http://telecomweb.com TelecomWeb.com en-us 2008 Mon, 8 Sep 2008 3:33:12 EDT Cistera Networks, a provider of enterprise application platforms and engines for IP communications, has wrapped the second phase of its solution deployment into the Cisco unified communications (UC) environment serving the City of Frisco, Texas.   Frisco, located 30 miles from Dallas, calls itself one... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261300.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Ringback tones are on track to become the most attractive mobile content category by 2012, according to new market research from Ariz.-based research firm MultiMedia Intelligence.   With worldwide revenue projected to nearly triple to $4.7 billion in four years, ringback tones will fall just short of... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261301.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Now that Tropical Storm Fay seems to want to take up residence in Florida for the near future, Verizon Wireless has mobilized its emergency response plan for the Florida Keys and for the west coast of Florida.   To protect its wireless network and to preserve communications for wireless customers and... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261302.html Fri, 22 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT People in the U.K. are spending more time using communications services than ever before but they’re paying less for them, and text messaging is the clear preference, with 2007 revenues nearly three times that of traditional data revenues. A just-released report from regulator Ofcom characterizes the... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261289.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 SDC-CF10AG compact flash radio module and SDC-PC10AG PCMCIA radio module enable mobile computers and... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261293.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT The new MobilityPoint program available from Westcon Group Inc., now provides solutions developed specifically for the mobile worker, including products from such best-of-breed manufacturers as Aruba Networks. Westcon Group Inc. is a specialty distributor in networking, security, mobility and convergence for... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261295.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Credit-card providers Visa and Chase are launching a consumer pilot they say delivers merchant offers directly to the mobile devices of Chase credit and debit cardholders in the Phoenix metropolitan area.   The offers – from merchant discounts to specials – reportedly are tailored to match... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261296.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261298.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 released this morning by the GSM Association (GSMA).   The group says high-speed mobile access opens... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261299.html Thu, 21 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 billion in sales and a customer roster that includes Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, LG and Sharp. The... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261283.html Wed, 20 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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, with a new survey saying hang time has increased 34 percent in five years. According to the J.D... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261244.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Following on the EU's threat to impose legal measures to force carriers to cut roaming charges, some operators reportedly have considered banning all data downloading when subscribers are away from their home markets (TelecomWeb news break, May 9). One company urges carriers to re-think this. AdaptiveMobile... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261233.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Research in Motion's (RIM) latest and greatest BlackBerry, the Bold, now is being sold in various markets around the world, sporting tri-band HSDPA 3G wireless data networking on any GSM network worldwide for the first time in BlackBerry history. The new model also sports a full-color display, at "half... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261234.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT HP soon will be the new owner of enterprise wireless local area network (WLAN) house Colubris Networks in a move that both signifies the continued consolidation of the industry and the increasing dominance of heavyweight players. The acquisition of Colubris, which instantly gives HP the 802.11n technology it... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261204.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Available today on the Voyager by LG handset offered by Verizon Wireless, Visual Voice Mail gives enterprise users an easy-to-use display screen with one-touch management of voice-mail messages. Subscribers also can delete, reply and forward their voice-mail messages without having to listen to prior... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261208.html Mon, 11 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Wireless location-solutions provider TruePosition Inc. says the U.S. District Court in Delaware has issued a permanent injunction prohibiting Andrew Corporation, a division of CommScope Inc., from “making, using, selling or offering to sell control channel Uplink Time Difference of Arrival (U-TDOA)... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261186.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Sprint-Nextel in partnership with Samsung Telecommunications America will launch its femtocell scheme, called Airave, nationwide Aug. 17. The device will cost $99.99 plus $4.99 per month for device rental, and the partners tout the wireless system as being suitable for enterprise use. Unlimited calling plans... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261187.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT 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 Telecom Intelligence Group, which includes TelecomWeb, Tarifica, TelecomTactics and InfoTech. As... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261188.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT IBM this morning unveiled a broad swath of enterprise-mobility software and services ranging from a mobile consulting-and-implementation service to a bundle to transform "green screen" applications into mobile Web-based services. The giant also says both AT&T and Sprint have certified IBM's... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261189.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT Just a few hours before the opening ceremonies of the summer Olympics in Beijing, a new research report predicts TD-SCDMA subscribers in China will reach 12 million by 2012 while overall mobile terminal shipments will equal 11.5 million units. "ZTE secured 27 percent of total TD-SCDMA handsets awards... http://telecomweb.com/news/wbf/261191.html Fri, 8 Aug 2008 0:00:00 EDT