Posted on 31st March 2010
Under: WiFi, Wimax |
"Apple Inc. plans to begin producing this year a new iPhone that could allow U.S. phone carriers other than AT&T Inc. to sell the iconic gadget, said people briefed by the company.
The new iPhone would work on a type of wireless network called CDMA, these people said. CDMA is used by Verizon Wireless, AT&T's main competitor, as well as Sprint Nextel Corp. and a handful of cellular operators in countries including South Korea and Japan. The vast majority of carriers world-wide, ...
Posted on 31st March 2010
Under: AT&T, Apple, CDMA, Handset, Sprint, Verizon |
Verizon Wireless today announced that Push to Talk will be available for the BlackBerry® Tour™ 9630 smartphone on March 30. It will be available for both BlackBerry® Internet Service and BlackBerry® Enterprise Server customers using the BlackBerry Tour smartphone.
"Extending Push to Talk to the BlackBerry Tour from Verizon Wireless offers business customers a single device for instant communication plus the enterprise-grade security and robust business communications capabilities people have come to expect from a BlackBerry smartphone from Verizon Wireless," said Mark ...
Posted on 30th March 2010
Under: BlackBerry, Verizon |
"Update at 5:26pm: The response deadline has now passed. We've received more than 1,100 community responses and more than 194,000 responses from individuals. This map displays where the responses were concentrated as of 1:30pm PT. Each small dot represents a government response, and each large dot represents locations where more than 1,000 residents submitted a nomination. We plan to share a complete list of government responses and an updated map soon."
Posted on 30th March 2010
Under: Google |
Nokia today announced it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of Novarra, Inc., a privately-held company based in Chicago, IL. Novarra is a provider of a mobile browser and service platform and has more than 100 employees. Novarra's mobile browser and services platform will be used by Nokia to deliver enhanced Internet experiences on Nokia mobile devices. Novarra has deployed their solution with leading mobile operator and internet services customers globally.
"Connecting the next billion consumers to ...
Posted on 29th March 2010
Under: Browser, Internet, Nokia |
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. today announced that its operating subsidiaries in Canada have entered into a definitive agreement for the sale of the Company's Canadian spectrum assets to Inukshuk Wireless Partnership ("Inukshuk"), a partnership of affiliates of Rogers Communications and Bell Canada. Subject to completion of certain conditions, including obtaining all requisite regulatory approvals, Inukshuk will pay Craig Wireless $80 million for all of the Company's spectrum licenses in Manitoba and British Columbia.
"We are very pleased to be able to complete ...
Posted on 29th March 2010
Under: Technology, Wireless |
The WiMAX/LTE battle, App Stores and Mobile Healthcare headed the agenda at this year’s CTIA Wireless conference in Las Vegas, Juniper Research analysts found.
1. Sprint poised to launch first Mobile WiMAX handset…
Sprint has been the only US carrier to commit to deploying Mobile WiMAX, and has announced the imminent launch of the EVO: manufactured by HTC, it comes complete with a 1GHz-Snapdragon processor, 4.3 inch screen and an 8 megapixel camera. The device also features a Sprint hotspot application that enables ...
Posted on 29th March 2010
Under: Alcatel, BlackBerry, HTC, Handset, Samsung, Sprint, WiFi, Wimax, Wireless |
"At a keynote discussion at the CTIA show in Las Vegas this morning, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse (above) said he expects that over the next two years, rate plans will move from minutes and text messaging to gigabytes per month."
Posted on 29th March 2010
Under: Sprint |
AT&T announced a new AT&T Music application that combines the most popular mobile music services – song and album downloads, streaming radio, song match, lyric search and an enhanced music player – into a single, cohesive experience for AT&T mobile phones. The service is available first as a download on three of AT&T's most popular quick messaging phones, delivering the tightest integration of mobile music services available to this category of devices.
Within one mobile broadband application, subscribers to AT&T Music can:
* ...
Posted on 29th March 2010
Under: AT&T, LG, Multimedia, Music, Sony |
"T-Mobile announced that the webConnect Rocket USB Laptop Stick, the first HSPA+ device for the U.S., will be available beginning on Sunday, March 14. HSPA+ is interesting because it could enable 4G LTE-like speeds using existing 3G infrastructure, as we found in an early hands-on test."
Posted on 13th March 2010
Under: 3G, Internet, T-Mobile |
Nokia filed its annual report on Form 20-F for 2009 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission today, and revised its definition of the industry mobile device market applicable to its reporting beginning in 2010. Nokia also updated its mobile device market estimates for 2010 based on the revised definition.
Beginning in 2010, Nokia is revising its definition of the industry mobile device market that it uses to estimate industry volumes. This is due to improved measurement processes and tools that enable ...
Posted on 13th March 2010
Under: Nokia |
"Verizon Wireless will have its first next-generation 4G handset in mid-2011, about six months earlier than the company had said before."
Posted on 12th March 2010
Under: Handset, Verizon |
Target is the first national retailer to offer a scannable mobile coupon program that allows guests to receive exclusive offers directly on their mobile phones. Coupons are redeemed by scanning a barcode on the phone at checkout.
“At Target, we know that mobile phones are an integral part of our guests’ lives, and mobile coupons are just another way we’re providing convenient, on-the-go shopping solutions,” said Steve Eastman, president of Target.com.\\
Guests can opt-in to the program on their PC at Target.com/mobile, on ...
Posted on 12th March 2010
Under: Technology |
"Motorola Inc has reached a deal with Microsoft Corp that will put Bing search and mapping services on its phones that use Google's Android operating system."
Posted on 11th March 2010
Under: China, Google, Handset, Microsoft, Motorola |
The National Football League (NFL) has joined forces with Verizon Wireless, the owner and operator of the nation's most reliable wireless network, to provide fans with the deepest NFL experience on their mobile phones, it was announced today. The new four-year agreement for NFL Mobile kicks off next month with coverage of the 2010 NFL Draft to be held from April 22-24 and continues with the NFL's regular season.
Verizon Wireless, which also becomes the NFL's official wireless service sponsor, will provide ...
Posted on 11th March 2010
Under: 3G, Multimedia, Verizon, Video |
AT&T today announced the successful completion of a live network environment field trial of 100-Gigabit backbone network technology. The trial advances development of the next generation of backbone network technology that will support growing volumes of wireless and wired Internet and data traffic in the years to come.
During the trial, AT&T field tested the new Cisco CRS-3 Carrier Routing System, conducting a standards-ready, single-flow, 100-Gigabit technology trial in a live network environment. For this test, AT&T used Opnext 100 Gigabit CFP ...
Posted on 11th March 2010
Under: AT&T, Cisco |
Verizon Wireless announced today that its 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network field trials in the United States have demonstrated wireless data speeds that are significantly faster than today's 3G network speeds. Trials in Boston and Seattle indicate the network is capable of peak download speeds of 40 to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) and peak upload speeds of 20 to 25 Mbps. The speeds are significantly faster than Verizon Wireless and other wireless providers' current or promised 3G network speeds.
Verizon ...
Posted on 9th March 2010
Under: 3G, Verizon, VoIP |
