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Introduction to GPS and Blackberry by BlackBerry
Positioning System (GPS) is a series of 24 geosynchronous satellites that continually transmits position information.

Enables Location Based Services:

  • Navigation and Directions
  • Tracking
  • Reporting
  • Social Networking
  • Photos
  • Shopping/Advertising
Application Acceleration for Satellite-Based Enterprise Services by Blue Coat
terrestrial fixed line and terrestrial wireless service offerings which directly target enterprise use and applications. However, while the satellite industry has been busy with its own accomplishments, the performance of many commonly used business software applications across corporate...
Health System Builds Highly Available Wired and Wireless Network by Cisco Systems, Inc.
Medical-Grade Network powered by highly available Cisco Catalyst® switches to safeguard the reliability and uptime of critical hospital services and applications. Baptist Health South Florida is one of the largest healthcare organizations in the region, encompassing a network of five...
Enabling the Profitable Evolution of Mobile Transport to All-IP by Alcatel-Lucent
As demand for mobile multimedia services increase and average revenue per user declines, mobile service providers must transform their networks to profitably...
VeriSign Mobile Enterprise Services: Enabling Next-Generation Mobile Messaging for Enterprises by VeriSign, Inc
This Solution Paper provides an overview of the rapidly growing mobile messaging and alerts market, and introduces a solution that addresses that market: VeriSign Mobile Messaging, an offering of VeriSign Mobile...
TowerGroup Mobile Banking Forecast 2009 by VeriSign, Inc
Check out this TowerGroup report to review a forecast for consumer mobile banking between 2008 and 2013. It also provides a call to action for banks and vendors seeking market leadership in the fastest-growing...
LiveWire Mobile Brings Music to Your Ears with Insight from Business Objects by SAP BusinessObjects
stream for end-user downloads, measuring performance and the end-user experience, and analyzing trends quickly and accurately. LiveWire Mobile provides managed personalization services for mobile operators globally. The market leader in ring-back products and managed services...
Long Term Evolution (LTE) - An Overview by Motorola, Inc.
The recent increase of mobile data usage and emergence of new applications such as MMOG (Multimedia Online Gaming), mobile TV, Web 2.0, streaming contents have motivated the 3rd...
Boom in Mobile Data Creates Backhaul Urgency by Alcatel-Lucent
This paper will identify the challenges mobile operators face in the current environment; outline the steps they can take to evolve the backhaul network to support greater capacity at lower...
IT Briefing: Managing the Mobile User -- Best Practices for Technology and People by Orange Business Services
The purpose of this IT Briefing is to help you overcome some of the common hurdles of mobile management and implement a mobile strategy that will put your company where it needs to be, a mobile strategy that will follow all the issues...
E-Zine: 4G Right Now - Making the Case for LTE Networks by Motorola, Inc.
How do mobile operators make the right network investments to effectively meet consumers' increasingly insatiable demand for mobile data services? While...
Upgrade Strategies For Mass Market Mobile Broadband by Motorola, Inc.
in data traffic. In addition most of the devices available today feature the ability to play rich media content, access email and a number of mobile friendly sites such as Google, Yahoo, New York Times, etc. Application vendors are creating content, portals and new web browsing adapted to the...
US Food Service - Streamline project includes Afaria by Sybase, Inc.
the second largest food service provider, implemented Afaria from Sybase to streamline order entry and information management between their mobile sales force, distribution centers and the corporate office. Watch this video to learn how US Food Service, the second largest food service...
Accelerating the Delivery of the Personal Media Experience with LTE by Motorola, Inc.
that can offer the data speeds on-the-go that are needed for true media mobility. By moving to LTE, service providers can capture the most valuable mobile broadband customer segments including millennials, road warriors and home users. This paper will detail a few examples of some exciting LTE...
Mobilizing the Enterprise: Evaluating the Three Delivery Options by VeriSign, Inc
Against this vast global landscape of opportunity, IT directors, marketers and line of business managers must define a mobile strategy built around the channel that best meets their specific needs. Read on to learn more. Today's enterprises are striving to keep in touch...
Top 10 Questions Asked by Service Providers when Considering an Open Source BSS Solution by Transverse
Moderated by Mark Lowenstein, Managing Director of the Mobile Ecosystem, the leading consulting and advisory firm focused on next generation mobile communications products and services, this podcast...
iAnywhere Mobile Office Trial by Sybase, Inc.
Download this free trial and extend Lotus Domino or Microsoft Exchange to a variety of mobile devices, including iPhone, Windows Mobile and Symbian. With on-device security, wireless email and business process mobilization, you'll be able...
Blackberry Professional Software Boosts Productivity of Manufacturer's Mobile Marketing Representatives by BlackBerry
installed BlackBerry Professional Software and realized immediate productivity improvements among head office staff and within their mobile marketing team. Absolute Brilliance Inc. is a manufacturer and wholesaler of loose diamonds and jewelry based in New York. The 20-person...
How to Cut BlackBerry Support Costs by 25 to 50% by Zenprise
uses automation to help improve end user support quality without increasing staff or IT spending to keep up with the exponential growth of mobile email usage across enterprise organizations. Zenprise MobileManager automates the monitoring, troubleshooting, and management of the...
E-Guide: Ensuring Maximum ROI when Developing Mobile Applications by Sybase, Inc.
deployment approaches. Part two discusses the challenges and benefits of each approach. Part three provides tips to help enterprises maximize mobile application ROI. Read this E-Guide to learn more. Thousands of ingenious, and sometimes frivolous, Apple iPhone applications have inspired...
Five steps to rolling out your mobile applications by BlackBerry
In this podcast, Jack Gold, analyst, and well-known authority on mobility, offers pointed advice on the steps you should take in rolling out your mobile business applications. Although mobile access to business applications can produce numerous business benefits, that access must have a well...
The CIO's Guide to Fixed Mobile Convergence by BlackBerry
Organizations seeking solutions that provide high-performance access while addressing security needs can leverage fixed mobile convergence (FMC) systems to enhance communication. This document explores why your organization should implement an FMC solution, the...
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digital multimedia broadcasting
Digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) is a method of multicasting multimedia content to mobile and portable devices, such as cell phones, by satellite or terrestrial services, or a combination of the two. Some DMB-capable receiving devices can render content that is individualized to the... More...
Mar 27, 2006
BGAN has begun by Andrew R. Hickey, News Writer

By midyear, more than 85% of the earth's landmass will be covered by broadband satellite that delivers DSL speed and the ability to set up a mobile office in almost any corner of the globe.

Called BGAN, short for... More...

Jan 11, 2006
Mobile CRM: Service applications by Craig Mathias
t all that much of a drawback in the alphanumeric era. Indeed, many current service fleets still use very slow wireless technologies, based on land-mobile radio or even satellite services, which still work pretty well. Obviously, however, service applications are evolving to require much greater data... More...
Jul 31, 2006
Mobile devices: Corporate security strategies by Lisa Phifer
At the Gartner Wireless and Mobile Summit 2007, analysts painted a scary picture for companies grappling with mobile/wireless security. According to... More...
Feb 14, 2007
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single stream 802.11n
802.11n wireless local area network (WLAN) specification. The goal of single-stream 802.11n is to improve the quality of service on mobile devices by taking advantage of 802.11n's wider radio frequency channel and mechanism for decreasing time between transmissions. Single-stream 802.11n takes advantage of the fact... More...
Apr 6, 2009
wireless LAN
A wireless LAN (or WLAN, for wireless local area network, sometimes referred to as LAWN, for local area wireless network) is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network (LAN) through a wireless (radio) connection. The IEEE 802.11 group of standards specify the technologies for wireless LANs. 802.11 standards use... More...
Sep 8, 2008
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MSCMDM)
Microsoft System Center Mobile Device Manager (MSCMDM) is server-based software that allows enterprise IT professionals to manage and automate tasks for Windows Mobile devices. Companies can use MSCMDM to add... More...
Aug 22, 2008