2008

New research claims that IT security vendors are developing products to support a next-generation of “deperimeterised” business networks that have been opened up to support collaboration between customers, partners and staff..

Network equipment maker Cisco has unveiled a new mobility appliance, which it claims will ease businesses’ path to unified collaboration. The Cisco 3350 Mobility Services Engine helps users unify fixed line, mobile, and Wi-Fi networks to improve collaboration using mobile …

The Amazon Kindle e-book reader is back in the news again with a headline $40 device price cut to US$359, with Jeff Bezos giving an interview at the annual All Things Digital soiree, and various financial analysts speculating about sales …

It’s been said that football is a game of inches, a description that might also be applied to the handset market. And, as in football, a team – in this case a pairing of Virgin Mobile USA Inc. with its …

Sprint Nextel Corp. has been hit with a new class-action lawsuit alleging subscribers were billed for text messaging they did not authorize, litigation that is becoming increasingly common in the mobile-phone industry. “Rather than offer its customers a means to …

THE FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION SET A JUNE 20 DEADLINE for public comment on D-Block revisions, but already the agency has begun receiving suggestions from industry, public safety and academics. Most filings focus on how D-Block rules can be restructured to …

Qualcomm Inc.’s annual BREW developer’s conference got underway this morning, and the obligatory stream of news from the company’s home base in San Diego has kicked into high gear:–Qualcomm and Adobe Systems Inc. announced a new BREW Mobile Platform with …

TeliaSonera, the Stockholm-based network operator, will offer Apple Inc.’s iPhone this year to some portion of the 115 million subscribers it covers in seven countries, the operator said yesterday in a one-sentence announcement.Those countries include Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, …

Wireless carriers and backhaul transport providers spent $3.7 billion worldwide on mobile backhaul equipment last year, and spending is expected to grow in the high double-digit percents between 2009 and 2011, according to a report from Infonetics Research.“All market indicators …

More than half a million buildings will be equipped with in-building wireless systems by 2013, according to a new report from ABI Research.ABI said drivers for in-building system growth include frequency spectrum band distribution, network air interface protocol, data services …

Recent reports that it may be headed for a fall position WiMax as a long shot in the race for 4G wide area wireless domination. This uncertainty is a shift from last year, when WiMax seemed destined for greatness: Major …

It’s an oversimplification to say that 802.11n heralds the era of the wire-free office–though with top speeds of up to 300 Mbps, it’s clearly a catalyst for cutting the cords that tether users to their desks. Yet there’s no question …

For U.S. consumers, the smartphone is the clear the winner for mobile Web access, according to an In-Stat survey released Wednesday.

Search giant shows off Android at its Google I/O conference, including its touch-screen interface and ability to shift a Street View as the user turns around.

In part due to social networking and internet commerce, smartphone users are spending an average of more than 4.6 hours per month browsing the mobile web in the US and nearly 2.5 hours per month in Britain, reports M:Metrics – …

Femtocells – sounds like a science fiction term for robotic feminine cells – but it’s just another buzzword for a new technology and product that promises so much in the future, yet has delivered mostly in practical terms thus far.For …

The following list includes ratings changes and financial information for wireless companies announced this week by investment-banking and financial-services firms.Carrier–Lehman Brothers raised its price target on Leap Wireless to $60 from $43 and improved its EPS estimates to a loss …

The Razr cut both ways. In the past two years, as its Razr-driven joyride skidded into a ditch, Motorola Inc.’s massive advantage in its home market has dwindled to a narrow gap. The relentless hunger and proliferating portfolios of Samsung …

Perhaps no U.S. carrier has pushed the mobile data envelope like Sprint Nextel. But maybe the operator pushed a little too early.Sprint launched its first streaming video offering more than five years ago – five years! – and within months …

The Supreme Court let stand lower court rulings that held federal arbitration law does not pre-empt class-action litigation against T-Mobile USA Inc., an action that divided the wireless industry and now paves the way for three federal lawsuits to move …

Samsung has diversified its suppliers of UMTS baseband chips to include Infineon Technologies AG, leaving the world’s second-largest handset vendor less dependent on Qualcomm Inc., Samsung confirmed.“This is no surprise,” said Will Strauss, principal at Forward Concepts, which tracks the …

There likely won’t be any 3G service at this summer’s Olympic Games in Beijing, but the host country is finally making progress on a years-long plan to issue licenses that will enable carriers to begin deploying third-generation networks, the government …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks look for columns from Tom Huseby of SeaPoint …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly feature, Yay or Nay. Every week we’ll review a new wireless application or service from the user’s point of view, with the goal of highlighting what works and what doesn’t. If you wish to …

Vodafone Group Plc will say goodbye to its fearless leader. After five years as CEO, Arun Sarin is retiring at the end of July. Vittorio Colao will take his place; Colao has been with Vodafone for almost two years, coming …