Archive for November, 2008
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DoCoMo Does FMC
TOKYO — NTT DOCOMO, INC. and its eight regional subsidiaries today announced a service that will enable DOCOMO FOMA? third-generation handsets to connect to home broadband networks via wireless LAN routers, allowing mobile phone users to enjoy 54 Mbps high-speed packet communication and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), beginning in June.
With Home U?, Japan’s first consumer service for fixed-mobile convergence, DOCOMO FOMA phones will be able to download large-volume data,... more
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HelloSoft Launches FMC Client
SAN JOSE, Calif. — HelloSoft, Inc., the world’s leading provider of VoIP/IMS/VCC technologies for wireline and wireless devices, announced today the launch of HelloMobileCommunicator-FMC(TM) for Nokia’s E-Series devices. The S60 Platform (formerly Series 60 User Interface) is a software platform for mobile phones that uses Symbian OS. The S60 is currently amongst the leading smartphone platforms in the world. It is developed primarily by Nokia and licensed by them to other manu... more
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sipgate Touts GSM/Wifi Phone
DUSSELDORF, Germany — The VoIP-Provider sipgate is
currently making mobile VoIP affordable for everyone - via Dual Mode Mobile Phone (GSM/Wifi) and is offering the ‘Pirelli DP-L10′ for a sensational GBP59(i). Because of its free SIM-lock, the Pirelli can be used by any cellular customer. Orders can be placed at sipgate’s Online-Shop at http://www.sipgate.co.uk/shop for everyone even for those who
are not sipgate VoIP customers.
On one hand, the &#... more
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Cisco Shows Off Mobility at MWC
BARCELONA — Cisco?today announced that it will showcase mobility applications that promise to change the way people connect, collaborate and access entertainment on the move. These services represent a strategic opportunity for service providers to profitably address customer demand to access information and stay connected anytime, anywhere.
“Never before has it been so important that all mobile content and data be delivered instantly across technologies to users globally with... more
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NextPoint Updates IBG
LAS VEGAS and GAITHERSBURG, Md. — NextPoint(TM), a leader in fixed-mobile connectivity (FMC) solutions, today announced it has added significant new mobility-enabling features to its Integrated Border Gateway (IBG) product suite, bringing combined or distributed edge-to-edge IP session management solutions to fixed and mobile operators. The company, already in lab trials with Tier One operators in North America, Europe and Asia, will demonstrate the mobility-enabled IBG at CTIA Wireless 20... more
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Enterprises Look to Mobile Operators
BARCELONA — An independent survey by Tango Networks(tm) of 300 European
enterprises, investigating enterprise attitudes towards fixed mobile
convergence, has revealed some surprising findings. Despite operators
showing little interest in the enterprise market over the last few
years, 34% of enterprises consider mobile operators to be their “natural
choice” when it comes to FMC implementation.
Conventional industry thinking suggests tha... more
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Agito Updates FMC Router
LAS VEGAS — Agito Networks, Inc.(TM), the company pioneering new technology in enterprise mobility, today from Interop Las Vegas 2008 announced new, innovative business-class enterprise fixed mobile convergence (eFMC) functionality in the latest version of its award-winning RoamAnywhere(TM) Mobility Router (http://www.agitonetworks.com/products).
RoamAnywhere will be demonstrated in Agito Networks’ booth No. 2266 this week at Interop Las Vegas 2008, and in the Agito Networ... more
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Ericsson Goes to Greenland
STOCKHOLM — Ericsson (NASDAQ:ERIC) has been selected by TELE Greenland as Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) supplier to deliver integrated fixed and mobile convergent services. Ericsson’s Core IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) will be employed to develop TELE Greenland next-generation offering.
IMS-based services enable communication through various media - such as voice, text, pictures and video, or a combination of them - adapted to each individual’s preference. Ericsson&... more
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Telefonica, Nomadix Deploy WiFi
NEWBURY PARK, Calif. — Nomadix, Inc.
(www.Nomadix.com), a leading supplier of intelligent network devices
and interconnect services for guest access, digital cities, and carrier
HotSpots, is working with Telefonica Peru to deploy a web of
‘coexisting’ Internet HotSpots and municipal meshes. The service is
targeted at Telefonica Peru’s high number of mobile professionals, and
will function as a pay-as-you-go Roaming IP service to a... more
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Boingo Raises $65M
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Boingo Wireless, Inc., the world’s leading wholesale network aggregator and operator of neutral-host Wi-Fi networks, today announced the closing of its Series C funding. The company raised $65 million from new and existing investors to secure long-term working capital and to underwrite the recent acquisition of Concourse Communications.
“Our progress as a company and the value we’ve created over the last few years has been validated by the pr... more
