Telstra, National Australia Bank and Visa have joined forces to test out near field communications (NFC) -- a technology which allows users to pay for goods by placing their mobile phone on a reader.
Look to WiMax and citywide Wi-Fi instead, says analyst.
Despite a number of trials and pilots worldwide, the use of RFID to track baggage for airlines has not taken off in the way many industry pundits expected. But, say analysts, it's only a matter of time before the track and trace technology starts making airlines dive for their chequebooks.
Microsoft has won its biggest contract to date for the use of its Windows Mobile operating system, in a deal with the US Census Bureau.
Enterprise software vendor Computer Associates (CA) has backed the body behind the main cross-vendor Linux standardisation project in a move described by the body's chief as indicating a "critical mass" for the project.
With US cellular operator Sprint Nextel and WiMax provider Clearwire suspending their partnership to build a new nationwide wireless network using WiMax, the future looks precarious for the much-hyped technology that was supposed to revolutionise the mobile Web.
New technology promises to increase the speed of wireless networks by a factor of 20, but the emerging standard is being delayed by vendors squabbling.
Community developers claim the Linux Standards Base could be the perfect retort to fragmentation scare stories bandied about by critics of open source.
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Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.
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Users of Telstra's Mobile Loop service will be unable to roam to other countries in five years, with most carriers opting for a rival mobile standard, according to the GSM Association's Ron Conway.
The world of smart phones is condensing around fewer platforms, raising the spectre of PC-style commoditisation in the wireless world, according to an analyst report.
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