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RSS dual-mode in newsBlackBerry Storms the touchscreen market
News There are plenty of other highlights as well, including dual-mode functionality; integrated GPS; and BlackBerry OS 4.7. As far as phone features, the Storm, like the RIM BlackBerry 8830 World Edition,... [08 Oct 2008]
2012: Embedded wi-fi in one billion devices?
News By 2011, dual-mode mobile phones will surpass PCs as the largest category of wi-fi devices, the In-Stat report said. Embedded wi-fi chips could end up in almost one billion consumer electronics devices... [07 Oct 2008]
WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?
News The emergence of dual-mode or dual-band devices is most likely to happen in the "early days" as the industry in developed markets embraces 4G technology, he said. I is for... [11 Apr 2008]
C&W hooks up with Orange over FMC
News By contrast, BT's Fusion service requires users to buy a dual-mode handset. Cable & Wireless (C&W) has picked Orange as its FMC bedfellow. The telco has announced a five-year partnership with the mobile... [05 Mar 2008]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. I is for... [07 Feb 2008]
GPS phones to triple by 2012
News GPS and Galileo dual-mode receivers will eventually be put into handsets, but that is not really an issue for the current roadmap. Malm added that, while Glonass is now "way ahead" of Galileo in terms of... [16 Jan 2008]
BT gets into bed with FON
News The deal means users of BT Fusion dual-mode handsets will be able to use those devices in far more locations around the world than had previously been possible. BT and FON have finally confirmed their... [04 Oct 2007]
Businesses converge on FMC tech
News Dual mode handsets will make up 14 per cent of all handsets sold to enterprises by 2012 and four per cent of commercial users in Europe will be on FMC services by that time, telecoms watcher Analysys... [05 Jun 2007]
FMC-flavoured BlackBerry on the way
News RIM is developing its first dual-mode BlackBerry, the company's co-chief executive has revealed. According to reports, Jim Balsillie told delegates at the JPMorgan Technology Conference in Boston the... [29 May 2007]
FMC: Trim your telecoms by 30 per cent
News Dual mode handsets - where a single phone is used both for cellular and VoIP calls - and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) could spell cost savings of up to 30 per cent on enterprise voice bills, analysts... [08 Mar 2007]
Back FMC but ditch dual-mode phones, users told
News Operators need to ditch their obsession with dual-mode phones and embrace other technologies to get fixed mobile convergence (FMC) off the ground, according to analysts. Only just over two per cent of US... [01 Mar 2007]
Wi-fi VoIP to threaten telco business models
News Sales for wireless VoIP tech for both dual and single mode devices are forecast to generate global revenues of $82bn by 2012, according to a report by Juniper Research. Juniper predicts... [26 Feb 2007]
Vonage buckles up for Verizon patent suit
News Executives also said Vonage will begin selling dual-mode handsets that will enable people to make VoIP calls alongside mobile phone calls. A struggling Vonage goes to court this week to defend itself in... [21 Feb 2007]
Satellite broadband for anywhere in the world
News Last year Inmarsat announced its first foray into the handheld portable satellite phone market after concluding a tie-up with terminal maker ACeS for a dual-mode GSM and satellite device. Inmarsat has... [14 Feb 2007]
BT fuels Fusion offering with two dual-mode handsets
News The HP iPaq 514 Voice Messenger is a dual-mode UMA (unlicensed mobile access) Windows Mobile 6.0 handset, to be launched by BT in "mid 2007", according to an HP statement. Being... [12 Feb 2007]
