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March 17, 2003 17 Mar'03
Companies bridge wireless networks

Network equipment providers and carriers are planning to boost interoperability between national wireless networks and enterprise...
March 17, 2003 17 Mar'03
Nextel plans Wi-Fi phones

Mobile operator Nextel Communications is to begin trials of a phone that can be used on Wi-Fi wireless Lans and added that by...
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
CeBIT - Limited phone variety stymies I-mode in Europe

The limited number of I-mode handsets has caused the slow sign up of NTTDoCoMo service in Europe, claims Kei-ichi Enoki, managing...
March 14, 2003 14 Mar'03
CeBIT - PeopleSoft adds instant messaging to portal

PeopleSoft has announced Enterprise Portal 8.8, an update to its portal product integrating enterprise instant messaging from...

March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
Notebook makers embrace Centrino chip

Intel formally launched its much-heralded Centrino mobile technology yesterday, and top-tier notebook manufacturers have...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
Privacy concerns as Benetton adds "smart tags" to clothing line

Clothes retailer Benetton will soon start attaching radio frequency identification (RFID) "smart tags" to its Sisley clothing...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
CeBIT - Cisco enhances DWDM platform

Cisco Systems wants businesses to aggregate storage network traffic and other services over the same wide-area fibre connections,...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
CeBIT - 3Com launches new Power over Ethernet switch and IP phones

3Com has launched a new "Power over Ethernet" switch as well as IP telephones and wireless LAN access devices that don't require...
March 13, 2003 13 Mar'03
Suppliers push ultrawideband as wireless alternative

Several suppliers are pushing a technology that could vastly multiply the transfer rate between wireless devices as a new...
March 12, 2003 12 Mar'03
£17.5m BT deal enables broadband gaming links

Arcade game machine network operator Inspired Business Networks has signed a £17.5m three-year deal with BT to ADSL-enable more...

March 12, 2003 12 Mar'03
CeBIT - European telcos ready Ethernet services

Deutsche Telekom and BT Netherlands plan to offer Ethernet-over-optical services to corporate customers in Germany and the...
March 12, 2003 12 Mar'03
Vodafone adds new features to laptop connection cards

Vodafone is introducing new versions of its connection cards to link laptops to corporate intranets and the internet over new...
March 12, 2003 12 Mar'03
Intel and McDonald's hook up to push Wi-Fi

You want Wi-Fi with that Big Mac?
March 12, 2003 12 Mar'03
CeBIT: Nokia reveals Edge and music phones

Nokia has unveiled its first mobile phone for packet-based Edge (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) networks in Europe,...
March 11, 2003 11 Mar'03
CeBIT: Vodafone plans gradual German 3G launch

Mobile phone giant Vodafone said on Tuesday it was not focusing on a firm date to launch new third-generation mobile phone...
March 11, 2003 11 Mar'03
Intel backs Wi-Fi to boost Centrino demand

Intel is backing two Wi-Fi public-access networks in the UK and another two in the US to help build the infrastructure needed to...
March 07, 2003 07 Mar'03
Don't buy uncertified Wi-Fi devices, Gartner warns

Research firm Gartner has warned companies to hold off buying 802.11g wireless LAN technology until products can be properly...
March 06, 2003 06 Mar'03
Internet traffic will double yearly, research claims

The amount of information transmitted globally over the Internet will continue to double each year over the next five years,...
March 03, 2003 03 Mar'03
Wireless switches target Wi-Fi hurdles

Wireless switches are making inroads into the enterprise with a set of management and deployment features designed to make Wi-Fi...
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Tests show SIP is vulnerable to hacking

Testers have found a vulnerability in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), an emerging standard used for connections between...
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Starbucks brings public-access Wi-Fi to UK

Starbucks plans to introduce its public-access Wi-Fi act to Europe and will expand its wireless Lan service in the UK this year.
February 27, 2003 27 Feb'03
Panasonic adds to Toughbook PC range

Matsushita is adding a Tablet PC model based on Intel's yet-to-be launched Centrino package to its Panasonic Toughbook range.
February 26, 2003 26 Feb'03
Bargain bandwidth as 10 Gigabit Ethernet and WLan prices are cut

Network equipment suppliers have cut prices substantially for 10 Gigabit Ethernet and wireless Lan equipment over the past month,...
February 26, 2003 26 Feb'03
Wi-Fi Alliance to certify 802.11g WLans

The Wi-Fi Alliance plans to start interoperability and certification testing this summer of wireless Lan products based on the ...
February 26, 2003 26 Feb'03
HP introduces iSCSI router

Hewlett-Packard announced a storage device that connects remote servers to a storage area network through the use of the recently...
February 25, 2003 25 Feb'03
WLan market continues to grow in fourth quarter

The worldwide wireless Lan (WLan) market flourished in the fourth quarter of 2002, according to a quarterly report by Infonetics...
February 24, 2003 24 Feb'03
Excilan makes public Wlans pay without passwords

Excilan has introduced a way to pay for public wireless Internet access using a mobile phone without a password.
February 20, 2003 20 Feb'03
Microsoft and Sun focus on mobile apps development

Microsoft and Sun will give mobile application developments a boost and get added support on the Bluetooth wireless platform, the...
February 19, 2003 19 Feb'03
Woolwich sells mortgages via instant messaging

Building society the Woolwich has spent £75,000 adding instant messaging functionality to its website to generate sales leads and...
February 17, 2003 17 Feb'03
Microsoft launches Windows smartphone

Microsoft has announced a series of alliances with leading wireless device suppliers at the annual 3GSM World Congress in Cannes,...
February 13, 2003 13 Feb'03
Storage protocol approved as standard

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) has approved a protocol to help companies run storage networks more cheaply and...
February 11, 2003 11 Feb'03
Analysts back 802.11a despite imminent 11g

Now the Wi-fi Alliance has ratified the first tranche of 802.11a wireless products, analysts have said it may be time for...
February 07, 2003 07 Feb'03
France Télécom launches WLAN initiative

France Télécom is to launch 802.11b wireless LAN (WLAN) technology for home and business use and set up a network of public WLAN...
February 06, 2003 06 Feb'03
US govt settles wireless spectrum dispute

The US government and the wireless technology industry have resolved a dispute that threatened to curtail the deployment of the...
January 30, 2003 30 Jan'03
Hutchison and Reuters sign mobile content deal

Hutchison 3G has signed an agreement with Reuters to supply news and financial information for its next-generation mobile...
January 30, 2003 30 Jan'03
AOL Time Warner suffers loss and vice-chairman Ted Turner steps down

AOL Time Warner reported a fourth-quarter loss yesterday that included a whopping $44.5bn non-cash charge and announced that vice...
January 29, 2003 29 Jan'03
European 3G operators seek tax refund

A spokeswoman for the Dutch government described efforts by KPN Mobile to seek a refund for the VAT which, it claimed, it had...
January 28, 2003 28 Jan'03
MMS to remain niche service in Europe

Market research company Datamonitor said European consumers have been slow to embrace Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS)...
January 28, 2003 28 Jan'03
Cisco automates setup for IP voice

Enhancements to the operating systems of Cisco Systems switches and routers should make it easier to use data networks for voice...
January 27, 2003 27 Jan'03
Corporate IM firms eye financial services sector

Reuters Group has claimed that than 225,000 financial services workers worldwide - including 80,000 in the US - have signed up...
January 22, 2003 22 Jan'03
O2 blames Oftel ordered price cuts for 3G delay

Mobile operator O2 is to delay in the rollout of its commercial 3G services until the second half of 2004.
January 22, 2003 22 Jan'03
T-Mobile and Lucent test 3G-WLAN roaming

Lucent Technologies and T-Mobile International has launched a pilot project to test services that use next-generation mobile...
January 21, 2003 21 Jan'03
HP and Microsoft broaden NAS partnership

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Microsoft are expanding their partnership on network attached storage (NAS) products to boost sales and...
January 17, 2003 17 Jan'03
Wi-Fi group gives first 802.11a certifications

Consumers and businesses can now buy 54Mbps wireless LAN products that are certified to work with similar products from a variety...
January 16, 2003 16 Jan'03
Gillette to trial RFID tags

Gillette is to trial Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags in US and UK stores in the biggest test so far for the electronic...
January 16, 2003 16 Jan'03
HP to resell Cisco's switches

Hewlett-Packard has become the second major supplier to resell Cisco Systems' line of fibre channel switches.
January 16, 2003 16 Jan'03
Lufthansa pilots onboard WLAN service

Lufthansa has begun a three-month trial for a new onboard wireless broadband service that allows travellers to connect to the...
January 14, 2003 14 Jan'03
Liberty Broadband is latest victim of price trends

Corporate Internet access provider Liberty Broadband has become the latest operator to fall foul of competitive market conditions...
January 13, 2003 13 Jan'03
Windows CE update set for mid-2003 release

The next update to Microsoft's Windows CE .net OS will ship before the middle of 2003 and include several new features, a company...
January 10, 2003 10 Jan'03
SanDisk integrates Wi-Fi and memory into single SD card

SanDisk has unveiled a range of Compact Flash (CF) and Secure Digital (SD) cards that combine wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) and memory in...
January 08, 2003 08 Jan'03
StorageTek and Brocade expand partnership

Brocade Communications Systems and Storage Technology (StorageTek) will work together to deliver professional services, break-fix...
January 03, 2003 03 Jan'03
The Internet as we know it turns 20

Estimates on the age of the Internet depend on who you ask, but going by the calculations of one industry pioneer, this week...
December 20, 2002 20 Dec'02
Flagging economy stymies US broadband growth

The growth of broadband Internet access in the US slowed in the first half of 2002, with only 27% more lines installed in that...
December 19, 2002 19 Dec'02
Intel eases into WLAN with 802.11b chipset

Intel announced this week that it would not release a dual-band 802.11a/b wireless LAN (WLAN) chipset for its notebook processor...
December 19, 2002 19 Dec'02
Software gives wireless devices phone capabilities

TeleSym, a voice over IP technology company, is to ship in beta a client software program that gives laptop PCs phone...
December 19, 2002 19 Dec'02
Hot skills:Securing a tunnel through the Internet

VPNs offer a cheap option for secure Wan links, writes Nick Langley
December 16, 2002 16 Dec'02
Intel makes inroads on wireless technology

Intel has been developing what it calls a "wireless ecosystem" which is aimed at allowing users with any kind of computing device...
December 12, 2002 12 Dec'02
Volvo signs £2.2m 'wires-only' deal

Volvo IT has signed a £2.2m deal with BT for "wires-only" networking provision, which will allow the company to gain double the...
December 12, 2002 12 Dec'02
Swinton goes thin to reduce its costs

Insurance broker Swinton has spent £2m upgrading its IT infrastructure and implementing thin client technology in a bid to...
December 12, 2002 12 Dec'02
All roads lead to network convergence

While it has been widely discussed over the past few years, the convergence of voice, video and data over a single IP-based...
December 12, 2002 12 Dec'02
DSL subscribers pass 30 million mark

The number of digital subscriber line subscribers worldwide grew by five million in the third quarter of 2002 to more than 30.6...
December 11, 2002 11 Dec'02
Lufthansa prepares broadband service at 36,000ft

German airline Lufthansa is to launch a wireless broadband Internet service next month that will target executives and other...
December 11, 2002 11 Dec'02
Nokia gains market share but lowers revenue forecast

Nokia said yesterday that brisk sales of its low-end phones would bring it market share gains in the fourth quarter, but that it...
December 09, 2002 09 Dec'02
HP and Network Appliance overtake EMC

EMC was knocked out of first place in key market revenue areas, including network-attached storage (NAS) and open-storage area...
December 06, 2002 06 Dec'02
Nortel moves towards Wi-Fi and cellular integration

Telecom infrastructure provider Nortel Networks and Mobility Network Systems have struck a deal to enable seamless roaming...
December 06, 2002 06 Dec'02
AT&T, IBM and Intel plan nationwide WiFi network

AT&T, IBM and Intel have announced plans to deploy a nationwide network of public access wireless LAN hot spots, codenamed...
December 05, 2002 05 Dec'02
NTT circuit speeds optical network data

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) has developed an integrated circuit (IC) that will raise the data transmission speed of...
December 05, 2002 05 Dec'02
Cisco highlights intelligent networking and service provider expansion

A continued push into the service provider arena and increased development of intelligent networking features were two of the...
December 05, 2002 05 Dec'02
Inmarsat fills gaps with GPRS-speed device

Satellite communications provider Inmarsat is to release a portable device which will give access to GPRS-speed communications in...
December 05, 2002 05 Dec'02
Cypress plans wireless USB

Bluetooth could be dealt a serious blow as a connector of peripheral devices to PCs when a wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB)...
December 05, 2002 05 Dec'02
T-Mobile highlights MMS phone flaw

T-Mobile International has confirmed that a software flaw in Panasonic's GD 87, a multimedia-messaging phone, enables the handset...
December 04, 2002 04 Dec'02
Vodafone's Japanese unit to launch 3G service

J-Phone, Japan's third-largest mobile telecommunications carrier, will be the first company within the Vodafone group to launch a...
December 03, 2002 03 Dec'02
Server can unify WLAN and mobile services

IntelliNet Technologies claimed its latest server would end the problem of mobile data sessions being interrupted by password...
December 03, 2002 03 Dec'02
Cisco backtracks on IOS security availability

After announcing a number of security enhancements to its IOS software last month, Cisco Systems issued an alert on Friday that...
November 29, 2002 29 Nov'02
MobilCom writes down 3G investment

MobilCom has taken a massive third-quarter write-down on its mobile broadband licence and infrastructure after abandoning plans...
November 28, 2002 28 Nov'02
H3G boasts first UMTS phone call

H3G, the Italian third-generation (3G) mobile operator controlled by Hutchison Whampoa, has demonstrated what it claims to be the...
November 27, 2002 27 Nov'02
Hackers can crack GSM networks in 'seconds'

GSM mobile telephone networks have a flawed security algorithm and can be cracked using a PC connected to a mobile phone,...
November 27, 2002 27 Nov'02
Swedish government rejects Vodafone 3G delay

The Swedish subsidiary of Vodafone is considering court action to gain an extended deadline for its next-generation mobile...
November 25, 2002 25 Nov'02
HyperSCSI touted for low-cost SANs

An Ethernet-based network storage protocol, designed for the transfer of small computer system interface (SCSI) data and commands...
November 21, 2002 21 Nov'02
Cisco's Lan/phone to ship in 2003

Network supplier Cisco will ship dual-band wireless Lan/mobile phone devices in the second half of next year which could give...
November 21, 2002 21 Nov'02
News International takes first steps in move to IP telephony

UK media group News International is planning to implement an Internet Protocol (IP) network across its Wapping headquarters.
November 20, 2002 20 Nov'02
Radio tags for M&S trays

Marks & Spencer has announced plans to launch the world's biggest Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag roll-out.
November 20, 2002 20 Nov'02
Comdex: Chips to drive next Internet boom

On 21 June 2003, the technology industry will resurrect itself and experience a rate of growth surpassing all those before it,...
November 20, 2002 20 Nov'02
Comdex: IBM offers glimpse of autonomic computing for PC or notebook

IBM executives revealed what IT managers can expect from its self-healing, or autonomic computing, initiative over the next year...
November 19, 2002 19 Nov'02
MmO2 reports strong first half

UK mobile-phone operator mmO2 has produced robust half-year results, with growth in both its service revenue and customer base,...
November 19, 2002 19 Nov'02
Dell unveils low-end NAS system

Dell Computer has released a low-end storage product that completes a revamp of its entire network attached storage (NAS) line.
November 19, 2002 19 Nov'02
Trend Micro adds Wi-Fi protection to PC-cillin

Antivirus software maker Trend Micro unveiled the latest version of its "all-in-one" security software suite yesterday (18...
November 18, 2002 18 Nov'02
Seven of Japan's ISPs to roll out IP telephony services

Seven of Japan's major Internet service providers (ISPs), with a total of more than two million broadband Internet subscribers,...
November 18, 2002 18 Nov'02
Ericsson: mobile subscribers will double by 2007

Despite tough global economic conditions, demand for mobile telecommunications services remains strong and the number of mobile...
November 18, 2002 18 Nov'02
Toshiba to put 802.11a in notebooks by December

Toshiba has announced it will include an 802.11a wireless radio module in its Satellite 6100 Pro lineup of business notebooks by...
November 17, 2002 17 Nov'02
Comdex highlights handhelds, Tablet PCs and wireless technology

Handheld and tablet PC products look set to dominate the annual Comdex trade show, which begins in Las Vegas today (18 November).
November 15, 2002 15 Nov'02
Mobile phones to get USB connection

Qualcomm is to license the intellectual property for USB-on-the-Go (OTG) from TransDimension.
November 15, 2002 15 Nov'02
3G: MobilCom wins reprieve

MobilCom founder Gerhard Schmid has agreed to hand over his shares in the company to a trustee approved by the German government....
November 14, 2002 14 Nov'02
Belkin adds flavour to Bluetooth range

A small flurry of activity from Belkin on the Bluetooth front is raising hopes that the wireless technology may at last be ready...
November 14, 2002 14 Nov'02
IBM revamps NAS line

IBM has doubled the processing power and capacity of its mid-tier network-attached storage (NAS) array and gateway device and...
November 13, 2002 13 Nov'02
Microsoft readies IM for businesses

Microsoft has announced a package of products and services that modify its consumer instant messaging software to meet the needs...
November 13, 2002 13 Nov'02
Ericsson to launch Europe's first broad 3G services

Europe's first large-scale Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) service will launch in Italy next month, using...
November 12, 2002 12 Nov'02
ViewSonic details Windows wireless display

Display maker ViewSonic is to release specifications for a new class of wireless computer displays running a custom operating...
November 12, 2002 12 Nov'02
Japanese ISPs plan IP telephony alliance

Japan's largest Internet service provider Nifty is in talks with several other ISPs to offer an Internet Protocol (IP) telephony...
November 11, 2002 11 Nov'02
Deutsche Telekom may name CEO from own ranks

Deutsche Telekom is expected to appoint a new chief executive officer at its supervisory board meeting on Thursday. The favourite...