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Wi-Fi hits 5,000

Five thousand consumer and enterprise products have been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance's testing program since March, 2000, the group announced this week to trumpet the popularity of the wireless technology. More than 1,000 products alone have been...

Published Thu, Oct 30 2008 4:18 AM by Greg Meckbach
Fixed mobile convergence on the rise

Though the future of the world economy seems uncertain, with stock markets fluctuating wildly over the past week, one area that seems poised to boom is fixed mobile convergence. Infonetics Research of Campbell, Calif. this week released a report predicting...

Published Wed, Oct 29 2008 4:16 AM by Greg Meckbach
At least Twitter may be useful to someone

“I'm shocked! Terrorists are using all tools used also by ordinary people!!!!" This was a sarcastic response on Twitter to an article in Wired magazine posted last week about a U.S. Army report on the use – both actual and potential - of mobile...

Published Mon, Oct 27 2008 2:07 PM by Greg Meckbach
A new movement in wireless

In promoting a week dedicated to work-life balance, Nokia Inc. has released results of a survey asking Americans about incidents in which they have been interrupted by mobile calls. You read that correctly. A wireless handset maker is holding a series...

Published Thu, Oct 23 2008 4:03 AM by Greg Meckbach
Guess how the debt crisis will affect wireless data

It would stand to reason that the economic problems in the U.S. will spill over into the Canadian technology sector and cut into revenues from giants like Research in Motion, Nortel Networks and the wireless carriers. Notice I did not say that’s...

Published Wed, Oct 22 2008 4:01 AM by Greg Meckbach
A voice from VoiceCon Amsterdam

By Howard Solomon Assistant editor, NetworkWorld Canada As the world's economy is seizing up, it's a good time to get the pulse on what's doing in the telephony industry. By coincidence, on the other side of the pond the first VoiceCon Amsterdam conference...

Published Thu, Oct 16 2008 3:59 AM by Howard Solomon
Will video render your skills useless?

For a generation now, having IT skills was one way for non-tech staff to get a foot in the door of any company that had IT assets with no dedicated staff. Though video over Ethernet is hardly new, it’s becoming a lot more common, and is raising...

Published Wed, Oct 15 2008 3:56 AM by Greg Meckbach
The culture at Nortel

During its supposed heyday in 2000, Nortel usually would not talk to the trade press. Although the Brampton, Ont.-based telecom equipment manufacturer actually employed media relations people, their job description at the time did not seem to include...

Published Fri, Oct 10 2008 4:25 AM by Greg Meckbach
The telecom boom and bust cycle repeats itself

While researching an article on <a href="http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/Voice-Data-and-IP/57de8287-b75c-4dd0-83f6-9f80deacf6e1.html">Allstream president John A. MacDonald,</a> your Network World editor took a trip down memory lane. MacDonald...

Published Wed, Oct 08 2008 3:52 AM by Greg Meckbach
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As Editor of Network World Canada magazine, my role, as the job title suggests, is that of a journalist, not a tech expert. However, that warrants some elaboration, because in the last 10 years, the role of the journalist has changed. ...

Published Mon, Oct 06 2008 6:39 PM by Greg Meckbach
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October 2008 - Network World

Wi-Fi hits 5,000

Fixed mobile convergence on the rise

At least Twitter may be useful to someone

A new movement in wireless

Guess how the debt crisis will affect wireless data

A voice from VoiceCon Amsterdam

Will video render your skills useless?

The culture at Nortel

The telecom boom and bust cycle repeats itself

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