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January 29, 2010

WiMax, the Other 4G Technology, Keeps Pushing Ahead

Most of the recent attention in the 4G sector has been garnered by Long Term Evolution (LTE), the strangely named technology that is being rolled out by AT&T and Verizon Wireless , among other p... More >

January 28, 2010

AT&T, Verizon Have Good Wireless Quarters

It's been apparent for a long time that the fate of the big carriers will be determined by how well they do in wireless. Still, It's striking to consider how quickly the emphasis has shifted. Quarter... More >

January 27, 2010

Too Early to Gauge Smartphone Market Growth

The introduction of the iPad reinforces the idea that the mobile space is chaotic and can be disrupted by breakthrough products and dynamic changes in the underlying platforms. Nobody knows what is ... More >

January 26, 2010

Guard Against Vulnerabilities Introduced by Home Networks

It’s clear that the home of the 21st century will be wired and networked. Preparing for this must be a central theme for folks who write corporate policies for people who work at home and the decisio... More >

January 25, 2010

VoIP Looks for a Home on 3G Networks

Common sense says that it will only be a matter of time before VoIP finds a home on 3G networks. But, according to this GigaOm piece , it isn't such a sure thing, at least in the short term. Writes ... More >

January 21, 2010

IPv4 Address Depletion Growing Dire

When they were in school, engineers and executives of telecommunications companies probably did like the rest of us and waited until the last minute to write papers and study for tests. Perhaps they ... More >

January 20, 2010

Avaya Puts Its Chips on SIP

Avaya’s close embrace of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) in its roadmap, which features the integration of the holdings of Nortel Enterprise Solutions that it won at auction late last year, di... More >

January 19, 2010

The iPhone 4.0, with Multitasking, May Be on the Way

One of the pithier sayings in the tech world is that the pioneers are the ones with the arrows in their backs. The people and companies that step forward with the greatest innovations are in the most... More >

January 15, 2010

Smartphones in Business: Now Comes the Flood

The fate of smartphones in the enterprise still is a bit fuzzy. Certainly, many are there and others will move in at an accelerating pace. The question, which has been asked since Research in Motion... More >

Vendors Use CES to Push e-Readers

The e-reader category was hot at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month in Las Vegas.   The category really extends over the worlds of e-readers , e-ink and e-paper . These are dis... More >

January 14, 2010

Proving UC ROI is Job One

Blair Pleasant, the President and Principal Analyst of COMMfusion and Co-Founder of UCStrategies, used her No Jitter blog this week to take a look at how well the industry fulfilled her 2009 unifie... More >

January 13, 2010

Is Video Worth the Trouble for UC?

Two weeks ago, while I was preparing the piece that ultimately was headlined Unifying Unified Communications for ITBE’s site Unified Communications Edge, Radvision vice president Robert Romano said... More >

January 12, 2010

After a Disappointing 2009, 2010 Could be Do or Die for Femtocells

Two of the underlying and interrelated issues with which the wireless industry has to deal as the economy slowly improves is how to handle the explosive growth in traffic and how to consistently impr... More >

January 11, 2010

The Move Toward 802.11n-Equipped Smartphones Set to Accelerate

The inclusion of Wi-Fi on cellular devices is central to the drive to convergence in the big picture. And, on day-to-day basis, it's a simple way for mobile widget owners to access a tremendous amoun... More >

January 8, 2010

No Easy Answers on Smartphone Management and Security

Two of my co-bloggers -- Wayne Rash and Sue Marquette Poremba – take on smartphone management and security at CTO Edge and here at IT Business Edge, respectively.   Wayne highlights the many mov... More >

January 7, 2010

Verizon Enters 2010 on a Roll

Verizon has made some good decisions during the past few years. That manifested itself in relatively good performance during the recession and a pretty good outlook going forward.   Verizon, fac... More >

January 6, 2010

Early Reports Examine Nexus One Security

There are stories that just have to be done, such as a radio standup from a railway platform on the morning of the coldest day of the year. ("Yup, it's pretty darn cold up here, Bob. Back to you guys... More >

January 5, 2010

It's a Wireless World

With the Nexus One announcement , a prediction for 2010 already is on its way to fulfillment: The gradual transition from a predominantly wired to predominantly wireless world will enter a phase in w... More >

January 4, 2010

Pushed by Smartphones, Feature Phones Up Their Game

While high-profile smartphones – the iPhone, the Droid, the Palm Pre and the rest of the gang – get the lion’s share of attention, it’s important to remember that the bulk of phones are not too smart... More >

January 1, 2010

The Success of Avatar Is Milestone for 3D

The success of Avatar 3D may accelerate the move to 3D home entertainment. This is an important issue for service providers and carriers. For them, 3D means great increases in the bandwidth they wo... More >