Mobile, Networks, Phones
eWEEK Europe Offers Google Nexus One Before UK Launch
We've unboxed the device (below) and it lives up to the model we reviewed in January. We powered it up and checked it with a SIM card or two, and it really is unlocked to work with UK mobile networks (we heard that early Nexus phones had some trouble with US networks). [...] Android Mobile Device / Wireless Google Android / Mobile Networks Phones st. [...] The Google Nexus One phone, built by HTC, has been well received since it was launched in January. HTC has launched a non-Google version of it as the Desire, at Mobile World Congress last month. [...]
IPv6 Uptake Slow Despite Internet Address Shortage
The 1994 deadline came and went, and IPv6 turned out not to be such an urgent requirement as people found better ways to use the existing Internet address space, in particular reusing addresses within organisations or on local area networks (LANs). For much of the last fifteen years, IPv6 ehthusiasts have issued a series of predictions that the Internet will be all used up when, for instance, it includes all traffic lights, all mobile phones, or all the population of China. [...] Services Internet System / Mobile Networks Phones / Internet Business Version st. [...] When the web was set up in the 1970s four billion seemed like more than enough but, according to the latest estimates, there are now only 300 million IPv4 addresses left and the growth of mobile Internet means they are being used up faster than ever. [...]
UK Businesses Squander Millions On Mobile Calls
There is a maturation of several technologies happening at once, said Owen. This includes mobile phones, but also widely deployed Wi-Fi networks which gives staff the opportunity to leverage corporate networks within an organisation, or outside hotspots or home networks. [...] Speaking to eWEEK Europe, Owen admitted that many people now view their mobile phones as a personal item, but with the dramatic uptake of smartphones, and their ability to tap into WiFi networks, there are now cheaper or free communication alternatives. [...] He cited a combination of dual-mode smartphones and enterprise fixed mobile convergence (FMC) solutions mobile handsets, which could operate as extensions of the corporate PBX with the same call costs and functionality as desk phones. However, despite most organisations having some form of Wi-Fi network, the research showed that only 14 percent were utilising Wi-Fi for voice calls. [...]
Mobile Usage Shifts Indoors But Results In Poor Service
ADC found that the majority of people are now using their mobile phones inside buildings, as opposed to outdoors and on the move. But networks are not keeping up with this trend and ADC says that many users complain of coverage blackspots and insufficient service when using their phones inside. [...] Phones Voice Applications / Research Industry System / Mobile Networks Phones st. [...] One in four people are now complaining that poor service from their mobile phone networks is negatively affecting their work. [...]
Multi-tasking Skype For iPhone 4 Launched
Phones Voice Applications / Mobile Networks Phones / Android Apple Iphone st. [...] Skype competitor Fring also offers VOIP services, and on 9 July introduced an app enabling iPhone 4 owners to enjoy two-way video calling over WiFi or 3G networks. The app even works across multiple platforms, so users can call friends with a single-camera iPhone 3GS, or those on Android- or Symbian-running phones. [...] Fring explains that its service allows Fring users to additionally communicate with friends on third-party networks such as GoogleTalk, SIP, [...]
Agito Claims Unified Comms Client Could Boost FMC Take-up
Mobile Networks Phones / Windows Support User / Technology Mobile Applications st. [...] The client software, for a range of Nokia Series 60 and Windows Mobile 6 handsets, takes presence data from the office network via Agito's RoamAnywhere Mobility Router and integrates it with the phone's native applications. Users can then see the best way to contact colleagues and others on their buddy-list, and activate the appropriate program. [...] A new unified communications client for smartphones could be the key to winning wider acceptance for cellular-to-WiFi roaming technology, according to fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) specialist Agito Networks. [...]
Bankrupt Nortel Continues Business Break-Up
Nortel officials say their company is a top supplier of GSM networks. GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) is a widely popular wireless technology standard for mobile phones around the world. Based on the GSM technology, GSM-R (GSM for Railways) gives railway operators a secure communications system. [...] Mobile Networks Phones / Mobile Technology Wireless / Vendors Nokia Networks Parts Company st. [...] Days after announcing the sale of its optical networking and carrier Ethernet units, officials with bankrupt Nortel Networks are saying that another piece of their business is being sold. [...]
EC: Telecoms Can Help Europe Defy Downturn
Mobile Networks Phones / Report Services Internet / Infrastructure Internet News st. [...] But Reding added that Europe should not rest on its laurels and there should continue to be an emphasis on cooperation between member states on issues such as fixed and mobile convergence and regulation of high-speed data networks. [...]
Opera Boss Welcomes Browser Ballot In IE Case
Mobile Networks Phones / Apple Mobile Windows / Solution Users Choice st. [...] We are being preinstalled on phones with Windows Mobile 6.5. And I have to look further into whether there are any issues with Windows 7, but none have been brought to my attention. [...] Well, I think it's been fairly clear that Microsoft has been violating antitrust law for a very, very, very, very long time. When we saw the conclusion from the Windows Media Player case. & We had been following the case, and we and Real [Networks] had made contact some time before that. [...]
Mobile Phone Radiation Panic Ignores The Evidence
Do mobile phones fry our brains For years now various studies have pondered this question in one form or another, but the recent decision in San Francisco to require clear labelling on all new mobile phones has brought this issue to the fore once again. Effectively phones sold in San Francisco will now have health warning labels, similar to those on cigarette packets. [...] Given the fact that concerted efforts have yet to prove a link between mobile phones and any form of illness, my humble opinion is that the mobile phone is safe. At the end of the day, the mobile phone emits just another form of electromagnetic radiation. In the world we live in, with mobile phones masts, Wi-Fi networks, and countless other technologies, I suspect that using a mobile phone is not a big risk. [...] Mobile Networks Phones / Research Mobile Display / Mobile phones Display Levels st. [...]
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