Skype and UK-based cellular service provider “3” have launched the 3 Skypephone, a mobile phone that allows users to make free Skype calls via the Internet. The 3 Skypephone could also send free Skype Instant Messages (IM). Right now, SkypeOut calls, SkypeIn calls, and voicemails are not available, but the phone makes conventional calls. The [...]
Archive of entries posted on October 2007
Qualcomm enables laptops with both EV-DO and HSPA
Qualcomm launched on a Wednesday a dual-3G chip with EV-DO and HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) for laptops. This will enable laptop makers to embed a WWAN chip that can handle any of the two most dominant cellular broadband technologies in the world. Currently, laptops are available with embedded chips that work with either AT&T’s [...]
More than 8 million customers around the world tune into IPTV
More than 8.2 million customers subscribe to IPTV as of first half of 2007. This is a 179 percent increase in the 12 months ending June 30 2007, according to according to research from Point Topic (registration required). Europe leads the way with the highest total subscribers (4,984,000) and also leads with a whopping 231% [...]
Agito Networks seeks gold in fast WiFi/Cellular handoff
Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and the quest to make quick, smooth hand-offs between cellular and WiFi got a shot in the arm when Agito Networks formally launched this week. Agito Networks is founded in 2006 by Pejman Roshan (VeeP of marketing) and Timothy Olson (CTO), both formerly of Cisco’s Wireless Networking Business Unit, and backed by [...]
Internet Traffic continues to explode Internationally
International Internet traffic is Alive and Well! International Internet traffic grew 57 percent from mid-2006 and mid-2007, according to Telegeography’s Global Internet Geography. While it is less than the stellar 74 percent growth in the previous year, it’s still a huge improvement by most standards. Note: percentage growth numbers are relative to the first half [...]
US VoIP Market skyrockets
By mid-2007, there were 11.8 million consumer VoIP subscribers in the U.S. (more than 10 percent of U.S. households), according to a recent report from TeleGeography. By the end of 2007, this number is projected to reach 15.2 million subscribers and to 23.3 million by the end of 2011.
Web Collaboration becomes Hot
All of a sudden, Web Collaboration has become hot – very hot. What is Web Collaboration? it is web technology that allows users to work on projects simultaneously with colleagues and partners and share information regardless of their location or device. First, Cisco shook-up the landscape with the acquisition of WebEx for $2.9 billion in [...]
