| 05/06/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Submits Application for Mobile WiMAX Trials in Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan
012 Smile.Communications (Nasdaq: SMLC ; TASE) announced that it has applied to Israel's Communications Ministry to expand its license for mobile WiMAX trials to allow an expanded trial in the Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan area, Israel's most densely populated business and residential center. Through the trial, the Company plans to provide users with an Internet connectivity rate of up to a high 10MB, a speed sufficient to support both mobile telephony and a variety of Internet-based applications. The trial will utilize WiMAX technology provided by Alvarion (Nasdaq: ALVR). |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 05/05/08 | Towerstream Powers First NYC Skyscraper with Building-Wide Wireless Broadband Access
Towerstream (Nasdaq: TWER), a leading fixed WiMAX service provider, announced it will be powering one of New York City's landmark skyscrapers with building-wide access to its high-speed, wireless broadband solution. The 50-story building, which extends a full city block, will also serve as Towerstream's sixth point-of-presence (PoP) in its New York City wireless broadband network, extending broadband coverage to much of Manhattan's north side. |
| 04/16/08 | Setting Marketing Trends in the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) Industry
Due to mistakes made by Google, Earthlink, Sprint and other big companies in the broadband wireless industry, many members of the press seem to have lost their appetite for wireless Internet service provider stories. Regardless, of the media who now frown on the ability for broadband wireless technology to provide high-speed Internet access, the truth is that there are literally thousands and thousands of companies doing it successfully around the world. |
| 04/14/08 | Cisco 'Empowered Branch' Delivers More Applications and New Broadband Wireless Business Models; Opens Routers to Customers and Third-Party Applications
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced new broadband wireless solutions that further optimize branch offices of all sizes, allowing companies to customize branch networks to meet their unique business needs. By opening its industry-leading Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platforms to customers and third-party application developers, Cisco enables its customers to optimize the branch infrastructure while extending their accessibility to business resources. It also provides Cisco channel partners with new opportunities to deliver differentiated solutions and services that better align with customers' business needs. |
| 04/10/08 | Motorola Receives Award for Innovative RFS7000 Broadband Wireless LAN Switch
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that its RFS7000 Wireless LAN (WLAN) switch was named Best of Show at the FOSE 2008 conference. The solution was also named the best new product in the "Networking Equipment" category. |
| 04/09/08 | Airspan Completes FCC Certification for Full Product Suite in the 3.65 GHz Frequency Band
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has obtained FCC certification to market its compact MicroMAX base station in the 3.65 GHz frequency band as well as the full suite of subscriber devices including the indoor EasyST and outdoor ProST, both of which also support optional WiFi and VoIP extensions. |
| 04/04/08 | Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. Selects Alcatel-Lucent To Build WiMAX Network In The Coachella Valley Region Of California
Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. (TSX: CWG) announced the selection of Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) to build Craig Wireless' new WiMAX network - based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) WiMAX standard - in the Coachella Valley region of California. |
| 04/03/08 | Nortel Delivering Seamless Broadband Wireless Mobile Communications Anywhere, Anytime, Any Device
Nortel (NYSE:NT) announced further innovation in technology for application development, IP solutions and more customers reaping the benefits of new, converged communications. These milestones are bringing to life Nortel's vision for a simplified communication experience with technology that blurs the lines between wireless and wireline, home and office by creating a seamless, unified communication experience. |
| 04/03/08 | Mobility and Broadband Speeds Unite As Nokia Evolves The Internet Experience
Ushering in the next generation of wireless broadband devices, Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) unveiled its newest Nseries device, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet -- WiMAX Edition, Nokia's first device engineered to take advantage of new wide-area high-speed mobile WiMAX networks. This pocket-sized device lets consumers enjoy an open Internet experience, allowing for access to the full Internet without barriers, while on the go. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition is the latest iteration of Nokia's popular line of Internet Tablet products. For the first time, the power and convenience of the Internet Tablet platform is combined with next generation wide-area wireless broadband capability, allowing users to easily and quickly access all of their favorite Internet services beyond local area hot spots. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition is expected to be available in the United States during the summer of 2008 in areas where WiMAX connectivity is available. |
| 04/02/08 | Tata Communications Selects Proxim Wireless as Supplier of Mesh and Point to Multipoint Unlicensed Broadband Wireless Equipment
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM ) announced that Tata Communications Ltd. has selected Proxim Wireless as its supplier of Mesh and Point to Multipoint broadband wireless equipment operating in unlicensed frequency bands. |
| 04/02/08 | Craig Wireless selects Alcatel-Lucent to Build WiMAX network in Palm Springs, California; First commercial deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX technology in North America
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced it has been selected by Craig Wireless (TSX: CWG) to build a new WiMAX network - based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) WiMAX standard - in Palm Springs, California. This is the first commercial deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX technology in North America. |
| 04/02/08 | Craig Wireless Selects Alcatel-Lucent To Build WiMAX Network In Palm Springs, California
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced it has been selected by Craig Wireless (TSX: CWG) to build a new WiMAX network -- based on the IEEE 802.16e-2005 (Rev-e) WiMAX standard -- in Palm Springs, California. This is the first commercial deployment of Alcatel-Lucent's WiMAX technology in North America. |
| 04/01/08 | TCS smsExpress Platform Expands Wireless Carriers' Enterprise-to-Phone Business Opportunity
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS) (NASDAQ: TSYS ) introduced the TCS smsExpress Mobile Value-added-service Platform (MVP) for wireless carriers looking to create or expand their Enterprise-to-Phone (E2P) business. This platform provides a service delivery vehicle for mass distribution and guaranteed delivery of enterprise-generated content targeted for employees or enterprise consumers. Unlike traditional revenue sharing with content aggregators, smsExpress MVP allows wireless carriers to directly generate enterprise premium messaging service revenues. |
| 04/01/08 | NETGEAR and Tatara Systems to Show Interoperable Broadband Wireless Femtocell Solution at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
NETGEAR Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR ) announced a plan to achieve interoperability between NETGEAR's Femtocell Voice Gateway (DVG834GH) and the Tatara Convergence Server. |
| 04/01/08 | Camiant Eliminates Significant Obstacle for Mobile Operators: Helps Curb Skyrocketing Costs of Mobile Broadband Wireless Networks
Camiant, Inc. unveiled a new cost control application designed to help wireless operators manage the ever-increasing RF (radio frequency) and backhaul costs associated with deploying and maintaining mobile broadband networks. This application is available using the company's proven policy server, the Multimedia Policy Engine (MPE) , which is already deployed by several Tier 1 operators, to help service providers maximize profitability and subscriber quality of experience. |
| 03/28/08 | KeyOn Communications Enters into WiMAX Agreement with Airspan Networks
KeyOn Communications Holdings Inc (OTC BB: KEYO), announced that the company has entered into an agreement with Airspan Networks Inc (Nasdaq:AIRN), a provider of wireless voice and broadband data systems and solutions for the fixed and mobile WiMAX and Wi-Fi markets. |
| 03/27/08 | Aptilo Networks and O-Zone to Light Up India With Wi-Fi
Aptilo Networks, announced that Aptilo has been selected to provide its Service Management solution delivered as a managed service from one of Aptilo's network operation centers (NOCs) for O-Zone's growing number of Wi-Fi-enabled hotspots and metro deployments. O-Zone is working with India's largest listed real estate developer, DLF, to bring Wi-Fi Internet access to business-focused locales across the country |
| 03/26/08 | Rainmaker Signs New Client Extricom for Lead Development Program
Rainmaker Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMKR ), announced it will deploy its Leadworks lead development technology solution on behalf of its newest client, Extricom, a leading provider of high-performance enterprise-class wireless LAN solutions for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and location-based service. |
| 03/26/08 | SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM Appoints Proxim Wireless as Official Wireless Networking Supplier
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM ), a leader in core-to-client solutions for broadband wireless networks, today announced that it has supplied the SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM with wireless equipment for the Formula One season commencing in Melbourne, Australia on March 14. SUPER AGURI F1 TEAM has appointed Proxim Wireless as the official wireless networking supplier. |
| 03/25/08 | Camiant to Present on "Mobile VoIP" Panel at CTIA Wireless 2008
Camiant , Inc. announced that it has been selected to present at the "Mobile VoIP" panel being held at this year's CTIA Wireless 2008 conference, April 1-3, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| 03/19/08 | Linksys Unveils New Wireless-G iPhone for Service Provider Mass Deployment
Linksys introduced the Linksys by Cisco Wireless-G IP iPhone (WIP310). The device is the latest edition to the Linksys IP phone product family offering VoIP connectivity via WiFi Internet access. The WIP310 is an ideal solution for voice service providers and IP telephony value-added resellers who want to expand their voice communication offerings to consumers or small businesses by extending voice mobility capabilities with an 802.11 b/g/n WiFi infrastructure. |
| 03/19/08 | Aruba Networks and Avaya Collaborate on Green Teleworker Voice and Data Access Solutions
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced it is working with Avaya, Inc. to provide a voice and data access solution for teleworkers. The unified mobility solution securely delivers enterprise voice and data applications to teleworkers in any location, regardless of how they connect to the communications network or what enterprise applications they need to access. |
| 03/10/08 | Alvarion Unveils New WiMAX SentieM Technologies, Bringing Unmatched Innovation to Mobile Broadband Wireless Networks
Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) unveiled SentieM technologies, which surpass the Mobile WiMAX basic technologies and provide better coverage, capacity and throughput per user to operators using Alvarion's end-to-end Mobile WiMAX 4Motion solution. SentieM includes Advanced Antenna and Radio Resource technologies in addition to Distributed Network capabilities, improving the economics for operators and the quality of service for subscribers. |
| 03/10/08 | World Free Mobile Integrated Calling Platform
Innovative Communications Technologies, Inc. announces the official product name "World Free Mobile" as the public face of the "Cannes Project" integrated voice and data platform. |
| 03/10/08 | NETGEAR and Nokia Siemens Networks Collaborate on 3G HSPDA/Wi-Fi Femto Home Broadband Wireless Access Solution
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) and Nokia Siemens Networks announced their collaboration to certify NETGEAR's Femtocell Voice Gateway (DVG834GH) for interoperability with Nokia Siemens Networks' Femto Gateway. The combined solution will enable mobile operators to deliver high quality cellular phone coverage throughout the home and small office, and provide consumers affordable and easy access to a range of advanced network services via existing 3G and Wi-Fi handsets. |
| 03/10/08 | MobileMonday Toronto Returns With "Mobile Moguls Looking for Money"
MobileMonday Toronto, the mobile industry networking group, will hold their second annual Venture Capital panel, with prospective mobile entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to some of Canada's leading Venture Capital companies. |
| 03/02/08 | Proxim Wireless and net.art Enable Social Inclusion for 3000 Users Across 15,000 Sq. Km. in Germany
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM ) announced that it has supplied broadband wireless equipment to net.art, an ISP in Bad Kreuznach, for its FUNKITOWN Internet access and VoIP service across the region of Rheinland-Pfalz. |
| 02/25/08 | Portable WiMAX VoIP Cell Phones Displayed at 2008 Mobile World Congress
NetIndex Inc., Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and Runcom Technologies Ltd. have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP portable telephone using the WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. Thus, at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (previously 3GSM show) one of the largest and most advanced Mobile Communication shows in the world, these companies will be displaying their VoIP portable telephone using WiMAX which achieves All-IP voice communication. |
| 02/21/08 | Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) Providers Plan to Eliminate Local TV Broadcast Stations and Say the Wi-Fi Internet Access Points Will Replace TV Networks
Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVN) commented on breaking news stories regarding Internet TV and the future of TV delivery. Wi-Fi TV is the creator of Social Internet TV, which can be seen at www.Wi-FiTV.com. |
| 02/20/08 | Extricom Announces Broadband Wireless PartnerAdvantage Channel Program for Wi-Fi Services
Extricom, the premier provider of enterprise-class wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure systems for converged voice (VoWLAN), data, video, and RFID services, launched its PartnerAdvantage Partner Program. The PartnerAdvantage launch comes as solution providers and Value Added Resellers (VARs) of all sizes are searching for highly differentiated solutions that will enable them to take advantage of the multi-billion dollar opportunity the wireless LAN (WLAN) market represents. |
| 02/15/08 | Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge Communicator Integrates Google Apps for Enterprise Customers
Voice Mobility International, Inc. (OTCBB:VMII) announced its new Google Apps functionality, a first in the enterprise market. Voice Mobility's UCN Vmerge is now integrated with the Google Apps solution suite to provide workplace and campus customers full collaboration functionality. The Google Apps suite includes Gmail, Google Talk, Google Calendar, Google Docs, Contacts, Mobile apps and other collaboration tools all using the workplace or campus domain. UCN Vmerge adds unified communications to complete messaging, collaboration, calendaring and presence functionality. |
| 02/15/08 | Nortel Says Wireless Voice over IP Offers a Huge Opportunity for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses
Converged mobility - the ability to make phone calls over WiFi and cellular networks via a dual-mode phone - is the service SMBs are most likely to consider for implementation followed by web services like click-to-connect and converged desktop applications that allow you to easily control calls from any cellular phone using a laptop application. |
| 02/15/08 | Over the Air Device Provisioning for WiMAX Gets Soft Touch from Bridgewater Systems
Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) announced an Over-The-Air Provisioning (OTA) solution, which enables service providers to support dynamic provisioning of devices on WiMAX networks. Working in conjunction with Open Mobile Alliance Device Management (OMA-DM) compliant servers, the Bridgewater solution recognizes when subscribers and devices are on the network to facilitate seamless provisioning and firmware updates over the air, thereby reducing service introduction costs and enabling immediate subscriber access to WiMAX services. |
| 02/15/08 | Nortel Demonstrates Industry's First WiMAX VoIP Call Controlled by 2G/3G Voice Network
Wireless Internet service providers seeking to offer advanced voice and data capabilities without replacing existing network gear take note. Nortel is demonstrating at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 8, B145) the ability to provide VoIP calling using a 2G/3G GSM/UMTS core network to host 4G WiMAX access. This is good news for GSM and UMTS wireless operators looking to evolve to 4G, as they can look to Nortel's innovative technology to cost-effectively support it all: current 2G and 3G voice and text services as well as future 4G communication services like advanced mobile broadband. |
| 02/12/08 | Nortel Boosts Bandwidth Power of Blue Sky Communications Network in American Samoa
Blue Sky Communications, the wireless service provider for American Samoa, is using All-IP Voice Core solutions from Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) to provide new, operationally efficient communication services across this island territory of the U.S. |
| 02/09/08 | Sonus Networks Demonstrates the Future of Wireless Broadband at Mobile World Congress 2008
Sonus will demonstrate solutions that enable mobile operators to not only expand their features, but also reduce operating costs. Held in Barcelona, Spain from February 11th - 14th, operators from around the globe will experience the capabilities that Sonus brings to their mobile broadband networks and how a Sonus wireless solution can leverage this broadband network for voice, while personalizing the consumers' overall experience. |
| 02/08/08 | New "MacroMAXe" Mobile WiMAX Base Station Sets Standard for Features, Range and Capacity
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) and Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702) announced they had signed a four-year cooperation agreement to jointly build a leading-class Mobile WiMAX Base Station designed for carriers in the 2.5 and 2.3 GHz bands. This new Base Station combines the advanced technologies of both parties and will significantly cut the time to market and allow both companies to take a leadership position in the dynamic 2.5 and 2.3 GHz frequency bands. |
| 02/08/08 | Telefonica O2 Czech Republic Drives Faster Mobile Broadband with Nortel Broadband Wireless CDMA Rev. A Technology
Telefonica O2 Czech Republic has enhanced its fixed and mobile broadband services portfolio with new converged services by upgrading its CDMA network to Rev A with a Nortel (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) CDMA solution. |
| 02/08/08 | Broadband Wireless Vendors Showcase Mobile Voice over IP Dual-Mode Wi-Fi Cell Phones
Boingo Wireless Inc. and Cicero Networks today announced that they will demonstrate mobile VoIP and IM over Wi-Fi on dual-mode handsets using Boingo ' s Wi-Fi Hotspots at next week ' s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. |
| 02/08/08 | AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 Expands Options for Broadband Wireless Network Managers
AirWave Wireless announced the release of its new AirWave Wireless Management Suite Version 5.3 software, designed to help IT manage large scale and mission-critical wireless networks. By supporting a broad range of new products, including recently released enterprise-grade 802.11n wireless devices, AirWave 5.3 software offers network administrators an alternative to proprietary element management systems and enables IT to manage complex, heterogeneous networks from a single, integrated console. |
| 02/07/08 | AT&T Solution Supports Centralized Network for Ammeraal Beltech
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) has announced a new contract to deliver an advanced networking solution to Ammeraal Beltech, one of the global market leaders in process and conveyor belts. Ammeraal Beltech has production facilities in six countries, assembly facilities in more than 20 countries and an extensive distribution network in 85 countries. |
| 02/05/08 | Google's 700MHz Wish Comes True
If you haven't heard yet, the nationwide block of spectrum in the 700MHz band being auctioned by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission received sufficient high dollar bids today to exceed the "reserve," or minimum price of US$4.6 billion, which will require any winning wirelesss operator to keep the spectrum open. |
| 01/24/08 | Nortel Signs Agreement to Provide VoIP Solution for Clearwire
A contract to deliver a complete carrier VoIP solution to provide a residential VoIP service to the US customers of Clearwire, a provider of portable and reliable wireless high-speed Internet service, has been signed by communications solutions provider Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT). |
| 01/17/08 | iDirect Platform Selected by Telefonos Del Norte to Power Satellite Broadband Wireless Network in Central America
iDirect, Inc. announced that Telefonos del Norte has selected its satellite communications platform as the standard for a new high-speed, cost effective broadband service for consumers and businesses across Central America. The new service will initially focus on Telefonos del Norte's customers in Guatemala, many in locations with inadequate terrestrial infrastructure. The network will be built on iDirect's Series 15000 universal hub and Series 3100 remote routers. |
| 01/04/08 | Gartner Group Reports Meru Networks to be Magic Visionaries in Broadband Wireless Networks
Meru Networks announced it has been positioned in the visionaries quadrant in the Gartner report, "Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure, 2007." According to the report, which evaluates vendors on their ability to execute and completeness of vision, a visionary vendor demonstrates an ability to increase features in its offering to provide a unique and differentiated approach to the market. |
| 12/26/07 | Stratus Technologies Group and LastMile Communications, Ltd. Partner to Deliver Unprecedented Wireless Performance and Safety for the Residents and Businesses of Doral, FL.
Stratus Technologies Group Inc. and LastMile Communications, Ltd. announced that they have partnered to deliver on-demand high performance services and high definition multi-media content within the Doral, FL wireless broadband network. |
| 12/21/07 | Towerstream Launches New Promotional Offering for its Mid-Range Wireless Broadband Solution
Towerstream (Nasdaq: TWER) announced a new promotion for its mid-range wireless broadband solution. Now, new customers signing up for service can access 4-8 mbps of bandwidth for just $1,000 a month - with no set-up fees. The promotion is currently running and is optimized for businesses looking for more robust bandwidth offerings will full support for voice, video and data traffic. |
| 12/19/07 | ABI Research Names #1 Vendor for VoIP over Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Networks
The innovation ranking is based on how a technology addresses roaming, call management, endpoint security, VoWi-Fi reporting, intrusion detection and protection, troubleshooting, fixed-mobile convergence schemes, fast handoffs, load balancing, battery life, quality of service, and architecture. The implementation ranking is based on partnerships with resellers and technology providers. |
| 12/18/07 | German Wireless ISP Launches Commercial VoIP Service via WiMAX Wireless Broadband Network
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that NeckarCom Telekommunikation GmbH, an innovative German telecommunications provider, has launched its commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service following the successful implementation earlier this year of a WiMAX network in the Ulm region of Germany by Motorola. The flexibility of the Motorola WiMAX solution has enabled NeckarCom to easily integrate all of its current standard voice services across the WiMAX network and offer a new combined voice and data solution, quickly and effectively. |
| 12/17/07 | Telsima Announces WiMAX 450 MHz / 700 MHz Broadband Wireless Access Solution
Telsima Corporation announced its WiMAX 450/700 MHz BWA Solution at the India Telecom 2007 show at New Delhi, 2007. Telsima's WiMAX 450/700MHz solution delivers Internet, Voice and Multimedia services over a wireless broadband link to remote users. An end- to-end communication solution for operators who have a frequency license between 400 MHz and 1 GHz, the Telsima solution can be customized for any specified band within that range -- by default it supports the 450 MHz and 700 MHz bands. |
| 12/13/07 | Research Report that Cisco is #1 Vendor in Voice over Wi-Fi for the Wireless Broadband Industry
Cisco Systems has been ranked at the top of the latest Voice over Wi-Fi ecosystem Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research. Aruba Wireless Networks and Nortel claimed the second and third spots in the company ' s most recent evaluation of worldwide VoWi-Fi vendors offering comprehensive solutions. |
| 12/10/07 | University of South Alabama to Deploy 74 HiPath Remote IP Wireless Broadband Access Points and More than 9,000 Mobile Wireless IP Digital Telephones
Siemens Communications announced that the University of South Alabama selected authorized Siemens HiPath reseller, Black Box Network Services (Nasdaq: BBOX ), to deploy an IP-based unified communications solution. The new open communications infrastructure offers the university's faculty, students and staff the benefits of unified communications, such as increased collaboration, productivity and acceleration of operational processes. The solution also enables the university to use its existing infrastructure, while enhancing it with optimized VoIP capability. |
| 12/03/07 | California K-12 Districts Receives Green Light to Purchase Trillion Wireless WAN and VoIP Services with California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) Discounts
Trillion announced it was issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the California Public Utilities Commission. This is necessary for a provider to become an eligible vendor under the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF). The CTF funds enable eligible K-12 districts in California to purchase Trillion Broadband Wide Area Network services, Voice over IP telephony services and Internet services at a 50% discount or more. |
| 11/29/07 | ICT Announces Wi-Fi/WiMAX Voice and Data Platform for 3G Cell Phones
This ICT Product Development Group's project, code named the "Cannes Project" enables users to send voice and data from any broadband device anywhere in the world without using cellular plan minutes and not requiring a cellular carrier wherever Wi-Fi/WiMAX is present. Connection to non-broadband mobile devices and landlines are projected to be at a 60% reduced cost over present mobile, VoIP and telecom carriers. |
| 11/27/07 | Tpad Provides Free VoIP Calls for Wi-Fi Mobile Phone Users.
Tpad are the latest entrants to the developing Wi-Fi mobile phone market offering a service that enables GSM mobile phone users to make free calls to any SIP enabled user anywhere in the world. |
| 11/27/07 | How Can Wi-Fi Hotspot Providers Capitalize on the Forecasted $5 Billion Revenue Opportunity for Voice over IP Services?
Research and Markets has announced the addition of Wi-Fi Hotspots: The Next Generation to their offering. The business market for hotspot usage is well understood, but how do hotspot operators drive usage to the next level? The hotspot market is moving beyond just business travelers accessing airport and hotel hotspots on a laptop. There is an impending revolution in the hotspot market characterized by consumer usage, handheld access, and new applications, especially Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi). |
| 11/20/07 | Siemens HiPath Wireless Broadand Network Provides Efficient, Effective and Personal Patient Care at New McCune-Brooks Hospital
Efficient, effective and highly responsive patient care is the primary architectural design goal for the all-new, soon-to-open McCune-Brooks Hospital in Carthage, Mo. To fully achieve this objective, the hospital prescribed for itself a secure, highly reliable IP-based wireless voice and data communications solution from Siemens Communications, Inc. in collaboration with Siemens Building Technologies. |
| 11/20/07 | Ruckus Wireless Offers Crystal-Clear Broadband Wireless Voice-over-WiFi Services for Enterprise Customers
Ruckus Wireless announced that they completed ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program (TPP) certification, which ensures interoperability with ShoreTel 7.5, ShoreTel's latest release of its Pure IP Unified Communications system. Ruckus Wireless has achieved the ShoreTel Certified designation through comprehensive testing completed in the ShoreTel certification lab, working together to deliver the industry's most robust implementation of IP telephony over new 802.11 "Smart Wi-Fi" technology, ushering in a new era of enterprise voice over Wi-Fi services. |
| 11/19/07 | CBS Launches Free Broadband Wireless Internet Access in Midtown Manhattan CBS Wi-Fi Mobile Zone
CBS Corporation announced that it will "light up" midtown Manhattan with the creation of the "CBS Mobile Zone," a wireless high-speed network enabling New Yorkers with Wi-Fi-enabled cell phones, laptops or other devices to access the Internet for free, and make voice over internet (VOI) calls. |
| 11/15/07 | Worldwide Telecom Industry Growing Ten Percent Annually, Revenues Expected to Reach $2.7 Trillion by 2013, says Insight Research Corp.
Global telecommunications industry services revenue will reach $1.7 trillion by the close of 2008, with continued strong growth in wireless leading the way, says a new market analysis report from The Insight Research Corporation. According to the new industry market study, overall telecommunications services revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 10.3 percent over the next few years, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2013. Wireless makes the strongest showing across all sectors while wire line follows a distant second. Nearly all of the growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless broadband service revenues expected to grow at a compounded rate of more than 70 percent over the forecast period, while wire line broadband services grow at under 10 percent over the same forecast horizon. |
| 11/07/07 | Wireless VoIP Partnership to Provide High-Speed Internet Access, IP Voice and IPTV Services
The newly scribed partnership between communication developers ReliaClear Canada Inc. and Wi-Hop Networks Inc. announced that they have signed with the Toronto based company N.E. Ware Communications, a provider of Wi-Fi hardware. The newly established trust will collaborate in concentrating their efforts to develop technological advances that will echo throughout the Niagara Region. |
| 11/06/07 | DataPath's Broadband Wireless Satellite Backpacks Provide Broadband Internet and VoIP Communications from Almost Anywhere
DataPath, Inc., a leading provider of satellite and wireless communications networks around the world, has been selected by the U.S. Marine Corps to provide an ultra-portable satellite communications (SATCOM) solution for the Support Wide Area Network (SWAN) program, enabling the Marines to extend the network and improve warfighter mobility while they establish and maintain broadband communications on the battlefield. |
| 11/06/07 | Motorola Begins Trialing In-Home 3G Femtocell Access Points to Prevent Landslide Loss of Customers to Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless VoIP Calling Services
Femtocells enable operators to provide higher-quality and higher- performance wireless voice and real-time data services to their customers inside their homes. In addition, they enable a significantly lower cost of delivery for wireless traffic, in comparison to the macrocell network. For consumers, the benefits of femtocells include a seamless communication experience as they roam from inside to outside their homes, reduced "in-home" call charges, improved indoor coverage and consolidated billing, all from their existing 3G handsets. |
| 11/05/07 | Cable Operators Acknowledge Wireless Internet Access Points Key to Building Wireless VoIP Business Model to Compete in Telecom Industry
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR ) announced that Numericable, the largest cable operator in France, is offering NETGEAR's Wireless Cable Voice Gateway (CVG834G) to its Internet customers. Already a leader in the European home networking market, NETGEAR expects this relationship to augment its growing presence within France, where Numericable services are available to approximately 40% of all homes -- over 9.5 million households. |
| 11/02/07 | New Siemens HiPath 4000 V4 Real-Time IP System to Provide Broadband Wireless Mobility Support, Greater Deployment Flexibility and Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Medium-to-large enterprises can now drive overall business performance higher - with lower cost and less complexity -- thanks to the new features in the resilient HiPath 4000 V4 Real-Time IP System. This latest IP-based unified communications platform release from Siemens Communications, Inc., delivers user mobility, virtual numbering, end-to-end encryption, business process integration and other powerful capabilities. With the HiPath 4000, companies can now respond faster to customers and market opportunities, sharpen their competitive edge and gain greater efficiencies to boost profitability. |
| 11/02/07 | Challenger's New Mobile Broadband Wireless VoIP Service Offers Wireless Internet Service Providers Opportunity Launch Their Own Branded Wireless VoIP Service Via Wi-Fi, GPRS or 3G Access Points
Service providers looking for the quickest path to capitalizing on the rapidly emerging mVoIP market can select the company's hosted service offering and deploy a complete turnkey Mobile VoIP service in four weeks or less. |
| 10/31/07 | Harmony Mobile Introduces Unlimited Calling Over Wi-Fi With the Launch of CityHarmony, Canada's First GSM/WiFi Mobile Service
Harmony Mobile announced the national launch of CityHarmony, the first truly converged GSM/WiFi dual-mode service in Canada. CityHarmony is a groundbreaking new wireless service designed to provide Canadians with one phone for all their home, office, and mobile calling needs, by combining the power of Wireless LAN and Harmony's next generation cellular network. |
| 10/31/07 | TiVo and Windstream Partner to Offer TiVo DVR & Windstream High-Speed Internet Bundle
TiVo Inc. (Nasdaq: TIVO ), the creator of and a leader in television services for digital video recorders (DVRs), and Windstream Corporation (NYSE: WIN ), today announced an agreement to offer bundled internet and TiVo DVR services. |
| 10/29/07 | Anixter, Firetide and OnSSI to Host Coast-to-Coast Seminar Series for Senior Law Enforcement Officials on Wireless Video Surveillance
To respond to escalating demand for information on using wireless video surveillance for Homeland Security and public safety initiatives, Anixter, Firetide, and OnSSI are hosting a four-city seminar series to provide the "roadmap for success" to public safety agencies. The seminars will deliver insights into policy, technology, funding and deployment issues facing law enforcement when implementing a wireless surveillance network. |
| 10/26/07 | The Future of Telephony Has Landed: HSDPA Voice Over IP Operator Launched in Japan
JAJAH announced that its new JAJAH Mobile software client now enables voice-over-mobile-broadband calls in Japan with mobile broadband wireless operator EMOBILE. The software uses the data channel, a HSDPA connection, to deliver voice services for mobile broadband customers. By running Windows Mobile 6, users can now make native SIP calls using the JAJAH software, to more than 120 global destinations. |
| 10/24/07 | HelloSoft and Sonus Provide IP-based Broadband Solution for Variety of 3G, Wi-Fi and WiMAX Wireless Access Points
HelloSoft, Inc. and Sonus Networks (Nasdaq: SONS ) announced that the two companies are joining forces to enable mobile users to harness the power of IP for increased flexibility and access to enriched services. The two companies are partnering together to deliver new services through a suite of converged fixed broadband and mobile wireless solutions. |
| 10/23/07 | Meru Networks Enters into Broadband Wireless VoIP Distribution Agreement with Ingram Micro
Meru Networks announced a new strategic distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc. (NYSE: IM), the world's largest technology distributor. Under this agreement, Ingram Micro will market and distribute Meru's product line to its U.S. channel partners. |
| 10/23/07 | Siemens Introduces HiPath OpenOffice ME, a Comprehensive Unified Wireless Communications Appliance for Small and Medium Businesses
Each user license includes the Siemens OpenScape Office unified communications suite targeted and designed specifically for the SMB market, which provides presence awareness of other users among many other capabilities. In addition, HiPath OpenOffice supports HiPath Wireless Access Points and for larger WLAN installations the HiPath Wireless C20 Controller - also being announced today - to enable businesses to choose whether they want their voice and data traffic to move through wireline or wireless connections. |
| 10/17/07 | BBC Becomes the First Broadcaster to Provide All Content Online for Free Via Wi-Fi Internet Access
The BBC has established a non-exclusive venture which enables all http://www.bbc.co.uk content to be accessed by the public, for free, via the UK network of hotspots operated by The Cloud, a wireless broadband network provider in Europe. |
| 10/16/07 | Extreme Networks' Broadband Wireless Access Points Successfully Tested With Avaya's Market-Leading IP Telephony Solutions
Extreme Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: EXTR ) and Avaya Inc. (NYSE: AV ) has successfully compliance tested Extreme Networks Summit WM 200 and Summit WM 2000 wireless local area network (LAN) solutions with Avaya's market-leading Internet protocol (IP) telephony solutions. |
| 10/15/07 | UDcast and WildBlue Team Up to Deliver High Performance, Secure Broadband Internet by Satellite for Enterprises
UDcast, a worldwide provider of solutions enabling full IP over broadcast media, and WildBlue Enterprise Solutions(TM), a provider of business-class, satellite-delivered, broadband connectivity, announced today a technical and commercial relationship to jointly develop new products, services and markets for the enhanced delivery of broadband Internet by satellite to the small and medium size business sector. |
| 10/15/07 | Meru Networks Certifies Secure Interoperability of Multivendor Enterprise Dual-Mode Cellular and WiFi VoIP Phones
Meru Networks announced it has certified the secure and seamless interoperability of a wide range of new dual-mode and Wi-Fi phones including the Apple iPhone and iPod touch, Blackberry 8320/8820, Cisco 7920/7921, HP iPAQ, HTC Touch and Nokia E- and N-Series phones, with the Meru Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) System. |
| 10/12/07 | Devicescape Expands Distribution of Its Auto Connect Wi-Fi Software via Deal with Nokia
Devicescape Software announced that it is working with Nokia, the world's largest mobile device maker, to make its industry leading software available on selected Wi-Fi enabled Nokia devices. The Devicescape Connect software, now available via the Nokia Download! application in the United Kingdom and the United States and globally in the Tableteer folder, makes Wi-Fi access effortless for consumers at home or on the go. |
| 10/10/07 | EFJ, Inc.'s 3e Technologies International Subsidiary Receives $7.7 million Award From U.S. DoD
EFJ, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFJI) announced that its 3e Technologies International (3eTI) subsidiary has been funded by a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) customer to provide the U.S. Navy with a secure wireless video and mobility solution. The funding is part of a time and materials-based contract vehicle with a ceiling of $7.7 million. The order is currently incrementally funded in the amount of $2.2 million. |
| 10/10/07 | Tropos Networks Issues Laptop TMCX Approvals for Its Metro Broadband Wireless Mesh Networks
D-Link announced its Xtreme N Notebook Adapter (DWA-652) has met the Tropos Metro Compliant Extensions (TMCX) specification that enables Wi-Fi clients to optimize performance on metro-scale mesh networks. |
| 10/09/07 | Truphone Makes the Right Call with Ruckus Wireless for Voice Over Wi-Fi
Ruckus Wireless announced that Truphone, a next generation mobile network operator, has deployed the Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wi-Fi system to support voice over Wi-Fi requirements within its corporate headquarters in London. |
| 10/09/07 | Sprint Nextel and Vonage Settle Patent Dispute
Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) and Vonage (NYSE: VG) announced that they have settled their ongoing patent dispute and entered into a licensing arrangement under Sprint's Voice over Packet ("VOP") patent portfolio. On September 25, 2007, a jury in the U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kan., found that Vonage had infringed six Sprint patents. The settlement agreement resolves all claims related to this dispute. |
| 10/01/07 | Stratos Announces Commercial Availability of Inmarsat Satellite Broadband Wireless Data and Phone Services
Stratos Global Corp. (TSX: SGB) announced the commercial availability of Inmarsat's Satellite Phone Services. The new services are available in mobile, fixed-land and fixed-maritime packages. Customers using Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services from Stratos will benefit from the Stratos Advantage, a wide range of value-added services that ensure optimal communications performance and cost efficiency. The most notable Stratos Advantage value-added service is the Stratos Dashboard, which enables customers to manage their usage of Inmarsat Satellite Phone Services by providing real-time information on voice and data traffic used, with associated costs. |
| 09/28/07 | TrendChip and Ralink Jointly Launch 802.11n Wi-Fi Gateway Reference Platform
TrendChip Technologies Corporation and Ralink Technology Corporation have jointly announced the launch of an industry leading 802.11n WiFi ADSL2+ gateway reference platform that integrates a full spectrum of ADSL2+ technologies developed by TrendChip with the advanced 802.11n draft 2.0 wireless LAN technology developed by Ralink Technology Corporation. |
| 09/28/07 | PANDUIT Research Predicts Accelerated Adoption of Power over Ethernet (PoE) Applications in 2008
Alan Farrimond, managing director PANDUIT EMEA, commented, "Increased customer demand for PoE solutions indicates that the advantages of the technology are finally receiving the market recognition they deserve. PoE enabled applications currently available include, VoIP telephony, wireless access points and IP surveillance. |
| 09/28/07 | Truphone to Demonstrate First VoIP-over-WiFi Call on Apple's iPhone
Truphone will give the first public demonstration of a Voice over Internet Protocol over Wi-Fi phone call on the Apple iPhone. Chief executive officer James Tagg will make the VoIP call in front of an audience of 350 delegates to DEMOfall 07 in San Diego, CA. |
| 09/27/07 | Nokia Designing Pocket-Sized WiMAX CPE's Using Intel 'Baxter Peak' Chipsets for Sprint's WiMAX (MMDS) Broadband Wireless Network
In an effort to ensure that mobile WiMAX wireless products work well together and with other products globally, Intel Corporation, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks announced that they are testing interoperability across Intel's forthcoming WiMAX silicon for laptops and mobile Internet devices, Nokia WiMAX devices and Nokia Siemens Networks WiMAX infrastructure equipment. |
| 09/27/07 | More Than 95 Wi-Fi Products Now Certified to Work with Wireless 802.11n Standard
The Wi-Fi Alliance announced that more than 90 next-generation 802.11n draft 2.0 products have been Wi-Fi Certified since the organization's testing program began just three months ago. This first wave of products, which include access points, laptop computers, routers and wireless networking cards, enable consumer and enterprise users to select from a growing number of interoperable next-generation Wi-Fi gear. |
| 09/26/07 | City of Paterson to Integrate ShotSpotter GLS with Broadband Wireless Surveillance Network
The City of Paterson, NJ is merging the ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection and Location System with its wireless surveillance network in a move to better public safety. The ShotSpotter GLS sensors will begin being placed across areas of Paterson in locations as a complement to an existing and expanding camera infrastructure. Integration of the two technologies is scheduled to be complete by year's end and will enable cameras to move and focus on the source of gunfire. |
| 09/26/07 | Tech Data U.S. Launches New Broadband Wireless Specialized Business Unit to Assist Computer Reseller Build Indoor/Outdoor Wireless Data Networks
Tech Data Corporation (NASDAQ:TECD) established its Wireless Specialized Business Unit (SBU). The new SBU will provide sales, technical and product management resources to resellers capitalizing on the demand for indoor and outdoor wireless networking solutions like hotspots for small businesses, corporate campuses, universities and municipalities. |
| 09/25/07 | Colubris Networks Builds Wireles VoIP Network for the Largest Hospital in Korea
Colubris Networks announced that Asan Medical Center (AMC), the largest hospital in Korea, has selected Colubris for the implementation of a new wireless LAN designed to support Voice over Wi-Fi (VoFi) and other innovative healthcare applications. |
| 09/19/07 | Pathcom Wireless Sells Wireless ISP Business and Spectrum to Barrett Broadband Networks
Pathcom Wireless Inc. is pleased to announce the sale of its rural residential business and 3.5GHz licensed spectrum to Barrett Broadband Networks. The sale marks Pathcom's refined focus on its core business of providing wireless communications services to meet the requirements of commercial customers in remote underserved locations. |
| 09/19/07 | Smartvue Claims 802.11n Broadband Wireless Surveillance Will Be the 'Death of Ethernet IP Video'
Smartvue Corporation announced its next generation 802.11N draft wireless H.264 IP video surveillance and video analytics product lines. |
| 09/18/07 | Jungo and Atheros Unveil Draft 2.0 802.11n Reference Designs for High-Speed Residential and Business Wi-Fi Gateways
Atheros Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATHR ) and Jungo Ltd. announced a production-ready platform for residential triple-play gateways and business gateways. The new platforms consist of Atheros' 802.11n chipsets with Jungo's OpenRG (residential) and OpenSMB (small business) gateway software. This allows OEMs and operators to quickly bring to market wireless broadband customer premise equipment that supports the latest bandwidth-hungry and latency- sensitive consumer applications like IPTV, video-on demand, multi-room DVR, gaming, Internet radio, podcasts, VoIP and fixed mobile convergence in the home or office. |
| 09/18/07 | Motorola Showcases Innovation, Fixed and Mobile WiMAX Momentum at WiMAX World USA
As a global leader in WiMAX deployment and technology, Motorola (NYSE:MOT) will demonstrate how its innovative WiMAX solutions and the MOTOwi4™ wireless broadband portfolio enables broadband on-the-go. WiMAX World USA will attract approximately 6,000 attendees from more than 125 countries to Chicago, where Motorola's world headquarters is located. Chicago is one of several US cities awarded by Sprint to Motorola to deliver WiMAX high-speed wireless broadband in late 2007 and early 2008. |
| 09/10/07 | Kordia Activates First Phase of Metro Wi-Fi Internet Access Roll Out in New Zealand
Kordia Metro Wi-Fi is Already Available in Two Cities with a Vision for Targeted Metro Wi-Fi Coverage in Every New Zealand City by 2010 |
| 09/07/07 | Champaign, Illinois Shows Other Big Cities How Municipal Broadband Wireless Internet Access Can Be a Boon to Economic Development
Networks, an innovative leader in carrier-class outdoor Wi-Fi solutions and a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc., (NASDAQ: WAVE), announced the launch of a downtown Champaign, IL Wi-Fi network that provides free wireless internet access to downtown Champaign outdoor cafes and the historic West Side Park. |
| 08/29/07 | One of the Largest Wireless ISP in the U.S. Expands Deployment of its Voice-Over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) Service
KeyOn Communications Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KYCS), a leading provider of wireless broadband data and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) services and satellite video in small to midsized and rural markets, announced the further expansion of its Digital Voice VoIP product. KeyOn Communications has been testing voice services in select markets and based on positive reception from its subscribers, the Company has widened its roll-out of Digital Voice to include additional areas in its 11 state footprint. In this phase, KeyOn will be demonstrating additional VoIP capabilities including the testing of new devices, such as video phones and "soft" phones, across the expanded areas of operations. |
| 08/27/07 | TMT Capital Corporation Consummates Merger and Acquisition With Freedom Wireless Corporation
TMT Capital Corporation (OTC Bulletin Board: TMTP) announced that it has consummated a merger and acquisition of Freedom Wireless Corporation, a private Florida Corporation. Freedom Wireless Corporation promotes, develops and produces hardware and services focused on the wireless, VOIP , Wi-Fi and cellular markets. With its unique patent pending technologies, Freedom Wireless is focused to become the leader in Wireless and Voice over IP on a Global basis. |
| 08/23/07 | CityNet Wireless Signs LOI with PhoneBrasil to Build First Broadband Wireless Network in Brazil to Provide WiFi Internet Access Services
PhoneBrasil International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PHBR) announces a signed Letter Of Intent with Atlanta-based CityNet Wireless to build the first large scale WIFI Platform for all of Brazil. |
| 08/23/07 | TCS Granted Patent for VoIP WiFi E9-1-1 Calls
TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (NasdaqGM: TSYS) announced the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued patent number 7,260,186, titled, "Solutions For Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) 911 Location Services." |
| 08/22/07 | Strix Systems Introduces Industry's First Broadband Wireless Mesh Network Solution Set for Fully Distributed IP Video Surveillance
Strix Systems announced its Distributed IP Video Surveillance Solution Set, which is based on the Strix Access/One Outdoor and Indoor Wireless Systems (OWS/IWS). The Solution Set includes pre-tested products from industry leaders in IP video surveillance who have certified "Wireless Mesh Ready," making it easier for integrators to build a successful, fully distributed IP video surveillance system. |
| 08/21/07 | Motorola Completes Acquisition of Leapstone Systems
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT ) has completed the acquisition of privately-held Leapstone Systems, Inc. Leapstone is a leading communications software developer that provides a unified platform for rapidly creating, managing and delivering converged video, voice and data service bundles across multiple networks and devices. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. |
| 08/16/07 | SHAPE Announces Skype for iPhones
SHAPE Services has announced the availability of IM+ for Skype for iPhone, the Safari web application for accessing Skype ecosystem from the mobile environment. The application is designed especially for iPhone's touch screen and complements the design and interface of Apple's masterpiece. For a limited time IM+ for Skype iPhone version is being offered free of charge to all iPhone users. |
| 07/31/07 | MobilePro Corp. Spins Off Operating Unit that has been Managing Sprint's MMDS Broadband Wireless (WiMAX) Network for the Past Eight Years
Kite Networks is one of the leading pioneers in Municipal WiFi networks in the U.S. Kite Networks provides service to over 17,000 Sprint customers across 21 markets in 11 states on Sprint's 2.5GHz licensed broadband wireless networks. The company is now seeking private equity investments to expand its own broadband wireless network build-out as well as the capital needed to build out Sprint's WiMAX network. |
| 07/26/07 | MeshLinx to Build Software Configurable Multi-Radio Broadband Wireless Mesh Network that will Cover the City of Richardson, Texas
MeshLinx Inc. announced that Richardson, Texas will be home to the most advanced wireless mesh network deployed. It will feature software configurable, silicon chip radios delivering high-speed internet service to the entire city. Richardson will receive the network at no cost to the city and their residents will be offered a free service with burst rates up to 768Kbps. |
| 07/25/07 | ABI Research Finds Horizontal RTLS and VoWi-Fi Applications Starting to Augment Verticals for Enterprise Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Providers
Wi-Fi vendors continue to generate substantial revenue from the key vertical markets, such as healthcare and manufacturing, that were the technology's early adopters. But a new study from ABI Research shows an increasing trend to enterprise Wi-Fi usage that follows business processes across a number of vertical needs. These include real-time location services (RTLS) - tracking personnel and equipment, especially for security - and fixed-mobile telephony convergence (VoWi-Fi). |
| 07/17/07 | Europe, North America, and Asia Embroiled in Complicated Mobile Video Market Reports In-Stat
While Mobile Video Services are a hot topic with great potential, the market is very complicated, and will take quite a few more years to completely sort itself out, reports In-Stat, a high-tech market research firm. Mobile Video Services combine cell phones, broadcasting, Pay-TV, satellites, and the Internet. |
| 07/10/07 | AirMagnet First to Provide Complete Visibility into Voice-Over-Wireless LANs
AirMagnet Inc. announced the newest version of its award winning AirMagnet VoFi Analyzer, the industry's premier tool for monitoring and troubleshooting voice-over-wireless LAN deployments in the enterprise. |
| 06/28/07 | Clearwire Rolls out Internet VoIP Phone Service in Texas
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) announced the availability of its VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) phone service in Texas. Clearwire customers in Abilene, Amarillo, Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Waco and Wichita Falls can subscribe to Clearwire Internet Phone Service. |
| 06/27/07 | New Femtocell Home Gateway to Deliver Wi-Fi, VoIP and 3G Broadband Wireless Internet Access Technology
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR ) and Ubiquisys Ltd. announced their collaboration to deliver a comprehensive residential gateway with integrated DSL modem, Wi-Fi, VoIP and 3G femtocell technology. This gateway device will offer mobile operators worldwide a single-box, converged solution at a competitive price. It is anticipated that the NETGEAR gateway integrating Ubiquisys' femtocell technology will be available for operator testing by Q4 2007, with commercial availability slated for early 2008. |
| 06/14/07 | Nortel To Showcase Voip, Metro Ethernet, 4G Mobile WiMAX Broadband At NXTcomm 2007
Next week at NXTcomm 2007, Nortel will show carriers how to exploit the increased bandwidth, cost savings and operational simplicity of Ethernet as the primary technology for transporting high-bandwidth services like video that are straining todays network capacity. Nortel will also showcase new and enhanced SIP applications and 4G WiMAX mobile solutions that improve user experience through converged communications options that provide more control over when, where and how they choose to communicate. |
| 06/05/07 | ERF Wireless Signs $1 Million+ Contract for New Encrypted Broadband Wireless Bank Network
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW) announced that its ERF Enterprise Networks Services subsidiary has contracted with First Federal Bank of Louisiana to install a BranchNet encrypted enterprise-class wireless banking network to interconnect the bank's 14 locations throughout Southwestern Louisiana. The initial portion of the contract will include construction of a 300-mile fault-tolerant, encrypted 60Mbps network backbone looping from Lake Charles up the western side of the state to Natchitoches, across to Alexandria, and down the central portion of the state back to Lake Charles. The contract also includes recurring revenues from seven years of monitoring, support and maintenance services. |
| 05/31/07 | Personal Builds Broadband Wireless Hipuu! WiMAX Network in Paraguay to Provide Voice, Video and High-Speed Internet Services
Redline Communications Inc., (AIM:REDL) announced that Personal, a leading Paraguayan mobile and WiMAX carrier and subsidiary of Telecom Argentina, has chosen Redline's RedMAX family of products to power its Hipuu! WiMAX service in Paraguay. With Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products installed, Personal can now deliver a true WiMAX experience to thousands of businesses and residents in Paraguay's capital city. |
| 05/31/07 | NeckarCom Taps Motorola to Plan, Design and Build 3.5GHz WiMAX Network in Germany to Provide VoIP, High-Speed Internet Access and Other Broadband Wireless Applications
NeckarCom Telekommunikation has selected Motorola GmbH to plan, deploy and integrate a 3.5GHz WiMAX network in the Ulm region in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany's third largest state. Motorola's WiMAX solution will enable NeckarCom to deliver broadband services to homeowners and small businesses in areas currently underserved by fixed-line broadband. |
| 05/29/07 | Ice Broadband Provides High-Speed Wireless Internet Accesss and VoIP in Ireland over Motorola's Broadband Wireless MOTOwi4 Equipment
Pioneering broadband wireless Internet access supplier, Ice Broadband, has chosen Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) technology to expand its high- speed wireless broadband services to consumers and businesses across the country. Ice has expanded rapidly since its launch in 2006 delivering broadband data and voice services to areas of Ireland with little or no fixed line broadband coverage. |
| 05/28/07 | AudioCodes Offers VoIP Solution for WiMAX CPEs on Intel's WiMAX Connection 2250 Chipset
AudioCodes provides a complete and ready to use toolkit including a hardware reference design for a VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) and a Linux-based SIP VoIP application, fully integrated and tested with the Intel WiMAX Connection 2250. The VoIPerfect(TM) architecture, which has been deployed for over 12 years, includes a DSP firmware, media processing VoicePacketizer stack, SIP stack and call control layer for a complete SIP VoIP application. Additionally, an infrastructure is provided to allow the configuration and management of the stand-alone SIP VoIP application from the user's main application. |
| 05/28/07 | Broadband Grew at an Annual Rate of Around 54% in 2006, Making Latin America One of the World's Fastest Growing Regions in Terms of Broadband Uptake
Latin America is at the forefront of global WiMAX deployment. WiMAX Forum certified networks have been launched in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Venezuela, while pre-WiMAX systems are operating in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay. |
| 05/22/07 | Extricom Follows Industry By Introducing Quad-Radio Broadband Wireless Access Point to Provide Multiple Layers of Wireless Internet Access
Extricom announced another significant milestone in the evolution of WLAN with the unveiling of the EXRP-40, the copany's first four-radio access point. The EXRP-40 UltraThin Access Point brings unmatched new WLAN system capabilities to customers, including a quadrupling of capacity, predictable Quality of Service, and the flexibility to fully leverage all channels in both Wi-Fi unlicensed bands of operation. |
| 05/22/07 | The Cloud Challenges 3G Carriers in the UK with Free Mobile Wi-Fi Voice over IP Service from fring
fring together with The Cloud announced
the launch of the fring mobile VoIP (mVoIP) client, which will be
specially optimized for The Cloud. The joint service facilitates fring
mVoIP communication for all Cloud users, allowing them to call and
chat for free to other fring users and to Skype, Google Talk, Windows
Live Messenger (MSN) and SIP contacts over The Cloud's Wi-Fi networks
in addition to other Wi-Fi, 3G and GPRS networks. |
| 05/22/07 | D-Link Demonstrates a Voice over Wi-Fi Solution Utilizing Wi-Fi Flip Phone at Interop 2007
D-Link announced it has been invited to participate in the
InteropLabs Network Access Control Initiative (NAC) at Interop Las Vegas
2007 in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, May 22 20 through 2425. D-Link
will join other leading providers of network switching, wireless LAN (WLAN)
and mesh infrastructure in the InteropLabs to showcase the latest in
wireless VoIP and seamless roaming. |
| 05/18/07 | Dominican Republic to Receive First Commercial IMS Over WiMAX Network
Veraz Networks, Inc., (NASDAQ: VRAZ) announced that
ONEMAX, an innovative broadband wireless provider, selected Veraz for
its IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) over WiMAX solution. ONEMAX is the
first commercial mediacom operator to offer Internet, multimedia and
Voice over IP (VoIP) services over mobile WiMAX (802.16e) in the
Dominican Republic, and one of the first to offer IMS over WiMAX
services in the Americas. |
| 05/17/07 | Nortel Showcases Hyperconnected 3G and 4G Generation Wireless Networks in Richardson, Texas
Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) announced the opening of its new Solutions Showcase in Richardson, Texas. The new showcase will allow visitors to experience innovations staged in real-world settings to depict the future era of hyperconnectivity, where anything that can be connected, will be connected. |
| 05/16/07 | Mango DSP Introduces 1xEVDO, 4.9 GHz, WiMAX Intelligent Video Server for Public Safety and Homeland Security Teams
Mango DSP announced the launch of the Raven X2
PC104+, an intelligent video server designed to meet the requirements of
outdoor and mobile surveillance needs. The Raven X2 PC 104 has met the
Cisco Technology Developer Program criteria for interoperability with the
Cisco 3200 wireless video router and has been integrated to deliver
surveillance solutions for the evolving market needs such as police cars
and unmanned devices. The new solution is packaged in a rugged form factor,
ensuring operational continuity in extreme surroundings. |
| 05/10/07 | Mobile WiMAX VoIP Technology Makes Mobile Healthcare Services in Taiwan
The first WiMAX healthcare network in Taiwan will support emergency medical assistance and patient care services wherever it is required outside of a medical facility. By providing super-fast, high-bandwidth wireless communications powered by WiMAX technology, personnel in the field can connect to critical medical resources, exchanging important files and arranging treatment over mobile VoIP - saving crucial minutes in the early treatment of patients.
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| 05/04/07 | Cedar Point Communications Joins WiMAX Forum to Expand Wireless VoIP Market for SAFARI C
Cedar Point
Communications, Inc. announced
that it is has joined the WiMAX Forum, an industry-led not for profit
organization comprising more than 420 companies committed to promoting and
certifying interoperable WiMAX products, to accelerate its development of
wireless applications for its customer base. |
| 05/02/07 | Vertical Unveils All-In-One VoIP and Wireless Access Point for Small Business
Vertical Communications announced the
immediate availability of Xcelerator IP, a compact,
cost-effective, feature-rich and fully integrated SIP-based IP
telephony, data router/firewall and wireless access point ("WAP")
solution. Designed for small businesses, the new all-in-one Xcelerator
IP Business Communications System delivers significant and immediate
cost savings by eliminating the need to purchase, integrate and manage
multiple voice and data components.
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| 04/24/07 | Vietnam Selects Motorola's Broadband Wireless Solution to Provide High-Speed Internet Access, Voice over IP and Video Phone Calls
Motorola, Inc.
(NYSE: MOT) announced that the Dong Thap People's Committee has
selected Motorola's wi4 Fixed Canopy solution for its e-government network.
A combination of point-to-point and point-to-multi point wireless broadband
network systems will connect provincial offices and administrative agencies
in Dong Thap. |
| 04/13/07 | Meru Networks Delivers the Largest Campus-Wide Wireless Mesh Network in Belgium
Meru Networks announced that the
Brussels Regional Informatics Centre (BRIC), on behalf of the
Brussels-Capital Region, has deployed Meru Networks' Wireless LAN
(WLAN) System and its innovative Wireless Backbone System (WBS) at the
Vrije Universiteit Brussel/Universite libre de Bruxelles (VUB/ULB) in
Brussels, making it the largest mesh network in Belgium. |
| 04/12/07 | ERF Wireless Signs Wireless VoIP Agreement Fifteen Bank Branches
ERF Wireless (OTCBB: ERFW) announced that its Enterprise Network Services subsidiary (ENS)
has signed an agreement with the Jeff Davis Bank of Jennings,
Louisiana to design, engineer, deliver and install the first ever
secure Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) telephone system over a
bank's fully wireless communications network. |
| 04/12/07 | Broadband Wireless Access Service Providers Expect Wireless Service Revenue to Increase 121% on Average
The study, "Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Mobile and Wireless
Broadband," shows 65% of providers rating competition and customer
retention as the most challenging of their business concerns. |
| 04/12/07 | Pacific Internet Invests $12 Million in WiMax Broadband Wireless Rollout to Provide High-Speed Wireless Internet Access in Philippines
Pacific Internet
Ltd. announced a
major investment and expansion plan for Pacific Internet Philippines (PI
PH). PI PH will invest over US$12 million in building a wireless broadband
infrastructure, initially in the Greater Metro-Manila area. |
| 04/12/07 | Wi-Fi Gains Recognition in the Enterprise Voice Market
With the rise of WiFi voice and the continuing substitution of
fixed with mobile calling, it is looking increasingly likely that
enterprises will start to adopt converged fixed and mobile voice
solutions. Mobile call charges now form almost 80% of enterprise call
bills and roaming charges are alarmingly unpredictable. WiFi phones
are becoming much more usable, while femto cells are being promoted as
an alternative technology for in-building mobility. |
| 04/10/07 | QTEL Global Netwoks Launches Broadband Wireless WiMAX Network in Georgia
QTEL Global Networks Ltd (PLUS: QTLO), a specialist in providing national wireless broadband networks to emerging and recovering markets, announced that its showcase wireless broadband network in Georgia has been formally launched. |
| 04/10/07 | SOHOware New AeroMesh Broadband Wireless Mesh Solution Supports Voice over IP Wi-Fi, Wireless IP Surveillance and Wi-Fi Cellular Convergence
SOHOware, Inc. launches AeroMesh Solution, a |
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