Topic: Wi-Fi Business and Markets
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Smith Micro Awarded Video Email Patent
Technology to Benefit Wireless and Broadband Markets Such as Wi-Fi and WWAN
ALISO VIEJO, Calif., May 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Wireless & Broadband Division of Smith Micro Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:SMSI) , a developer and marketer of a wide range of software and service solutions for the Internet market, today announced it has received U.S. Patent No. 6,564,248 for a video email system. The patent relates to techniques for generating and playing encoded video, audio and text sequences that are sent as email messages over digital communications networks such as the Internet. Products in this area of technology are generally referred to as Video Email or Video Mail applications. This patent is particularly important to the wireless wide-area network (WWAN) and Wi-Fi market and other broadband networks where bandwidth is at a premium.
By Jessica Hall
PHILADELPHIA ( Reuters ) - The Baby Bells sacrificed profits by cutting prices for high-speed Internet services in hopes of sparking customer-growth and thwarting competition, but cable television companies are expected to maintain their lead in the residential Internet market without rate cuts.