Army punishes soldier for blog posts   02 Aug 2005 21:13 GMT
A 40-year-old National Guardsman on active duty in Iraq is charged with blogging "classified" information in violation of military rules.
Source: ZDNet

Vonage, wireless carrier to sell together   02 Aug 2005 20:51 GMT
SAN FRANCISCO - A provider of high-speed wireless service to businesses in several U.S. cities is now selling Vonage Holdings Corp. VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service along with its data connections.
Source: InfoWorld

Motorola, Nortel invest in Wi-Fi start-up   02 Aug 2005 20:29 GMT
The two big-name companies invest in Wi-Fi equipment maker Trapeze Networks as it helps its partners develop wireless strategies.
Source: ZDNet

Vonage, WiMax provider team up   02 Aug 2005 16:54 GMT
VoIP operator Vonage partners with an Internet service provider TowerStream to use WiMax high-speed wireless.
Source: ZDNet

In Brief: MCI acquires Totality   02 Aug 2005 16:30 GMT
MCI on Tuesday announced it is acquiring Totality, a provider of remote managed services for business-critical applications and infrastructure. The terms of the transaction, which is expected to close within 45 days, were not disclosed.  The acquisition extends MCI’s managed hosting capabilities to provide application management support outside of MCI-managed hosting centers.  MCI will now be able to manage customers' applications no matter where they are hosted, enabling MCI to deliver more fully integrated communications services to customers.
Source: InfoWorld

New Study Shows PDA Sales Increasing   02 Aug 2005 15:15 GMT
But Gartner study includes wireless devices such as BlackBerry while other studies showing declining PDA sales don't.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Interference, Not Hacking, Biggest Wireless Threat At DefCon, Vendor Says   02 Aug 2005 13:08 GMT
Radio interference from microwave ovens and Bluetooth devices posed as big a threat to wireless LANs at the recent DefCon conference as the hackers themselves, a vendor claims.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

ISP, Vonage Team On Wireless VoIP   02 Aug 2005 12:51 GMT
Vendors claim their combined service provides an alternative to "legacy" telecom vendors.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Can Nokia Read the Signals? (BusinessWeek Online)   02 Aug 2005 12:10 GMT
BusinessWeek Online - Only the timing of the announcement was a surprise. On Aug. 1, Jorma Ollila, the legendary leader of Nokia , said he will step down as chief executive on June 1, 2006, and become the company's non-executive chairman for a "limited number of years." His widely anticipated successor will be 25-year Nokia veteran Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, who served 10 years as chief financial officer and most recently ran the company's giant mobile-phone division.
Source: Yahoo

Toward the visible supply chain   02 Aug 2005 12:00 GMT
If 2005 is to be remembered for anything, it may be as the year the last gap in always-on, always-connected communications was closed. This in turn will be a great opportunity to solve the problem of supply-chain visibility. Until now, two of the biggest dead zones for trade and commerce have been the result of poor communications in the air and on the sea. Now, though, the big guns are being brought to bear on the problem.
Source: InfoWorld