Wireless

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)
Telcordia Taps mPortal to Enhance MVNO Platform

Telcordia Technologies will use mPortal Inc.’s SPRINGBOARD Content Delivery Manager (CDM) and SPRINGBOARD Content Catalog to enhance its hosted platform for MVNOs. The companies said the partnership will provide a one-stop source for mobile content services. Telcordia will ...More
April 23, 2007
Posted in News
Westcon Group to Distribute D-Link Products

Westcon Group will offer D-Link's xStackT line of business networking and connectivity solutions through its network of providers, VARs, integrators and dealers across North America. D-Link products will appeal to major networking customers who rely on Westcon Group's ...More
April 20, 2007
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Cbeyond Intros BeyondMobile Service

Managed services provider Cbeyond Inc. this week introduced its BeyondMobile Laptop Access service for businesses, available for distribution through the company’s channel partners. BeyondMobile gives users nationwide mobile broadband access. It comes with a Sierra Wireless ...More
April 19, 2007
Posted in News
BlackBerry is Back Up, Questions Linger

The BlackBerry wireless e-mail system is back up and running, but the service outage that affected millions Tuesday night and Wednesday morning has caused a backlog of messages that will continue to affect the use of the addictive mobile handhelds for an unspecified time. ...More
April 18, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in News, Software as a Service/ Cloud Services (SaaS)
Nortel Tackles SMB with New Solutions, Partner Initiatives

Nortel is taking the SMB market head on with a new marketing campaign, new solutions set and a new set of training and demand-generation initiatives for its indirect sales partners. Nortel’s new “My Business” campaign will debut in mid-May and addresses the challenges faced ...More
April 16, 2007 By Khali Henderson
Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony
Bumper Crop

THE BUZZ AROUND THE smartphone/PDA segment is in full bloom, fed partly by the frenzy of devices that were unveiled a few weeks ago at what is the breadbasket of the wireless world, 3GSM World Congress. The close to 51,000 people who descended on Barcelona, Spain, for ...More
March 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles
‘Where you at?’

Everybody is talking about GPS and using GPS. ABI Research Inc. predicts that within five years, 335 million consumers in the United States and Canada will subscribe to GPS services and that by 2008, the market will be worth $22 billion. So, maybe it’s time you stopped ...More
March 30, 2007
Posted in Articles
BelAir Aids VAR Entry Into Muni Market

Outdoor wireless access is moving beyond the concept of free Internet for all, and it is being positioned as a way U.S. municipalities can transform government and enhance public safety while still providing a public service. With more than $3 billion to be spent over the ...More
March 30, 2007 By Tara Seals
Posted in Articles