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.[...]
Fierce Wireless has pointed to a Forrester Research report that says that while mobile broadband will grow, there will still be a heavy demand for fixed broadband. To me, this translates that WiFi will remain the dominant wireless access technology for quite some time.[...]
The Bangkok Post writes that True Move, Thailand’s third largest mobile operator by subscribers, is introducing a series of mobile internet convergence packages by integrating fixed broadband Wi-Fi access on mobile handsets with GPRS/EDGE data services. The new packages give True Move pre-paid and post-paid customers unlimited nationwide internet access [...]
This is pretty interesting. A UK publication is reporting that more Wi-Fi hotspots are allowing users to make VoIP calls. According to Telappliant: The report, by ABI Research, found that the Wi-Fi market is expected to grow by 40 per cent compared with 2007 and its business model has been [...]
Today Cisco Systems said it plans to spend $120 million to buy Seattle-based Pure Networks, a company that makes software to manage home networks. Pure's network management software and underlying protocols, which make a connected device visible to a network, are becoming more important now that devices beyond computers and [...]
Kevin Maney looks at the bigger picture: OK, so the FCC after 17 months(!) seems finally ready to approve the merger between the two satellite radio companies, XM and Sirius. Regulators have a concern that there will be no competitors left in the satellite radio industry. But, if you look [...]
Filed under: Handsets, RIM, GSM, EDGE The Bold is still stealing the overwhelming majority of RIM's spotlight at the moment for a handful of pretty good reasons: one, it's actually been announced; two, it's 3G; and three, it falls in line with the traditional (and loved) BlackBerry form factor. Lurking [...]