Carmen Nobel

The Federal Communications Commission has made it clear that delinquent accounts and safety issues should not stop cell phone customers who want to switch carriers but keep their phone numbers. “Today, consumers who wish to change service providers may request service from a new carrier at any time regardless of their standing with their old […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance, the wireless LAN industrys major testing body, announced Tuesday that the first round of products based on the IEEE 802.11g standard amendment have completed Wi-Fi certification testing. The latest products to receive the official Wi-Fi logo are: Atheros Communications Inc.s AR5001X+ Universal 802.11a/b/g Wireless Network Adapter Broadcom Corp.s 54g AP Reference Design […]

Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. last week introduced a family of wireless e-mail products for desktop and server environments. The Pylon family leverages technology Sybase gained when it acquired wireless communications company AvantGo Inc. in February. “This is really the first step toward the integration of the two product lines,” said Diana Ungersma, senior […]

For a company that got into the handheld space late in the game, Dell Computer Corp. is juggling a lot of options for giving customers remote access to back-end data on handhelds. “Clearly, wireless messaging as it relates to a server is a pretty big focus,” said Tony Bonadero, director of wireless, handhelds and new […]

Wi-Fi is hot, but its not the only wireless network in town. To help integrate and manage the variety of wireless platforms and protocols available to enterprise users, several vendors are readying WLAN products that support not only Wi-Fi but Bluetooth and WANs as well. At the 802.11 Planet show here last week, Red-M Communications […]

Bolstering the options for corporate customers that prefer Code Division Multiple Access networks, Sprint PCS Group this summer is launching software that connects devices to back-end applications—along with selling several new smart phones. The Overland Park, Kan., carrier will introduce a version of its Business Connection Enterprise Edition remote access software that sits behind the […]

Sybase Inc. subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions Inc. this week introduced a new family of wireless e-mail products for both desktop and server environments. The new Pylon family takes advantage of the technology that Sybase gained when it acquired wireless communications company AvantGo Inc. last February. “This is really the first step toward the integration of the […]

Sun Microsystems Inc. on Thursday will announce plans to buy wireless software server company Pixo Inc. in an all-cash transaction that is due to close on July 1, according to officials at the Santa Clara, Calif., company. Pixo, of San Jose, Calif., makes software that helps service providers manage the billing and delivery of Java […]

Microsoft Corp. today will introduce the next version of its Pocket PC operating system, with enhancements focusing largely on phone features, as well as wireless LAN and WAN support. Many licensees, however, say they are shying away from integrating phones into their PDAs, at least for now. Hewlett-Packard Co., Gateway Inc., Toshiba Computer Systems Group […]

NEW YORK—Hoping to keep a foothold in the corporate market, Palm Inc. software subsidiary PalmSource Inc. is planning software that focuses specifically on the needs of the enterprise. “Wireless is here, creating new opportunities—and new problems,” said David Nagel, president and CEO of PalmSource, in a keynote at the here. Chief among these concerns are […]

NEW YORK—Handspring Inc. this fall will introduce a new smartphone, shortly before finalizing the companys merger with handheld computer maker Palm Inc. To be announced this week at the CeBIT America show here, Handsprings Treo 600 looks more like a modern cell phone than any of the companys previous products. The new device is slightly […]

NEW YORK—3Com Corp. on Tuesday announced a new family of wireless LAN devices that support the recently ratified IEEE 802.11g standard, with plans to announce multi-band products later in the summer. The products, on display at CeBit here, are geared toward small businesses and home offices, said officials at 3Com in Santa Clara, Calif. The […]