http://unwired.corante.com/ en-us russjourn@comcast.net 2005-05-23T07:26:29-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/23/vonage_has_become_part_of_the_establishment.php I've been reacting with some skepticism to the recent FCC ruling that (apparently) all Internet phone service providers provide E911 services within four months. The mainstream media has been portraying this decision as one in which the FCC has finally... 12333@http://unwired.corante.com/ VoIP 2005-05-23T07:26:29-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/05/10/despite_the_make_nice_big_telco_is_stalling_on_voip_911_access.php Just in the last week three of the four major old-style regional phone companies in the U.S., have been making frantic announcements that they have been talking to Internet-phone service leader Vonage about ways to ensure that Vonage's subscriber base... 12331@http://unwired.corante.com/ VoIP 2005-05-10T16:33:01-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/01/10/cringelys_wireless_predictions.php Tech pundit Bob Cringley's annual predictions are always a good read. Here are his wireless predictions: ->WiMax will be a huge story by summer, but widespread adoption of the wireless networking technology will take at least another two years. In... 12305@http://unwired.corante.com/ Wi-Fi 2005-01-10T10:53:12-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2005/01/05/cisco_buying_airespace.php If Cisco does buy Airespace, this will be one smart purchase, akin to the Linksys deal. Airespace was making nice inroads on Cisco's market share and really understands how to help enterprises make the most of their Wi-Fi grids.... 12304@http://unwired.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-01-05T20:16:33-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/12/16/wifi_on_airplanes_clearing_the_air.php Glenn makes sense of this "Wi-Fi in the air" story. The FCC didn't just suddenly decide to allow Wi-Fi on planes. Two years ago, the FCC lobbied the ITU to allocate global satellite spectrum specifically for the purpose of providing... 12298@http://unwired.corante.com/ Wi-Fi 2004-12-16T11:35:45-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/12/09/vvoip_vonage_bets_on_video.php Vonage has partnered with Viseon to promote a videophone package and service in Q1 2005. The phone is going to look a bit like this: I think videophones and VoIP make a powerful combo and will popularize yet another acronym:... 12294@http://unwired.corante.com/ VoIP 2004-12-09T11:49:16-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/12/03/change_of_management_at_connexion_by_boeing.php Scott Carson is no longer president of Connexion by Boeing. He's moving over to VP of commercial airline sales and in his place is Laurette Koellner, who was formerly VP of Internal Services. Hard to tell if this means major... 12286@http://unwired.corante.com/ Wi-Fi 2004-12-03T18:48:37-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/11/17/its_a_flatrate_world.php The iPass announcement yesterday that it will offer its enterprise customers flat-rate pricing for its Wi-Fi network is just another sign that the pay-as-you-go Internet access business model is going away. And why is that? This quote from their press... 12268@http://unwired.corante.com/ Wi-Fi 2004-11-17T00:42:01-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/09/14/convergence_isnt_pretty.php The convergence of communications technologies is often portrayed as a wonderful thing for consumers. In many respects it is; the bundling of services often results in cheaper individual services and fewer bills in the mail. For example, I now pay... 12251@http://unwired.corante.com/ Big Picture 2004-09-14T08:27:34-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/09/07/the_joy_of_wifi_voip.php This news blurb, by way of Fierce Wireless, claims that the Nintendo handheld gaming device due out later this year will include a headset that supports VoIP over Wi-Fi. The technology behind Wi-Fi VoIP is plenty interesting, but for the... 12247@http://unwired.corante.com/ VoIP 2004-09-07T15:23:14-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/08/22/welcome_to_the_voip_revolution_installation_required.php A few weeks after signing up for the CallVantage VoIP service from AT&T, they gave me a follow-up call (which was actually a survey disguised as a follow-up call). But hey, I've got time. And I learned a few things... 12242@http://unwired.corante.com/ VoIP 2004-08-22T16:38:26-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/07/30/of_wifi_and_wheelchairs.php I recently spoke with Alan Cohen, VP of marketing and product development at Airespace. Airespace sells Wi-Fi network equipment to large companies, hospitals, schools and even a few airports. While Wi-Fi took hold quickly in homes and small offices, large... 12237@http://unwired.corante.com/ Wi-Fi 2004-07-30T04:10:11-05:00 http://unwired.corante.com/archives/2004/07/15/ntt_taking_wifi_baby_steps.php Japanese communications giant NTT DoCoMo just announced the coming release of the N900iL, a dual network 3G FOMA handset that will also operate on Wi-Fi networks. However, this phone is clearly only designed for corporate users, preferably those who spend... 12235@http://unwired.corante.com/ Cellular 2004-07-15T03:42:55-05:00