VoIP News |
August 29th, 2008 |
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Vyke is running a beta trial on its Symbian client for Symbian phones. The standalone VoIP client would allow users to make VoIP calls from their mobile phones. Read about it on VoIP News of the UK. Andy Abramson has the scoop on Aircell - you know, the company doing [...]
Unstrung |
August 27th, 2008 |
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The Nokia N85 and N79 have integrated Wi-Fi, 3G capabilities, and other features[...]
VoIP News |
August 26th, 2008 |
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If you are a regular reader of this blog, you will know that it took next to no time for an intrepid blogger, Andy Abramson, to find a get-around to make VoIP calling from American Airline's new in-flight Wi-Fi service. For a service that claims to have prevented that, it's [...]
Portfolio |
August 26th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney points out: American Airlines has started offering its in-flight Wi-Fi, and for those of you who wonder whether it works well enough, my friend Joanna Stern of Laptop magazine tried it out and live blogged about it. She apparently had no problem using Pandora, Meebo, Gmail and a [...]
RCR Wireless |
August 26th, 2008 |
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The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.[...]
Seeking Alpha |
August 26th, 2008 |
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Nortel (NT) has signed a multi-year agreement to provide a unified communications system for the new Citi Field in New York, where the New York Mets will play their homes games. As part of the deal, Nortel will become the Mets’ official network systems supplier.The agreement is part of a [...]
SF Chronicle |
August 25th, 2008 |
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With municipal Wi-Fi systems blanketing some cities with wireless Internet access, one thought comes to the mind of the modern computer geek: "Hey, why not use it while I'm driving around?" Of course, for the person behind the wheel, there's a big reason why[...]
Chrysler is poised to offer in its 2009 models a new entertainment option for the children: Wi-Fi and Internet connectivity. The problem is that the entire car becomes a hotspot.[...]
VoIP News |
August 22nd, 2008 |
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Should Push to Talk services be tied to the career or the application? Read the discussion on The VoIP Weblog. And we're back - Wi-Fi in the air isn't dead yet says VoIP Watch. VoIP News of the UK has the scoop on cheap calls from the UK to the [...]
SF Chronicle |
August 21st, 2008 |
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Think of the typical city bus, and you're likely to picture old vehicles with hard seats and noisy brakes that belch diesel fumes as they jerk from stop to stop. Transit agencies want you to take another look. They're rolling out more attractive and[...]
American Airlines launched Wi-Fi service on 15 of its airplanes Wednesday, providing broadband Internet access on coast-to-coast flights in the U.S.[...]
Portfolio |
August 18th, 2008 |
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- Video game maker Electronic Arts has withdrawn its $2 billion offer for Take-Two Interactive, the shop behind the popular "Grand Theft Auto" series. [NYT]- Here comes the GPhone! How much of a threat does it pose to the iPhone and the BlackBerry? [Portfolio.com]- Google is pushing its plan to [...]
Portfolio |
August 18th, 2008 |
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Sam Gustin says: Google is a master at portraying the public interest as aligned with its own.In the latest example, the company is pulling out all the stops in its campaign to open up the unused "white spaces" in the radio spectrum between television channels for new wireless networks.And although [...]
Portfolio |
August 18th, 2008 |
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- Pandora, the popular online music service, is drowning under the weight of the royalty fees it must pay to music rights-holders. [WP]- Several new U2 tunes have made their way to the web. How? Someone apparently recorded Bono blasting them on his South-of-France villa's stereo, and the rest is [...]
A plan to employ unused TV channels to provide cheap, high-speed Wi-Fi still faces determined opposition and an uncertain future. The FCC will have the final say in the battle between broadcasters that want to share the TV airwaves.[...]
Business Week |
August 15th, 2008 |
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Beyond computers, Wi-Fi-enabled televisions, set-top boxes, and cars are entering the market[...]
Starting Aug. 25, Chrysler will offer an option that will turn 2009 Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge vehicles into mobile Wi-Fi hotspots, a move we can soon expect to see copied by other carmakers. Now, everyone in the car can be equally distracted.[...]
Unstrung |
August 13th, 2008 |
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WiFi aggregator appears to have backed the right horse by betting on a crush of 802.11-enabled smartphones[...]
VoIP News |
August 12th, 2008 |
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SDK, which allows developers to make VoIP applications for the iPhone, is now available from Global IP Solutions. The applications can run over the phone's WiFi connection, but not the 3G connection because Apple doesn't allow that. According to Crave: This means that developers can now use GIPS' VoiceEngine Mobile, [...]
RCR Wireless |
August 12th, 2008 |
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The following list details this week's infrastructure awards for the cellular, Wi-Fi, and WiMAX industries. The contracts are broken down by transmission technology, country and vendor. The value of the contract is included when available.[...]
Portfolio |
August 11th, 2008 |
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Kevin Maney has seen this movie before: Whenever you open up a previously-closed system and let the technology hordes have at it, the hordes do a pretty good job of finding artificial and inefficient business barriers -- and exploiting them. This is what file-sharing enthusiasts did to the music business. [...]
