DiVitas's Mobile UC Game-changer
DiVitas Networks's mobile UC technology is now compatible with any device that runs a Web browser, including iPhone, Android-based phones, and BlackBerry. Read more...
Big WLAN on Campus 2009
Jerry Falwell's Liberty University delivers campus-wide wireless multi-channel IPTV over 802.11n; Silicon Valley students get Meru Wi-Fi; Liberty University replaces legacy, creates all-wireless office; Motorola delivers coverage to Illinois campus and airport; Canadian school disctrict deploys 802.11n district-wide; Penola Catholic College (Australia) upgrades WLAN; and more. Read more...
Wi-Fi Product Watch, October 2009
Free Wi-Fi on Virgin America flights; Movie Wedge helps portable movie viewing; good news, Fido--there's an app for that; two new HP Mini netbooks froom Verizon; more airlines add Wi-Fi; Epson Artisan 810 All-in-One Printer reviewed; 50 free apps for mobile business users; and more. Read more...
Kineto Gets in the Ring with New Mobile VoIP App
Any Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone can potentially run Kineto's new mobile VoIP app, designed to lure carriers into competing with Skype and other free or cheap mobile VoIP services. Read more...
Mobile VoIP Breaks New Ground
Unlike existing client modules that enable PBX and UC-type functionalities on mobile handsets, which are proprietary, a new F/MC client from fg microtec is standards-based and interoperable with server technologies from other vendors. Read more...
Wi-Fi Product Watch, September 2009
Wi-Fi Alliance certifies first 802.11n products; Apple iPad likely to debut in May; touch-screen VoIP phone from snom with Wi-Fi; New iPhone/touch app tracks concert dates based on playlist, location; FON's 802.11n router can tweet; Aruba announces new low-priced 802.11n AP; Skype most popular mobile VoIP app; and more. Read more...
Wi-Fi Drives Mobile VoIP Growth
Dual-mode smartphones, such as the iPhone and BlackBerry, are spurring mobile VoIP growth. Some 400 million dual-mode handsets will ship in 2013, according to predictions made recently by researchers. Read more...
Industry Insiders: Eran Karoly, VeriWave
We speak with VeriWaves vice president of marketing about the all-wireless office, the ratification of 802.11n, and how the market is likely to change in the coming year. Read more...
Wi-Fi + DSL Combo Chip New from Broadcom
The BCM6362 is the first chip to combine Broadcoms ADSL2+ and 802.11n Wi-Fi technologies, as well as Gigabit Ethernet switching, Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), and voice over IP (VoIP) for IADs and high-end residential gateways. Read more...
Wi-Fi Product Watch, August 2009
Nimbuzz Android launches; Nokia to enter netbook space; Epson's new Wi-Fi-enabled printer coming this month; Verizon Wireless updates specs for 4G LTE 700MHz; radios you can swallow; Apple looks into exploding iPhones, iPods; smartphone app downloads to triple by 2014; and more. Read more...
Bandwidth.com Partners with Ditech and CounterPath
Bandwidth.com partners with Ditech Networks and CounterPath Corp. in developer sandbox program designed to encourage and nurture innovative telephony-focused developers. Read more...
VoWi-Fi Growing Rapidly in the Enterprise
A new study from ABI Research shows enterprise use of voice over Wi-Fi (VoWi-Fi) will double by 2014, driven largely by smartphone use. Read more...
In-Flight Wi-Fi About to Take Off
After years of struggle, it seems that in-flight Wi-Fi is finally going to get off the ground. Read more...
Wi-Fi Product Watch, July 2009
New 2TB Time Capsule ($499) from Apple; Verizon offers free Wi-Fi to some laptop users; free Wi-Fi for all at Barnes & Noble; two new powerhouse gaming notebooks with 802.11n; Palm Restores iTunes Sync in Slap to Apple; U.S. Airways to offer in-flight Wi-Fi; WiMAX comes to Vegas; magicJack to Introduce Femtocell Version; and more. Read more...
Review: T-Mobile MyTouch 3G (HTC Magic)
Could HTCs new Wi-Fi-enabled 3G Android smart phones be iPhone killers? HTC and Google, which commercialized the open source Android mobile OS, no doubt hope so. But dont count on it. Read more...
Agito Offers Enterprise VoIP for BlackBerry
Agito Networks' Agito for BlackBerry provides mobile UC support for four dual-mode BlackBerry models: the 8800, the Bold 9000, and the Curve 8300 and 8900. Read more...
magicJack to Introduce Femtocell Version
At a predicted $49.95 price point, the magicJack femtocell version could be a gamechanger in the wireless VoIP market. Read more...
Review: magicJack
It may seem too good to be true, but magicJack actually delivers on its promise of free local and long-distance voice service. Read more...
Toshiba TG01 Smartphones to Offer Nimbuzz
When the new Toshiba TG01 smartphones begin shipping, they will include a pre-installed version of Nimbuzz, which allows for VoIP calling from popular social networking and voice-over-IM sites via 2.5, 3G, and Wi-Fi networks. Read more...
Review: Skype for Business
We take a look at the pros and cons of switching to VoIP solution, Skype, for business. Read more...
Toshiba Partners with Vahara for uMobility
Varaha Systems' uMobility technology has been certified as interoperable with Toshiba's flagship Strata CIX family of IP phone systems, which means greater mobility for office phones. Read more...
edgeBOX Goes Mobile
Critical Links's edgeBOX rolls a VoIP gateway, an IP PBX, file, Web, and e-mail servers, security firewall, VPN, and QoS into a single, Linux-and-open-source-software-based appliance with a unified user interface. All this and, it serves as a Wi-Fi access point, too. Read more...
Review: IPEVO WiFi Skype Desktop Phone S0-10W
For a Wi-Fi user who lives and dies by Skype, this may be an excellent solution. It's a comfortable form factor and it functions like a familiar phone. Read more...
Review: Zoom X6v VoIP Gateway
The two models of the Zoom X6v Gateway incorporate a four-port wired switch, an 802.11g Wi-Fi router, an ADSL 2/2+ gateway, and a VoIP port or ATA, potentially replacing four separate pieces of equipment, power supplies, etc. Read more...
Wi-Fi Product Watch, April 2009
Motorola reports major decline in sales; Ekahau and NavSync announce a Wi-Fi/GPS RTLS tag; Hong Kong's PCCW will deploy Ruckus APs at 5,000+ hotspots; Wi-Fi helps with advanced sub-metering; video over 802.11n module from Meru; Palm Treo Pro now available in Canada; JiWire gets new infusion of cash; Verizon Wireless HTC Touch Diamond available tomorrow; and more. Read more...
