Wireless

NACSE Rolls Out New Certification Courses

The National Association of Communication Systems Engineers (NACSE) this week rolled out its new Convergence Management Systems certification curriculum. The courses combine in-person and online formats. New topics include: • Wireless Technology Manager, for new career, ...More
June 7, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Fortress Technologies Launches Partner Program

Fortress Technologies, a provider of security and secure wireless solutions, is launching a Certified Partner Program for both the government and commercial sectors. The company is partnering with security and secure wireless providers and VARs to deliver products to its ...More
June 6, 2007
Posted in News
Amp’d Goes Bankrup’d

Down but not yet out: After 17 months of fast growth, hipster MVNO Amp'd Mobile filed a petition for Chapter 11 bankruptcy late Friday night, blaming a lack of OSS/billing scalability for its troubles. To finance a back-end infrastructure overhaul necessary to maintain ...More
June 4, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in News
Selling Short

WHEN YOU CONSIDER that Wi-Fi mesh, WiMAX and 3G are about growing range and footprint, wireless technologies’ motto seems to be “bigger is better.” But, there is similar movement at the opposite end of the spectrum as short-range standards continue to percolate in the lab. ...More
May 31, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
ODP vs. Browser

THERE’S A DILEMMA faced by mobile operators, their wireless dealers and, ultimately, their customers: Long-distance is essentially free, and competitive pressures are driving the rest of voice revenue toward zero margins even as the mobile network infrastructure demands ...More
May 31, 2007
Posted in Articles
Criminal Minds

TRADITIONALLY, SUBSCRIBER FRAUD has been defined as the problem of subscribers signing up for service they have no intention of paying for. But this seemingly simple (and credit-shattering) practice has ballooned into a delicate cat-and-mouse game of identity theft, illegal ...More
May 31, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
New Products: On the Airwaves

Ateksoft Upgrades WebCamera Plus Software Ateksoft Co. has introduced WebCamera Plus version 1.05, the newest edition of its software that turns any PDA or smartphone into a webcam. The latest release includes more languages; provides autostart from desktop capture ...More
May 31, 2007
Posted in Articles
Are You Sitting on a Gold Mine?

Are you sitting on additional wireless revenue from your current customers that you have not mined yet because you don’t want to: A) Learn countless, confusing wireless price plans.B) Study an endless myriad of devices.C) Get called on a Sunday to replace a water-logged ...More
May 31, 2007
Posted in Articles
Towerstream Ready to Wow the Nasdaq

A few months after fixed-wireless broadband provider Clearwire Corp. raised $600 million from its IPO, smaller rival Towerstream Corp. will try its luck on Wall Street. Towerstream will start trading shares of its common stock Thursday on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ...More
May 30, 2007
Posted in News
Motorola Launches Channel Program for Wireless Broadband

Motorola Inc. said Tuesday it has started a VAR channel program for its wireless broadband products in North America. Channel partners participating in the program will have access to products from the Motorola MOTOwi4 portfolio of wireless broadband solutions and services ...More
May 23, 2007
Posted in News