Going beyond push-to-talk 1st April 2005 Advanced features make bus company more reliable, provide dealer with opportunities
British retailer expands RFID trial to 53 stores 1st April 2005 Marks & Spencer, a retailer of apparel, furniture and household goods headquartered in London, said it would expand a trial of radio frequency identification
SBC nixes notion of Vonage E-911 trial 31st March 2005 SBC Communications this week declined an offer from Vonage to participate in an E-911 trial designed to address VoIP provider’s emergency-service shortcomings that have been highlighted by events during the last two months
Iridium unveils P2T plans 31st March 2005 Iridium Satellite last week announced it plans to offer push-to-talk service to the Department of Defense by the end of the year and to other customers during 2006
Texas AG files 911 suit against Vonage 23rd March 2005 Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott yesterday filed a lawsuit against Vonage, claiming the leading voice-over-IP provider deceives customers by failing to communicate that its voice service does not include access to the E-911 system associated with traditional telephone service
Level 3 withdraws VoIP petition 23rd March 2005 Telecom carrier Level 3, which connects calls from VoIP providers such as Vonage to the PSTN, on Monday withdrew its forbearance petition that asked the FCC to rule that VoIP calls are not subject to interstate or intrastate access charges
Motorola introduces four-in-one mesh solution 18th March 2005 Motorola this week announced Motomesh, a wireless solution designed to create four broadband wireless mesh networks in the 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz bands.
FCC approves wireless items in Powell’s final meeting 11th March 2005 In FCC Chairman Michael Powell’s final open meeting, the commission approved several items affecting wireless communications, including one that a dissenting commissioner claimed could impact some 911 funding mechanisms for PSAPs.
Push-to-talk coming to Palm-powered devices 8th March 2005 PalmSource said it has reached an agreement with Qualphone to incorporate the latter’s push-to-talk-over-cellular client to the Palm OS operating system for mobile information devices
Firetide introduces mesh network 8th March 2005 Firetide said it has introduced the HotPort wireless mesh network that operates indoors and outdoors and supports multiple simultaneous applications and services
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