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IH Admin [Matt]: Please close my account and delete all my messages. TIA
Of course they could quite possibly could get someone to take free shares (a couple of million) so they can be named. I want to see a case filed or PR from a firm threatening some other large company. Otherwise it’s all BS and pretentiousness.
Calypso Wireless lies.
What law firm??
Cut the B.S. George!
Name the law firm George!
Put up or shut up.
Let's have a PR naming the law firm and at least one suit they have filed.
Will the China contract still be pending five years from today? ROFLOL
Where are the phones that they were supposed to have a year ago?
Where is the lost filing?
Why can't they just make a new one?
What do they have to hide?
The first thing scammers will do is tell to ignore those that bring the truth. Save yourself some money and don't let these hypers take it from you.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE EASILY PARTED!
BUY more Calypso Wireless it's the best pink sheet scam out there. And I do mean they are out there! LMAO
Everyone is out to get Calypso Wireless.
They are misunderstood.
They will eventually find the 10Q!
Just ask George! LMAO
How many aliases do you have? ROFLOL @ you!
I guess your ignore is not working! LMAO
Calypso Wireless has lied again and again. George their spokesman is a joke because he not even familiar with their press releases.
This company smells like a scam.
Calypso Wireless looks like a scam.
Calypso Wireless is a sham!
Calypso Wireless still has not filed the 10Q??
Maybe that dolt bennitto is right that they lost the filing???
Calypso Wireless has no money for lawsuits.
The prior art will scare off anyone who might have been willing to underwrite legal fee's.
Calypso Wi-Fi-cell patent questioned
Peter Judge, LONDON
Calypso Wireless, the wireless company trying to charge a licence for any roaming between WiFi and cellular networks on the basis of a controversial US patent, says a service provider is about to licence its technology. However, a report from an intellectual property lawyer claims to have found prior art that would invalidate the patent.
Calypso has claimed the right to charge licences for all cell-to-WLAN roaming on the basis of US patent 6,680,923 issued in January, which covers automated handover between different wireless networks. Now the company says a service provider is "in negotiations" to license Calypso's ASNAP technology.
Calypso would not say what company it is negotiating with. It is most likely a US service provider, although the company says it is aggressively pursuing mobile carriers, not limited to Europe but Latin America, Canada and Asia as well. The claims it makes for the patent, if upheld, would certainly require BT Group to pay royalties for the Bluephone cell-to-Bluetooth roaming system jointly announced with Vodafone Group last week.
However, patent advisory firm Patent Metrix claims to have come up with "prior art". The company has found a specific US patent, issued in January 1995, that covers roaming between wireless base stations and the cell network.
"An express statement in the earlier patent talks about automated handover," said Hazim Ansari, chief executive of Patent Metrix and author of the report. He does not claim to have the definitive answer, only ammunition for companies approached by Calypso, who would use the earlier patent to argue that Calypso's should not have been issued, and punt the whole issue back to the Patent Office.
"The Patent Office only has a limited amount of time, so it is natural for mistakes to be made. In the wireless world, the patent office doesn't appear to be sufficiently taking into account the history of wireless communication in evaluating patents submitted."
Ansari has showed Techworld his nine-page report, but asked us not to reveal the details, including the number and owner of the earlier patent. The report is for sale for $US295.
Reading between the lines, it may be that Calypso's "negotiations" are to sell its ASNAP technology, rather than licence its patent per se. ASNAP includes a WiFi-to-cell roaming phone, and software to handle the all-important political dimension, linking the different service providers' billing systems, so both get a revenue share
"Why would a (cellular) carrier hand off its client to a (Wi-Fi) ISP, unless there is a revenue share?" asks Calypso spokesman George Schilling. "Multi-billion dollar companies don't want to hand clients away. What our technology does is provide the carrier with the ability to connect and share the revenues."
Maybe, but does the patent cover revenue-sharing? Schilling says it does: "Billing and revenue sharing is in the patent". Then he hesitates: "If it's not in the patent, it is part of the program." A quick re-read of the patent reveals no mention of revenue sharing.
It's our guess that whoever is talking to Calypso is evaluating its technology, checking out how good its seamless roaming is compared to other offerings, and comparing its revenue-sharing against other billing systems. If it's trying to extract patent royalties from competing technology, we expect it is getting short shrift, though Schilling claims not: "We haven't been challenged on the patent," he says. "If others try to deploy this technology, we will put them on notice. We will protect our patent."
Schilling wants to see a little ASNAP sticker on every next-generation roaming phone, "similar to a computer with an Intel Inside label". Calypso hopes its patent will keep any AMDs out of the market, or at least force them to hand over lots of money.
Ansari begs to differ: "Smart wireless companies will be evaluating deals with Calypso based on its technology, not its patent position," he says. And maybe, behind the bluster, Calypso is preparing to accept this: "When we come out with our phone, it will hopefully be the best in the marketplace," said Schilling.
sugarpea29
Did you even look at all the awards they give out? I think there are enough for each one of their clients. I am sure if Calypso's money is good they will get the award regardless of insider leaks to a privileged few. Beware of companies that do this. Leaks are unscrupulous and that is why it is illegal. It also shows why they will never be listed on a higher exchange. This is and always will be a pink sheet POS stock!
What do you like on yours? I mean do you like the really hot ones or mild?
More secure networks with WPA2
IEEE announced this new standard that uses Advanced Encryption to ensure bulletproof Wi-Fi networks.
CIOL Bureau
Monday, June 28, 2004
BANGALORE: IEEE recently announced a security standard for 802.11I, aka WPA2, for Wi-Fi networks.
The wireless technology attracted a lot of attention at this year's Supercomm show in Chicago. According to Phil Solis, senior analyst for ABI Research this ratification will increase the confidence levels amongst the users resulting in faster adoption of the technology both at the enterprise and home segment.
Solis also informed that this standard is already built in all WLAN equipment shipped in late 2002 and they will just need a firmware upgrade to get to the official standard.
WPA2's protection utilizes the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), which ensures top-level security in wireless networks as compared to Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP), the protection scheme for 802.11, which could be easily broken by hackers.
Taipei plan to establish wireless city provides huge business opportunities
Taiwan Headlines, Mon 28 Jun 2004
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Taipei is moving to establish itself as the world's first metropolis to have a citywide wireless local area network (WLAN) for Internet access.
The service is already being offered on a trial basis in the area around Taipei City Hall.
According to Hewlett Packard, which has been commissioned by the city to map out the WLAN project, bidding on the plan will open in early July. After the best bid is selected in August, the winning bidder will have the rest of the year to carry out the first phase, which will cover MRT stations and peripheral areas, important commercial zones, the technology zone in Neihu, and the software-development park in Nangang.
The second stage of work will begin in January 2005, when the network platform will be expanded to the rest of the city. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2005.
An official with the city government's Research, Development and Evaluation Commission said that establishing the entire network would require an investment of between NT$1.6 billion (US$47.5 million) and NT$3.0 billion. The builder of the network will have operating privileges for a nine-year period during which wireless communications will be provided. In addition, the builder will be able to offer value-added services and will be allowed to collect a fixed monthly fee or set up a pay-per-use structure in order to assess users fees for the rights to use the network.
After the completion of the WLAN, residents will be able to go on-line using cellular phones, portable computers or PDAs at any place within the city to look for information, buy tickets, get the latest information on the state of public buses, find out where there are parking spaces, and enjoy other value-added services.
The city government forecasts that the potential business opportunities to be provided on the network could reach NT$5 billion.
More than 10 local and foreign telecommunications operators -- including Chung Hwa Telecom, Taiwan Fixed Network, FarEasTone Telecommunications, Yaw Jenq Technology, Alcatel and Intel -- have expressed interest in the project. Some have already announced their intention to participate in the bidding, which has prompted intense competition.
An official from the Research, Development and Evaluation Commission said that around 1.5 million residents of the Taipei area use ADSL lines to access the Internet. The completion of the WLAN will enable the city to achieve the goal of Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou to establish Taipei as a cyber city. It will also bring about any number of business opportunities, not to mention boosting the development of the recreation, network and telecommunications sectors.
Other parts of Taiwan and the world are planning similar projects.
Taiwan presently is the world's largest manufacturing of wireless telecommunications products. The project is expected to spark many WLAN business opportunities and further raise Taiwan's role as a major provider of technology and equipment rather than just a contract manufacturer.
The Directorate-General of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Transportation & Communications said there are increasingly diversified applications for WLAN and that the markets for WLANs are getting bigger. According to forecasts by the international market survey company CahnersIn-Stat, the mobile broadband Internet market in the United States will reach US$1.2 billion, and the global WLAN equipment market will be valued at US$2.2 billion.
While developmental prospects for wireless Internet access and related equipment are strong, development at the present stage is only in the initial phase. People are still curious to see whether the potential clientele and business models will enable companies investing in such networks to recover their investments and make profits.
A technician associated with Chung Hwa Telecom said that the company introduced WLAN operations in the second half of 2002, but so far has just over 40,000 customers. Only 200 businesses or public areas, such as airports, have applied to set up such networks. The most likely reason for the slower-than-expected growth in this area is that portable computers are still somewhat heavy, and most people do not want to lug them around for the entire day. When a person goes on-line via a wireless network, he or she must sit down somewhere, since it is impossible to log-on while on a moving bus.
In addition, if the WLAN is limited to Taipei, clients probably would not be that interested in using the system, the Chung Hwa technician said.
Teng Tien-lai, the director of the Posts and Telecommunications Department under the Ministry of Transportation & Communications (MOTC) said that his ministry encourages all types of development with regards to telecommunications and supports the rapid development of broadband on Taiwan.
For the time being the MOTC will not assess wave frequency fees to access WLANs, Teng said.
When third-generation mobile phones hit the market, they will have the ability to access the Internet, send and receive e-mail and have audio and visual functions. These phones will be small and will have a large number of functions and uses. These "3G" phones will be the biggest competitor to WLANs, Teng said, adding that the business potential for WLANs remains to be tested.
WiMax in the wings
By Richard Shim, CNET News.com
Monday, June 28 2004 10:23 AM
A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.
WiMax is essentially radio technology that promises to deliver two-way Internet access at speeds of up to 75 megabits per second at long range. Its backers claim that WiMax can transmit data up to 30 miles between broadcast towers and can blanket areas more than a mile in radius with bandwidth that exceeds current DSL and cable broadband capabilities.
As a result, some believe that it could slash the cost of bringing broadband to remote areas and potentially open the doors to new broadband competition, leading to lower prices and faster consumer adoption.
In a campaign speech Wednesday, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry sang the praises of wireless broadband as a fix for the anemic state of the country's Internet fabric, which lags other developed nations such as South Korea. But the technology is still in the early test stage, and many of its claims have yet to be proven in real applications.
With Thursday's blessing from the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE), a technology that has been mostly hype finally has a chance to start proving itself.
"There is now an agreed-upon technical base for these (WiMax products), which is essential, if you're going to have interoperability leading to mass market adoption and low-cost service (for wireless broadband access)," said Craig Mathias, an analyst at research firm Farpoint Group.
Unwiring the last mile
WiMax, short for Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is the latest--and so far, the most promising--of the wireless "last mile" broadband technologies. Carriers see WiMax as a means of connecting rural or remote areas with broadband service, something that would be technically, physically or economically difficult to do by burying wire for DSL or cable connections. In congested cities, equipment makers say, WiMax products could shift traffic to help relieve heavy demand on broadband networks.
WiMax will work with other shorter-range wireless standards, including Wi-Fi, which has taken off as an easy way to provide Internet access throughout a home or business. Eventually, WiMax advocates hope to see the standard evolve into a mobile wireless Internet service similar to cellular data technologies such as EvDO (Evolution Data Only).
"This technology gives companies significant advantages when it comes to deployments, because you don't have to set up a new infrastructure...so there isn't a lot of tearing up of streets needed to set up networks," said Joe English, a WiMax campaign manager for chipmaker Intel, which has been a major backer of the technology.
The emergence of WiMax products could help reduce expenses for broadband carriers and consumers by doing what Wi-Fi did for wireless home networking--make it affordable and in turn widely used.
Thursday's IEEE decision will bring cohesion to development efforts that until now have been pushed ahead piecemeal by a handful of companies, including Alvarion, Redline Communications and Wi-LAN. All WiMax products will be interoperable, using the 802.16-2004 standard. Industry group WiMax Forum will test and certify products for interoperability, much the same way the Wi-Fi Alliance does for Wi-Fi products. This will produce an equipment market of standardized components.
Products based on prestandard versions of the 802.16-2004 specification are already on the market. British carrier BT is testing wireless broadband services in the United Kingdom, using Alvarion equipment based on draft versions of the specification.
Intel announced a deal this month with Proxim to co-develop WiMax equipment, with base stations available by early next year.
Analysts estimate that subscriber stations for home access will initially cost up to US$300. Base stations will cost as little as US$5,000 but will reach US$100,000, depending on their range. In some cases, consumers would lease subscriber stations from carriers the way they do with cable set-top boxes as part of their service plans.
Providing a patchwork
Analysts said the first WiMax-certified products will likely be base stations for carriers looking to expand coverage in remote areas and take on traffic burdens in congested areas. Base stations are similar to cell towers in that they send and receive transmissions. WiMax base stations can blanket an area by connecting to a wired connection or linking with other base stations.
Base stations will be able to connect to other base stations within a range of up to 30 miles with data transfer speeds of up to 75 megabits per second. Subscriber stations, the set-top box-like devices, will connect to base stations with ranges of up to three miles and transfer speeds of up to 15 megabits per second.
Carriers and service providers will also have greater control of what services and plans they can offer subscribers from a base station. A carrier offering 700 kilobit-per-second and 1.4 megabit-per-second service plans could deliver both from the same base station.
Despite its momentum, WiMax still has a long way to go, and it may yet falter in the marketplace. Sky-high expectations for wireless broadband services are not new, but neither are disappointments. History is pock-marked with dramatic wireless failures, such as those of Ricochet Networks and MobileStar.
"The hype is way outpacing the substance right now," said Jim Smith, a general partner at venture capital firm Mohr, Davidow Ventures. "Even when it becomes widely available, I don't expect it to be the solution carriers will use in their tier-one markets; I see it more likely to be used in second- and third-tier markets, and even there, it won't be big for another three to five years."
Even Wi-Fi, embedded in nearly every new computing gadget to provide short-range networking, has not yet established a service market with significant revenues. However, the opportunities are much higher in the wireless broadband market than they are in wireless networking, making WiMax something service providers and carriers can't dismiss as just another overhyped fad.
Use of broadband connections in the United States shot up 42 percent to 28.3 million connections in 2003, according to the Federal Communications Commission. WiMax could theoretically make it easier and less expensive for carriers to entice even more subscribers.
"What we're talking about is radically affecting cost...but the question is: Will it spur the market?" Mathias said. "That's what we expect, but by how much?"
WiMax rivals
There are a number of other wireless data and broadband technologies being tested by companies looking for alternatives to wires. Power line broadband and next-generation cellular technologies such as EvDO are also being kicked around. Another standard that is considered very similar to 802.16 specifications is 802.20.
Supporters of the 802.20 envision megabit-per-second data transfers with ranges of several miles. Initial enthusiasm was behind 802.20, which was designed as a standard for mobile devices, but the shift of industry support to WiMax's 802.16 specifications have put the brakes on 802.20. In fact, some of its major proponents have joined the WiMax Forum, including Navini Networks.
Chipmaker Intel's support for WiMax gave WiMax a significant boost over 802.20. Many observers recall that Intel's support for Wi-Fi propelled the growth of that technology, and they expect similar results for WiMax.
Intel gave the 5-year-old technology a boost when it became a member of the WiMax Forum in 2003, joining Alvarion, Airspan Networks, Nokia, Proxim, Redline and Aperto Networks, among others.
"We envision (wireless) broadband connectivity everywhere, all the time," said Ron Resnick, president of the WiMax Forum and a director of marketing at Intel. Intel is expected to have WiMax-ready chips available by the end of the year. "Through broadband, we feel we can sell more (central processing units)."
Resnick said timing played a major role in Intel's decision to back 802.16 standards, as did direction. WiMax-compliant gear is expected by early next year, but 802.20-based products aren't expected until 2006. Resnick added that 802.20 was more focused on being a cellular competitor, while Intel was looking for more of a data technology.
While 802.20 was designed for mobile devices, WiMax will include mobile features when 802.16e is completed, which is expected by early 2006. WiMax products will initially be for fixed broadband wireless services such as delivering broadband to the home, but WiMax's mobile specification, 802.16e, will allow portable WiMax devices to send and receive data over broadband wireless networks.
Still, it will probably be several years before WiMax will challenge wired services. Broadband wireless services aren't likely to enter the mainstream until 2007, according to a report from two telecommunications consulting firms, BWCS and Senza Fili Consulting.
"This will not be an overnight transformation, and it will be tough (for WiMax) to establish itself," said Michael Cai, an analyst at research firm Parks Associates.
Hey NINE why don't you buy her some Calypso stock that will impress here. Most women don't know anything about stocks so she'll be impressed until Calypso goes under!
Great post NINE! I could not have done better!
Wireless patent suit takes aim at WLAN, WiMAX vendors
By John Cox
Network World Fusion, 06/25/04
A patent protection suit filed against Cisco this week could have big implications for vendors of WLAN gear and of the expected flurry of WiMAX fixed-wireless products.
Wi-LAN, of Calgary, Alberta, holds U.S. and Canadian patents on a radio modulation technique called orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. This week the company filed suit in Canadian federal court, charging Cisco with infringing OFDM patents in the Aironet and Linksys brand 802.11a and 11g products Cisco sells in Canada. OFDM is the modulation technique used in all such products from any vendor.
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The new suit comes just weeks after Wi-LAN settled a somewhat similar court case it had earlier brought against Redline, a maker of broadband wireless gear. Redline has agreed to pay a royalty on every OFDM-based product it sells, including future products based on the IEEE 802.16 standards, for fixed wireless nets. The royalty fees were not disclosed.
"The suit is important symbolically," says Steve Stroh, editor of the Focus on Broadband Wireless Internet Access newsletter, in Redmond, Wash. "Cisco's the biggest name in networking, and if Wi-LAN can, by some miracle, add Cisco's scalp to their belt, then lots of other people fall into line." Stroh notes that for now, this is a Canadian suit dealing with products sold Canada.
Through a spokeswoman, Cisco had a short statement: "Wi-LAN claims that its patents are related to industry standards and appears to be applying the patents to the Wi-Fi industry as a whole. We will respond as appropriate after reviewing the claims."
"This isn't a 'let's try to get away with extorting money' [strategy]," Stroh says. "Wi-LAN really does believe that it's only fair for the wireless industry to pay them for their OFDM patent (and the ‘licensed’ patents now) just like Qualcomm has done with CDMA [cellular technology]."
The Cisco suit is the opening gun of a more aggressive plan for patent protection, and license fee collection, by Wi-LAN because the company no longer has to shield and nurture the burgeoning WLAN industry, according to Wi-LAN executives.
In a statement on Wi-LAN's Web site, Syaed-Amr El-Hammamsy, Wi-LAN president and CEO, says that Redline was a "timely target" when the suit was filed in 2002 because it was using OFDM for wireless products that fell outside the IEEE 802.11 standards. "We did not want to impede the development of the 802.11a/g markets because they were in embryonic phase," he says. "Now that the market for Wi-Fi [the popular term for 802.11 WLANs] is growing… it no longer needs to be shielded or nurtured by Wi-LAN."
"Our Canada and U.S. OFDM patents are the seminal patents that gave birth, in 1994, to roughly 7,200 OFDM U.S. patents that have been filed since that time and refer back, either directly or through other patents, to our original 1994 patents," says Ken Wetherell, Wi-LAN vice president of corporate communications and investor relations.
In addition to the deal with Redline, Wi-LAN also has licensing arrangements with Philips Semiconductor, which recently bought Systemonics and began marketing 11a/g chipsets, and Fujitsu Microelectronics America.
They won't be the last, if Wi-LAN's legal gamble pays off.
In the Web statement, El-Hamamsy promises to "continue to execute our long-term plan for licensing to Wi-Fi semiconductor companies, implementing the 802.11a and 802.11g standards" and, in future, the WiMAX standards. Wi-LAN just a few weeks ago bought from Ensemble Communications 17 additional patents related to the 802.16 Media Access Control (MAC).
"Wi-LAN hasn't demonstrated that they have the resources, at the moment, to file suit in the U.S., let alone tackle all the potential infringers - everyone who builds or equipment using [OFDM]," says newsletter editor Stroh.
The lack of resources is due partly to the company's consistent financial losses on its broadband wireless sales. Revenues for the past three fiscal years have ranged from about $18 million U.S. at current exchange rates to just over $20 million. The company reported losses in all three years: $73 million in 2001, $4.3 million in 2002, $3.4 million in 2003.
But Wi-LAN is very determined, according to Stroh. "They've been nursing this grudge for a long time. Their first battle was to get OFDM accepted, and now that battle is over and it's time for Wi-LAN to get what they're due," he says.
Momentum For WiMAX Building
By Lane Cooper, Networking Pipeline
The standards-based wireless technology known as WiMAX attracted a lot of attention at this year's Supercomm show in Chicago. While the opportunities it offers both manufacturers and service providers turned heads, the week also revealed that there is much work ahead before this technology is ready for prime time.
WiMAX has a future with its fast speed and wide range of coverage. The initial generation of base-stations will offer broadband access to users over a radius of roughly three to five miles.
The technology promises to fill the gap that currently exists between the local area networking-oriented WiFi technology, and the current wide area networking solutions served by cellular-based packet data networks, which essentially offer low-speed access connectivity. WiMAX has the potential to address a massive sweet spot in the market -- especially as corporations of all sizes increasingly implement "mobility" business strategies that require high-speed wireless access to support field sales and service forces as well to expand the working footprint of their telecommuting employees.
Picking up where WiFi leaves off
While portable services and wireless broadband access available in public areas will likely continue to be dominated by Wi-Fi due to its early lead, a recent study from The Management Network Group (TMNG) and Bear Stearns concludes that mobile services providers will have a significant opportunity to exploit WiMAX's capabilities.
Analysts caution, however, that it will take some time to develop the market since the standards are nascent, and spectrum licenses need to be allocated in order to ensure quality of service requirements. However, once developed there is little doubt WiMAX will generate an impressive amount of revenue.
In fact, WiMAX is an important enough technology development that it will have a significant impact on the deployment strategies for 3G, DSL and cable modems as well as traditional backhaul solutions. Consequently, we can expect to see carriers adjust major features of their mobility offerings and act quickly to influence the final WiMAX standard.
Wireless Broadband on the Fast Track?
With new technology and more flexible regulation, wireless broadband may have a chance.
Canadian Wireless Vendor Sues Cisco For Patent Infringement
Wi-Lan alleges that Cisco's Linksys and Aironet product lines utilize wideband advanced OFDM technology that infringes on several Wi-Lan U.S. and Canadian patents.
Spectrum Politics and Universal Broadband Service
Spectrum regulation made its way to the forefront of Washington politics recently, with both the President and representatives of the FCC expressing views on the future of broadband wireless data services.
Mr. Val
Apparently you've had too much to drink or you have not relieved yourself lately. You seem to be full of something and it just maybe yourself.
No one seems to care about Frost & Sullivan being paid by Calypso and the hyped award being paid for. It seems to me that you are obviously more interested in drawing others into this mess than waking up to the fact that you've been had. But as I have said before maybe you are an employee of Frost & Sullivan and you are here to pump this stock regardless of its obvious shortcomings.
Please do not confuse me with bennitto. TIA
Frost & Sullivan are a promotional company. They are paid by Calypso so of course Frost & Sullivan thinks Calypso has award winning money!
Yawn!
V M B is new to the board! LOL
How many Frost & Sullivan employees are posting here? LMAO
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I wonder how much each award costs?
Looks like they give their clients all kinds of awards.
http://www.awards.frost.com/prod/servlet/meawards-hall-of-fame.pag
Frost & Sullivan
international marketing consulting and training company monitoring information technology, telecommunication, medical, consumer and industrial markets.
Category: California > Mountain View > Marketing and Advertising
www.frost.com/ - 25k - Cached
So Calypso paid for the award???
ROFLOL
It is my opinion that the SEC will take no action against Calypso for these insider violations because of Calypso being on the pinks. But there is no way that Calypso will ever be listed on another exchange with all these violations to explain. The die hard Calypso long holders will say they don't care, but the long term viability of this ever becoming a successful company has already been compromised by these disclosers and actions.
How about all the insider E-mails with insider information to longs posting on this board.
Next gen EVDO on Infocomm map
NEERAJ SAXENA
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
SAN DIEGO: Reliance Infocomm is set to usher in third generation mobile services in India by deploying CDMA 2000 1X EvDO technology that will enable peak data carriage speed of up to 2.4 megabytes per second.
The service will be unveiled over the next six to nine months in a phased manner. Reliance Infocomm does not intend to upgrade its entire network, but would launch EvDO (evolution data optimized) services in the top metros where it sees demand for high data speeds.
It is expected to start with a soft launch of the service in main business districts such as Nehru Place, Bhikaji Cama, Connaught Place, Nariman Point and Park Street with select high end customers (by invitation only).
When contacted, a Reliance Infocomm spokesperson refused to confirm the news, or share the details of the company’s EvDo launch.
But it is understood that the Indian CDMA (code division multiple access) major is currently testing the technology among others with Lucent Technologies, which has supplied bulk of CDMA equipment to Reliance earlier.
Interestingly, Lucent has also been awarded a $30 million contract by Reliance’s rival Tata Teleservices for a CDMA network expansion in Andhra Pradesh. Lucent will provide equipment, software and services to increase the coverage and capacity of Tata's network.
The deployment will increase voice capacity on the network and enable Tata Tele to offer value-added high-speed data services such as video streaming and high-speed Internet access to more customers.
Both the Indian carriers had set up CDMA 2000 1X networks nationwide that currently offer a peak Internet access speed of 144 kbps. EvDO is expected to enable higher end data services where the actual output would be around 2 mbps.
In all the areas where Reliance launches 1X EvDO services, both existing 2G and 3G EvDO services will be available so as to continue servicing the low-end as well as target the high-end segment of the mobile customers.
In launching 1X EvDO, Reliance will join the select club of operators in Asia-Pacific which have launched 3G CDMA services for their customers. These include KDDI in Japan, SK Telecom in Korea and China Unicom which plans to launch it soon.
Already, most of the CDMA handset vendors that supply to Reliance, have planned to launch EvDO models. Over the next few months, prices of these handsets are also expected to come down, making them more affordable for the Indian market, according to Qualcomm officials.
The San Diego-based Qualcomm is pushing both Indian CDMA mobile operators Reliance and Tata Tele to launch more applications based on its BREW (binary runtime environment for wireless) platform. Some of these applications such as location-based services, weather forecasts, video-on-demand, delayed television broadcasts, high-end gaming, or push-to-talk can run most efficiently on networks that support higher data carriage speed such as EvDO.
When Reliance launches its EvDO service, it is also expected to launch some of these advanced offerings as an EvDO network can make best use of such bandwidth hungry services. For instance, a customer may be able to access TV and engage in video-conferencing while she is on the move. EvDO will also enable access to highly data intensive corporate databases from anywhere, anytime. Both Reliance and Tata Tele are already working towards developing applications based on BREW.
In launching EvDO, a CDMA 1X operator does not have to overhaul its entire system, but the upgrade largely involves comparatively inexpensive software upgrades. After that, the operator can offer not only much more capacity and better data speeds to its subscribers, but also high voice clarity, Net connectivity, e-commerce and m-commerce.
Powell: VOIP Regs 'Grave Mistake'
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CHICAGO – Supercomm 2004 – The states that are quickly trying to regulate VOIP services are making a "grave mistake," said Michael Powell, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), in his keynote speech here at Supercomm
"There are some dozen states taking an aggressive stance with VOIP, and they are making a grave mistake," said Powell, contending that regulatory agencies should show restraint when considering newer packet-based services.
"I don't really understand what the problem is," said Powell. "Is the problem that consumers are getting the services for a price less than the regulated price? Is it that they have control over their own services?"
To some extent, Powell said, regulatory bodies worry about problems that may not even exist. "Every really good lawyer can make up a speculative fear."
Powell said the tricky issue for the FCC is regulating an industry as it's in an awkward transition from a "single wire" to many access methods -- including broadband over power lines, DSL, WiFi, WiMax, cable modems, and fiber. He also noted that the architectural shift to IP technologies is unprecedented in the last 100 years of the industry.
"The FCC should do everything it can to stimulate new applications that will drive deployment," said Powell. "We have a responsibily not to draw capital off the industry and into law."
Powell said that, overall, he is optimistic about the future of the telecom industry, and he thinks its worst days are over.
"I think that the industry will be hot a year from now. We'll be on fire."
He said the largest contributor to this will be the acceleration of broadband deployments, which are just starting to become mainstream. "In the last year there's been a 24 percent jump in broadband deployment. We'll have dramatically more broadband adoption."
— R. Scott Raynovich, US Editor, Light Reading
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Motorola joins WiMax Forum
Last modified: June 22, 2004, 9:34 AM PDT
By Richard Shim
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
Motorola has signed up to the WiMax Forum, the chipmaker announced Tuesday at the Supercomm conference in Chicago. The WiMax Forum is an industry group promoting the interoperability of products based on 802.16 wireless specifications. WiMax is a wide-area wireless broadband technology that enables carriers to get their broadband services to people in remote areas. The Schaumburg, Ill.-based company said it will have WiMax products in early 2005 and that these will support 3.5GHz bands.
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — June 22, 2004
Sprint (NYSE: FON), the leader in wireless data, today unveiled plans to meet customers’ demands for faster wireless data speeds and expand the possibilities of anywhere, anytime wireless access to information and entertainment by deploying EV-DO (Evolution Data Optimized) technology across its PCS network.
With average user speeds of 300-500 kilobits per second and peak rates of up to 2.4 Megabits per second for downloads, EV-DO will accelerate mobile-device data speeds up to 10 times faster than on today’s network. In addition to improved speeds, customers will experience superior application and service performance on EV-DO-capable handsets and laptops equipped with EV-DO-enabled Sprint PCS Connection Cards™.
Business customers seeking integrated voice and data solutions will reap the benefits of more powerful applications across Sprint’s integrated wireless and wireline networks – a distinctive Sprint advantage. The opportunity for higher-speed data connectivity improves enterprise communications, particularly for a company's mobile workers who require phone or laptop access to corporate applications such as email and intranets.
Sprint expects to design and deploy EV-DO with initial service available in select markets in the second half of 2004 and launch in the majority of top metropolitan markets in the United States in 2005.
Markets included in the initial launch, pricing plans and upcoming high-speed applications for consumers and businesses will be announced in the months to come.
“EV-DO will help Sprint widen its industry lead in wireless data by leveraging an impressive array of data capabilities the company already offers in the marketplace,” said Len Lauer, Sprint president and chief operating officer.
“Over the past few years, Sprint has separated from the competition in delivering superior wireless data solutions with more than 6.2 million wireless data customers generating over $700 million in annualized wireless data sales as reported at the end of the first quarter this year,” Lauer said. “We’ve led in data by being focused and differentiated. As evidence, just look at the industry-first devices we’ve launched including the integrated camera phone; the unique applications we’ve introduced in Sprint PCS® Video Mail and Picture Mail(SM) services; the simple, unlimited price plans we’ve established; our integrated approach that combines wireless data with landline services; and the considerable knowledge of Sprint business sales makers, retail representatives and third-party distributors, who have revolutionized the way that wireless data is sold nationwide.”
Lauer added, “Customers are telling Sprint they want applications that take advantage of the higher wireless speeds, and we intend to deliver. Imagine downloading music, videos and games to your wireless handset or laptop in a fraction of the time it takes today. Or download your company’s product inventory or a spreadsheet of a couple hundred kilobytes in a matter of seconds. EV-DO makes it possible.”
Sprint’s migration to EV-DO will be relatively simple, requiring no “forklift upgrades” to the company’s nationwide wireless network. Because of Sprint’s network design, Sprint can upgrade cell sites – simply adding a new channel card and an additional RF carrier – without the need to replace the existing infrastructure. The inherent high-level security of CDMA will continue with the advancement to EV-DO.
Existing Sprint PCS Connection Cards and handsets will continue to work at current speeds within EV-DO service areas. To take advantage of the higher speeds that EV-DO offers, customers will be able to purchase EV-DO-enabled handsets and Sprint PCS Connection Cards. This will allow customers using the dual-mode EV-DO device to gain higher speeds in EV-DO-capable areas and seamlessly transition onto Sprint’s PCS network, based on 3G 1xRTT technology, when outside an EV-DO area.
“Sprint built its network from the ground up with advanced wireless services in mind,” Lauer added. “Because of this foresight, Sprint’s network was ready as the wireless data market emerged and customers demanded phones capable of much more than making a call. Sprint intends to remain the industry leader in wireless data by deploying a technology in EV-DO that is widely available today. We will continue to develop new applications and devices that will provide the best experience for our customers.”
Consistent with prior guidance, Sprint plans to invest approximately $1 billion to complete its wireless data upgrades. This will include the deployment of EV-DO as well as the option for a subsequent, more advanced release of CDMA technology that is expected to be available from equipment vendors beginning in 2006. The capital investment is expected to be concentrated in 2005 which represents an acceleration from Sprint’s earlier plan to balance spending evenly between 2005 and 2006.
for you WiFi folks:
To:Ramsey Su who started this subject
From: TQOM1 Monday, Jun 21, 2004 6:12 PM
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Gilder's comments on Qualcomm & Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi's Wobbly Future
June 21, 2004
PC chip makers are pushing Wi-Fi as a great disruptive technology. Tech visionary George Gilder says it's a trap.
"Companies like Verizon (nyse: VZ - news - people ) are already rolling out 3G wireless connectivity, and soon AT&T (nyse: T - news - people ) is likely to do the same in a reconstituted form of AT&T Wireless on the Sprint (nyse: PCS - news - people ) network."
http://www.forbes.com/investmentnewsletters/2004/06/21/cz_jd...
http://www.forbes.com/video_content/2004/06/21/guru_gilder.html
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source silconinvestor qualcomm moderated thread
fun to follow wifi but not with any money!! cheers