http://wirelessinnovator.com/ en-us Fri, 16 May 2008 03:01:24 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15182&sectionID=7 Found as standard on nearly any portable device you can think of, Bluetooth has come of age: It is now the automatic choice for wireless device interoperability. Cost-efficient and robust... Fri, 02 May 2008 14:59:00 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15183&sectionID=8 This is part two of our profile of Chris Ruff, the CEO of UIEvolution. Prior to joining UIEvolution, Ruff was co-founder and CEO of Aptelix Inc., a software startup specializing in... Thu, 01 May 2008 07:00:00 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15167&sectionID=52 The confidence with which Sony strode onto the stage at its pre-show National Association of Broadcaster (NAB) annual event in Las Vegas, said much about how the Blu-ray win has... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:14:13 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15166&sectionID=52 The two powerful groupings that are chasing the standard for what we feel is likely to be THE US standard for mobile TV, the ATSC extension called M/H for mobile... Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:12:31 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15165&sectionID=8 The success of any technology platform in the 4G world was always going to be decided partly by its IPR policies, given the heavy burden that patent royalties have placed... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:11:10 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15164&sectionID=7 Two of Europe’s major chip manufacturers, STMicro and NXP, are to place their wireless activities into a joint venture, though with ST owning 80% of the combined company, the deal... Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:09:00 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15147&sectionID=41 We recently had the privilege of speaking with Chris Ruff, the CEO of UIEvolution. He’s been with the company since its founding eight years ago, starting off as employee number... Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:25:04 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15127&sectionID=45 Thinner and lighter than your average notebook, an ultraportable laptop is capable of cramming all the computing power you need in a footprint no bigger than a hardcover book. However,... Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:21:27 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15010&sectionID=52 You’d be a pretty rubbish satellite TV supplier if you never had at least one ace up your sleeve in answer to the vagaries of the satellite world. Satellites can... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:28:25 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15009&sectionID=52 From an ISP’s point of view, P2P traffic can appear to be exceptionally daunting. If they choose to block it, as some have accused almost all of the major US... Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:25:54 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14971&sectionID=45 NPD Group reports that US consumer technology sales, which it defines as "IT, imaging, audio, video, and consumables" reached a record $129 billion in 2007. This was a 6.5% increase... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:54:42 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14970&sectionID=41 A march Nielsen Mobile report says that 58 million US mobile subscribers have seen a mobile advertisement on their phones in the past 30 days. This represents 23% of all... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:07 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14956&sectionID=41 Getting mobile users to do anything besides talk presents a conundrum. Users are far more likely to interact with mobile multimedia if the cost is low. Yet getting them to... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:39:28 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15008&sectionID=8 Here is a sad story of two handset chip companies – one beset by legal battles and the hostility of much of the industry, and currently excluded from the business... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:25:02 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15007&sectionID=8 In the evolving mobile internet, one issue is critical to all parties – whether the operators or the internet services companies will be the dominant channel in delivering applications to... Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:23:16 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14960&sectionID=13 Productivity is a top concern for business travelers and they are demanding connectivity on-the-go according to a February 2008 Sommers Market Research survey sponsored by Hyatt Place. According to the... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:23:19 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14959&sectionID=41 A recent Harris Interactive survey has found that US consumers are already banking and making purchases using their mobile phones. According to the study, 16% of US mobile phone subscribers... Mon, 17 Mar 2008 17:21:21 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14962&sectionID=52 A Springboard Research report estimates that the Indian mobile TV market could bring $360 million in revenues in 2008. A survey of 1,215 mobile users in six major Indian cities... Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:26:07 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14964&sectionID=41 Three out of 10 US consumers are interested in receiving coupons on their mobile phones, according to JupiterResearch's "Mobile Coupons: Identifying New Opportunities Beyond Early Trials” report. The company said... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:42:45 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14914&sectionID=52 Killer whales became an endangered species this week as Israeli IPTV middleware specialist Orca gave up its independence to be acquired by French conditional access company, Viaccess, itself a 100%... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:05:31 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14913&sectionID=52 When operators and investors ask us about NextWave, and whether or not its vision can be turned into reality, creating a new wireless powerhouse, the question in always answered with... Wed, 12 Mar 2008 12:03:51 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14966&sectionID=7 That's according to a March report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project. Of those surveyed between October and December 2007, 51% said it would be hard to give... Tue, 11 Mar 2008 17:46:17 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14967&sectionID=7 Mobile phone voice service is, for the most part, a commodity subject to price wars. Mobile carriers have seen this coming for years, and have tried to get users to... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:48:03 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14917&sectionID=7 I envision a wireless mobile system connects you to the Web and lets you communicate with family and friends as easily as it can display your photos. In a recent... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:13:30 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14916&sectionID=7 There were two landmark announcements in our corner of the tech world recently that have the potential of changing the definition of mobile computing. The first came from Intel and... Mon, 10 Mar 2008 12:10:31 -0400 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14969&sectionID=8 The number of computers accessing the Internet through mobile broadband rose 154% in 2007, according to comScore. The actual number of users is minuscule though. In 2007 only 2,168 computers... Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:51:11 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14902&sectionID=8 Recently much has been written about the BT SIG’s decision to add WiFi (announced at the GSMA conference opening a few weeks ago in Barcelona) as a means of speeding... Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:39:35 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14898&sectionID=41 The hot topics for OFC/NFOEC reveal a generational shift in how issues are framed, according to Karen Liu, Vice President of Components at Ovum RHK. Active optical cables, more holistic... Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:28:45 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14912&sectionID=8 Sprint Nextel has been a story of strong vision and terrible execution since its merger, and amid the announcement of dismal fourth quarter results, the operator was still demonstrating sparks... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:01:39 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14911&sectionID=8 Nothing highlights how the mobile axes of power are shifting as clearly as Nokia’s deal this week to use the Silverlight platform, from its former software arch-foe Microsoft, for its... Tue, 04 Mar 2008 11:58:43 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14788&sectionID=12 Afghan police say suspected Taliban militants have destroyed two telephone towers in southern Afghanistan. In an attack late Saturday, militants burned a tower base station in Kandahar owned by the... Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:00:50 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14710&sectionID=41 Shopping by mobile phone is more appealing to most US and UK consumers than buying by mobile phone, according to February 2008 research by Gartner. Twice as many US consumers... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:02:38 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14709&sectionID=8 The number of consumers worldwide using their mobile phones to access social networks will more than triple from 2010 to 2012, according to Pyramid Research's "Social Networking Goes Mobile" report.... Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:55:15 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14703&sectionID=41 I attended the GSMA (formerly 3GSM) Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Spain two weeks ago. The show is all about anything and everything mobile - from handsets and billing... Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:13:03 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14711&sectionID=41 Google built its brand by figuring out what Internet searchers wanted. The race to do the same for mobile users is on, and since the potential mobile audience is even... Mon, 25 Feb 2008 17:09:46 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14713&sectionID=41 Purchases of mobile phones conducted over the Internet will grow sharply, accounting for 21% of all mobile phone sales worldwide in 2012, according to Informa Telecoms & Media. Total mobile... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:22:14 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14712&sectionID=41 Most mobile phones currently used in the UK are capable of accessing the Internet to some degree. Yet researchers from the Office of Communications (Ofcom) found that just 16% of... Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:19:06 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14698&sectionID=12 According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight, 2.2 million passenger cars in Europe had an on-board telematics device at the end of 2007. Stolen vehicle... Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:50:29 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14702&sectionID=52 A deal cut in the early days of February changed perhaps the likely winners and losers in the 6 player shootout for supremacy in the Mobile Satellite Services space in... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:09:08 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14701&sectionID=52 In a fight Faultline has tracked since 2004, the high definition Blue laser technology for high definition DVDs is going to be the Sony inspired Blu-ray, with Toshiba, the last... Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:07:03 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14394&sectionID=41 It is technically possible to take IP out of IP/MPLS, but the cultural and political problems are much greater. The recent Ovum RHK brief Economic forces splintering the IP/MPLS convergence... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:29:43 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14385&sectionID=12 Jasper Wireless, the licensed global machine-to-machine (M2M) mobile operator, today announced that Minteos is using the Jasper Wireless service to provide quick and reliable wireless service around the world to... Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:23:57 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14393&sectionID=41 On 22 January 2008, Ciena announced its intent to acquire World Wide Packets, the privately held supplier of carrier Ethernet switches, for approximately $300 million in cash and stock. The... Fri, 15 Feb 2008 23:26:45 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14423&sectionID=52 They don't all listen to the same programs, they don't all use iPods, and they don't all come from the same background. They are podcast users, and they defy clear-cut... Fri, 15 Feb 2008 11:05:53 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14422&sectionID=52 Chinese mobile phone users are far more likely to listen to mobile music than are users in the US, UK, France Germany, Italy or Spain, according to an M:Metrics survey... Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:11:54 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14421&sectionID=8 Everyone has been talking about mobile search for years. But now talk is being replaced by action. The number and variety of searches on mobile phones jumped during the second... Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:02:05 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14399&sectionID=52 When an Alcatel source told us at the Mobile TV World Congress in Paris two weeks ago that two of its strong European targets were Spain and Poland, for its... Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:49:49 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14398&sectionID=52 The Barcelona cellular Mobile World Congress has a combination of things on show – some you can buy tomorrow, and others, such as new chip sets, that will take 9... Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:47:01 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14419&sectionID=12 Lack of awareness of free ad-supported directory assistance calls is allowing traditional paid assistance to persist. But that will eventually change as consumers wise up, according to Opus Research data... Wed, 13 Feb 2008 09:58:08 -0500 http://wirelessinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=14700&sectionID=8 There is so much focus on the emerging 4G-style technologies, WiMAX and LTE, that it is easy to forget that most advanced carriers are more concerned, in 2008-9, with deploying... Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:04:08 -0500