Tag: 3G

The dual-mode iPaq H6315 lets users switch between GSM/GPRS and Wi-Fi networks as they travel. "The device automatically notifies you as you enter a Wi-Fi hot spot and switches to the fastest network available, allowing you to maintain your Internet session as you travel from your home, to Starbucks, to the airport, to a business...

WiMAX and more traditional wireless technologies are on a collision course, two analyst groups concluded in independent reports. Via [extremetech.com]

Wireless voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) networks could end up challenging 3G mobile operators' revenues from voice minutes, according to a new report. Via [silicon.com]

Vodafone is to offer Taiwanese smart phone maker HTC's Universal palmtop 3G/Wi-Fi smart phone, along with the manufacturer's compact PDA-phone, Magician. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Broadband wireless gained a bad name in the US in the late 1990s when companies such as Teligent failed spectacularly. But WiMAX is ushering in a brand new economic picture for such operators. Not only will standardization push down prices by fostering competition and volume, but spectrum suited to the technology is being auctioned cheaply...

In a panel discussion with UK journalists in Helsinki last week, leading figures in Nokia's technology platforms and networks businesses explained that much of the hype associated with WiMax, which in some quarters has been labeled a 3G-killer, arise from some basic misunderstandings about radio technology and the economics of network rollout. Via [cbronline.com]

Wireless operators won't earn as much from their investments in 3G wireless access because of decreasing prices for other options such as Wi-Fi, a new study says. Via [informationweek.com]

Wi-Fi and mobile are set to make even close bedfellows in the coming months, new research has found. Via [networks.silicon.com]

The much-hyped WiMAX wireless broadband technology is an obvious play for cellular operators around the world and will fit nicely with a 3G network, several speakers said at the Wireless Communications Association International Symposium this week. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Most businesses have little interest in buying 3G mobile phones at present, according to senior executives at Nokia. Via [networks.silicon.com]

Software-maker Smith Micro on Tuesday announced QuickLink Mobile Enterprise edition, a software tool that promises to give users seamless connectivity over Wi-Fi and mobile data networks. Via [news.zdnet.com]

The GC89 PC Card combines global EDGE coverage with the WiFi technology in a single card which is compatible with both Windows and Macintosh computers. Via [geekzone.co.nz]

Taiwan's government plans to blanket this island's cities with wireless networks that are integrated with cellular phone services by 2008 as part of an ambitious $1.1 billion project, called M-Taiwan. Via [nwfusion.com]

The Wi-Fi Alliance has formed a group to study the specific implications for Wi-Fi of continuing Wi-Fi/cellular convergence. Via [commsdesign.com]

SBC Communications Inc. will use its growing roster of public Wi-Fi access points as a springboard for Cingular Wireless services, including advanced phones and voice services using Internet technology. Via [reuters.co.uk]