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Federal Law Spotlights Campus Emergency-Alert Requirements
Due in part to the rising violence on U.S. college campuses that culminated most recently with the shooting deaths of many Virginia Tech students last year, a new federal education bill that includes measures to apprise students and faculty of dangerous situations via advanced communications technologies was... [read more]
iPhone Fans Don’t Mind Paying Their Own Business Costs
A somewhat surprisingly high 39 percent of iPhone users have been using their phones for business purposes, according to a study done by The Nielsen Company of the iPhone’s first year. But, as usual, the devil’s buried in the details, and it would be premature to call the iPhone a major business tool. A far greater percentage of iPhone users, compared to those of other types of... [read more]
Guest Blog: Kerry Shih -- Framing The User Bill Of Rights
The User Bill of Rights is something that’s needed by everyone involved in combining data and voice (and with increasing frequency video and presence) on IP networks to deliver the benefits of unified communications, including the end customer who is...
Posted on Wednesday, November 7, 2007
COMPANIES To WatchFull Story Under New Management: TelecomWeb wireless Now Part Of T3i Group LLC As reported earlier this week (TelecomWeb news break, Aug. 5), T3i Group LLC, an investor-backed company formed by financier Richard Dorfman, is the new owner of TelecomWeb wireless’ parent company the...
DEALSFull Story Ericsson, STM Combine Wireless Chip Units Ericsson and STMicroelectronics NV are merging their semiconductor units into a single operation - the better to battle the likes of Qualcomm and TI. The new venture starts life with 8,000 employees, $3.6...
HOW To Make A BuckFull Story Global HSPA Subs More Than Quadruple, Networks More Than Double The number of subscribers to High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) has now surpassed the 50-million mark and will be growing at the rate of 4 million per month by the end of this year, according to estimates...
GAMINGFull Story The Mobile Media Review: The WAP Special Issue Welcome to “The Mobile Media Review,” our relevant and, many times, irreverent view of what's going on in the mobile-content arena. Most of this issue’s analysis was spurred by product...
NEW To MarketFull Story Two Summit Wi-Fi Modules Clear Cisco Testing Wi-Fi proponent Summit Data Communications now claims to have the first dual-band Wi-Fi radios certified for Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) Version 4 on Windows CE. According to the company, its Summit...
RESEARCH and reportsFull Story Survey Sez: Customer-Service Wait Time Ramps Perhaps due to the influx of more advanced wireless devices that are more complex to operate, it appears "hurry up and wait" when it comes to customer service continues to dog the wireless industry...
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