Agito Networks this week announced the upcoming launch of its RoamAnywhere Mobility Router, which uses RF-based, location-aware tech to ensure that in-building calls are switched efficiently from...
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Today in London, Nokia launched the dual-mode GSM/Wi-Fi Nokia E51 smartphone - and used the launch to stress Nokia's mobile unified communications strategy. "We see a significant opportunity...
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Swedish carrier TeliaSonera yesterday announced plans to offer a fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) solution called Telia Home Free. "We are now integrating the mobile telephone in the digital home...
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A recent study by Infonetics Research entitled Service Provider Plans for Next Gen Voice & IMS finds that nearly 80 percent of service providers are planning to offer fixed-mobile convergence...
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Dean at VoIP User picks up on today's announcement that WLAN company Bluesocket is buying VoIP company Pingtel, with the aim of cornering the market on enterprise fixed-mobile convergence....
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InformationWeek's W. David Gardner reports that T-Mobile today launched its home-based Wi-Fi service HotSpot @Home, which switches subscribers seamlessly between cellular and Wi-Fi service for...
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InfoWorld's Stephen Lawson looks at Research in Motion's announcement of its Blackberry MVS (Mobile Voice System), "software that makes it easier for employees and IT administrators to...
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Wi-Fi Networking News' Glenn Fleishman picks up on an article by the Wall Street Journal's Amol Sharma reporing that T-Mobile will extend its HotSpot@Home fixed-mobile convergence offering...
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VNUnet's Ian Williams looks at a new report from research firm Analysys entitled Picocells and Femtocells: will indoor base stations transform the telecoms industry? which says indoor base...
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At Voice Over WLAN News, Glenn Fleishman picks up on a New York Times report that T-Mobile has launched converged cell/Wi-Fi services in Seattle. "It's in my own backyard, but I haven't...
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TMCnet's Erik Linask picks up on the news that Nokia and Intel are working together to bring HSDPA connectivity to laptop PCs. "The HSDPA connectivity module that Nokia has developed will be...
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PDAStreet's James Alan Miller reports that Paragon Wireless has announced the launch of the hipi-2200, a rather snazzy SIP-based dual-mode Wi-Fi/GSM phone designed for seamless hand-off between...
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ZDNet's Matthew Broersma reports that UK carrier Aql launched a service today allowing Nokia E-Series users to make free VoIP calls over Wi-Fi. "Aql is one of a number of providers looking...
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TechNewsWorld's Gene J. Koprowski reports that mobile phone operators are reponding to the competitive threat offered by free Wi-Fi by adding new technologies to their offerings. Small cellular...
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On his blog, Jeff Pulver questions the concept of fixed-mobile convergence, suggesting that cellular networks don't have anything to fear from Wi-Fi or WiMAX. "I'm amazed how often...
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Reuters reports today that Nokia has started its first public tests of Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA), enabling Seamless hand-off between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Fifty families in the city of...
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At the iMedia Connection, Roger Park looks today at the planned merger of networks between Nokia and Siemens and its implications for fixed/mobile convergence. "The Nokia and Siemens partnership...
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According to Cellular-News.com, Brasil Telecom will begin offering two fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services before the end of the year. "BrT has begun by adding the Motorola V3 handset to its...
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Converge! Network Digest reports today that Meru Networks raised $25 million in its fourth round of funding. "The company said that over the past 12 months its business has grown at a rapid...
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According to Telecom Asia, research firm Informa predicts that fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) services will generate $28 billion in revenues worldwide by 2011. "Companies such as BT Group and...
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