Archive for December, 2009

Cheaper Prepaid Data Plans

December 30th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

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DataJack, launching next month at CES, is a dongle with a difference — it offers 3G high speed cellular data for just $39.99 a month, without any contract commitments.
DataJack promises no early termination fees, no deposits, no credit check, and their USB modem costs just $99 at signup. The modem has a micro-SD slot [...]

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Santa’s Helpers

December 23rd, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

An 85-foot-tall blue spruce from Arizona has become the Capitol Christmas Tree. TracktheTree.com, a web portal designed by SkyBitz, provided real-time tracking of the Capitol Christmas Tree Caravan, during its 21-day, 4,167-mile circuitous journey from Arizona to Washington DC.

The technology behind the tracking application is SkyBitz’s GLS210, a small box that contains electronics, antennas and [...]

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Handmark: Mobile News R Us

December 16th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

Handmark today announced it plans to launch thousands of mobile news applications supporting more than 500 newspapers, magazines and other content publishers worldwide in 2010.
The mobile market in the U.S. is experiencing explosive growth, with more than 120 million smartphones projected to be in use by 2014 and one in five Americans using their mobile [...]

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Solutions Promoted for Voice over LTE

December 09th, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

Kineto Wireless today announced new software for its access gateway that supports voice and SMS services over LTE networks using the VoLGA Forum’s specification.
Since LTE is a pure IP technology, traditional voice and SMS services must be implemented over the packet network. The VoLGA (Voice over LTE via Generic Access) protocol enables LTE operators, like [...]

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WiMAX Forum: Good to Go

December 02nd, 2009 | Category: Satellite Phones

As the cars roar into Pennsylvania, the cradle of liberty, it seems apparent that our citizens are staying off the streets, which may make scoring particularly difficult, even with this year’s rule changes. To recap those revisions: women are still worth 10 points more than men in all age brackets, but teenagers now rack up [...]

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