GLG News by Wireless Data Services Experts

Mobile TV is all hype with little interest from the user in the street at present.Content makers are yet to commit to support the Mobile TV sector.Equipment makers need first off to agree on a global standard.

The Mobile Web is not about Web2.0 on your handset, if Yahoo! are to be successful they have to see that it is about more than just a smart UI.Success will come from offering a service that makes them a destination site rather offer to manage Portal services fo the networks as they have done with the...

Convergence - is, when it boils down to it, something of a myth - convergence is a term dreamt up by consultants - it is lazy short hand for collection of trends - customers have exactly zero interest in convergence as a concept - it is therefore a distraction - it is just one of a number of...

Most users select their phone on the basis of feature set not cost. Just why will Networks connect VoIP calls?

Finally, the first phase of Openwave's next chapter--Mr. Peterschmidt's resignation after yet another poor quarter is an important but not final step in the packaging of the company for sale or merger.Now the question is, will OPWV go to a competitor (CMVT?, Verisign?) as a firesale or will there be...

Nokia's win with Sprint Nextel was already known; allocation of Texas deployments only clarifies its initial role.To date, the company has yet to announce additional WiMAX wins (commercial or trial), questioning its momentum...particularly compared with Motorola, Alcatel-Lucent and Samsung.

EDGE (Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution) is an upgrade to GSM/GPRS networks, supporting up to 384 Kbps data rates.  Nearly 200 EDGE networks have been launched, with Ericsson supporting most of them. EDGE Evolution is an upgrade to EDGE, promising added spectral efficiencies and data rates...

With several thousand cell sites across these three markets, Sprint will likely need to efficiently migrate from T1 based backhaul to a broadband fiber and wireless backhaul network. This broadens the opportunity base for competitive carriers and mobile backhaul providers to...

Verizon Wireless launched its mobile TV service exactly as most of us had expected: with limited handset choices, limited markets, limited channel choices, a relatively pricey tatiff and superb picture quality.  As Cingular readies its own offer, the million dollar question is how quickly...

Sit through any wireless network vendor's powerpoint presentations and you'll see at least one reference to Web 2.0 rhetoric and content providers like Yahoo, Google, MySpace, etc.  The focus reflects an understanding that infrastructure competition is rising and margins are shrinking,...