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Case Study Hereward College, the national integrated college for disabled students, is hoping its newly installed wireless local area network (WLAN) will provide huge benefits to both students and staff. The converged IP network, installed by Scalable... [04 Jan 2007]
Visa launches mobile payments platform
News Visa has launched a mobile platform that it says will "lay the foundation" for commercial deployment of contactless mobile payments and near-field communications (NFC) services around the world. The platform has a number of applications and tools... [10 Jan 2007]
Heathrow T3 tackles lost luggage with RFID
News Heathrow airport is trialling RFID tracking technology that will help make the nightmare of lost and mishandled luggage a thing of the past for travellers. Passengers flying to and from Dubai out of Terminal 3 with Emirates airline will have a tiny... [13 Feb 2008]
Unwired: The tiny screen problem
Comment It's usually labelled 'Device Convergence' but perhaps we should call it by its proper name: 'Doing more stuff on fewer, cleverer toys'. Unwired's Richard Leyland explains. It's a major battleground for technology vendors in both business and... [12 Dec 2006]
Remote and mobile working tech "essential"
News Remote and mobile working is becoming an essential part of any organisation's tech strategy - not only for flexibility and the work/life balance of employees but also for business continuity and disaster recovery planning. [18 May 2007]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News The NHS has commenced the rollout of the Airwave secure digital radio network to ambulance teams throughout England, starting with East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST). The service is the first of 32 trusts that originally signed up... [24 Aug 2007]
RIM makes sweet plans for BlackBerry future
News The word 'Waterloo' conjures up images of Napoleon Bonaparte's last battle, the London station or the ABBA song. But Waterloo, Canada, is also home to RIM's HQ - a company that makes one of the most addictive business gadgets around. [06 Nov 2007]
iPhone too pricey for businesses
News Bosses are not planning to make the iPhone available to employees as a corporate mobile option because of the high price-tag and network operator restriction. Apple has just revealed details of the UK version of the iPhone, which will be available... [24 Sep 2007]
BlackBerrys and PDAs bad for work/life balance
News BlackBerrys and smart phones may have had a huge impact on executive and employee productivity but they also have a negative impact on work/life balance by making it more difficult to switch off from the office. [18 Jul 2007]
3GSM Diary: Dogs, storm troopers and HSDPA
Comment From quiet expectation to too much going on at once. The first day proper of this year's 3GSM conference had it all. Everyone and their dog (more on said dog in a moment) had something to say about HSDPA, as predicted (see yesterday's column). [15 Feb 2005]
The future of Bluephone: It's the business
News With Bluephone - or BT Fusion as it's now known - freshly launched this morning, BT execs are already keen to talk up the future of the all-in-one Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and mobile device. In the short term, the telco said it is planning to expand the... [15 Jun 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Mobile data for business, at last
Comment While voice calling on the move is used by all and sundry the promise of mobile data access has yet to be fulfilled. But there are signs that's changing, says Quocirca's Rob Bamforth. Mobile access to data services has long been touted as the... [04 Mar 2005]
Orange offers 'GPS-beating' location tracking
News Mobile operator Orange has unveiled a GSM-based tracking service which it claims is cheaper and easier to use than GPS technology. Orange predicts that by next year more than 40,000 devices - such as train carriages, machinery and even vending... [22 Mar 2005]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study As far back as 2003 word got out that insurer Norwich Union (NU) was working on a pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) in-car 'black box' device. Early suppliers emerged including IBM and Orange, for the telematics software and network coverage respectively... [27 Nov 2007]
Somerfield gets serious about wireless security
Case Study Somerfield has undertaken a security audit on its wireless networks, leading to a less draconian security policy that allows the retailer's IT department to take full advantage of wireless technology in the future. [05 Nov 2007]
