Wireless

Patrick K. Brant Named CEO and President of SkyPort Global Communications

Patrick K. Brant recently has joined SkyPort Global Communications Inc. as CEO and president. Brant most recently served as CEO and president of Loral Skynet, the satellite operations unit of Loral Space & Communications Inc. He has been an advisor to SkyPort’s board of ...More
May 16, 2007
Posted in News
Samsung BCS Debuts OfficeServ 7100 for Small Businesses

Samsung Business Communication Systems (BCS) has joined the growing list of vendors that are targeting small businesses with multipurpose platforms. The manufacturer announced the addition of the OfficeServ 7100 to complete the OfficeServ 7000 series of convergence ...More
May 8, 2007 By Khali Henderson
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Virgin Mobile Files for IPO

Youth-oriented prepaid MVNO Virgin Mobile USA Inc. has filed for an IPO with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company plans to trade on the NYSE under the symbol “VM” but few other details have been worked out. The company said it is unsure of how many shares it ...More
May 2, 2007 By Tara Seals
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Sprint Posts $211 Million 1Q Loss

Sprint Nextel Corp., which has been struggling to keep wireless subscribers, on Wednesday reported that it lost $211 million, or 7 cents per share, during the first quarter. That’s compared to profit of $417 million, or 12 cents per share, a year ago. The financial losses ...More
May 2, 2007
Posted in News
Mission Possible

THERE’S A BIG BUZZ about wireless security and the inherent risks of deploying mobility initiatives across both the enterprise and SMBs. But what does “wireless security” really mean? Why is wireless security a critical issue to businesses? How can channel partners help ...More
April 30, 2007
Posted in Articles
Wireless VARs: Step Up Your Game

THROUGH NO TRYING of their own, AT&T/Cingular, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc.’s direct sales channels have dominated the delivery of solutions to SMBs. These traditional mobility/cellular service providers have invested heavily in their ...More
April 30, 2007 By Steve Hilton
Posted in Articles
SHOW-OFFS

Sipera Adds Features to IPCS 520 Sipera Systems Inc., a security provider for VoIP, mobile and multimedia communications, has unveiled new features for its IPCS 520, including a security policy framework, intrusion detection and prevention, and troubleshooting features. The ...More
April 30, 2007
Posted in Articles
Changing Gears

“THE TELECOM INDUSTRY has been in transition ever since Alexander Graham Bell first gave us the telephone,” said Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks, in a presentation at this spring’s CTIA conference. “But the last few years [have] been simply ...More
April 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
Westcon Group to Distribute Firetide Products

Mesh network provider Firetide Inc.’s products are now available to Westcon Group Inc.'s North American reseller customers, the companies said Wednesday. Firetide's products include secure wireless mesh platforms that enable high-bandwidth support of voice, video, mobility ...More
April 25, 2007
Posted in News
Virtual BlackBerry Due in the Fall

Research in Motion Ltd. has announced that beginning in the fall smartphone users will be able to load an application from the company that will replace a native Windows Mobile OS with the BlackBerry interface. That will allow users of competitive devices to take advantage ...More
April 23, 2007
Posted in News, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS)