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T-Mobile UK slashes Euro data roaming costs
News T-Mobile UK is the latest mobile operator to crack under the steely gaze of EC telecoms commissioner, Viviane Reding, and slash the price of data roaming and sending text messages in Europe. T-Mobile has announced it is reducing roaming charges by... [20 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News R is for Roaming Laptops packing 3.5G+ for mobile broadband access could be the answer to European mobile phone operators' ARPU (average revenue per user) prayers. Berg predicts laptops with HSPA/LTE (high speed packet access/long term evolution... [20 Jun 2008]
WiMax Forum stamps 2.5G products with seal of approval
News R is for Roaming The WiMax Forum has issued its first certifications for mobile-centric products that operate around the 2.5GHz frequency, and said it will start certifying 3.5GHz products later this year. [20 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment R is for Roaming Yet data roaming continues to be very expensive. The European Commission is threatening to regulate in this area in the same way it already has with voice roaming. Too few operators have grasped the nettle to offer data-roaming... [12 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News R is for Roaming Earlier this year, the European Commission's information society and media commissioner, Viviane Reding, called for "a credible but also doable price reduction by the whole industry on a voluntary basis before 1 July" - or... [11 Jun 2008]
Cisco revamps mobility strategy
News The Secure Client Manager package is for provisioning and managing client devices, which can range from laptops to smart phones and scanners, and the Mobile Intelligent Roaming package is, according to Pelham, for providing roaming that is "as... [29 May 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News R is for Roaming Police across the UK will receive mobile data devices to be used on the beat as part of a £50m investment from the government. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [27 May 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News R is for Roaming Speaking at the Mobile Broadband Congress in London yesterday, Dave Hughes, BT's director of wireless broadband, told delegates that - by the end of this week - there would be 100,000 BT Home Hub users who have signed up to turn... [22 May 2008]
UK WiMax company snaps up wi-fi buddy
News WiMax operator Freedom4 has bought a UK wi-fi roaming services provider called Bozii. It currently offers "fixed WiMax" as an SDSL substitute to businesses in some areas but, if spectrum becomes available in upcoming Ofcom auctions, it expects to... [21 May 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News Mobile operator Orange has added new cheaper roaming offers for voice and data for customers travelling in Europe. Earlier this year, the European information society and media commissioner Viviane Reding threatened the mobile industry with... [20 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News R is for Roaming Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on web-based applications, super-fast search and location based services (LBS). The online search giant has been ramping up its mobile applications for some time... [13 May 2008]
Wireless LAN Security Best Practices and PCI Compliance
White Paper With a naturally mobile workforce, industries including retail, hospitality, gaming and restaurants were among the first to realize that a real-time network connection for roaming employees could bring greater efficiency. [13 May 2008]
Nationwide WiMax in next two years?
News R is for Roaming WiMax is currently only available in very limited deployments in the UK and only in its "fixed" variant, with the prospects for "mobile WiMax" - the type needed for portable devices - depending on upcoming spectrum auctions. [09 May 2008]
Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear
News R is for Roaming The healthcare sector could also make use of wearable on-body monitors, which would communicate with a home hub or mobile phone via Bluetooth or the like. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… [08 May 2008]
Mobile M2M connections on the up
News R is for Roaming The number of mobile network connections used for M2M comms will grow from 37.5 million in 2007 to 186 million in 2012, says the analyst. Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus [06 May 2008]
