Archive for December, 2008
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Nokia 6086 Phone Debuts
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Nokia today unveiled the Nokia 6086 phone as part of the new T-Mobile(R) HotSpot @HomeSM service, which launched nationwide today. With the ability to seamlessly connect to a home Wi-Fi connection or thousands of T-Mobile HotSpots across the country, the Nokia 6086 phone paired with T-Mobile HotSpot @Home delivers great wireless coverage in an easy-to-use package.
While at home, customers can enjoy great mobile coverage and unlimited nationwide calling over a ho... more
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ABI Reports on UMA
NEW YORK — Not that long ago, many market-watchers thought that Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) had run its course as a means of bridging cellular and Wi-Fi networks. However, because of the delays in the growth and development of viable competing solutions (SIP, or VCC), the opposite is true: UMA services, devices, and subscribers are still growing, and subscriber numbers should reach 65 million by 2012.
A new Research Brief from ABI Research indicates that at least seven handset ve... more
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Swisscom Uses NewBay
DUBLIN — NewBay Software, the leading provider of mobile multimedia and social networking products and services, today announced that Swisscom Mobile, the leading provider of mobile communication services in Switzerland, has chosen NewBay to provide UGC services to its 4 million subscribers. Swisscom has licensed NewBay’s FoneBlog solution to provide mobile blogging and multimedia album services. The Swisscom branded service, MoBlog, was launched in March and is available in German, ... more
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Synchronica Opens Dubai Office
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Synchronica plc, international provider of mobile synchronization and device management solutions, has opened an office in Dubai to meet the burgeoning demand for its software in the Middle East, Africa (MEA) and the Indian subcontinent. The Dubai office is headed up by Regional Director and industry veteran Ayman Majzoub.
Commenting on the decision to open an office in Dubai, Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO of Synchronica, said, “We are focusing very h... more
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ZTE Wins in Poland
SHENZHEN, China — ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Polkomtel S.A., one of the top three mobile telephony operators in Poland.
Under the terms of the agreement, ZTE and Polkomtel will forge an extensive alliance in the promotion of telecoms solutions and products, providing end users with enhanced access to multimedia services and mobile Internet ... more
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Proxim: Largest Hotspot
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Proxim Wireless, Inc., a global provider of broadband wireless equipment and wholly-owned subsidiary of Terabeam, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBM), today announced that it is exclusively providing the broadband wireless equipment to power a public Wi-Fi, voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and secured merchant transaction processing network at Bronk’s Corners, a 275,000 square foot retail, office, and restaurant open-air center located in Joliet, Illinois. The network is being... more
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Sirocom Boosts Hotspots
SURREY, U.K. — Sirocom, the UK’s fastest growing VNO, announces today that users subscribed to its remote connectivity service, Siroconnect, will benefit from a further 7,800 Wi-Fi hotspots across Europe, following a distribution agreement with The Cloud and iPass. A premium certified partner of iPass, Siroconnect will now provide extended coverage at over 50,000 hotspot locations worldwide, making Sirocom the most ubiquitous provider of managed remote and mobile services in the UK.... more
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Sirocom Offers Remote Access
SURREY, U.K. — Sirocom, the UK’s fastest growing VNO, today announces the launch of Siroconnect Price Bundling, a simple fixed-price monthly tariff, designed to support and encourage widespread
enterprise mobility. The service, developed in conjunction with iPass,
will enable affordable, easy to budget remote access, pooled hours, per monthly cost, irrespective of access method or location.
Barrie Desmond, Director of Business Development for Sirocom, explains,... more
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FON Kickstarts Effort
SAN FRANCISCO — FON is committed to growing the WiFi community from coast to coast in the
United States. FON is inviting San Franciscans to help build a city-wide WiFi
community today by offering a free WiFi Router at its FREEDOM FRIDAY event in
Union Square.
EVENT: FON is launching an effort to Wi-Fi enable the entire city of
San Francisco, offering hundreds of state-of-the-art La Fonera
wireless routers at a... more
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Kenya Deploys Strix Mesh
CALABASAS, Calif. — Strix Systems, the leader in high-performance wireless mesh networking, today announced that Kenya Data Networks (KDN) has selected Strix’s Access/One(R) Network Outdoor Wireless Systems (OWS) and Indoor Wireless Systems (IWS) to create its new Wi-Fi service. KDN, which is East Africa’s largest public data network operator, employs Strix’s solution for KDN’s Butterfly(R) service, which provides broadband wireless connectivity to the Internet and... more
