Cisco plans an Android-based business tablet
Agam Shah, IDG News Service, 6/29/2010 The Cius will sport more networking capabilities than the iPad, plus videoconferencing and keyboard/mouse support Cisco Systems has announced the Cius tablet, a handheld device designed to help users run business applications and communicate in real time. It will use the Google Android OS, feature a 7-inch touch screen [...]
In: Android, Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Bluetooth, Cisco, WiFi
AT&T, Verizon join Wi-Fi roaming group
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service, 6/22/2010 Cisco and Comcast have also recently joined the WBA, which provides for easy roaming onto hot spots AT&T and Verizon Wireless, the two largest U.S. mobile operators, have joined an organization that ensures roaming among mobile operators’ Wi-Fi networks. The group, called the Wireless Broadband Alliance (WBA), also announced [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, AT&T, Cisco, Comcast, LTE, Verizon, WiFi, WiMax
Cisco Embraces iPad, iPhone for Collaboration
David Needle, InternetNew.com, 6/14/2010 The networking leader also enhances its WebEx and Prosumer Video offerings for businesses as mobile video and enterprise collaboration take center stage. Cisco is driving ahead with its efforts to rev up enterprise collaboration. Now it’s talking up ways to integrate the Apple iPad and iPhone into its Cisco Quad enterprise [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: Cisco
iPhone OS 4.0 – now iOS – is here
John Biggs, TechCrunch, 6/8/2010 The second biggest news out of San Fran today? The announcement of iPhone OS 4.0, Apple’s biggest improvement to the iPhone OS since, well, 3.0. This new version includes multi-tasking (although backgrounding would be the proper term), app folders, a new version of Mail, and a carrier unlock (Not officially sanctioned [...]
In: Mobile Technology, iPad, iPhone · Tagged with: 3G, API, Bluetooth, Cisco, HTML5, Skype, VoIP
What WiMAX 2 promises
Brad Reed, Network World, 5/13/2010 Look for U.S. deployment in 2012 at the earliest WiMAX isn’t taking the challenge from LTE lying down. Faced with a growing number of operators planning to launch 4G LTE services over the next year, WiMAX’s creators at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and its industry boosters [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 4G, AT&T, Cisco, Clearwire, LTE, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, WiMax
WiGig group opens way to gigabit wireless devices
Lance Whitney, CNET News, 5/10/2010 Wireless devices that run at speeds in gigabits rather than megabits have been given the green light to hit the consumer market. The Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) announced Monday that its 60GHz multi-gigabit wireless technology is now available for member companies to start turning out products that use the new [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cisco, Nokia, Samsung, WiFi, WiGig
Sprint, Clearwire among companies asking for TD-LTE standard in WiMAX spectrum
Chris Ziegler, Engadget, 3/31/2010 Clearwire has made it crystal clear that it isn’t taking a “WiMAX or die” approach to 4G — and frankly, it couldn’t afford to, considering that the infrastructure suppliers and hardware manufacturers could easily continue their trend toward shunning the next-gen underdog. What’s interesting, though, is that the company now appears [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, 4G, Cisco, Clearwire, LTE, Motorola, Nokia, Sprint, WiMax
Mobile Milestone: Data Surpasses Voice Traffic
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOM, 3/24/2010 Mobile data bits traveling around the world outnumbered voice traffic for the first time during December of 2009, according to wireless equipment vendor Ericsson. Worryingly, that data traffic was generated by an estimated 400 million smartphones set against 4.6 billion mobile subscribers making voice calls. What happens when everyone has a [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: 3G, Cisco, Ericsson
Cisco ‘forever changes internet’ with…a router
Timothy Prickett Morgan, The Register, 3/9/2010 322 Tbps of bandwidth (not quite) here How will Cisco “forever change the internet“? With a new router. Which raises the question: What the hell is wrong with technology companies? When networking giant and server wannabe Cisco Systems sent word that today it would “make a significant announcement that [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: AT&T, Cisco
Cisco promises to ‘forever change the internet’
Wireless Watch, The Register, 3/9/2010 Today will see Cisco making an announcement that it claims will “forever change the internet”. The stock market certainly believed it, sending the IP giant’s shares to their highest level in more than a year ($26.34) yesterday. Given Cisco’s heritage and product strategy it has more likelihood than most of [...]
In: Mobile Technology · Tagged with: Cisco, Cloud, Femtocell, WiFi