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Archive for the 'VoIP & IP-TV' Category

Google Apps for Clearwire

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 16th, 2008

Clearwire announced a partnership with Google on Tuesday that would incorporate the search giant’s applications, including Mail, Calendar and Talk into Clearwire’s wireless Web platform.
Under the agreement, Google will power some of the Web infrastructure that Clearwire customers will use, while Clearwire will control the look and feel of the interface.
Clearwire has some 350,000 users [...]

Skype: The Singularity

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 10th, 2008

Dr Floyd: Don’t suppose you have any idea what the damn thing is, huh?
Dr. Rolf Halvorsen: Wish to hell we did.
– 2001: A Space Odyssey

Skype is seeking the mobile market as their next frontier, says C/Net, but mobile operators who feel threatened by Skype could put the kibosh on large-scale adoption of the Voice [...]

Boingo + Broadcom = World Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 9th, 2008

Chip maker Broadcom said Tuesday it plans to integrate software from Wi-Fi access provider Boingo Wireless into its Wi-Fi phone chipset.
The software automatically scans for wireless hot spots and connects users to private and commercial networks , including those part of Boingo’s roaming network.
The integration of Boingo Wi-Fi software into the Broadcom Wi-Fi phone platform [...]

Nortel CTO Interview

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 26th, 2007

John J. Roese, the CTO of Canadian-based Nortel, oversees 12,000 scientists, engineers and designers. Here’s an interview with Forbes magazine:

Forbes: There’s been a lot of news about WiMAX and LTE. Is 4G coming faster than most think?
Roese: At the beginning of 2007 and the end of 2006, we said 4G would happen faster than the [...]

Germany Launches WiMAX VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on December 17th, 2007

Motorola today announced that German telecommunications provider, NeckarCom Telekommunikation GmbH, has launched a commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service on a WiMAX network in the Ulm region of Germany.
NeckarCom’s integrated voice and data service was the first 802.16e WiMAX-based offering in Germany and is based on Motorola’s WiMAX technology. NeckarCom is a subsidiary [...]

WiMAX Phones Home - Globally

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 26th, 2007

At the WiMAX 2007 conference in Munich, 27-29 November 2007, Siemens announced a new portfolio of WiMAX subscriber devices, based on fully compliant to Wave 2 Mobile WiMAX gear, with MIMO and beamforming.
A basic modem, a VoIP modem and two gateways were introduced: The Siemens Gigaset SX685 WiMAX gateway was designed with the small office, [...]

VoIP Tapped?

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 26th, 2007

Peter Cox, a VoIP expert who is starting his own VoIP Consultancy, says VoIP calls are not that safe. His “proof-of-concept” software program, called SIPtap, shows how easy it would be for criminals to eavesdrop on the Internet-based phone calls, reports PC World.
The program, capable of monitoring multiple Voice-over-IP (VoIP) call streams, is slipped [...]

Android Developer Challenge — $10M

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 12th, 2007

Last week Google announced the Open Handset Alliance, to improve the mobile experience and Android, their open platform for mobile devices.
Today, the team is releasing an early look at the Android SDK for developers interested in building applications.
Google also announced the Android Developer Challenge, which provides $10 million in awards for developers who build [...]

AT&T’s IPTV Lowers Expectations

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 6th, 2007

AT&T said on Tuesday that it will spend more than planned on U-verse, but scaled back its penetration projections. AT&T now expects total spending on the service from January 2007 through the end of 2008 to be between $4.5 billion and $5.0 billion, up $500 million from its previous outlook.
The new spending will be used [...]

Devicescape iPhones Hotspots

Posted by Sam Churchill on November 1st, 2007

Devicescape Software announced today that its free auto-connect software for Wi-Fi networks is now available for Apple’s iPhone and iPod Touch.
Devicescape allows seamless connection to Wi-Fi networks and public hotspots at café’s, university networks, muni networks, and many more.
Devicescape eliminates the need to launch a browser to enter user names and passwords on [...]