Archive for the 'Wireless' Category

Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, W755

Verizon Wireless, builder and operator of the nation’s most reliable wireless network, and Motorola, Inc., announced that the MOTO(TM) W755 is available exclusively online at www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores, including those in CircuitCity. Available in Black Slate and Purple, MOTO(TM) W755 is a slim, new clamshell that supports all of the features […]

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Nokia to provide free Wi-Fi

IN what could be seen as a move to beat Apple to the punch, mobile phone company Nokia is to provide free Wi-Fi in Australia ahead of the launch of its new online store.
The service is currently only available in 10 locations in Sydney and Melbourne, but Nokia, with partner Azure Wireless, plan to roll […]

Saturday, October 20th, 2007

T-Mobile is launching that use Wi-Fi hotspots

Wouldn’t it be great to have your own cellular tower at home? You’d always have a strong signal on your mobile phone, and you wouldn’t be paying to use the carrier’s network.
It sounds like a pie-in-the-sky idea, but it’s actually the gist of what T-Mobile USA is rolling out Wednesday: the option to use your […]

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Motorola’s Wireless Broadband Strategy

A team of executives from Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola visited our offices to explain Motorola’s MOTOwi4 plan for wireless broadband services.
The team included Jim Welch, former CEO and president of Wireless Valley, an RF mapping company acquired by Motorola in 2004 (Welch is now vice president in charge of the company’s wireless broadband product portfolio strategy); […]

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

First Wi-Fi Cell Phone with Skype Compatabilities

Accton Technology Corporation, an elite provider of telecommunications and networking, unveiled its latest contribution to the evolving world of technology. The Taiwan based company has developed the first Wi-Fi phone made exclusively for Skype compatabilities. The phone, entitled the Accton VM1185T, is the first hand-held device to come equipped with Skype’s Voice over […]

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006

Minneapolis Goes Wi-Fi, With WiMAX To Follow

Minneapolis is the latest large U.S. city to commit to building a citywide wireless network, but the city will hedge its bets by rolling out Wi-Fi initially and retaining the capability of upgrading to WiMAX and 3G at a later date.
In an announcement Tuesday, suppliers BelAir Networks and US Internet said the deployment will cover […]

Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Verizon Wireless, Samsung Unveil Value-Inspired Camera Phone

Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung) have announced the availability of the SCH-a870, a new value-inspired camera phone designed with the mobile family in mind.
The phone combines Samsung’s clamshell design with a host of capabilities such as Bluetooth wireless technology, speakerphone, location-based services such as VZ Navigator, VoiceSignal’s speech recognition, web browsing and camera […]

Tuesday, August 29th, 2006

Motorola says it won’t seek compensation for handsets destroyed by Russian police

The head of Motorola Inc.’s Russian division said Friday the world’s No. 2 handset-maker will not seek compensation for the destruction of its mobile phones worth $2 million US after a murky five-month contraband case was finally closed this month.
Russian police confiscated tens of thousands of the mobile phones in March on the grounds that […]

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

VoIP, Video, Wireless Provide Spark For Innovative VARs

3. Application Delivery & WAN Optimization
What good are all of these applications if they don’t run well? With application delivery and WAN optimization technology from F5 Networks, Juniper Networks, Packeteer and Riverbed Technologies, VARs are building solutions that help customers boost the performance of software and Web-based applications, even to remote users.
“Customers are saying that […]

Friday, August 25th, 2006

Xbox 360 to include wireless accessories

With the next-generation console battle about to heat up for the holidays, Microsoft Corp. is hoping that going wireless will help draw in consumers to its
Xbox 360 system.
The company announced wireless accessories Wednesday at the 2007 Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany. The new products include a camera for video chat and a racing wheel […]

Thursday, August 24th, 2006