| Mark Hopkins solves Vo-Fi challenge with smart antennas The tony InterContinental Mark Hopkins hotel in San Francisco is ringing in the new year with internal voice-over-Wi-Fi (Vo-Fi) connections that are as clear as a bell. Living in fear of usage charges The global voice and data roaming charges users incur when they travel internationally have long been a thorn in the side of multinational companies. Usage for data is particularly difficult to control for several reasons, one of which is that some of the usage gets sucked up by background housekeeping duties - such as regular automatic checks to weather, e-mail and other services. Even if there's no new data downloaded, these pings eat up some portion of the allotted kilobytes. Global iPhone usage poses economic risk I was talking to a telecom manager of a large U.S.-based multinational company recently who lamented the fact that worldwide data roaming charges are too steep and unpredictable to justify his business using the multimedia-centric iPhone as an enterprise device. Executives in his organization recently took some complimentary iPhone 3Gs overseas and returned to discover data-usage bills of $4,000 to $5,000 apiece. According to the telecom manager: "They had a cow!" DeFi Mobile, DoubleU partner in the MENA region DeFi Mobile and DoubleU have forged a partnership to market DeFi's mobile-data and voice-connection offerings in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region. Apple puts iPhone Nano and Netbook rumors to rest During Apple's earnings conference call on Wednesday, COO Tim Cook firmly and finally squashed the notion of a low-cost iPhone or PC. HP, Cisco join to modernize Quebec Airport, HP to provide ongoing network support Cisco is supplying its networking and wireless gear, in addition to unified communications systems, and HP is serving as end-to-end systems integrator - and more interestingly - will provide ongoing support for the network infrastructure. Ruckus Wireless looking to cause a commotion with its critique of Cisco's Wi-Fi technology The scrappy folks at aptly-named Ruckus Wireless are damning with faint praise Cisco's recent announcement of beamforming technology to its new 802.11n access point. Serious Wi-Fi What are the 5 questions you should ask WLAN vendors before buying? Find out in our revamped Product Guide. January giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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