Windows Mobile Update: More Multimedia, Connectivity   16 May 2005 04:01 GMT
While targeted primarily at consumers, Microsoft claims its Windows Mobile update also has better security and reliability.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Verizon Wireless changes pricing for business data services   16 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Verizon Wireless this week changed pricing on data services for enterprise customers and unveiled software services to push wireless e-mail to work groups and large enterprises.
Source: InfoWorld

DWDM is the right RX for New York Presbyterian Hospital   16 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Leasing fiber from a New York-area network consortium for research and educational organizations, rather than buying network services from Verizon, provides more bandwidth and saves the hospital $151,000 per year.
Source: InfoWorld

Who gets MCI, and who cares?   16 May 2005 00:00 GMT
Someone should tell MCI, Qwest and Verizon that the debate over who buys MCI is losing its audience. At this point, most people have reached the "Who cares?" phase. Too bad, because although the "who" has been answered (Verizon won), it's the "why" that we should care about.
Source: InfoWorld

VoIP firm Vonage tests routers for mobile service   13 May 2005 18:45 GMT
You can already make a Net-based call from a cafe--if you're a tech whiz lugging a laptop. Vonage wants to take the process mainstream.
Source: ZDNet

VoIP firm Vonage testing routers for mobile service   13 May 2005 18:45 GMT
You can already make a Net-based phone call from a cafe--if you're a tech whiz lugging a laptop. Vonage wants to take the process mainstream.
Source: ZDNet

Siemens up on talk of handset unit sale (Reuters)   13 May 2005 16:09 GMT
Reuters - Siemens shares (SIEGn.DE) rose in a softer German bourse on Friday on talk that the German group might sell its loss-making mobile phone business to Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) after all.
Source: Yahoo

Cell Phone-MP3 Combo Will Silence iPods, Gates Predicts   13 May 2005 15:07 GMT
The Microsoft co-founder believes mobile phones "will take top place for listening to music."
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Nextel debuts Wi-Fi service   13 May 2005 15:02 GMT
Company is launching Wi-Fi service aimed at business travelers in partnership with Boingo and Wayport.
Source: ZDNet

Is palmOne Blowing Its Big Chance?   13 May 2005 14:36 GMT
When I was a Known Marketing Type earlier in my career, a rule of thumb was that you charge lower prices for new products when you need to buy market share. So why is palmOne, which desperately needs market share, charging so much for its innovative new LifeDrive PDA?
Source: Mobile Pipeline