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Follow UsIBM Launches Business Finder Technology
IBM has unveiled its business finder technology, a next-generation, real-time,
presence-based mobile resources management technology. The technology has been
developed by IBM's India Research Laboratory. The business finder technology
allows a consumer to find and use the nearest, most highly rated and available
service vendors like plumbers, electricians, carpenters or doctors.
According to Dr Daniel M Dias, director, IBM India Research Laboratory,
“The business finder technology combines sophisticated GIS applications and
data analysis with mobile telephone networks to provide information, wherever
and whenever, to a consumer who is looking for a specific near-by service.” He
further explained that the technology has the potential to provide significant
benefits to consumers as well as businesses. The potential of applying the
technology is not restricted to the service industries alone. Other industries
like transportation and logistics, utilities, healthcare and manufacturing can
also leverage the technology's potential. For consumers the technology which
will bring convenience to consumers and new business opportunities to service
vendors and telecommunications service providers.
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Tally Signs Avaana as Avaana, a company focused on the RFID space and accounting software firm Tally has formed an alliance to enable Tally products with RFID. As part of the agreement, Avaana will become the preferred RFID partner for Tally. Avaana will provide the RFID enablement for TallyShoper Retail POS (point-of-sale), targeting the retail industry. The RFID enabled product will be deployed in an upcoming industry RFID pilot. According to Ravindran RFID is gaining momentum |
The business finder technology offers a live and dynamic 'yellow pages'
for consumers who use mobile telephones. It provides uniform search capability
over both 'mobile' businesses and vendors like taxis and plumbers and
'static' businesses and vendors like stores and gas stations. It combines
various attributes including location, reputation, dynamic workload and feedback
from consumers to 'matchmake' consumers with the closest available service
vendors. The underlying technology allows telecom service providers to track and
update data sources including mobility, presence and reputation of service
vendors.
The technology could either be hosted by an individual network operator
(telecommunications service provider) or can cut across different operators. In
the former case, it can be marketed by the operator as a differentiating
value-added service to its consumer base. In the latter case, the business
finder application would be a third-party service that draws its consumer base
and its mobile vendor workforce from a number of telecommunications operators.
The business finder technology provides a flexible, service oriented
architecture (SOA) based, IP multimedia subsystem compliant services solution to
telecommunications service providers.
Linksys Launches Wireless-N Product Range
Linksys, a division of Cisco has launched its first in line of Wireless-N
products. This includes the WRT300N Wireless-N broadband router, WPC300N
Wireless-N Notebook Adapter and WMP300N Wireless-N PCI Adapter. These products
are based on the 802.11n draft specification. These products will be available
through Linksys' channel partner network in India. The Wireless-N family is
targeted to deliver maximum range and capacity for wireless voice, Internet,
video and music all at once throughout the home or office. With up to four times
the range and up to 12 times the throughput of Wireless-G, the three new
Wireless—N offerings deliver wireless networks with the capacity to surf the
Web, enjoy multiple streams of high definition video, listen to digital music
collections and make Internet phone calls, all at the same time.
Expected to become the next standard for wireless networks, the 802.11n draft
specification includes a number of mandatory features that help improve the
overall user experience. These features include enhancements to both the speed
and range of wireless networks and calls for mixed mode operation and backward
compatibility.
| Sybase To Acquire Mobile 365 Sybase, provider of enterprise infrastructure and mobile software has signed a definitive agreement to acquire mobile messaging and content delivery company, Mobile 365 in an all cash transaction. The purchase price set is $425 mn and is subject to adjustment based on Mobile 365's working capital, as of the closing date. Net of acquired cash, the transaction is valued at approximately $400 mn and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2006, subject to regulatory approvals and other specified closing conditions. With the acquisition, According to John Chen, According to Bear, the combined |
Microsoft's Special Promotion for Wireless
Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division has initiated a special
promotion, 'Go Wireless' around the launch of Microsoft Optical Desktop 700,
a wireless range of keyboard and mouse. The range will be available at the price
of Rs 1,699 and will be available for PC users through the Microsoft network of
over 8,100 resellers across more than 80 cities.
The wireless multi-media keyboard gives users full-fledged multimedia center
hot keys in addition to one-touch access to e-mail, the Web and the frequently
used Microsoft Windows features. The wireless optical mouse comes with the
optical technology that delivers accuracy and control providing greater value
and enhanced functionality.
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Nortel Bags Railways Nortel Networks has bagged multi-million dollar contract for providing telecom equipment to Indian Railways. The Nortel GSM-R wireless railway communications technology network will be used along the 751km railway line in Uttar Pradesh. The Nortel GSM-R wireless railway communications technology network will be used along the 751km, 90-station line in Uttar Pradesh. The contract for signalling and telecom equipment was awarded to a consortium comprising Ansaldo, its Asia-Pacific subsidiary Union Switch Signal, MR Trading and Leighton Asia. Leighton had contracted Nortel for GSM-R network. |
According to Mohit Anand, country manager, Microsoft Entertainment and
Devices Division, “Mouse and keyboard are two very critical devices in
computing, our extreme-performance wireless products gives consumers' the
right blend of flexibility, style, comfort, functionality and freedom, all at an
affordable and consumer friendly price to our channel partners.”
BSNL's LBS by Year-end
State-owned PSU, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) will launch its location
based services (LBS) for its customers in two regions by the year-end. With the
launch of the LBS, BSNL will be the first mobile operator to offer this service
in the country. Currently, no mobile operator is offering this service in India.
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in 19 circles of BSNL across the country. The
application can be rolled out once the maps of the cities are available.
According to industry experts, there are maps available for 250 cities and BSNL
could offer their LBS in those cities.
RIM to Add 10 Telcos in APAC
The Research In Motion (RIM), designer of the BlackBerry wireless handheld
device, targets to add 10 mobile operators in the Asia-Pacific region in the
next 12 months. However, the company aims to increase its mobile operator base
from the current 200 to 300 in one year. Currently, RIM offers its BlackBerry in
India, exclusively, through Airtel and is not available in the open market. The
company has launched the BlackBerry 7130g handset in India with Airtel. Working
on EDGE and GPRS networks, the new handset offers push-based e-mail, phone, text
messaging, browser, organiser and other mobile applications.