Wireless News Desk

Intel apresenta Rosedale, seu primeiro chip WiMAX SÃO PAULO - A Intel começa a comercializar a partir de hoje seu chip Rosedale, uma solução integrada de custo reduzido para conexões de banda larga sem fio WiMAX, que têm alcance de alguns quilômetros. O WiMAX é o próximo estágio do Wi-Fi, e pretende tornar possível a criação de hotspots que cubram cidades inteiras e prover acesso de banda larga a locais distantes das redes de cabos telefônicos. Segundo a Intel, alguns fabricantes já anunciaram que usarão o chip em seus produtos. São eles: Airspan, Alvarion, Aperto Networks, Axxcelera Broadband Wireless, Gemtek, Huawei, Proxim Corporation, Redline Communications, Siemens Mobile, SR Telecom e ZTE. A empresa também afirmou que comecará a incluir em breve o chip em seus próprios produtos. No Brasil, a operadora de telefonia Brasil Telecom deve ofertar serviços experiment... (more)

Microsoft Collaborates With Telecommunications Industry to Drive Transition to Telco 2.0 Era

This week at ITU Telecom World 2006, Microsoft is showcasing for the first time its full portfolio of solutions and services developed specifically for the global telecommunications industry. In its exhibit presence and participation in ITU Telecom World, Microsoft is highlighting the broad range of voice, video, data and mobile solutions it delivers to leading service providers today, as well as unveiling new products and initiatives designed to help operators create revenue-generating offerings for businesses and consumers, now and in the future. “Since ITU Telecom World ... (more)

FedEx and Motorola Announce Completion of $150 Million Wireless Project More than 40,000 Bluetooth-enabled devices to be dep

(November 26, 2002) - Wireless Business & Technology staff met yesterday with representatives from FedEx and Motorola for an advance briefing on the announcement FedEx will make today regarding the new FedEx PowerPad, a $150 million project that took more than seven years to complete. The joint project between FedEx and Motorola was unique in its level of collaboration, and Motorola will now customize the technology for other companies. Designed specifically to enable couriers to improve customer service, the FedEx PowerPad is a Microsoft Windows-powered Pocket PC, designed to enha... (more)

2003 a Breakout Year for Multi-Site Telephony Implementations, Says Report

(April 29, 2003) - Over 20% of U.S. enterprises will implement IP telephony at more than five sites by year’s end, up from 8% at end-of-year 2002, according to new research conducted by InfoTech. The report found that once enterprises reach this deployment level, termed Stage 2, they have virtually locked-in their choice of preferred vendor for all future IP telephony purchases. Prior to reaching Stage 2, enterprises demonstrate a willingness to switch vendors or conduct trials with more than one supplier. As PBX and data network vendors become more aware of this Stage 2 threshol... (more)

Only 3 More Years to the 2 Billion Mobile-User Milestone

Of the world population today of 6.5 billion people, 1.5 billion are estimated to be mobile phone users. That figure will increase 25% by 2007, says Simon Beresford-Wylie, Nokia's senior vice president for the Asia-Pacific. Speaking at the CommunicAsia conference and exhibition in Singapore this week, where Nokia is launching five new mobile phone models, Beresford-Wylie added that Nokia expects 300 million of those new users will come from the Asia-Pacific region. According to Beresford-Wylie, Nokia is playing its part in this continuing rapid expansion of the user base by help... (more)