Richard Dineen, research director at Ovum, said: "In 2004, as more devices are enabled and services mature, we will gain better understanding of Wi-Fi's credentials to provide wireless internet and corporate remote access to a larger, broader market.
Both Samsung and LG are working with Kineto to include the firm's UMA (Unlicensed Mobile Access) technology in future converged Wi-Fi and cellular handsets. While Samsung is currently just at the licensing stage, LG is collaborating with the US...
He conceded Skype's new wi-fi-only handsets, manufactured by Belkin, Edge-Core, Netgear and SMC and announced on Thursday, are "very much aimed at the early adopter" and "still quite an expensive product".
Come to think of it, this should also apply to mobile phones, PDAs, VoIP handsets, cameras and every other device that can connect to the internet. It had to become a legal requirement before the motor industry would fit them on every vehicle, and...
The emergence of increasingly sophisticated media-centric consumer mobile handsets such as the iPhone can also be managed without a complete enterprise ban. Forrester highlighted Bluetooth, insecure home wireless networks and "evil twin" malicious...
The GSMA said the falling cost of 3G services, handsets and 3G-enabled laptops and dongles are helping to drive the market, and it claimed mobile broadband services in some European markets are now priced lower than comparable fixed-line broadband.