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WiFi or cellular data?

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 06:59:57 -0500

If you're an enterprise IT director, one of the most important questions that you face is how will your employees' mobile devices connect to your enterprise applications? When away from the office, will they take advantage of WiFi connections, will they use a high-speed cellular data network, or will you issue devices that do both? As products for the fixed-mobile data convergence market increase in number, carriers and vendors will find it necessary to add functions and features to attract customers. Look for fleet-management, increased security, and custom application support to be among the features added to attract your business to one network or another.

For more on the WiFi or cell question:
- Read the hands' on analysis at WirelessWeek

Minimo 0.2 hits the market

Sun, 08 Apr 2007 20:01:37 -0400

Millions of users depend on a Mozilla browser for reaching web sites. Now, users of Windows Mobile wireless devices can take advantage of the latest version of Mozilla for mobile--Minimo 0.2 has been released. The Minimo project, while not controlled by Mozilla, is hosted on Mozilla.org. The Minimo browser was one of the early third-party mobile browsers, though other projects have received more attention from the press and users in recent months. Now, project members question whether financial support from companies like Nokia will continue in the face of competition from projects like the Opera mobile browser. Fans of choice are hoping for more competition and more options for mobile browsing in the future.

For more on Minimo:
- Read the complete article at TechWorld

Moving mobile reception indoors

Sun, 28 Jan 2007 19:01:36 -0500

When mobile phones were only used when people were away from their desks, coverage inside office buildings wasn't a big issue. Now that more professionals are using mobile phones as their primary communications device, ensuring that their phones are usable regardless of location is a major concern for IT managers. A new class of technology that provides tiny coverage areas--pico cells and femtocells--will become a must-have for many organizations in the second half of the decade. Planning now for your own cell sites will help you take advantage of dramatically improved interior coverage in the future.

For more on planning for small enterprise cells:
- read the article at NetworkWorld

The business case for HSDPA

Sun, 21 Aug 2005 20:01:34 -0400

The newest version of wideband CDMA is HSDPA, and it's likely going to be in the news quite a bit going forward with pilot tests by big players, like Nokia, taking place today. The beauty of HSDPA is that it promises greater data service in addition to stable voice capability. That's extremely enticing for enterprises as it will broaden coverage areas for broadband service and hopefully reduce costs for mobile workers. It's a ripe time to start developing mobile applications that take advantage of the alluring technology.

Find out more about the promising technology:
- read this article at Mobile Pipeline