Mobile Tech

Korean telecommunications provider KT Corp. announced yesterday it has selected Siemens Communications and Sycamore Networks to deliver an optical switching solution. Analysts said this is a major win for the duo as the world watches broadband development in Korea. KT will deploy the intelligent opt...

After nearly two weeks of speculation, Intel this week began detailing its switch from existing NetBurst chip architecture to a new processor platform that borrows heavily from its Pentium M mobile chip, a move that rival AMD is paralleling in order to adjust to the market preference for notebooks a...

Symbian yesterday reported that worldwide shipments of Symbian phones under the OS-standard tripled in the second quarter of 2005 compared to the year-ago period. The average royalty per unit was also higher than the same period a year ago. The company shipped 7.8 million Symbian OS phones in the se...

WiFi Cities Get Intel Boost

Chip giant Intel announced it was pumping up city-wide wireless efforts for 13 cities across the globe in a pilot project that will focus on development and deployment of the WiFi networks and applications intended to allow connectivity throughout municipalities. Industry analysts saw the move as a ...

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom asked for public feedback this week on a plan to create a citywide, free wireless broadband network. The response should be a no-brainer, especially in a city dubbed the number-one wireless market in the United States. Getting high-speed access in San Francisco is no...

Intel is reportedly set to divulge more details of its switch from its current microprocessor architecture to a fuller use of the chip giant's Pentium M mobile platform, which affords Intel the energy efficiency and lack of heat its previous transistor-heavy processor platform did not.

Intel is reportedly set to divulge more details of its switch from its current microprocessor architecture to a fuller use of the chip giant's Pentium M mobile platform, which affords Intel the energy efficiency and lack of heat its previous transistor-heavy processor platform did not.

AOL, the Internet company struggling to shed its desktop days and move further into the more profitable mobile and wireless industry, continued its mobile-by-acquisition strategy this week, announcing it was acquiring handset software maker Wildseed. AOL indicated that Wildseed -- known for its Smar...

AOL, the Internet company struggling to shed its desktop days and move further into the more profitable mobile and wireless industry, continued its mobile-by-acquisition strategy this week, announcing it was acquiring handset software maker Wildseed. AOL indicated that Wildseed -- known for its Smar...

It's a modern parental dilemma: Should children have cell phones? Hectic schedules make it convenient to be able to reach your 10-year-old when he's at swimming lessons and you're stuck in traffic. But if you decide to go that route, is your child responsible and mature enough to use the phone corre...

Ethernet, the technology that currently dominates the desktop, is the most popular local area network, is prevalent in the data center and used in home networking, is now making inroads in the Wide Area Network (WAN). After an initial foray that failed for a number of reasons, carriers are using Eth...

Amid an apparent struggling market over the last two and a half years, personal digital assistants (PDAs) are growing in popularity and moving the handheld segment market positively toward a record year in 2005, research firm Gartner said this week. In its recent report on PDAs -- defined to include...

Intel has joined forces with Connexion by Boeing to help ensure that travelers almost always have access to the Internet. In the announcement yesterday, Intel said it has tested the compatibility of laptops using Intel Centrino mobile technology and stamped the high-speed, in-flight service with its...

Intel has joined forces with Connexion by Boeing to help ensure that travelers almost always have access to the Internet. In the announcement today, Intel said it has tested the compatibility of laptops using Intel Centrino mobile technology and stamped the high-speed, in-flight service with its Wi...

Cellular carriers have spent more than a decade and billions of dollars building out their networks so customers can use their services wherever they may roam. Coverage has improved along and on many city streets, but in-building reception has remained spotty in many cases. Companies such as Andrew ...

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