Bjarni Thorvardarson is a rare telecom visionary. He thinks on a level of telecoms at an intercontinental level, rather than a national or local level. Hibernia Atlantic is his current project, and with recent news the submarine and terrestrial cable system is now in the global media d...

It was a clear, very beautiful morning in Sydney. Mike brought the Pitts biplane up to about 4,500ft, and you could literally reach out and touch the mountains from the open cockpit and passenger seat. I came close to better appreciating the words of the classic poem that is understood...

Whether or not they know it, most hotels already have a presence on the mobile Web. Potential guests who pull up hotel Web sites on their cell phones often find poor displays and usability rather than a site specifically designed to meet their needs -- and convert them to bookings. ...

“No longer is it adequate just to get a computer science degree and focus on the technical aspects of the job.” says Albert Hitchcock, Global CIO, Vodafone in an exclusive interview for MeettheBoss.com

OpenLaszlo started life as a commercial product called Laszlo Presentation Server, first released in 2002. When development began in 2001, our goals were twofold -- first, to enable the delivery of rich applications that run in any web browser without installation; and, second, to make...

What does the CEO of Nextel Communications, Inc., have in common with Malcolm Gladwell, the professor of sociology and technology visionary? The answer is a firm belief in the notion of the existence of 'tipping points.'

MobiTV, the world's first television network for mobile phones, announced at SYS-CON.TV that it has launched its live television service on Cingular Wireless, the largest wireless carrier in the U.S. Cingular is offering MobiTV on exclusive handsets such as the breakthrough RAZR to the...

DoCoMo Communications Laboratories USA was established in 1999 in Silicon Valley by NTT DoCoMo, the leading wireless data and application service provider in the world. Its mission is to explore innovative applications and related frontier technologies for next-generation mobile networ...

WBT's Ron Dennis interviews Zaga Novakovic on what it's like trying to find a hotspot when you're really off the beaten track.

Symantec's CTO talks about comprehensive security and how today's IT organizations must address it.

Jim Milbery: Tell me a little about Xtime's core product and why you made the jump to IVR. John Lee: Well, the core value proposition is to eliminate the pain and frustration that exist when service consumers are interacting with service providers. The scope of what we're talking about...

Interview with Ted Ladd, formerly lead evangelist, Platform Group, Palm, Inc.

(March 17, 2003) - In an exclusive interview, Ari Kaplan, CEO and cofounder of Expand Beyond Corp., explained to WBT News Desk how the new Mobile IT Ready Kit provides enterprises with low-cost insurance against major IT disruptions. An essential component of an IT response and recover...

Cometa Networks is building out wholesale hotspots for the enterprise market - and selling them to customers who then retail them to the enterprise market. In this exclusive WBT interview, Cometa's cofounder and interim CEO, Larry Brilliant, talks to Wi-Fi editor Ron Dennis about 'Proj...

IBM thinks what you need with your Big Mac is Wi-Fi connectivity, so they are deploying access points in McDonald's restaurants across the U.S., starting in New York City. This is being done under the Cometa brand, the alliance between IBM, AT&T, and Intel on the technical side, with 3...

(February 28, 2003) - Bill Ray, editor-in-chief of Wireless Business & Technology, talks to Eric Chu, Group Marketing Manager, J2ME Platform, Sun Microsystems, Inc., about the recently announced Java Device Test Suite. WBT: Who will the test suite be made available to? Licensees, op...