Telco Building Blocks Save On Research
News Intel product manager Anthony Ambrose estimates that by using the same basic ingredients, equipment makers and telephone service providers will spend 20 percent less to build their gear because they won't have to develop every piece in-house.
[June 3, 2003, 14:48]
Sega Aims Its Games At PDAs
News The first product to result from the partnership is Virtual Game Gear, software that re-creates the popular handheld Sega Game Gear system for the Pocket PCs. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum.
[August 31, 2001, 8:20]
Wi-Fi Goes Further With New Switch
News With conventional gear, Vivato said, every floor of an office building requires its own Wi-Fi network, and most networks bog down after more than 20 users sign on. Vivato did not say how much the gear would cost.
[November 5, 2002, 8:50]
Airline Industry Grounds High-speed Net
News An airline in Singapore that was to outfit 56 of its planes with Tenzing gear is now delaying those plans as well, although talks continue, Nicol said. Instead of selling it to airlines, a Boeing representative said the company is now exploring...
[January 24, 2002, 12:18]
DSL Sales Climb While Revenues Descend
News For the third consecutive quarter, DSL gear sales posted record growth. Cost is clearly the key in the DSL equipment market," Jouni Forsman, principal analyst for Gartner’s telecoms group, said in a statement.
[August 18, 2003, 10:45]
Tech Firms Urged To Focus On Electromagnetics
News The gear to handle the optical signals, however, is expensive and complicated, and optical technology is used chiefly in long-distance communication lines. The report highlights four key areas: optical telecoms switches that would be much faster...
[May 4, 2004, 12:35]
Avici Aims At Cisco With New Device
News Avici, which competes in the heavy-duty network routing equipment market against Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, is building lower-end networking devices in hopes of drumming up more revenue in a bad climate for communications gear-makers.
[October 9, 2001, 11:31]
Qualcomm Mum On Nokia's 5 Percent Solution
News By comparison, other W-CDMA patent holders, including those agreeing to the cap, also get revenue by manufacturing and selling phones and phone networking gear. Go to the Telecoms forum . The companies that control most of the patents for what may...
[November 8, 2002, 10:01]
CES: New Phones Unveiled
News The gear will work on most major carriers' networks and on the new, higher-speed cell phone networks Cingular Wireless, Sprint and Verizon Wireless are expected to introduce this year. Click on the TalkBack button and go to the Telecoms forum.
[January 8, 2002, 10:33]
Wi-Fi Roaming Comes To GSM
News Like HP's gear, Juniper's equipment is meant for wireless carriers to install on their networks. HP has a long involvement in telecoms, said Marks: "We have 60,000 service professionals in HP, and can supervise the installation of hot spots," he said.
[February 4, 2003, 11:51]
Nuclear Lab Bans Wireless Networks
News Most wireless network gear provides adequate security mechanisms, said Dulaney. Go to the Telecoms forum. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory said it has banned the use of wireless computer networks at its facilities over concerns that security...
[January 31, 2002, 13:21]
N+I: Alcatel To Expand Into US
News As the Baby Bells moved to offer high-speed Internet access, Alcatel stepped in to satisfy demand for equipment, dominating the niche for DSL (digital subscriber line) gear for companies such as BellSouth and Verizon Communications.
[May 8, 2002, 12:07]
London Markets Rise
News Trading was relatively quiet, with investors wary of taking a firm position as London markets gear down for the Easter weekend. London's FTSE 100 blue-chip index ended Wednesday trading on a high note as drugs, telecoms and banking stocks turned in...
[April 19, 2000, 17:05]
'Tunable' Lasers Revolutionise Telecoms
News Separately, metropolitan area network equipment maker ONI Systems will demonstrate its Online11000, gear designed for regional optic rings. A new technology in the fibre-optics market is striking the right note with investors and raising cash at a...
[March 20, 2001, 13:20]
Cisco Integrates The Next Generation Of Wireless
News Several infrastructure players have started incorporating IMS into their gear. Cisco has thrown its support behind an evolving set of wireless standards that will enable cellular carriers to offer new services based on the Internet Protocol.
[December 6, 2005, 8:25]
New Sun Unit Lines Up Partnerships
News He declined to name the partners, but said they are among the top five suppliers of telecommunications gear. The OEM, or original equipment manufacturer, unit will be led by Joe Heel, a senior vice president who joined Sun five months ago from...
[February 8, 2006, 9:25]
Lowered Expectations At Wireless Show
News Sun Microsystems, meanwhile, is expected to announce that it's teaming up with Nortel Networks, a maker of equipment for telephone networks, to sell gear designed to help businesses track the location of employees or product shipments using...
[March 17, 2003, 13:06]
The Day Ahead: Broadwing Flies Under The Radar
News I first noticed Broadwing after perusing the SEC filings of Corvis, a hot fibre optic gear maker that made a huge IPO splash despite not having a dime of revenue. Williams and Qwest are implementing Corvis gear now and will be roughly six to 12...
[November 8, 2000, 13:00]
The Day Ahead: ITeX May Brighten Dreary IPO Week
News The gear is used both at the central office facilities and the customer premises. With companies such as the newly combined Verizon and NorthPoint, EarthLink and SBC Communications driving demand, there should be a big market for ITeX gear.
[August 18, 2000, 11:52]
Dell Hopes New Gear Speaks Volumes
News Go to the Telecoms forum. Dell Computer on Wednesday expanded its new line of switches that help computers talk to each other, part of a push to attract small businesses. The newly announced switches cost $299 and $499 and are meant for companies...
[February 7, 2002, 14:58]
