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Sony Ericsson helps bridge the Wi-Fi/GSM gap
News Sony Ericsson is to launch a combined Wi-Fi / GSM PC Card that will help notebook users take advantage of the coverage offered by mobile-phone networks and the higher speed of 802.11b -- or Wi-Fi -- hot spots.
[March 4, 2003, 13:35]
Smartphone dials up GSM and Wi-Fi
News The device, to have the model number 6315, is a version of the iPaq that aims to roam smoothly between wide area GSM networks and localised -- though much faster -- Wi-Fi hot spots. T-Mobile is to offer a smart phone from HP that combines cellular...
[July 26, 2004, 15:20]
Wi-Fi roaming comes to GSM
News The system handles billing and authentication, linking into the service provider's management software, and can also allow roaming between GSM and Wi-Fi if the client hardware is up to it. GSM and 3G operators can offer data services whether the...
[February 4, 2003, 11:51]
Skype GSM/Wi-Fi phones 'due this year'
News Speaking to ZDNet UK on Friday, Skype's UK manager Alistair Shrimpton said the Internet telephony giant was "currently working with all the major hardware companies such as Motorola and Nokia" to develop GSM/Wi-Fi devices with embedded Skype.
[July 21, 2006, 14:35]
Nokia embraces convergence with Wi-Fi phone
Talkback Besides, it's GSM only, so irrelevant for much of the Americas. Just another phone we won't see in the U.S.for years, if ever. And if we do, it'll be locked up with one provider. Americans shouldn't even bother reading new-phone announcements at...
[February 14, 2006, 0:25]
Virgin takes Wi-Fi up the west coast
Talkback Now take the laptop to town and hit the net - using the GSM telephone as "modem". Graeme: All these articles on WiFi connectivity in the UK just demonstrates that the UK is dragging everyone BACK in mobile Internet.
[November 11, 2003, 8:26]
IPass gets onboard with train Wi-Fi
Talkback Eye-In-The-Sky Links Cell to Cell, concept pioneers global GSM Connectivity and GPS Satellite Telematics Security Monitoring in High Seas, In-Flight, and Fast Trains. Developed by TriaGnosys GmbH, Wessling, the GPRS-SMS Gateway Platform enables...
[September 23, 2004, 5:23]
Combo chips to upsize Wi-Fi
News A large Chinese telecom carrier has issued a proposal for 500,000 phones that can do General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and Wi-Fi, Hogan said. For Wi-Fi start-ups, the road to success might be paved...
[December 11, 2003, 9:10]
BT to trial voice-over-Wi-Fi for Bluephone 2
News Participants in the trial will use a HP iPAQ 6340 PDA which is able to connect to WLAN and GSM networks. The trial will be initially limited to the Adastral facility, but BT's eventual aim is to develop a device that will allow consumers and...
[March 15, 2005, 14:30]
Intel adds Wi-Fi to mobile chips
News The chip will be used in mobile phones that run on Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) and General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) networks. Chipmaker Intel is altering the specifications of its XScale processors so that handheld devices will...
[March 25, 2003, 11:38]
Wi-Fi tweak catches dropped calls
News Elliott Hoole, senior director of technology development at RadioFrame, said the company is working on versions of the product that will work with wireless protocols other than Nextel's network, including CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access), GSM...
[August 20, 2003, 12:20]
Wi-Fi phone promises seamless switching
Talkback Is there any providers of just Wi-Fi phones without any of the complications of having to deal with the GSM interface at the handset level? I have a very large application for such a device. Oscar oscar@worlddata.com
[July 30, 2004, 13:55]
Symbian OS gets native Wi-Fi support
News He was unable to provide many further details of the handsets, but indicated that the improved Wi-Fi support was geared towards so-called converged devices, which can switch between GSM and home Wi-Fi connections.
[July 12, 2006, 12:45]
O2's Wi-Fi plans: Ireland today, UK tomorrow?
News Once the hot spots are up and running, sometime early next year, O2's Irish customers should be able to buy contracts that include access to Wi-Fi as well as to GSM and GPRS services. Mobile phone operator O2 is set to launch up to 20 Wi-Fi hot...
[November 27, 2002, 15:22]
The Cloud slashes Wi-Fi prices
News This is due to the dramatic difference in cost between Internet telephony and GSM usage, as well as the development of Wi-Fi-enabled VoIP handsets. Wi-Fi network operator The Cloud announced a new set of pricing plans on Tuesday which it says will...
[May 2, 2006, 17:10]
Nortel touts secure Wi-Fi for enterprise
News Future versions of this function will extend it to include roaming between GSM, 3G and Wi-Fi networks, said Dearing, all part of Nortel's efforts to make the products suitable for service providers running hotspots as well as enterprise IT managers.
[March 31, 2003, 17:15]
Palm adds Net phoning to Wi-Fi handheld
News Instead of a Wi-Fi radio chip built in, it has a GSM/GPRS (Global System for Mobile Communications/General Packet Radio Service) chip for accessing cellular networks. Handheld market share leader Palm is teaming with software developers to make its...
[May 30, 2003, 8:21]
Bumpy road ahead for Wi-Fi roaming
News That the IDA-Intel alliance plan to pitch their plan to to industry bodies such as the GSM Association and Wi-Fi Alliance is only a start, they say. IT analysts Gartner projects a coming boom in WLAN hardware: 80 percent of business laptops will...
[March 18, 2003, 10:58]
Government to study Wi-Fi health risks
News Some individuals have also been concerned over GSM and 3G radio waves. The Health Protection Agency has announced a research programme into the possible health implications of Wi-Fi technology. Although no evidence has been found of any harmful...
[October 15, 2007, 12:03]
'Dongle mania' may threaten Wi-Fi hotspots
News According to the GSM/3G supplier forum, the Global mobile Suppliers Association, there are currently 185 commercial HSDPA networks in 80 countries. The mobile broadband market is hotting up with data card sales set to jump fourfold in the next...
[March 31, 2008, 8:48]
