IBM
Smarter Business Solutions Through Dynamic Infrastructure
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Vol: 3 Iss: 4 |
It's impossible to go another moment without acknowledging one of the more staggering statistics of our times: according to the Global Mobile Subscriber Database - which covers 197 countries and 568 operators with information on mobile subscribers by operator and network, including pen... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 10,748 |
Donation management company Managed Vending Programs (MVP) implemented a wireless solution, etrace from Gearworks, to enable faster, more reliable communication and documentation. A year later, MVP has seen the benefits of this technology as business grows and processes are streamlined... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,434 |
Wireless is everywhere. But it's still not reaching everyone. There is an enormous market of customers who want wireless service, but can't get it or can't find a plan that fits their needs. The credit-challenged can't establish a traditional account. Controlled spenders don't like unp... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,066 |
Midlogic by Geniem is the latest player in the increasingly crowded wireless development market. Midlogic is the first commercially available IDE focusing on building applications on the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME). Fairly new to the game, J2ME has the promise of being the st... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,966 |
A modern-day Atlantis of sorts, the city of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada sits on an island - the delta of the Frazier River. A haven from the watery depths surrounding it, the landmass is made mostly of sand and silicon deposits from the river itself. The environment is flat - pe... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 9,055 |
Italy is among the first countries in the world to use commercially available 3G phones. Like fashion, the Italians can be preoccupied with their technology-led accessories. Most Italians have at least two mobile phones: one for business and one for pleasure, both constantly being upda... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,274 |
Cometa Networks is building out wholesale hotspots for the enterprise market - and selling them to customers who then retail them to the enterprise market. In this exclusive WBT interview, Cometa's cofounder and interim CEO, Larry Brilliant, talks to Wi-Fi editor Ron Dennis about 'Proj... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,990 |
Just to prove that everything old is new again, a 75-year-old speech technology is headed for hot competition among network operators. Now with wide-ranging connectivity, it seems a limitless opportunity for applications lies ahead. Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 6,671 |
Using what is called simultaneous multimodality, service providers and enterprises can deliver more compelling mobile applications - for entertainment, workforce management, commerce, interactive messaging, and more - that seamlessly mix voice and visual interaction to improve ease-of-... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 6,920 |
Most buildings have blank spots where your phone won't work. Here's a look at how to increase mobile phone coverage in buildings, without annoying the network provider or the authorities. Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,800 |
Sun recently made what appeared to be a small announcement, that QUALCOMM would be distributing a J2ME implementation for their mobile phone handsets, but it's a small announcement that belies its importance in the mobile phone world. While most phone manufacturers, particularly in Eur... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 9,506 |
Developing multimode (or even dual-mode) products is far from being an easy task. For a product to have any hope of success in a marketplace that is as competitive as the wireless industry, there are many challenges that need to be addressed simultaneously. Both near- and long-term str... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 10,338 |
4G will revolutionize wireless entertainment by allowing users to access content at broadband speeds. The killer apps for entertainment include gaming, books/magazines, gambling, video, and adult content. 4G wireless - wireless ad hoc peer-to-peer networking - eliminates the spoke-and-... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 11,899 Replies: 4 |
Across the nation, pitched battles are being waged in city streets. On one side are the wireless telecommunications companies, trying to fulfill their mandate under the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 to provide seamless wireless coverage nationwide by rapidly deploying their fa... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,201 |
By banding together via aggregators, lots of smaller companies can make a proposition the operators can't ignore. One of the most frustrating experiences for mobile content or service providers is negotiating a profitable channel to market with mobile operators. The negotiation process... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 8,969 Replies: 1 |
This month's Dateline China is in the form of 'news in brief' snippets chosen to demonstrate how the pace of infrastructure and application development here is hotting up. These stories all stem from colorful, bustling Shanghai, whose name means 'on the sea,' the home to 8 million resi... Jan. 1, 2000 Reads: 7,609 |
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