Archive for February, 2007

WiMAX: The Next 3G Standard

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Looks like the ITU-T is making the popular wireless broadband radio technology - WiMAX, the latest in the elite circle of radio technologies dubbed 3G (or Third Generation Mobile) or IMT-2000. Here is the scoop from ITWire.
There is a good chance that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will allow mobile WiMAX to be included in […]

Open Document Format Wins Round One

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007

Some people may say that this move by Microsoft to release an ODF converter is definitely in line with their embrace and extend tactics. They go further to claim that this should not be considered a win for Open Document Format (ODF) supporters. Here is a scoop from Ars Technica.
Microsoft today released the final version […]

Comcast “Nearly” a $1 Billion Telephone Company

Friday, February 2nd, 2007

You heard me right. Comcast is a really large cable TV service provider in the United States. They are also on their way to hitting the $1 Billion mark in terms of telephone-related revenues. Here is the scoop from GigaOM.
OK, they’re not quite yet to the $1 billion mark, but the $955 million yearly phone […]

3Com’s New Router Offering - It Comes with an Application Stack!

Thursday, February 1st, 2007

Networkworld has this feature about 3Com’s new router offering that comes with an application stack that allows enterprise users to attach blade-type Linux servers on it. Yup, application stack on the network layer.
The news marks the company’s first significant product launch since 3Com veteran Edgar Masri rejoined the company as its CEO in August (see […]