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2009-07-10
Expect accelerometers to be in one-third of mobile phones by 2010 and to reach sales of $1.6 billion in 2013, says iSuppli. The popularity of this screen-orienting feature has been encouraged by the Apple iPhone, Palm Pre and BlackBerry Storm, to name just a few of the devices they're now inside.
2009-07-09
The No. 3 U.S. carrier cuts a seven-year, $5 billion deal for Ericsson to manage its day-to-day networking services, provisioning and maintenance for Sprint-owned CDMA, IDEN and wire-line networks.
2009-07-09
The Toshiba TG01 smartphone boasts a 4.1-inch WVGA screen, slim good looks and Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor for enhanced multimedia viewing and power efficiency. First introduced at Mobile World Congress, the TG01 may be Toshiba's attempt to offer a competitive answer to Apple's iPhone.
2009-07-07
Regulators with the Federal Trade Commission approve Nokia Siemens' bid to buy two business units from Nortel for $650 million. Nortel has been under bankruptcy protection since early 2009, and is looking to sell off various businesses. At the same time, Nortel continues to build out its unified communications capabilities, including the latest release of its Communication Server 1000.
2009-07-07
The chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights urges the Department of Justice and the Federal Communications Commission to examine whether dominant wireless carriers such as AT&T and Verizon are stifling competition with practices that include exclusive arrangements between carriers and cell phone makers, possible text messaging price fixing, and questionable roaming arrangements.
2009-07-06
News Analysis: The iPhone 3G has been jailbroken, but there are numerous ways to unlock it. Some techniques are more difficult than others, but are they worth considering in the business world?
2009-07-02
A report from AMI Partners predicts long-term growth for smartphones, 3G networks and VOIP capability in the APAC region, consisting of Australia, Japan and Korea.
2009-06-30
Palm has sold an estimated 370,000 Palm Pre smartphones and is likely to sell 1 million units in the first quarter the mobile device is available, according to a PalmWebOS.org blogger predicting continuing success for the Pre.
2009-06-29
The new-generation video platform will deliver streaming video and move various content across multiple mediums, including online, mobile networks and IPTV-enabled set-top boxes.
2009-06-25
A week after Nortel sold off several business units to Nokia Siemens Networks for $650 million, Nortel announces Release 3.0 of its SCS unified communications solution, as well as a deal in which it will work with Microsoft to bring a UC environment to a European telecom. Nortel has been in Chapter 11 bankruptcy for most of the year, and officials say along with the Nokia deal they are also shopping around other business units.
2009-06-25
Verizon Wireless introduces the HTC Ozone, a Windows Mobile smartphone that will be available for purchase online June 29 for $49.99 after a rebate and with a contract. The HTC Ozone is an inexpensive smartphone amidst pricier new options from Palm, Apple and Nokia.
2009-06-25
Google is rolling Google Voice out to users who signed up for the service. The VOIP management system assigns users one number to ring their home, work and cell phones. Though not to be confused with Skype's universal VOIP platform, analysts praise the service. Is number portability on the way?
2009-06-25
Pay-as-you-go wireless provider MetroPCS offers customers an unlimited international calling plan at a time when consumers have increasing access to voice over Internet Protocol solutions.
2009-06-24
HP is offering upgraded carrier-grade servers and storage arrays designed to help telecommunications companies and service providers more easily manage the convergence of telephony and IT. The upgraded ProLiant systems are based on Intel’s “Nehalem EP” processors, and can support a variety of OSes, including Windows, Linux, HP-UX and Solaris. Another Integrity blade system is run on Intel’s Itanium chip. The two arrays come out of HP’s StorageWorks group.
2009-06-23
Intel and Nokia announce a long-term relationship in which the chip maker and mobile phone maker will develop new types of high-speed, Internet-rich mobile computing devices and chip-set architectures. Intel is keen to join the smartphone space dominated by Apple, RIM and Palm, and Nokia is pursuing additional U.S. market share.
2009-06-23
Apple's iPhone would be the smartphone of choice for four out of 10 BlackBerry and other smartphone users, according to a new survey by the research company Crowd Science. Crowd Science also finds that 14 percent of smartphone users would switch to a BlackBerry as their next device, while 82 percent of iPhone users would choose to stick with the iPhone brand.
2009-06-17
Proposed legislation would require large broadband providers to submit volume usage pricing schemes such as Time Warner's proposed broadband cap plan to the Federal Trade Commission for approval. If the FTC determines that a pricing plan is imposing rates, terms and conditions that are unreasonable or discriminatory, the agency would be given authority to can the plan.
2009-06-17
T-Mobile may have a new Google Android–based smartphone up its sleeve for this summer. The myTouch 3G would be T-Mobile’s second Android phone from HTC and give it something to put up against AT&T’s iPhone 3G S, Sprint’s Palm Pre and the BlackBerry Tour coming from Verizon.
2009-06-17
CommPartners and CTI partner to offer cost-conscious businesses a scalable VOIP call recording solution.
2009-06-16
Exclusive arrangements between wireless carriers and cell phone manufacturers such as Apple's iPhone deal with AT&T are coming under fire from Congress.
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Despite current iPhone limitations, Skype 1.0.1 for Apple iPhone performed well in eWEEK Labs' tests, providing most of Skype’s functionality--including instant message chats, presence and profile editing--on Wi-Fi, EDGE or (most likely) 3G. Voice calls are limited to Wi-Fi, but that can be a plus, depending on AT&T network coverage in your area. Next up is Skype support for (some) BlackBerry devices.
Savi Office, from Plantronics, offers more than a wireless headset solution with simultaneous connection to both a desk phone and PC. Savi Office also offers the PerSono software suite for controlling device behavior and for bridging content between communications channel. However, the flexible solution comes at a steep price and is not yet enterprise-ready. And it can only be used with Microsoft Windows-based PCs, though Plantronics says users of Apple Macs will be able to use the Savi Office devices as headsets.
With the recession raging and IT budgets contracting, enterprises looking to deploy unified communications solutions need to ensure that they're focused on the business objectives behind the plan. Even in this troubled economy, enterprises need to resist the urge to cut corners, which could hamper UC projects at the onset. IT administrators also must be careful with UC products that are on the market. Some UC solutions, like the ones from Unison, come up short on features that address all an enterprise's UC needs. Others, like those from Microsoft, fill most of a business's UC needs, but come at a high price.
Scopia Conferencing Platform manages to coax disparate conference room and desktop videoconferencing solutions into relative harmony.
Microsoft’s VOIP and unified communications platforms don’t intersect significantly—yet.
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