Ethernet Alliance enters the designer's lair to present next-generation Ethernet ideas and concepts. DESIGNCON 2006 is the first major venue for the Alliance where it will present, discuss, and defend ...

The strategic alliance between Avaya and AT&T provides a range of monitoring and support services that will attract domestic and multinational customers. However, there is little to differentiate the services ...

Look out BroadSoft and Sylantro. With the introduction of an entry-level version of its hosted multimedia application server, NetCentrex is finally making a serious push into the North American ...

Quintum's latest addition to the Tenor portfolio helps round out the company's remote site VoIP gateway offerings. However, the Tenor AF delivers very little in the way of new functionality ...

Cognos enhances its ability to tap into the data contained in Lotus databases. This should increase Cognos' ability to tap into IBM's important Lotus and Workplace installed bases. ...

Intel, Modeo, Motorola, Nokia, and Texas Instruments took on Qualcomm in a fair fight at NATPE, forming the Mobile DTV Alliance. This Alliance lacks carrier or content owner commitments and ...

Siemens' plans to link its communications platforms with IBM's business apps will improve end user productivity. However, with rivals delivering similar telephony functionality to IBM apps, Siemens must work ...

Avaya's delivery of communications solutions for IBM business applications users will greatly enhance the communications capabilities of Notes, Domino, and Sametime. However, competitors are hot on the trail with promises ...

IPWireless' TDtv mobile TV solution will take advantage of 3GPP's MBMS, but the impact could be lost in the sea of competing approaches. Yet an investment from TV-friendly Sprint ...

Open source telephony has become more secure and reliable with the introduction of VPN tunneling, bandwidth allocation, and other features to the Asterisk software. However, enhancements of this sort are ...

3Com takes VCX functionality to small branch offices with its V6000 platform, resolving a previous VCX portfolio shortcoming and expanding VCX target markets. Concerns remain about long-term 3Com plans to ...

After much waiting, the first WiMAX products are now certified. Positioned as a boost to the credibility of 802.16, the fact that four vendors have certified products for a narrow ...

Symbol partnered with IBM to deliver its WS-5000 wireless switch on an IBM BladeCenter blade. While particularly appealing for Symbol as part of a retail branch-in-a-box strategy, this architecture ...

Sterling rolls out new composite applications for retail. The Yantra-based applications are differentiated, but the firm ought to consider a more complete RFID solution. ...

Sony Ericsson disappointed many U.S. consumers when the W800i Walkman debuted last August without GSM 850 support and no direct U.S. carrier support. At CES, Sony Ericsson introduced the ...

Amp'd has finally made its official debut in the U.S. market with a vast array of compelling content and services along with reasonably priced voice and data options. However, the ...

The first Motorola ROKR couldn't live up to the hype, so Motorola built another (slightly better) one, this time without Apple, but with Linux. The ROKR E2 will face plenty ...

TI has upped the ante in the battle to stake a claim in mobile broadcast TV - a market that may not actually exist - by providing a single chip ...

The shock of seeing Windows Mobile on a Palm device still hasn't worn off, but Verizon Wireless is now offering the 700w for sale. Palm has done just enough to ...

The Motorola/Google announcement can be categorized as VaporHype: no substantive details of any kind were provided. But adding one-click Google access to mainstream phones could expose mobile search to a ...