Topic: ISPs, Costs and Charges
The new items published under this topic are as follows.
ALVARION AND STARHOME TO DELIVER UNIQUE HOSTED, MANAGED WIFI HOTSPOT SOLUTION TO CARRIERS
Offering Addresses Carrier Demand For Fully-integrated, ?Pay-As-You-Grow? Solutions
Tel-Aviv, Israel and Woodbury, New York ?Alvarion Ltd. (NASDAQ: ALVR) and Starhome GmbH, a subsidiary of Comverse Ltd. (NASDAQ: CMVT), are joining forces to launch a unique carrier solution: a WiFi Hotspot service managed by Starhome using Alvarion?s end-to-end public wireless LAN service (PWLAN) platform. The innovative joint solution addresses carriers? growing demand for a, low-cost, fast-to-market way to quickly enter the Hotspot services market while integrating a Hotspot capability into their value-added service offerings. Installed, marketed, and supported locally by fixed and mobile operators throughout the world, the HotSpot Service will be offered to Starhome?s current customer base of over 45 cellular carriers.
Pronto Networks and Psion Teklogix Partner to Provide Public WLAN Services to Wi-Fi Network Operators
Pleasanton, CA and Mississauga, ON, Canada, Sep 8, 2003 - Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hot spot networks, and Psion Teklogix, (LSE: PON), a global provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, today announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership whereby the Network Services division of Psion Teklogix will offer comprehensive Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) installation and maintenance services on a global basis for Pronto Networks' customers. Psion Teklogix Network Services was formerly Signa Services, a member of the Psion PLC Group of Companies.
IPWireless and UP Tech Form Partnership For Device Development and Distribution of Mobile Broadband Technologies to Operators in China
Malmesbury, Wiltshire UK, Sept. 8, 2003 ? IPWireless announced today that is has entered into a development and distribution partnership with UP Tech, a communications equipment and solutions provider in China. As part of the alliance, UP Tech is developing new subscriber devices for the IPWirelessTM Mobile Broadband system. The companies are also working together to introduce Mobile Broadband technologies to operators in mainland China, and have already launched a trial with one major operator in China.
Romania's Leading Mobile Phone Operator Increases Competitive Advantage by Introducing SS7 over IP using the Cisco IP Transfer Point, 7513 Platform
BUCHAREST, Romania -- Connex, Romania's leading mobile phone company, is the first operator in the country to build an IP-based Signalling System 7 (SS7) network using Cisco technology. The Cisco IP Transfer Point (ITP) will be used to transport all of Connex's SS7 traffic including the ISDN User Part (ISUP), Transaction Capabilities Application Part (TCAP) and Short Message Service (SMS) traffic. In addition, the Cisco Signalling Gateway Manager (SGM) will be deployed to provide highly efficient monitoring and management of this new SS7 network.
FIBERLINK CUSTOMERS TO GAIN SECURE CORPORATE NETWORK ACCESS AT WAYPORT HIGH-SPEED NET HOTEL LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE
BLUE BELL, PA and AUSTIN, TX. - Fiberlink Communications, a leading provider of remote access and security solutions, today announced a new partnership with Wayport, the world's largest provider of Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless and wired high-speed Internet access in more than 685 locations including 600 hotels,13 airports and 75 McDonald's stores in the Bay Area. This partnership extends Fiberlink's remote-access network by offering in-room broadband access to Fiberlink corporate customers who stay in Wayport-enabled hotels nationwide.
Number One Ski Resort in North America, Goes Wireless: Whistler Now Offers yodel Wi-Fi Service Powered by V-Link Solutions and Colubris Networks
Venue City for 2010 Winter Olympics Selects V-Link Solutions to Build Resort-Wide Hotspot Network, Using Colubris Networks Intelligent Access Devices
WALTHAM, Mass., September 2, 2003 - The Resort Municipality of Whistler has selected V-Link Solutions to provide its yodelTM wireless high speed Internet service, using 802.11 (Wi-Fi) wireless LAN equipment provided by Colubris Networks. yodel has been developed jointly by Whistler and V-Link Solutions to provide ubiquitous wireless Internet access at North America's top mountain resort and vacation destination.
| Mobile Broadband-Powered Wi-Fi Access Point from IPWireless and Possio Creates Instant Fixed, Portable and Mobile Hotspots. |
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-Operators can bundle the best last-mile WAN technology with the best last-meter wireless technologies to offer customers instant hotspots for fixed, portable or mobile environments
-New device allows IPWireless operators to both extend their in-building coverage to existing WiFi devices and tap new mobile markets.
San Bruno, Calif. and Stockholm, Sweden ? Sept. 2, 2003 ? With a sleek new device that integrates the IPWireless? Mobile Broadband solution with 802.11 capabilities and Bluetooth, operators can now offer their customers the ability to create their own hotspots instantly ? at home, at work, or on the move ? without a fixed DSL or T1 line, Possio and IPWireless announced today.
Irvine, CA, August 26, 2003 ? D-Link, the worldwide leader in manufacturing of networking, broadband and digital electronic technologies, today launched the first in its line of affordable Airspot Public/Private Gateways named the D-Link Airspot DSA-3100. It is a complete hot spot gateway that provides a firewall, DHCP server and router functions for both public and private broadband Internet access in a single device simultaneously. Designed to allow businesses to create a public hot spot right out of the box to cater to the growing force of Wi-Fi enabled mobile consumers and businesspeople, the D-Link DSA-3100 delivers intelligent management capabilities for monitoring and controlling up to 250 public user accounts while maintaining a private LAN for employees behind a robust physical firewall.
Countdown to the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003:
Avaya Global Services Network Operations Center Readies Networks for Game-Day Action
More than 10,000 pounds of equipment in St. Petersburg, Florida being staged, configured and tested for event network implementation
BASKING RIDGE, N.J. , US - With the opening kick of the FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 only four weeks away, Avaya Global Services engineers are scrambling to configure, test and stage the more than 10,000 pounds of network equipment that will support the tournament. Once in place, the networks will allow organizers to report match results, manage tournament logistics, meet the communication needs of an international press corps, and accredit thousands of players, staff and volunteers.
Updated Firmware Includes SSH Administration
San Jose, California, August 25, 2003?Asant? Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: ASNT.OB) today announced the release of Firmware Version 2.0 for its IntraCore? 35160 Layer 2 Gigabit switches. This version adds several enhancements, such as SSH (Secure Shell) administration, configurable Quality of Service (QoS), and IEEE 802.1X port-based access control. ?We?re implementing features that our customers have requested,? said Wilson Wong, Asant? Chairman, President, and CEO. ?These improvements will give more security and control to educators, college administrators, and those working with streaming video/voice over IP. This adds to the switch?s recognition from PC Magazine, for example, as being efficient and easy to set up.?