Verizon's salvo on cable TV   20 Apr 2005 11:00 GMT
Phone giant's deal with NBC Universal is first step toward taking on cable providers head-on in the paid TV market.
Source: ZDNet

Trendy London Neighborhood Gets Free Wi-Fi   20 Apr 2005 10:47 GMT
Mobile workers in one of London's trendiest quarters, Upper Street in Islington, are now able to get free Wi-Fi courtesy of the local council with network gear supplied by BelAir Networks.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Sprint sees advertising-supported mobile services   20 Apr 2005 00:25 GMT
Sprint sees many new opportunities emerging in mobile data services in the coming years, among them the chance to sell advertising on its mobile entertainment offerings, a company executive told a wireless conference on Tuesday.
Source: InfoWorld

Sprint Phones Now Carry Fox News (TechWeb)   19 Apr 2005 19:47 GMT
TechWeb - Sprint has made Fox news programming available to mobile phone subscribers nationwide.
Source: Yahoo

RIM links BlackBerry with enterprise IM systems   19 Apr 2005 19:43 GMT
Research In Motion (RIM) is developing links between its ubiquitous BlackBerry wireless device and enterprise instant messaging (IM) systems from Microsoft, IBM and Novell, RIM announced Tuesday at the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando.
Source: InfoWorld

Vonage cracks into market dominated by landlines   19 Apr 2005 18:56 GMT
VoIP provider, Alarm.com co-market a home alarm system that doesn't depend on a traditional phone line.
Source: ZDNet

Business Travel 2010: A Day In The Life   19 Apr 2005 18:11 GMT
Technology not moving fast enough for you? Travel to the not-so-distant future with our walkthrough of a day in the life of a business traveler in the year 2010.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

BlackBerry stirs in Lotus IM   19 Apr 2005 17:21 GMT
Research In Motion's spate of IM deals continues with deal to support IBM's Lotus Instant Messaging into its wireless devices.
Source: ZDNet

In Brief: SOA Software offers free Registry   19 Apr 2005 14:20 GMT
SOA Software (formerly Digital Evolution) is offering its Registry product for free for a limited time. Registry is an enterprise-class UDDI Version 3-compliant services registry and meta-data repository. By offering its Registry at no charge, SOA Software hopes to encourage adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions.  
Source: InfoWorld

Alcatel appoints Mike Quigley as president   19 Apr 2005 14:14 GMT
Alcatel has named a new president and chief operating officer to replace Philippe Germond, who resigned at a company board meeting Tuesday.
Source: InfoWorld