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  • Study: Mobile use spreading into the home

    Mobile services and applications designed primarily for business environments are spilling into homes, according to a new IDC study.

  • Nokia: Making phone calls over Wi-Fi remains a challenge

    A technology which allows users to make voice calls over a Wi-Fi network may gain early backing among businesses but it will not find its way into consumer mobile phones just yet, says a senior Nokia official.

  • Cisco aims for mobility in work forces

    Cisco Systems is striking partnerships to help bring mobility to companies' work force and customer base.

  • 3 working on low-cost Skype mobile

    3 is thought to be working on a Skype mobile, which will give the VoIP service more presence on mobiles.

  • 'Push to talk' meets Wi-Fi

    Cellular carriers are creating "push to talk" services that travel over Wi-Fi networks, federal regulators say--a move that could expand the one-push mobile phone calls to VoIP systems.

  • Trio work to wed Wi-Fi to mobile phone networks

    Avaya, Proxim and Motorola are codeveloping a mobile device that roams between mobile phone networks and public or private Wi-Fi wireless hot spots, company executives said Tuesday.

  • Excited by 3G? Wait for 4G

    Third-generation mobile technology has arrived, duly accompanied by a barrage of hype. But the industry is already casting its eyes forward to the next big thing - 4G.

  • Upwardly mobile

    Videoconferencing at the beach may still be a pipe dream, but the mobile workforce is here today. ZDNet Australia examines how businesses are reaping the benefits of mobility.

  • Mini Wi-Fi chip fits in mobiles

    Texas Instruments has developed a Wi-Fi chip small enough to go inside mobile phones and handheld devices.

  • New Orleans to offer free Wi-Fi

    The Big Easy plans to be the first major city to offer free wireless Internet access to its citizens in an effort to entice businesses and people to return to the city after the devastating hurricane season.

  • Gartner: Business travellers snubbing Wi-Fi

    Mobile workers aren't very interested in using Wi-Fi hot spots, according to research published by Gartner on Tuesday.

  • Speedier wireless on the way via 4G

    Carriers have barely rolled out their new third-generation wireless networks, and they're already talking about the fourth generation, which could offer affordable high-speed Internet access for consumer electronics devices on the go.

  • Bluetooth, wireless groups synch up

    In an effort to speed the development of interoperable wireless networking technologies, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced on Monday that it has teamed up with several competing technology groups.

  • Intel, Cisco fine-tune wireless networking

    Intel and Cisco Systems are linking their plans to improve the reliability wireless computer networks and the quality of Internet voice communication, the companies said on Tuesday during the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.

  • Wireless standards 'a complete mess': Experts

    Industry groups backing competing wireless standards have admitted that they must start cooperating more for users' sake.

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