Mobile phones are increasingly being used as pagers, phone and address books, schedulers, alarm clocks, watches, and devices for sending and receiving e-mail and instant messages and for Web browsing. Considering that mobile phones are increasingly becoming indispensable...

A recent survey carried out among CIOs and IT managers of government agencies in Hong Kong, to determine their views regarding implementing workforce mobility strategy in their agencies in relation to the government’s new scheme of enforcing...

The stage is now set for major players in the fields of wireless mobile communications, the information technology, and the media entertainment industries to challenge for leading roles in Next Generation (Mobile) Networking (NGMN) converged wireless broadband...

Citrix Systems has revealed findings from research into mobile work routines that reveal cell phones, laptops and Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) along with requisite power chargers and cords are a growing burden for mobile workers to haul on business trips away from the office…

Foreign direct investments are converging into Asia Pacific, and creating favourable conditions for business expansion. This is in turn driving the need for enhanced business connectivity and demand for Wide Area Network (WAN) services across the region...

A group of mobile manufacturers, network operators, suppliers, recyclers, consumer and environmental organisations, led by Nokia, has committed to improve the environmental performance of mobile phones and to do more to raise consumer...

The market for network outsourcing is rapidly evolving and growing demand is expected across a number of industry verticals as well as companies of all sizes. Results from IDC's WAN Manager Survey indicates that respondents in the Banking/Finance and...

Gartner has advised businesses to plan for five increasingly prevalent cyber threats that have the potential to inflict significant damage on organisations during the next two years. They are; targeted threats, identity theft, spyware, social engineering and viruses…

"As frequency reuse issues are resolved, femtocells will provide some counterbalance to the trend towards dual-mode handsets," notes Solis. "Some operators now believe that they don't need to subsidise more expensive Wi-Fi-enabled handsets...

"Mobile operators' attitudes towards CAPEX have changed over the past two or three years," says mobile wireless research analyst Shailendra Pandey. "They are clearly becoming more focused on an early return on their investments." In 2006, GSM is the dominant...

Non-voice wireless services are set to give cell phone providers an edge in a competitive market saturated with voice services. Although messaging, music, gaming and headline news will not make much of an impact in the short term, they will...

According to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, total shipments of converged mobile devices reached a record 19.3 million unit for the quarter, marking a 1.9% sequential increase and a 42.1% year-over-year increase...

WiMAX is on track to compete for mainstream wireless markets according to according to a Maravedis WiMAX and broadband wireless (sub-11GHz) market research report. “Nothing points out the immediate course into mass market development than...

Massive increases in subscriptions and the introduction of new access technologies may mean that 2006 might finally be the year that third-generation, or 3G, wireless devices take off. 3G subscriptions, including CDMA2000, are forecast to hit 285 million...

Wi-Fi system unit shipments grew from 82 million in 2004 to 140 million in 2005, and will grow to at least 185 million units in 2006. Growth will continue to more than 400 million units in 2010 propelling by new applications…

Business continuity plan has become an integral part of today’s businesses, which are on constant threats from natural disasters and other catastrophes. To successfully maintain business continuity it is imperative to provide employees, partners and employees with continued access to...

Remote or mobile working has proven to successfully increase productivity of organisations. Today’s businesses require face-to-face contact with customers and prospective customers, suppliers, and partners. Mobile devices allow an employee on the way to a meeting to research the background of...

The global mobile phone market growth in the second-quarter slowed down with an increase in only 18.3 percent sales as compared to 23.8 percent in the first quarter, said Market research group Gartner. Gartner said the slowdown was mainly as a result of mature markets...

The market for home networking and linked entertainment devices will grow at an astonishing rate to than USD 85 billion by 2011 from USD 14 billion in 2005, predicts ABI Research. The major driver in overall revenue growth for this market is the transformation of most conventional...

China is the largest supplier of products to manufactures globally and China alone imports over 70 percent of the more than USD 200 billion worth of goods in the Asia Pacific region. However, China’s supply chain is highly fragmented and the supply chains are inefficient and most...