Fourteen mobile phone makers, telcos and others announced their intention to publish specifications that they claim will allow 802.11-equipped handsets to make calls via Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: GSM
Rogers To Bundle Wi-Fi Hotspot Access With Cell Plans
Rogers Wireless Inc., which announced its EDGE high-speed data service Tuesday, plans to bundle Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot access with its personal communications service (PCS) rate plans. Via [itbusiness.ca]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Unveils Wi-Fi PDA-phone
T-Mobile has revealed that it is indeed planning to offer a third incarnation of its MDA (Mobile Digital Assistant) PocketPC-based phone that will feature a QWERTY keyboard and Wi-Fi support. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
FCC Posts GSM, Wi-Fi iPaq Specs
Full details of HP’s iPaq h6300 PocketPC phone have been posted on the Federal Communications Commission’s web site. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Paris Metro Firm To Run Wi-Fi Buses
Wireless Internet access will soon move beyond railways and onto the roads if RATP, the company which runs the Paris Metro and the capital’s bus services, has its way. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Buys
Wireless service providers are finally launching high-speed third-generation networks after years of delay. 3G lets you use your laptop or cell phone to download and swap big files like games, photographs and even short video clips. Via [forbes.com]… Continue Reading
Quicker Embrace Of GSM Would Help Stateside Wi-Fi
Phones based on the Global System for Mobile Communications, already popular in Europe, use the Subscriber Identity Module to resolve billing among many networks. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Roams Where You Want To
Simplified wireless hotspot access offered by new global roaming platform. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Launches Wi-Fi Brokering Service
Intel, unhappy with the fragmented nature of the wireless Internet market, has brokered the launch of a new company – RoamPoint – which aims to bring GSM-style roaming to Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
SIM Authentication For WiFi’s Tested
Tatara Systems says that the company’s SIM-based Wi-Fi authentication, roaming and service delivery solutions have been proven in a real-world environment. Tatara’s SIM-based authentication solutions facilitate easier authentication and delivery of enhanced services to wireless users roaming between wireless local area networks (LANs) and wireless wide area networks (WANs). Via [cellular-news.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Plans For Mobile Wireless Future
In a wide-ranging interview, an Intel executive lays out the company’s vision for getting laptops online anywhere – not to mention extending battery life. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
2004 Is Crunch Time For Wireless Data
Growing numbers of Wi-Fi enabled laptops, GPRS and 3G mobile handsets will make 2004 a breakthrough year for wireless data use, according to Ovum. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Bringing SIM Authentication To 802.11-enabled Mobile PCs
Mobility Network Systems reports that its unifying client connection management software now works with the AirCard 750 GSM/GPRS wireless network card from Sierra Wireless Inc. Once the downloadable software has been installed on a user’s PC, it automatically sniffs out available Wi-Fi network “hotspots.” Or in the absence of a hotspot, it can connect to… Continue Reading
Trio Tackles Wireless Roaming
Motorola Inc., Avaya Inc. and Proxim Corp. on Tuesday announced plans to collaborate on devices and supporting software and hardware that can roam between cell phone networks and wireless LANs without interruption. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Launching: Mobile Operator Wireless LAN
Agere Systems and Proxim Corporation have both entered into strategic partnerships with Swedish mobile solutions provider Ericsson in an effort to push Wi-Fi-based public access hotspots into the mainstream. The goal of the Ericsson Mobile Operator Wireless LAN: to integrate hotspots with mobile 2G and 3G cellular networks and allow roaming between the two types… Continue Reading