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Wireless LAN services are becoming the domain of wireline carriers. While the carriers expect it to be a while before Wi-Fi is a major source of revenue, both AT&T Corp. and MCI this month made headway on their public Internet access—or “hot spot”—strategies. At the end of the month, MCI will start offering hot spot […]

Good Technology Inc. and rival Research In Motion Ltd. are each readying products that include improved synchronization capabilities, support for multiple operating systems and the ability to run on multiple networks. The moves are a concerted effort by the wireless software providers to attract enterprise customers while maintaining existing ones. Good this week will introduce […]

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 […]