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WBT News Desk brings you all the latest and greatest news from the world of wireless business and technology, including breaking news, technical articles and feature stories written by the world's leading experts of mBusiness.
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Paragon Wireless To
Enable VoWLAN Features On
TI's AR7VW Platform By Wireless News Desk Paragon Wireless, a
broadband wireless
equipment company,
announced that it will
enable manufacturers to
deliver high-performance
VoWLAN residential
gateway solutions as a
member of the Texas
Instruments DSP Third
Party Network. Mar. 27, 2006 01:45 PM Reads: 9,281 Replies: 1 | SMC Offers Wireless
Bluetooth USB Adapter By Wireless News Desk SMC Networks,provider of
LAN, broadband and
wireless products has
announced the launch of
SMC Enhanced Data Rate
Wireless Bluetooth USB
Adapter in India which
offers higher bandwidth
(3Mb) as compared to
Bluetooth v1.2 or v1.1. Mar. 27, 2006 01:45 PM Reads: 8,792 Replies: 1 | TravelNet Technologies'
Provides Additional
Networking To Canadian
Municipal Wireless
Project By Wireless News Desk TravelNet Technologies
announced that they will
be supplying additional
technology to support
Project Chapleau which is
a collaborative effort
between Bell Canada and
Nortel to evaluate the
effect of broadband
access technology on
rural and remote
communities in Canada. Mar. 27, 2006 01:45 PM Reads: 8,557 Replies: 1 | Nortel, Sierra Wireless
Achieve EV-DO Calls By Wireless News Desk Nortel and Sierra
Wireless announced that
they have achieved the
industry's first
over-the-air test calls
using EV-DO Revision A
wireless technology and
pre-commercial wireless
data devices. Mar. 27, 2006 09:45 AM Reads: 8,001 Replies: 1 | HP Pavilion Desktops Go
Wireless By Wireless News Desk Hewlett-Packard India
introduced under the
range of HP Pavilion
Media Center PCs the new
HP Pavilion m7382IN model
enabled with a Wireless
LAN powered by the Intel
Pentium D dual core
processor. Mar. 26, 2006 03:15 PM Reads: 8,428 Replies: 1 | Wireless Is Back:
Reminiscent of 2000, CTIA
WIRELESS 2006 Will Be
Biiiiig By Wireless News Desk CTIA WIRELESS 2006 is
scheduled to take place
from April 5-7 at the Las
Vegas Convention Center.
Wireless technologies
from more than 90
companies will be on
display in the seven
international pavilions
representing Canada,
China, Finland, Ireland,
Korea, Taiwan and the
United Kingdom. Mar. 26, 2006 09:15 AM Reads: 25,371 Replies: 1 | Wireless Company Tira
Adds Windows Mobile
Support By Wireless News Desk The Tira Jump Product
Suite enables mobile
content developers and
publishers to control,
adapt, optimize and
deploy mobile
applications - from
simple puzzles to complex
multiplayer, multilevel,
highly networked games
and applications - across
more than 500 differ... Mar. 24, 2006 12:15 PM Reads: 9,458 Replies: 1 | EnGenius Announces
"Extreme Range" Wireless
Networking Products By Wireless News Desk EnGenius Technologies
announced the first
'Extreme-Range' wireless
networking products for
service carriers,
businesses, and
consumers. The new
'Extreme-Range' EnGenius
wireless products may
provide up to 10 times
the coverage of standard
wireless data equipment
... Mar. 22, 2006 09:15 AM Reads: 10,642 Replies: 3 | MobileLime Closes $10
Million Funding by Oak
Investment Partners By Wireless News Desk MobileLime announced the
completion of a $10
million venture capital
financing. The financing
was led by Oak Investment
Partners. Ignition
Partners and SeaPoint
Ventures, which
participated in the
initial seed financing
for MobileLime, also
participated in this
round. Mar. 22, 2006 09:00 AM Reads: 11,129 Replies: 2 | Sprint Nextel To Set Up
Wi-Fi Network In Nevada By Wireless News Desk Sprint Nextel said Monday
that its local telephone
division is partnering
with the Las Vegas suburb
of Henderson to test a
wireless broadband
network, the first such
test with a traditional
local phone company. The
Wi-Fi system covers two
square miles of Henderson
... Mar. 21, 2006 04:15 PM Reads: 8,923 Replies: 1 | Oxford Media Appoints
Wireless Expert By Wireless News Desk Oxford Media, a secure
digital communication and
technology company,
announced that Hooman
Honary has been appointed
to lead Oxford Media's
planned WiMAX wireless
initiative into the
underserved secondary
markets throughout the
United States. Mr. Honary
is largely... Mar. 21, 2006 03:45 PM Reads: 8,136 Replies: 1 | Operational Advantages of
Digital Process Control
System Now Wireless
Extended By Wireless News Desk In a strong bid to
provide process and
manufacturing engineers
with significantly
greater process
management control and
functionality between
geographically-divergent
plants and processing
points, Moore Industries
takes a progressive step
in linking distributed
... Mar. 21, 2006 03:45 PM Reads: 8,079 Replies: 2 | Telsima Launches Complete
WiMAX Solution By Wireless News Desk Telsima Corportaion has
launched StarMAX, its
carrier-grade WIMAX
solution for Wireless
Broadband Access. The
StarMAX portfolio
supports active
subscriber mobility
management, indoor Non
Line-of-Sight (NLOS)
subscriber station
antenna gains, integrated
P2P micro... Mar. 21, 2006 10:00 AM Reads: 10,142 Replies: 1 | Ruckus Wireless Offers
Smart Wi-Fi Technology To
IPTV Providers By Wireless News Desk Ruckus Wireless plans to
announce Tuesday that
Oklahama-based Pioneer
Telephone Cooperative is
its first commercial
customer for its smart
Wi-Fi technology that
allows IPTV service
providers to stream their
signals through their
customers' homes using
Wi-Fi. Mar. 21, 2006 06:00 AM Reads: 8,816 Replies: 1 | VeriSign Acquires m-Qube
For $250 Million By Wireless News Desk VeriSign, Inc. announced
it has signed a
definitive agreement to
acquire m-Qube, a mobile
channel enabler that
helps companies develop,
deliver and bill for
mobile content,
applications and
messaging services. The
acquisition of m-Qube
complements the recently
... Mar. 21, 2006 05:00 AM Reads: 7,316 Replies: 1 | LG Electronics Signs
Licensing Agreements With
Adobe for Flash
Technology By Wireless News Desk Adobe Systems and LG
Electronics announced the
signing of licensing
agreements for Macromedia
Flash technology. The
agreements cover Flash
Lite and Flash Player SDK
(Software Development
Kit), helping ensure that
LG Electronics can
deliver Flash
technology-enable... Mar. 20, 2006 04:45 PM Reads: 11,106 Replies: 2 | Siemens Unveils New
Residential Wireless
Gateways with
IntelliSteer By Wireless News Desk Siemens Home and Office
Communication Devices
announced availability of
the new Gigaset SE567 and
SE568 residential ADSL2+
wireless gateways
featuring IntelliSteer
smart antenna technology.
The patented beam
steering technology
typically doubles signal
strength ov... Mar. 20, 2006 04:15 PM Reads: 9,243 Replies: 1 | Adobe Appoints New Senior
Vice President of
Creative Solutions
Business Unit By Wireless News Desk Adobe announced the
appointment of John
Loiacono as senior vice
president, Creative
Solutions. In this role,
Loiacono will have
responsibility for the
development, delivery and
marketing of Adobe's
entire creative software
portfolio, including
flagship brands such... Mar. 20, 2006 03:30 PM Reads: 11,413 Replies: 1 | NTT DoCoMo Launches Two
Symbian OS Wireless
Phones By Wireless News Desk Symbian announced that
Symbian OS, the
market-leading open
mobile operating system
for advanced mobile
phones, is being used in
the NTT DoCoMo FOMA D702i
and NM850iG, two new
phones launched today on
the FOMA network. Mar. 17, 2006 02:00 PM Reads: 7,759 Replies: 1 | Mobile Business Software
Developer, Dexterra Flush
with $12 Million Funding
Round By Wireless News Desk Dexterra Inc., a mobile
business software
developer, announced a
$12 million round of
funding led by its new
investor, Mesirow
Financial. Existing
investors include
Motorola Ventures, Intel
Capital, Canaan Partners
and Sigma Partners. Feb. 8, 2006 12:30 PM Reads: 8,143 Replies: 1 | UK Service Shows Cost of
Wireless Calls in Real
Time By Wireless News Desk Mobile phone users can
now see the cost of their
telephone call on their
handsets while they're on
a call, with a new
service released today by
How Much Software, a
London-based technology
development and marketing
business. Feb. 7, 2006 01:00 PM Reads: 11,585 Replies: 1 | M600 Launched: Sony
Ericsson Goes After the
World's 650 Million
Business E-Mail Users By Wireless News Desk 'Estimates show that
there are approximately
650 million business
e-mail users around the
globe, and the demand for
true mobile e-mail is
growing rapidly,' says
Jan Wäreby, Corporate
Executive Vice President,
Head of Sales and
Marketing, Sony Ericsson.
'While ther... Feb. 7, 2006 11:45 AM Reads: 7,482 Replies: 4 | OSS Through Java Releases
Web Services Integration
Profile By Wireless News Desk  The OSS through JavaT
Initiative announced the
availability of a Web
Services integration
profile for its Trouble
Ticket API (JSR 91). In
2005, the Initiative
unveiled its Web Services
strategy and published
design guidelines for the
development of the Web
Service... Jan. 29, 2006 02:00 PM Reads: 11,388 Replies: 1 | U.S. Supreme Court
Rejects Wireless Company
RIM's Motion By Wireless News Desk Blackberry developer RIM
was rejected by the U.S.
Supreme Court in its
attempt to get a lawsuit
dismissed on the grounds
that it delivers its
service outside of the
U.S. from a main
transmitter in Canada.
The company is being sued
by a small company in
northern Vi... Jan. 23, 2006 01:00 AM Reads: 7,510 Replies: 1 | Broadcom Becomes First
Chipset Manufacturer to
Piggyback on IEEE 802.11n
Draft Spec By Wireless News Desk Broadcom Corporation
announced the
availability of its new
'Intensi-fi' family of
wireless LAN chipsets,
the first solutions
designed to comply with
the IEEE 802.11n draft
specification. Jan. 21, 2006 07:00 AM Reads: 8,439 | 802.11n Gets Green Light;
Wireless LAN Draft
Standard Approved by IEEE
Task Group By Wireless News Desk A first draft of the new
WiFi standard developed
by the Enhanced Wireless
Consortium, known as
802.11n, has been
approved by the Institute
of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers
(IEEE) Task Group dealing
with wireless standards. Jan. 21, 2006 02:00 AM Reads: 7,138 | iAnywhere +
SalesForce.com = Sales
Anywhere for
SalesForce.com's
AppExchange By Wireless News Desk iAnywhere and
salesforce.com today
announced 'iAnywhere
Sales Anywhere' for
salesforce.com's
AppExchange. Now both
Fortune 100 companies and
small businesses can, in
just a few minutes, give
their users access to
Salesforce on handheld
devices. Jan. 17, 2006 03:00 PM Reads: 9,248 | CES 2006: First Treo
Smartphone to Run Windows
Mobile 5.0 Launched By Wireless News Desk The first Treo smartphone
to run the Microsoft
Windows Mobile 5.0
operating system was
unveiled at the last day
of CES 2006 in Las Vegas
yesterday. Jan. 8, 2006 12:30 PM Reads: 15,405 Replies: 4 | Sybase iAnywhere Claims
Top Wireless Mobile Data
Management (MDM) Spot By Wireless News Desk 'As enterprises continue
to grow their frontline
deployments, mobile
management and security
solutions are key
requirements for ensuring
the success of these
applications,' said Terry
Stepien, president of
iAnywhere. 'Our
continued leadership in
the MDM market co... Jan. 5, 2006 08:45 PM Reads: 7,836 Replies: 2 | Sybase iAnywhere Joins
Wireless UWB Groups By Wireless News Desk Ultrawideband (UWB) is a
burgeoning wireless
communication technology
that enables
high-bandwidth,
short-range wireless
communications. By
joining the respective
UWB standards bodies,
iAnywhere will help to
define standards that
merge the benefits of the
high da... Jan. 5, 2006 04:00 PM Reads: 8,944 Replies: 2 | RadioShack Becomes Single
Largest Distribution
Outlet for Cingular
Wireless By Wireless News Desk 'We've been diligently
planning for months to
effectively and
efficiently manage the
addition of Cingular to
our wireless family,'
said David Edmondson,
RadioShack's president
and chief executive
officer, as he today
announced the immediate
availability of Cingula... Jan. 2, 2006 11:00 AM Reads: 7,701 | Samsung + Vodafone +
Qualcomm = 3.5G HSDPA
Cellphone for Europe By Wireless News Desk Samsung will supply
Vodafone with new mobile
phones that use Qualcomm
chips and take advantage
of HSDPA, a next-step
technology developed for
use over networks based
on WCDMA, the world's
most popular
third-generation (3G)
mobile standard. Dec. 31, 2005 06:45 AM Reads: 8,142 | Trump's Apprentice
Runner-Up Rebecca Jarvis
Has $150,000 Job Offer
From SYS-CON Media By Wireless News Desk  SYS-CON's offer to Ms.
Jarvis will be to run the
events division of the
company as president and
CEO with an annual salary
of $150,000. Part of the
job responsibilities of
the president and CEO
position, which is
currently open, will
include the launch of
three in... Dec. 16, 2005 12:15 PM Reads: 55,647 Replies: 17 | Global IP Sound (GIPS)
Seeks to Protect the
Rights of Its Speech
Processing Products By Wireless News Desk Global IP Sound today
announced that it has
filed suit against
Sonorit AB and its
subsidiaries Sonorit ApS
and Camino Networks Inc,
alleging that the company
has violated GIPS' trade
secrets and has engaged
in acts of unfair
competition. Dec. 15, 2005 03:30 AM Reads: 10,042 Replies: 2 | Sybase iAnywhere Supports
IrSimple Wireless
Software Development By Wireless News Desk The IrSimple SDK and
related product updates
will enable device
manufacturers to update
their designs to the
latest IrDA standards
with minimum effort while
retaining
backwards-compatibility
with the IrDA's
point-and-shoot profile
for object exchange. The
compa... Dec. 13, 2005 03:00 PM Reads: 8,087 Replies: 1 | Can Yahoo! Out-Skype
Skype? By Wireless News Desk According to Reuters
reports, within the next
few days Yahoo! will
enable free PC-to-PC
voice calling between
Yahoo! users, using
VoIP-based technology
developed by a team from
Dialpad, which Yahoo!
acquired last year. Dec. 10, 2005 09:00 AM Reads: 7,981 Replies: 1 | Motorola Launches
Skype-certified Bluetooth
Offering: "Wireless
Internet Calling Kit" By Wireless News Desk Motorola and Skype have
announced the first
Skype-certified Bluetooth
headset solution in
America: the Motorola
Wireless Internet Calling
Kit. Available at 3,500
RadioShack stores
nationwide, the Motorola
Wireless Internet Calling
Kit enables Skype users
to experi... Dec. 1, 2005 06:00 AM Reads: 12,768 | i-Technology
Globalization: Nokia
Expands Mobile Device
Production in Dongguan,
China By Wireless News Desk Nokia today announced its
plans to expand its
mobile device production
in Dongguan, China. This
expansion will provide
more capacity and
flexibility to meet the
growing market demand
worldwide, especially
China and Asia. Dec. 1, 2005 04:00 AM Reads: 11,744 | Alvarion Builds
Island-wide Broadband
Wireless in Hokkaido By Wireless News Desk Alvarion has announced
additional orders to
extend the BreezeACCESS
VL network, following a
successful initial
deployment in the town of
Koshimizu, located on
Hokkaido Island, Japan.
Hokkaido Seiko Time
Systems, Alvarion's local
partner and the system
integrator, ... Nov. 18, 2005 08:00 AM Reads: 8,076 | HP Helps Dobson Cellular
Systems Manage Wireless
Networks for 1.5 Million
Customers By Wireless News Desk Dobson Cellular Systems,
a subsidiary of Dobson
Communications
Corporation, has deployed
the industry-leading
software solution, HP
OpenView TeMIP, to
streamline network
management and provide
better service to its
Dobson Cellular and
Cellular One wireless
customers. Nov. 15, 2005 01:00 PM Reads: 13,443 Replies: 1 |
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