Tim Scannell

Since its founding in 1993, Ubiquity Software has pretty much lived up to its moniker of developing applications and services that are available anywhere and everywhere. In 1999, the company revamped its strategy to produce software based on the Session Initiation Protocol, or SIP. The technology was originally designed to be a framework for the […]

In the Wild West of the Internet boom days, venture capitalists were the high-rolling gamblers who swept into town and threw cash at even the riskiest scheme if there was a glimmer of a potential gold rush. Those days are gone, and so are many of the shoot-from-the-hip VCs. The investment environment is also a […]

Voice over IP service providers have something more to remind them of summer than sand in their pockets: Increased revenues and a strong demand for next-generation voice services. Revenues generated by next-generation voice and intelligent IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) equipment is expected to double through 2009, rising from roughly $2.5 billion last year to $5.8 […]

Revenues generated by next-generation voice and intelligent IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) equipment is expected to double through 2009, rising from roughly $2.5 billion last year to $5.8 billion, according to the latest Infonetics Research report. Overall, the IP voice market is up about 6 percent in the second quarter of 2006, recovering from a similar […]

Is the WiMAX (define) buzz more hype than happening? It depends on who you ask about the wireless protocol known as 802.16a. WiMAX is the commonly used term for fixed broadband wireless metropolitan access networks (MANs) that use a point-to-multipoint architecture. In short, the protocol supports blazing fast download and upload rates from distances of up […]

Being first in line is not always a good thing, especially when it comes to technology that is not quite ready for prime time. It’s a lesson manufacturers of devices based on early versions of the 802.11n specification are learning the hard way as negative reports trickle in on these pumped-up Wi-Fi systems. Concerns include […]

BEA Systems and HP announced a strategic partnership this week that combines their radio frequency ID (RFID) talents. Under terms of the agreement, HP will offer BEA’s WebLogic RFID products as part of its manufacturing, consulting, integration and support services that target supply-chain problems across multiple industry segments. In addition, the agreement will provide RFID […]

It started out as the little technology that could. Today, more people than ever are using the short-range Bluetooth wireless mode of communication to swap files and talk on phones using headsets and earpieces. Since the technology is essentially designed to replace cables, users rely on it to wirelessly print from their notebooks or handheld […]

Virus check in aisle four! It’s unlikely you will hear that in your local supermarket anytime soon. But retailers and vendors involved in wireless RFID tagging are concerned that the tagging devices may provide a direct line through the supply chain for viruses and malicious code. Such injections would be hard to track and even […]

Today is D-Day for Research in Motion (RIM), with the fate of its U.S. Blackberry wireless e-mail service hanging in the balance. After years of appeals following a patent infringement verdict against RIM by Virginia patent-holding firm NTP, U.S. District Judge James Spencer is scheduled to begin penalty deliberations against the Canadian-based RIM, including a […]