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Live Queries: News about Wireless Data & Internet Wireless Data & Internet in Trade Journals and Published Resources Wireless Data & Internet on the Business Web™ Key News about Wireless Data & Internet top Linksys Debuts Wi-Fi Finder Red Herring, October 14, 2005 Cisco subsidiary has a new adapter that helps find Wi-Fi networks, along with a cordless phone for Skype. Linksys Rolls Wi-Fi Combo Scanner and Adapter Tech Web, October 14, 2005 Linksys announced Friday a combo Wi-Fi finder and wireless-G USB network adapter that enables mobile consumers to locate hotspots and Wi-Fi connections before going through the time-consuming task of opening and powering up their notebooks. Seattle Neighborhoods' Free Wi-Fi Hits Snags Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 14, 2005 Five months ago, Mayor Greg Nickels flawlessly demonstrated a new city-run wireless Internet system in Columbia City as part of a program to see if free access could boost business in certain neighborhoods. Today, the program is in flux after the network was temporarily shut down in Columbia City and connections in the University District and four city parks experienced sporadic outages. Nextel Partners and RIM Introduce New BlackBerry 7100i; Sleek Handset Features Phone, Wireless E-Mail, Bluetooth and GPS Navigation Business Wire, October 14, 2005 Nextel Partners, Inc. and Research In Motion today announced the availability of the BlackBerry 7100i Wireless Handheld. ABI Examines WiBro: Is it Really Mobile WiMAX in Disguise? Business Wire, October 13, 2005 WiBro is a soon to be implemented mobile high-speed Wireless Internet access service for the South Korean market. Positioned between traditional wired broadband access and mobile phone data services, it could fill an important niche. The Fast-Growing Regional Telecom Market is Expected to Gain 41% of the Worldwide WiMAX Subscribers in 2005 Business Wire, October 13, 2005 The Asia/Pacific region has always been an active test bed and open market for new technologies. With its large population and emerging economies, the Asia/Pacific region means a wealth of opportunities for WiMAX. The fast-growing regional telecom market is expected to welcome WiMAX with over 80,000 subscribers, or 41% of the worldwide WiMAX subscribers, in 2005. Microsoft, Yahoo! to Collaborate On Messaging Forbes, October 12, 2005 In the headlines this morning, sources in reports say Microsoft and Yahoo! have agreed to collaborate on making their two instant messaging programs work together. Palm Delivers Affordable Wi-Fi With New Palm TX Handheld Business Wire, October 12, 2005 For a generation of professionals on the go who want affordable Wi-Fi to access the information that matters to them, Palm, Inc. today introduced the Palm TX handheld. Public Wi-Fi Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 12, 2005 The equipment needed to cover the downtown and surrounding areas with a wireless cloud cost less than $10,000, she said. The service costs are covered by businesses, which pay to use it. Residents and visitors, who wander into hotspots with their laptop computers can access it free, provided their computers are equipped to receive the signal. Group Pushes for Faster Wi-Fi The Register, October 11, 2005 A group of Wi-Fi manufacturers have formed a coalition in a bid to boost wireless speeds. The Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC), which includes 27 Wi-Fi industry leaders such as Apple, Cisco Systems and Intel, is attempting to speed up the development of the proposed IEEE 802.11n standard. AT&T Internet Call Service to Require Location Reuters, October 11, 2005 AT&T Corp. said on Tuesday it would suspend Internet phone service for subscribers who fail to keep their location up to date when they move around with the mobile service. NextGenTel to Conduct WiMAX Field-trials M2 DMEurope, October 11, 2005 French telecoms supplier Alcatel has today signed an agreement with Norwegian internet service provider NextGenTel to conduct its first field-trial of WiMAX in Oslo and Bergen. The Coming Mobile-Video Deluge BusinessWeek Online, October 11, 2005 When Qualcomm announced plans for a network that would deliver video over mobile phones last November, analysts met the idea with more raised eyebrows than approving nods. Qualcomm (QCOM ) had built its reputation on licensing wireless technology and making cell-phone chips. Clearwire to Sell High-Speed Wireless Internet Service at Best Buy Business Wire, October 11, 2005 Clearwire Corporation, a high-speed wireless broadband Internet service provider led by telecommunications pioneer Craig McCaw, announced today a distribution agreement with Best Buy, the nation's number-one consumer electronics retailer. Best Buy plans to offer Clearwire's service in select Best Buy locations across the United States. Industry Heavyweights Join for Wireless Consortium eWeek, October 10, 2005 Cisco Systems Inc., Broadcom Corp., Intel Corp. and 24 other companies with significant interest in the next Wi-Fi standard have banded together to form the EWC (Enhanced Wireless Consortium). Motorola: Still Pursuing Mobile Software Assets Datamonitor, October 10, 2005 It has emerged that Motorola is suing PalmSource for pulling out of merger talks in September. Motorola has also revealed that it is on the lookout to acquire another software company to spearhead its efforts in the mobile computing arena, revealing its anxiety to grow its mobile handset business. Consortium Pushes toward 802.11n Electronic News, October 10, 2005 In order to speed up the IEEE 802.11n standard development process and promote a technology specification for next-generation wireless local area networking (WLAN) products, 27 Wi-Fi technology providers have formed the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC), the group announced today. Intel Leads Wi-Fi Chipmakers in New Forum CNET, October 7, 2005 Twenty-seven Wi-Fi companies, led by chipmakers Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros, announced they were joining forces in a group called the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC) to accelerate the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers' work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard. This Week in Wireless Cities CNET, October 7, 2005 The city of Philadelphia awarded EarthLink a high-profile contract to build a Wi-Fi network stretching over 135 square miles, marking the formal start of the largest municipal effort in the United States to offer wireless Net access. Broadcom to Acquire Athena Semiconductors, Inc. for Mobile Digital TV Tuner and Low-Power Wi-Fi Technologies PR Newswire, October 6, 2005 Broadcom Corporation, a global leader in wired and wireless broadband communications semiconductors, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Athena Semiconductors, Inc. Starbucks Locations to Offer Wi-Fi Hotspot Access across Canada Canada Newswire, October 6, 2005 Bell Canada and Starbucks Coffee Canada today announced a new Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) service that will allow Starbucks customers to conveniently access e-mail or the Internet while enjoying their favourite coffee beverage. Nintendo Gears Up to Debut 'Wi-Fi Connection' M2 10 Meters, October 6, 2005 Nintendo is gearing up to roll out the Wi-Fi Connection, a service that will allow users without a wireless connection device to convert broadband-enabled PCs into DS hotspots. Earthlink Lands Philly Wi-Fi Red Herring, October 5, 2005 Earthlink will build one of the largest wireless broadband networks in the United States for the city of Philadelphia, signaling the growing popularity of municipal Wi-Fi projects. Moorhead, Minn., Ready to Unveil Citywide Wireless Internet Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 5, 2005 The city of Moorhead says hi to Wi-Fi today, becoming the latest player to shake up the telecommunications world by making Internet access a municipal utility like water or electricity. Research and Markets: WiMAX in Asia M2 Communications, October 5, 2005 The Asia/Pacific region has always been an active test bed and open market for new technologies. With its large population and emerging economies, the Asia/Pacific region means a wealth of opportunities for WiMAX. The fast-growing regional telecom market is expected to welcome WiMAX with over 80,000 subscribers, or 41% of the worldwide WiMAX subscribers, in 2005. WFI Joins With Google Inc. in Bid to Provide Wi-Fi Services to the City of San Francisco PR Newswire, October 5, 2005 Wireless Facilities, Inc., a global leader in the design, deployment, and management of wireless communication networks, technology networks and security systems, announced today that it has joined with Google Inc. in a bid to provide Wi-Fi services to the City of San Francisco. Silence Aloft Is Under Threat New York Times, October 4, 2005 Federal regulators are reassessing the rules barring phones in the air even as some international airlines are gradually introducing Internet access to their planes. And two European carriers - TAP Air Portugal and BMI, a British company - said recently that they would become the first to proceed with cellphone service, in three-month trials on flights within Europe next year. Wi-Fi in Flight: Rare Now but Sure to Grow New York Times, October 4, 2005 Fitted with first-class seats and serving first-rate cuisine, it jets around the world to show off Connexion by Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer's proprietary in-flight wireless Internet system. But while generous legroom and sumptuous meals probably will not become standard fare on commercial flights in the lifetimes of most current travelers, Wi-Fi most certainly will. WiFi Competition in S.F. Mercury News, October 4, 2005 Google may have the cachet, but it faces nearly two dozen competitors -- some of them serious players in the telecom business -- that have expressed interest in bringing free or cheap wireless Internet access to San Francisco. To Surf Web While Aloft, Fly Foreign New York Times, October 4, 2005 On nonstop flights from Copenhagen to Seattle, as many as 50 passengers are using their laptops to check e-mail, surf the Internet, even send pictures - all at 35,000 feet. EarthLink Wins Philly Wi-Fi Contract CNET,October 4, 2005 The city of Philadelphia has awarded EarthLink a high-profile contract to build a Wi-Fi network stretching over 135 square miles, marking the formal start of the largest municipal effort in the United States to offer wireless Net access. Television Coming to Cell Phones Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, October 3, 2005 Call it the mobile video generation. Television is coming to U.S. cell phones, and when it does, the programs are sure to be short, flashy and laser-targeted at young adults. Research and Markets Offers New Report - Digital Domicile 2005: Wireless Overtakes Ethernet M2 10 Meters, October 3, 2005 Research and Markets said the basic home networking gear market continues to grow worldwide. The push for higher speeds, lower prices, and increasing network areas in the home is driving the market. WLAN has now usurped Ethernet as the desired home network of choice, and is controlled by 54 Mbps 802.11g. Feature Articles top Why WiMax Could Hit the Hotspot BusinessWeek Online, October 5, 2005 The technology for delivering fast Web access over large areas could help upstart communications outfits nab share from established players. Telecom Operators Twice Shy as Viruses Go Mobile Reuters, September 22, 2005 It is December 2007 and you have just switched on your new mobile phone to find it has been sending thousands of unwanted photos to all your friends and colleagues, putting you in line for a 5,000 euro bill. Sounds unlikely? Mobile phone providers want to keep it that way. They are starting to fit security software to subscribers' cellphones, even though the threat from viruses and other rogue programs is still distant, hoping the mobile market will fend off the scourge of the Internet world. New Lines of Communication Washington Post, September 16, 2005 As crews rush to restore basic telephone and Internet services to areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, some executives, academics and analysts are urging a more ambitious approach: Make New Orleans and the surrounding areas super-connected communities, with advanced services that surpass what is available anywhere in the country, if not the world. Small Screen, Big Money Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, September 7, 2005 You may think there are already too many ways to spend money on your cell phone - the text messages, the ring tones and, of course, burning up minutes talking. But be aware: Cellular companies are hard at work devising ingenious new services and gadgets to tempt you to spend a few dollars more - on a zippy, 3-D car-racing video game; television clips of "Desperate Housewives"; or even short cinema-style movies custom- made for cell phone screens. Wireless firms have invested billions of dollars in the past several years to upgrade networks to handle these kinds next-generation services. The next step is marketing entertaining gadgets to see which products and services click with customers. The Well-connected Laptop Wireless NewsFactor, September 2, 2005 Now that laptop users have been given a taste of wireless, it's likely that users will demand ubiquitous access, and the technologies to make it happen are finally coming together. But there are some important technical and business challenges the industry must addresses. Wireless World: Mobile-phone Web Browsing United Press International, August 26, 2005 Internet browsing and search features on mobile phones are influencing the decision-making process of consumers, motivating them to buy goods and services to which they might not otherwise have been exposed, experts told UPI's Wireless World. A new study on the trend, "The Role of Search in the Wireless Market," was released earlier this week by Yahoo! and the analysis firm Compete Inc. in Boston. The study tracked Internet search and transaction activity over a 12-month period and found that search plays a "distinctive role in the decision making process" of consumers looking to purchase products and services -- particularly wireless products. The Privacy Lawyer: Wireless Freeloaders Are Breaking the Law InformationWeek, August 15, 2005 You can try to justify it, but there's no way around the fact. And if you fear it's your wireless connection that's being stolen, it's time to get proactive about securing that network. Intel Outside Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, August 1, 2005 Imagine a world where the Internet is always on, everywhere. Intel has. Having thoroughly dominated the market for microprocessors, Intel now wants to shake up telecommunications, too. A new technology called WiMAX can turn an entire city into a wireless "hot spot," reaching tens of thousands of people at once. Something like Wi-Fi on steroids, WiMAX is the centerpiece of Intel's strategy for building microprocessor demand through a new generation of wireless technology that could make the Internet ubiquitous. Pulling the Plug on Local Internet Newsweek, July 18, 2005 Using "mesh" networks that run on the Wi-Fi wireless standard, cities can deliver the Internet affordably to everyone within their boundaries. The telecom and cable giants that sell broadband Internet have mobilized to stop these programs. The likes of Verizon, SBC and Comcast are lobbying hard and donating big. They argue that taxpayer-funded competition makes the marketplace unfair (ironic, since those firms owe their dominance to government-granted monopolies). Wireless World: WiFi in the Sky United Press International, July 8, 2005 A business traveler on Austrian Airlines boards a flight from Vienna to Warsaw and, once airborne, he opens his IBM ThinkPad notebook computer and connects to the Boeing 767 aircraft's wireless fidelity network. He sends e-mail and surfs the Web, keeping in contact with colleagues throughout Europe. By early next year, that scenario -- announced just a few weeks ago in Paris -- will become a reality, experts told UPI's Wireless World. Working with a system called Connexion, developed by Boeing's business unit, Austrian Airlines will be among the first European carriers to offer in-flight Internet service to its passengers. DoCoMo: Big in Japan, and Big Only in Japan Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, June 28, 2005 Five years ago when European mobile operators were struggling to get consumers to use their phones as data and entertainment devices, the common wisdom said "look East". They were wrong. Here Comes WiMAX World BusinessWeek, June 20, 2005 In the near future, the broadband-starved may receive help via a new wireless technology named WiMAX, which stands for worldwide interoperability for microwave access. Several years in the making, WiMAX provides the IEEE 802.16 technology standard for 2 gigahertz to 11 Ghz within a wireless metropolitan area or rural location. It supplies broadband wireless connectivity to fixed and mobile users. Oh, Behave: Do Mobile Content Guidelines Make Phones Safe for Consumers...Or Marketers? Access Intelligence, June 2, 2005 Claiming that it was trying to maintain consumer privacy and control, the Mobile Marketing Association and CTIA--The Wireless Association released their "Best Practices Guidelines for Cross-Carrier Mobile Content Services" last week to thunderous disinterest. A consortium of Tier 1 carriers, aggregators and media developed the protocols, but without any sign of consumer interest groups involved in the process or publicly supporting the guidelines when they were released, it is a bit hard to tell which constituency these Best Practices serve. Businesses Have Lukewarm View of Wi-Fi Hotspots Information Week, May 20, 2005 Wi-Fi hot-spot services are popping up everywhere, and wireless carriers say they're seeing steady increases in subscription and usage of Wi-Fi hot-spots. Yet even with tens of thousands of hot-spots available to mobile workers, analysts say adoption of the technology among businesses has been slower than expected. Olista: 77% of UK Mobile Phone Users Shy Away from Using Mobile Data Reveals New Research M2 Communications, May 20, 2005 The vast majority of mobile phone users that buy sophisticated handsets are not using mobile data services, reveals an independent NOP survey, commissioned by Olista amongst 800 users aged 15 - 65+. The findings show that 77% of phone users have never used any new data services such as picture and video messaging or gaming and ring tone downloads and a mere 12% of actual mobile data users profess to be completely satisfied with the service. The Big Snooze: Do Multi-Function Phones Bore Consumers or Carriers? Access Intelligence, May 19, 2005 Research analysts sent mixed signals about the future of feature-laden next-gen mobile handsets with video, MP3 and WiFi capabilities. According to iSuppli's new Mobile Handset Design Forecast Tool (DFT), we will see more than half of handsets sold in 2008 with MP3 capability and 43 percent with flash-card slots, 73 percent with USB ports and 14 percent with WiFi support. All of these mechanisms threaten to cut carriers out of the value chain. Cellular Television Business Week, May 16, 2005 On Feb. 1 [Verizon] rolled out its own mobile TV service, called V CAST, which lets users watch TV from their cell phones in 30 U.S. metro areas for about $15 a month. Currently it is available on three models: the LG Electronics VX-8000, the Samsung SCH-a890, and the UTStarcom CDM-8940. The Battle for Content Wireless Week, May 15, 2005 In an era in which network access has become a commodity service and the real cost of providing a minute of voice or a bit of data nears zero, the next generation of the communications industry will be largely defined by who wins the battle for content ownership and distribution. Wireless, with its 2 billion plus "third screens," is clearly a big part of this game. Nokia Aims to Dominate Multimedia Market Wireless Week, May 15, 2005 Nokia executive Anssi Vanjoki has stopped referring to the handsets he works with as mobile phones and now calls them computing devices instead. Sure, they make phone calls, but they do a lot of other things as well. They're cameras, video camcorders, music players and enterprise productivity devices. On the Horizon: A Bandwidth Breakthrough Hints at a Future Beyond Wi-Fi The New York Times, May 4, 2005 ONE barrier that has held back the much-hyped convergence of the computer and consumer electronics industries has been the tangle of wires that is needed to connect the cascade of home video, audio, Internet and game gadgets. Now the drive to unwire the living room is about to get a push. In March, the Federal Communications Commission took a significant step toward breaking an industry deadlock over setting a single standard for a new wireless technology called ultrawideband, or UWB. Web Resources top Wireless Broadband Alliance The Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA) is a telecom operator-lead industry alliance formed by pioneers in the wireless broadband field. The members of the alliance encompass leaders in the telecommunications industry as well as world-class equipment and service providers. http://www.wirelessbroadbandalliance.com/ The Broadband Wireless Association The BWA offers to members an independent voice that is heard by regulators and licence authorities primarily throughout Europe but with strong links to North America and the Pacific Rim. It also offers essential technical and market information in its promotion and facilitation of the broadband wireless industry http://www.broadband-wireless.org/ TelecomWeb: Wireless Data TelecomWeb’s wireless data page looks at industry companies and technologies. Some content requires subscription. http://www.telecomweb.com/wirelessdata/index.html

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