By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Enterprises are lured to consider Skype because of the significant cost savings and improved communications, but a new in-depth report from IT research firm Burton Group says that Skype might violate some enterprise information management and security policies. Read complete Release. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
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WIRELESS NEWS: Inmarsat got in the satellite-phone business
By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Inmarsat has long avoided the mobile-phone satellite business, but now chairman and CEO Andy Sukawaty, former head of Sprint PCS, is pushing the company into the satellite-phone operator business by 2008. Inmarsat has long shunned the phone business, choosing to successfully serve remote users such as the maritime industry through large terminals. Inmarsat has already begun offering new high-speed data satellite services based on BGAN technology.
Adding voice to the service will have little impact; what's more interesting is the fact that the company is in talks with satellite and telecom firms about setting up alliances to create hybrid satellite and ground-based voice and data networks, or ATC networks, using the next-gen satellites it already has. That means we could see services a lot sooner than expected, and players partnering with Inmarsat would have a better cost advantage. I've said in the past that the timing and cost involved will ATC would make these players non-competitive. Sukawaty knows his way around the wireless phone business, having built up Sprint PCS' wireless business. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Inmarsat has long avoided the mobile-phone satellite business, but now chairman and CEO Andy Sukawaty, former head of Sprint PCS, is pushing the company into the satellite-phone operator business by 2008. Inmarsat has long shunned the phone business, choosing to successfully serve remote users such as the maritime industry through large terminals. Inmarsat has already begun offering new high-speed data satellite services based on BGAN technology.
Adding voice to the service will have little impact; what's more interesting is the fact that the company is in talks with satellite and telecom firms about setting up alliances to create hybrid satellite and ground-based voice and data networks, or ATC networks, using the next-gen satellites it already has. That means we could see services a lot sooner than expected, and players partnering with Inmarsat would have a better cost advantage. I've said in the past that the timing and cost involved will ATC would make these players non-competitive. Sukawaty knows his way around the wireless phone business, having built up Sprint PCS' wireless business. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
WIRELESS NEWS: We hold IPR to TD-SCDMA, said QUALCOMM
By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- It's not a surprise that QUALCOMM announced it will charge royalties for China's homegrown standard TD-SCDMA. QUALCOMM said it believes it has essential IPR that applies to TD-SCDMA and that it has about 60 license agreements outside of China that include TD-SCDMA. TD-SCDMA is backed by the Chinese government to promote domestic business and bypass the royalties demanded by QUALCOMM and other vendors. We reported in February that the TD-SCDMA Forum hadn't even discussed IPR issues with QUALCOMM and Ericsson, another big CDMA patent holder, even though QUALCOMM is a senior member of the forum.
We'll probably see some sort of IPR skirmish on this one. QUALCOMM will likely not make any concessions on the issue since it charges the same royalties for all CDMA technologies--1xEV-DO, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. Early on it was willing to work with the Chinese on IPR rates to get CDMA networks into the country. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- It's not a surprise that QUALCOMM announced it will charge royalties for China's homegrown standard TD-SCDMA. QUALCOMM said it believes it has essential IPR that applies to TD-SCDMA and that it has about 60 license agreements outside of China that include TD-SCDMA. TD-SCDMA is backed by the Chinese government to promote domestic business and bypass the royalties demanded by QUALCOMM and other vendors. We reported in February that the TD-SCDMA Forum hadn't even discussed IPR issues with QUALCOMM and Ericsson, another big CDMA patent holder, even though QUALCOMM is a senior member of the forum.
We'll probably see some sort of IPR skirmish on this one. QUALCOMM will likely not make any concessions on the issue since it charges the same royalties for all CDMA technologies--1xEV-DO, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA. Early on it was willing to work with the Chinese on IPR rates to get CDMA networks into the country. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
WIRELESS NEWS: Financial restatements becoming really common
By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Restating financial results is becoming a common occurrence in the wireless industry. Nortel Networks, still suffering from an accounting scandal, said it will restate results again, this time for 2003, 2004 and the first nine months of 2005. Leap Wireless plans to restate results for the final five months of 2004 after it emerged from Ch. 11 bankruptcy in August, and the first nine months of 2005. The company said it found the mistakes while preparing its 2005 taxes. However, it expects to announce improved results. Shenandoah Telecommunications recently indicated that it would correct its results for 2003, 2004 and the first three quarters of 2005 by about $2.1 million. Meanwhile, US Cellular has been working since November to restate financial results dating back to 2000.
Since 2004, we've seen a rash of honesty among a host of industries, with companies simply admitting they were wrong about past financial results. Experts say the biggest reason is the new corporate governance and accounting rules in the wake of the corporate reform legislation that was enacted about two-and-a-half years ago. Also, accounting firms have grown far more cautious because of the Enron scandal in 2002. We'll likely see more in wireless, much to the ire of investors. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Restating financial results is becoming a common occurrence in the wireless industry. Nortel Networks, still suffering from an accounting scandal, said it will restate results again, this time for 2003, 2004 and the first nine months of 2005. Leap Wireless plans to restate results for the final five months of 2004 after it emerged from Ch. 11 bankruptcy in August, and the first nine months of 2005. The company said it found the mistakes while preparing its 2005 taxes. However, it expects to announce improved results. Shenandoah Telecommunications recently indicated that it would correct its results for 2003, 2004 and the first three quarters of 2005 by about $2.1 million. Meanwhile, US Cellular has been working since November to restate financial results dating back to 2000.
Since 2004, we've seen a rash of honesty among a host of industries, with companies simply admitting they were wrong about past financial results. Experts say the biggest reason is the new corporate governance and accounting rules in the wake of the corporate reform legislation that was enacted about two-and-a-half years ago. Also, accounting firms have grown far more cautious because of the Enron scandal in 2002. We'll likely see more in wireless, much to the ire of investors. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
WIRELESS NEWS: Vodafone shoots at fixed networks with HSDPA
By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Vodafone Germany declared that its tariff plan for HSDPA service in Germany "is a genuine alternative to the fixed network." Dubbed UMTS Broadband, Vodafone will charge $60 per month for the service under a two-year contract "without any restrictions on time of data volume," the company said in its press release. However, Vodafone added another release that said data volume would be limited to 10 gigabytes over a period of two months. Any data usage over and above this amount would be charged at $0.6 per 100 kilobytes.
I'm not sure this is the time to start positioning high-speed data services as an alternative to wired broadband, given the the limited data volume. U.S. operators are far from trying to position their services as a DSL alternative, prohibiting users from uploading, downloading or streaming movies, music or games and denying server devices and host computer applications. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Vodafone Germany declared that its tariff plan for HSDPA service in Germany "is a genuine alternative to the fixed network." Dubbed UMTS Broadband, Vodafone will charge $60 per month for the service under a two-year contract "without any restrictions on time of data volume," the company said in its press release. However, Vodafone added another release that said data volume would be limited to 10 gigabytes over a period of two months. Any data usage over and above this amount would be charged at $0.6 per 100 kilobytes.
I'm not sure this is the time to start positioning high-speed data services as an alternative to wired broadband, given the the limited data volume. U.S. operators are far from trying to position their services as a DSL alternative, prohibiting users from uploading, downloading or streaming movies, music or games and denying server devices and host computer applications. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
WIRELESS NEWS: RIM looking to push harder into the enterprise
By Daily Wireless Updates, Power by Cogni360
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Research In Motion is working to push itself deeper into the enterprise by acquiring Ascendent Systems today. Ascendent is a provider of voice mobility solutions for the enterprise and makes the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite, a standards-based software that integrates with existing PBX and IP-PBX telephony systems to "push" voice calls and extend desk phone functionality to mobile users on their wireless handsets or any wireline phone. RIM will likely integrate the the solution within its enterprise server, making it harder for the enterprise to replace, notes research firm UBS. It looks to be a move that will help RIM stave off competition from a host of mobile email players flooding the market. RIM also announced an updated version of its enterprise server. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
Daily Wireless News & Updates.- Research In Motion is working to push itself deeper into the enterprise by acquiring Ascendent Systems today. Ascendent is a provider of voice mobility solutions for the enterprise and makes the Ascendent Voice Mobility Suite, a standards-based software that integrates with existing PBX and IP-PBX telephony systems to "push" voice calls and extend desk phone functionality to mobile users on their wireless handsets or any wireline phone. RIM will likely integrate the the solution within its enterprise server, making it harder for the enterprise to replace, notes research firm UBS. It looks to be a move that will help RIM stave off competition from a host of mobile email players flooding the market. RIM also announced an updated version of its enterprise server. For more telecom news go to: Telecommunicate and Daily WiFi News.
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