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Want to find out where your dog wandered off to after you left the fence gate open or in which nightclub you left your $500 bag? Wireless (news - web sites) tracking is here. Well, almost. Several small vendors are working on technologies and networks that will enable consumer and commercial usage of wireless tracking beyond global positioning systems. Such technology is already in use in identification tags in department stores and in highway collection booths that let drivers bypass cash lanes. 3:35:20 PM  comment
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The transition to 3G has been rough going for the GSM market with WCDMA continuing to offer problems. DoCoMo's 3G launch in Japan was plagued with technical problems, most them centering around handset software and poor battery life on devices. Now the problem is roaming. Hutchison's 3 has had problems with transferring calls from its 3G network to 2G and 2.5G networks. Roaming between WCDMA networks and GSM/GPRS networks is currently very difficult. Any degree of device or network irregularity will cause a call to be dropped. Compatibility issues plague all degrees of WCDMA equipment from network systems to phones.
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According to a new study by Datamonitor, mobile device makers do not understand the process of selling to the enterprise market. The study claims mobile device companies rely too heavily on word of mouth from individual users who purchase mobile devices and then use them at work. This sales tactic, according to the study, is not effective for selling into the enterprise and could lead to wireless carriers becoming the leading sales channel of wireless devices for enterprise customers. Currently, most mobile solutions and devices sold to the enterprise are sold through large systems integrators or value-added resellers. The report, however, predicts that carriers could eclipse integrators to become the main sales point for most mobile enterprise packages in the future. - for more on this emerging trend, see this story from Personal Computer World
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Boston Globe: Testing the Tablet. Marketing professor Philip M. ''Perry'' Lowe, 59, leans forward at his table and taps on the screen of a Toshiba Portege 3500 Tablet computer with a thick stylus. To most people, the Microsoft-powered Tablet is another high-tech gadget. To Lowe, it's a piece of marketing history. And he is working to make sure. [Tomalak's Realm] 3:14:30 PM comment
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Iridium beams in more data services. As subscriber demand for data services increases, the satellite phone provider, which originally sold only a very narrow set of voice calling plans, unveils a new short message service. [CNET News.com] 2:50:51 PM comment
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Nokia offers music, messaging to US phone customers [IDG InfoWorld] 2:48:01 PM comment
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Great ideas dont execute themselves. Identify the idea practitionersin your companythe people who turn blue sky into green profit. 2:42:24 PM comment
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Can India overtake China? That's the title of an influential new article in Foreign Policy magazine. A Q&A with authors Yasheng Huang of M.I.T. and Tarun Khanna of HBS. 2:12:07 PM comment
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Can a mature Microsoft get the growth engine chugging again? 2:10:30 PM comment
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Companies that are best at developing out-of-the-box thinking on new products employ four successful work practices. An excerpt from the new book, How Breakthroughs Happen. 2:05:55 PM comment
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Verizon/Vodafone 1xRTT/GPRS. A dual-GPRS and CDMA 1xRTT laptop PC Card allows data in Europe and the US: Something we didn't expect to see so soon, this card allows Verizon Wireless to sweep in more business travelers who also need data access while they're in Europe, where GPRS rules the 2.5G roost. [via Alan Reiter, via Gizmodo]... [Wi-Fi Networking News] 2:04:41 PM comment
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Researchers see trouble ahead for WLAN performance. French researchers say that when a slow device is connected to a wireless LAN access point, data speeds across the entire network can drop. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News] 1:59:36 PM comment
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NextWave: Airwave Rich but Cash Poor. NextWave, cash poor but rich in radio spectrum because of a Supreme Court decision, plans to build a wireless network for data transmission. By Jennifer 8. Lee. [New York Times: Technology] 1:53:36 PM comment
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According to new reports from the U.K., Vodafone is expected to acquire virtual network firm Project Telecom for £150 million. Project Telecom last month admitted it had received a number of offers but did not say which one it has considered. Project Telecom buys airtime from mobile networks and puts together its own-label phone packages, including handsets. The company claims roughly 185,000 wireless subscribers. The deal needs the agreement of Project Telecom's CEO Tim Radford and CFO Richard Cunningham, who together own roughly 60 percent of the company. Vodafone is also rumored to be interested in buying U.K. carrier Singlepoint in a deal that could be worth as much as £400 million.
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Qwest Communications and Sprint PCS today signed a deal to launch an MVNO wireless service through Sprint PCS' network. Qwest currently operates a regional wireless service in a 14-state area in the western U.S. The agreement will allow Qwest to offer nationwide service to its existing customers and to new customers across the U.S. The two companies said they expect most of Qwest's existing and new wireless subscribers to use the MVNO service by next year. Last week, rumors began circulating that Disney is planning an MVNO service in the U.S. MTV plans to launch an MVNO service in the Nordic region in Europe later this year. Virgin Mobile operates successful services in the U.K. on T-Mobile's network and in the U.S. through Sprint PCS. No financial details of the deal have been released.
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