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Your vehicle is the next computing platform, and car-makers are poised to deliver Web- and cell phone-based services, called telematics, that will complement anything you can receive on your cell phone or wireless PDA. Telematics is the latest buzzword for onboard automobile electronics, and its the result of the convergence of the computing world with […]

If modern wireless mythology is to be believed, it wont be long before everything in the business world will be linked to the Internet and remotely controlled via cellular phone. People will walk down the street to a chorus of beeps and rings as coupons and ads from nearby shops arrive at their wireless inboxes. […]

Red Hat will try to unravel the close-knit wireless handset marketplace with a new open source, license- and royalty-free operating system for next-generation mobile phones. But with all of the major handset manufacturers already committed to the Symbian OS, Red Hat faces a significant challenge in convincing vendors to use the product in 2.5- and […]

Within the next decade, the majority of Americans are going to have not only their pockets and purses stuffed with wireless devices, but also their offices, homes and cars. Thats agreed. Whats up for debate is exactly how high wireless penetration rates will go and what will drive them. Forrester Research estimates that 68 percent […]

U.S. service providers cant wait for third-generation wireless spectrum to hit the auction block. But that doesnt mean were only a year or two away from the cybernirvana of 3G technology. Industry analysts believe the U.S. 3G auction wont happen in June 2002, as originally envisioned by the Clinton administration. But they do think the […]

Broadband fixed wireless supporters still have a lot of confidence in the technologys potential. Although independent providers continue to struggle for survival, incumbent carriers with powerful financial resources patiently wait for the market to bloom. AT&T Wireless, Sprint and WorldCom have been cautiously deploying services that can deliver data and, in AT&Ts case, voice services […]

While most wireless technologies are only beginning to toddle, wireless local area networks are now proving more than capable of handling some significant corporate tasks. But dont throw away those Cat-5 cables just yet. Though wireless local area network (WLAN) technology has moved well beyond the bleeding edge, it certainly cant replicate the performance of […]

Technology that can dispatch an ambulance to within 50 meters of the wireless phone from which a 911 call was made has commercial enterprises quivering with anticipation and privacy advocates quaking in their boots. In theory, on Oct. 1, wireless operators will begin the slow rollout of network- and handset-based Automatic Location Identification services under […]

Talk to people who live abroad or who travel frequently, and youll hear the same thing: Americans are wimpy when it comes to mobile wireless commerce. “Security and privacy issues around mobile wallets are such a U.S-focus thing,” said Allan Carter, Captaris director of mobile wireless marketing. “Were such a paranoid culture.” The stats bear […]

An industry standards group has voted to use Intels next-generation input/output technology as the basis for its next serial interconnect — promising computer users that future PCs will be able to handle oodles of bandwidth. The forthcoming standard from the group, the Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group, represents the third major overhaul of PCI […]

Industry onlookers are losing hope for the resurgence of a key fixed broadband wireless technology that was expected to serve a big market for high-speed Internet access. With leading service providers Teligent and Winstar Communications in bankruptcy, some experts believe the most likely future use of the high-frequency radio waves they control will be for […]

Small form-factor wireless phones and personal digital assistants have pushed users about as far as they can go. Typing commands on a dial pad or using a mini-stylus to navigate a shrunken computer screen is appealing to only so many people. Users are fed up and want their voices heard — literally. Many industry executives […]