Orange working on VoIP option for its subs Unwiredview.com hás a story about the fact that Orange are working on a VoIP option for its customers, which should launch sometime in Q1-2010. The info actually comes from a French site called “Mac4Ever” (link at the bottom), which checked with a number of the French Operators.…
Wi-Fi Direct Announced, Allows Device-to-Device Communication
Back in April, we had heard about the Wi-Fi Alliance creating a new spec that handles device-to-device Wi-Fi, namely for the sake of media sharing, gaming, and syncing tasks. Well, that spec has been officially announced, donning the mantle “Wi-Fi Direct” and begins device certifications in 2010. This is a pretty big step in creating…
T-Mobile USA parent says lack of 3G services lost them customers
T-Mobile USA isn’t exactly known for their pervasive 3G wireless network in The States, and the wireless carrier’s parent company is owning up to that fact. Deutsche Telekom AG Chief Financial Officer Timotheus Hoettges told reporters today that T-Mobile USA has been hurt by its lack of 3G services. Instead, the No. 4 US wireless…
BigAir Group Expanding WiMAX in Australia with Help of Airspan Networks
Airspan Networks has scored a contract with Australian WiMAX network operator, BigAir Group. The two companies have worked together for a few years now on the WiMAX network, but this latest contract will see Airspan expand BigAir’s WiMAX network in the Perth, Brisbane, Gold Coast and Adelaide areas. Jason Ashton, CEO of BigAir made these…
1 in 5 Bluetooth devices to use Bluetooth 3.0+HS in 2010, 3 in 5 by 2011
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (aka Bluetooth SIG) is estimating that 23% of all Bluetooth enabled devices shipping in 2010 will use the new 3.0+HS (high speed) specification, and that by 2011 that figure will jump to 61% of devices. Bluetooth 3.0+HS, which Will covered in greater detail in April, uses the 802.11 radio that…
Taiwanese scientists develop hydrogen-based phone charger; Greenpeace rejoices!
Researchers at Taiwan’s Industrial Technology Research Institute have developed a hydrogen-powered mobile phone charger, which can recharge a conventional mobile phone battery in two hours, and which is planed to enter manufacturing phase at some point in 2012. Commenting on the breakthrough technology, Tsau Fanghei, a researcher at the institute, said: “Hydrogen is a recyclable…
AT&T Opens up iPhone VoIP
This whole Google Voice/iPhone mess has caused enough consumer ire and FCC scrutiny to get AT&T to man up and allow cellular VoIP apps on their hottest smartphone. Services like Skype had made it into the App Store no problem, but were shackled to Wi-Fi use only, while third-party Google Voice apps were outright pulled…
Global Foundries to make 28 nm ARM Cortex A9 processor
A lot of you have heard of Intel, they do have over 80% of today’s processor market share, but does anymore remember AMD? Advanced Micro Devices, based in Texas, was losing money, a lot of money, and they decided to spin off their factories into a separate company, which was then pumped full of cash…
BlackBerry Wireless HS-500 Headset from RIM is Lookin’ Sharp
If you’re into the whole RIM-branded scene, the folks out of Waterloo haev just released a new BlackBerry Wireless headset. The HS-500 Bluetooth headset gives you hands-free comfort for those that prefer a headset. Official description of the headset from the good folks at RIM: Get the freedom of hands-free calling with the easy-to-use BlackBerry®…
T-Mobile brings HotSpot @Home service to business BlackBerry users
T-Mobile’s been pioneering UMA service for a while now. Known as T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, the service allows compatible WiFi-enabled mobile phones to use a WiFi network to make voice calls rather than the T-Mobile wireless network. The service has apparently shown enough success in the consumer space that T-Mobile USA has decided to bring its…