Wireless

Apple Cuts iPhone Price

Apple Inc. said Wednesday it is slicing the price of the iPhone by $200. The 8GB phone will now cost $399, down from $599. The $499 4GB model will be discontinued. Apple, which also revealed new models of its popular iPod music player that have iPhone-like features ...More
September 5, 2007
Posted in News
Cisco Upgrades WLAN Potrfolio with 802.11n AP

VARs now have another flavor of Wi-Fi and VoWiFi to offer businesses; Cisco Systems Inc. has launched the first Wi-Fi certified 802.11n draft 2.0 access point to hit the market, part of a new integrated 802.11n WLAN offering. The 802.11n version of Wi-Fi offers a fivefold ...More
September 5, 2007
Posted in News
AT&T Adds Parental Controls for Cell Phones

AT&T Inc. on Tuesday launched a Web-based feature that gives parents more control over their children’s mobile phone use. AT&T Smart Limits for Wireless allows a parent to set usage limits on a child’s talk time, text messages, instant messages and downloads. It ...More
September 4, 2007
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San Francisco, Chicago Muni Wi-Fi Scuttled; EarthLink on the Rocks

Municipal Wi-Fi has been dealt two more blows this week, with Chicago and San Francisco both cancelling their planned networks. In San Francisco, the city-wide Internet access plan has been the subject of ongoing and heated debate, but was awaiting final approval when ...More
August 31, 2007 By Tara Seals
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Alltel Shareholders Approve Buyout

Alltel Corp. said Wednesday its shareholders have approved the $27.5 billion buyout by TPG Capital and GS Capital Partners. The company said approximately 97 percent of the shares voted in favor of the deal at a special meeting. The acquisition was announced in May. The ...More
August 30, 2007
Posted in News
Nokia Leaps into Internet Services, Unveils New Devices

No. 1 handset manufacturer Nokia has made an Apple-like move into the direct-to-consumer services arena with a new portal, dubbed “Ovi.” Ovi, which means “door” in Finnish, lets PC and handset users access an online music store, photo-sharing service, MySpace and FaceBook, ...More
August 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
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Wireless Walks in Wireline’s Shoes

Those of you that were in the long-distance business for a while probably recall the pricing evolution — from metered (distance-sensitive) to per-minute to “free nights and weekends” to “friends & family” to flat-rate minute buckets to flat-rate unlimited. I find it ...More
August 29, 2007
Posted in Articles, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Making Money in Wireless

The communications world is beginning to revolve around the wireless handset. That migration represents a significant opportunity for channel partners provided they are willing to make some adaptations to their business model. Fortunately, for business-to-business dealers, ...More
August 29, 2007
Posted in Articles
Lead Users to the Wireless Promised Land

Best-in-class organizations have two times less staff than other organizations to manage the wireless device lifecycle, according to a recent study by Aberdeen Group. The research firm says the discrepancy is because those companies have well-documented wireless policies to ...More
August 29, 2007
Posted in Articles
New Products

Awesome Applications Check out these iPhone applications and wireless debuts. loopt Social Mapping Service Launches on Sprint Wireless Network loopt announced its social mapping service is now available to Sprint customers nationwide. loopt uses the GPS capabilities on ...More
August 29, 2007
Posted in Articles