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  • First "virtual" fiber installation

    Posted December 7, 2004 - 12:42 pm

    We love fiber because we love that bandwidth. We hate fiber because we can't get permission to tear up the street to install it or afford fiber capacity that's available.

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    Virgin plans mobile joint ventures in China and India

    Posted December 7, 2004 - 11:58 am

    Virgin Group Ltd. is looking to launch mobile operations in China and India within the next 18 months through joint venture deals the London-based company said Tuesday.

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    Siemens sets wireless speed record with OFDM

    Posted December 7, 2004 - 10:50 am

    German electronics manufacturer Siemens AG has set what it claims to be the fastest-ever wireless connection.

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    Price could drive holiday sales of 3G phones

    Posted December 6, 2004 - 2:52 pm

    Why would anyone want to buy a 3G phone this Christmas? If you think it's size or energy efficiency, or even all those fancy new services, such as video telephony, video streaming and faster-speed downloading, guess again. The answer, judging by some of the recent consumer product launches, is price.

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    Adding QoS to wireless LANs

    Posted December 6, 2004 - 11:01 am

    While almost everyone in the tech world is salivating at the prospect of wireless VoIP, there are significant quality of service (QoS) issues that need to be worked out before the technology can really take off. This article looks at the steps that vendors are taking to get there.

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    'Wireless Philadelphia' sparks industry concern

    Posted December 3, 2004 - 4:41 pm

    As legislative hurdles are cleared for Philadelphia's city-wide Wi-Fi network, industry players are starting to worry about the effect of taxpayer-subsidized free wireless broadband on their bottom lines.

  • Gartner reports worldwide mobile phone sales grew 26 percent in the third quarter of 2004

    Posted December 3, 2004 - 12:33 am

    Worldwide mobile phone sales were up 26 percent in the third quarter over the same period a year ago with 167 million units sold, according to research from Gartner Inc.

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    NEC develops multi-core cell phone processor

    Posted December 2, 2004 - 12:12 pm

    Engineers at NEC Corp. have developed a processor for cellular telephones that includes three ARM processor cores in a single chip, a moved aimed at improving the multimedia capabilities of cell phones.

  • WiFi hardware sales jump 9% over last year

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 2:44 pm

    Worldwide sales of WiFi hardware were up 9 percent in the third quarter compared with the same quarter in 2003, driven by an 80 percent increase in sales of WiFi switches, according to a market study by Infonetics Research.

  • Netgear releases PoE-powered WLAN for small businesses

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 2:42 pm

    Netgear has debuted a Power over Ethernet (POE) wireless networking solution designed for SMBs that allows wireless access points to be installed in locations where power outlets are not available. Boasting ease and flexibility in wireless networking, the solution consists of the ProSafe 8 Port Desktop Switch and the ProSafe 802.11g Wireless Access Point.

  • Vendors unveil smarter access points

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 2:42 pm

    Vendors D-Link, Engim and AirMagnet have released new access point products that are said to improve wireless LAN intelligence, security and manageability.

  • WiFi switches scale down

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 2:40 pm

    Vendors such as Trapeze Networks, Airespace and Proxim have announced wireless switches that allow network managers to treat a small number of wireless access points as one, bringing centralized wireless management to the SMB level.

  • Five tips for boosting wireless security

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 2:39 pm

    Walk into any typical office building, boot up your WiFi-enabled laptop, and you're bound to have a plethora of unsecured wireless networks to connect to. Many businesses even deploy wireless routers using the default settings. This article provides five basic security tips to protect your wireless network.

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    Wireless-J standard opens Japan to the Wi-Fi world

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 12:14 pm

    The IEEE has approved a new wireless standard that will expand international Wi-Fi roaming to Japan. The 802.11j standard will also apply to wireless equipment used by U.S. antiterrorism forces, and will affect the way spectrum is used in other countries.

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    Nokia earmarks millions to build new plant in India

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 11:13 am

    Nokia Corp., the world's largest handset maker, is investing up to $150 million over the next four years to establish a manufacturing facility in India, it announced Wednesday.

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    IT managers irrelevant to enterprise mobility: Telstra

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 11:06 am

    Australian telecommunication carrier Telstra Corp. Ltd. and BlackBerry vendor Research In Motion Ltd. (RIM) have a simple message for IT managers when it comes to making enterprise mobility purchasing decisions. You don't count.

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    Cingular maps out U.S. 3G rollout in 2005, 2006

    Posted December 1, 2004 - 10:35 am

    Cingular Wireless LLC plans to offer 3G mobile data service in a number of major U.S. urban and suburban markets next year and in most major U.S. markets by the end of 2006, the mobile operator announced Tuesday.

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    Sony Ericsson, Sony join Symbian Foma development

    Posted November 30, 2004 - 2:37 pm

    Sharp Corp. and the Japanese division of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB will jointly develop cellular telephone handsets based on the Symbian operating system for NTT DoCoMo Inc.'s 3G Foma service in Japan, the companies announced Tuesday.

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    AirMagnet polarizes wireless monitoring debate

    Posted November 30, 2004 - 2:11 pm

    Wireless security specialist AirMagnet Inc. believes it can settle a rumbling dispute in the Wi-Fi world, by offering a box that combines two access points with a full-time wireless monitor. The new device, based on multichannel silicon from Engim Inc., could find its way into other vendors' Wi-Fi systems next year.

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    U.S. denied visas for Chinese WLAN standard group

    Posted November 29, 2004 - 5:47 pm

    U.S. officials earlier this month denied visas to four representatives of a group developing China's WAPI (Wireless LAN Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) security protocol for wireless networks, raising questions in China about the U.S. government's commitment to greater Chinese involvement in setting technical standards.

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    New file system constrains Treo 650 storage capacity

    Posted November 29, 2004 - 3:12 pm

    The change to flash memory from DRAM for PalmOne Inc.'s new Treo 650 smart phone appears to have had the unintended consequence of reducing the amount of memory that is actually available to users. As a result, PalmOne plans to offer a free 128M-byte expansion card to Treo 650 purchasers to get around the problem, the company said Monday.

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    Benchmarking wireless LANs

    Posted November 29, 2004 - 12:02 pm

    As more and more shops look to install or upgrade wireless LAN equipment, they need a way to quantify WLAN performance. Unfortunately, benchmarking a WLAN can be tricky - you need to eliminate irrelevant variables, and know how to interpret your results.

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    Companies form mobile gaming alliance

    Posted November 29, 2004 - 11:57 am

    ARM, Superscape, and Sinjisoft have forged a technology alliance to create console-quality 3D games for mobile phones. Korea is the initial target for these games, but they could herald a mobile gaming revolution.

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    Leeway found in Wal-Mart's RFID mandate

    Posted November 29, 2004 - 11:48 am

    Wal-Mart has famously required that its suppliers begin using RFID tags for inventory control by January 2005. But over 70 percent of those suppliers are currently only using so-called "slap-and-ship" systems - where RFID tags are added solely to meet Wal-Mart's requirements, and not integrated into the suppliers' own supply chain.

  • Hamburg city pushes mobile phone ticketing

    Posted November 26, 2004 - 9:04 am

    Hamburg, one of Germany's largest cities, is showing consumers how they can check into soccer games, museum exhibitions, musicals and more with their mobile phones as part of a two-day mobile phone ticketing initiative beginning Friday.
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