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WBT has won its position of influence in the wireless marketplace and in the hearts and minds of wireless service providers, mobile handset/device vendors, and application developers through consistently delivering the best possible articles on wireless business and technology in the b...
The wireless world is going to move away from software-based security/encryption for a host of reasons, including processor speed, battery utilization, and memory scarcity. Embedded security in wireless networked devices is likely the 'next big thing' in wireless device security. Read ...
Over the past year, members of the Java Community Process (JCP), an independent organization dedicated to developing standards for Java technology, have been hard at work ratifying new Java technology standards that make Java a more unified platform and a more portable environment.
Java's back: after spending seven years wandering around the wilderness of Web browsers (where it gave us applets) and servers (where it's had a little more success, with servlets and JavaServer Pages entrenched as a serious platform for dynamic content), it's returned to its roots as ...
The government of the District of Columbia is embarking on a major revamp of its communications technologies as one of many steps to improve its level of service, specifically emergency services, to its residents.
From recording temperature fluctuations in caves to tracking components for warranty claims, the portable power of Palm handhelds, combined with the tiny iButton, offers an affordable, highly mobile solution that's easy to use. During the week, Pete Lindsley works as an electrical eng...
Bluetooth and Wireless Ethernet can happily coexist, at the same time, in the same space, and sharing the same frequency.
When might global interoperability become realized? What is going to be the 'killer application' that revolutionizes the mobile payments industry? While key groups work toward a solution for standardization, the compelling business proposition for mobile payments has not yet been ident...
Truth, they say, is often the first casualty of conflict, and the facts have taken a beating in today's take-no-prisoners telecom marketplace. That's certainly the case with the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), where despite a growing mountain of evidence, some have attem...
Universities across the country are increasingly implementing wireless solutions.The reason is twofold: better access for students in an information-centered lifestyle, and increased ROI for the academic institution.
Need an industrial-strength PDA scanner for commercial applications? One that even a fat-fingered Teamster can use? How about a PDA scanner that can be dropped on a factory floor and still be able to scan a warehouse full of inventory? If you have an application where frail scanning ha...
As Wi-Fi does damage control to cover its poor security implementation, a 3G technology based on CDMA2000 is coming online, and could pose a challenge to Wi-Fi as a solution for high-speed wireless Internet access. Wireless fidelity, Wi-Fi, 802.11b, call it what you'd like, right now ...
Tibet, the poorest province in China, has the highest ARPU for China Mobile. A poor Beijing student from the province of Hubei walks around with the latest Samsung color-screen GPRS Java-enabled phone. Construction workers climb high-rises while talking on Nokia phones. China is the la...