WSD Update-02/20/04

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Today's Table of Contents: 1. Viewpoint: Satellites Promise To Reliably Transport IP-Based SS7 2. Wireless USB Promoter Group Announced 3. Analysts Examine Wireless Management 4. Mobile Application Developers Heed the Call 5. Wireless USB Technology Demonstrated 6. International: Scotland Goes Wireless 7. International: Chinese Software Challenges Microsoft Office 8. New Books > Kluwer Launches Web Store for Circuit Designers > Home Networking Basis 9. In-Depth Coverage Links > Transceivers Make Wireless Easy > UWB's Promises Hold Industry-Wide Appeal 10. Happenings

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*********** 1. Viewpoint *********** Satellites Promise To Reliably Transport IP-Based SS7 By Jason Lawlor, Product Manager, Performance Technologies

Increasingly, cellular carriers and service providers are using IP networks to transport and route Signaling System 7 (SS7) traffic. The SS7 protocol boasts a mechanism for offloading the traditional public-switched-telephone-network (PSTN) data-traffic congestion onto a wireless or wireline digital-broadband network. Compared to transportation over dedicated circuit-switched networks, this alternative null Read more at --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlW0As

******** 2. News ******** Wireless USB Promoter Group Announced

Focused on delivering the first high-speed personal wireless interconnect, Intel Corporation and other technology industry leaders have formed the Wireless USB Promoter Group. Other members include Agere Systems, HP, Microsoft Corporation, NEC, Philips Semiconductors and Samsung Electronics. Wireless USB personal connectivity will bring the convenience and mobility of wireless communications to high-speed interconnects for multimedia consumer electronics, PC peripherals and mobile devices. The promoter group has already begun defining the Wireless USB specification with a targeted bandwidth of 480 Mbps that maintains the same usage and architecture as wired USB. This will enable an easy migration path for today's wired USB solutions. http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn01x80A7

******** 3. News ******** Analysts Examine Wireless Management

The number of hot spot users worldwide will total 30 million in 2004, up from 9.3 million users in 2003, according to Gartner, Inc. With such a large increase in hot spot users, Gartner analysts believe that enterprises must take action in implementing a strategy that gives their employees secure access and control over the cost of access to hot spots. By the end of 2004, more than 50 percent of professional notebooks will have wireless LAN (WLAN) capability. Employees will increasingly use WLAN in the office, at home and at hot spot locations. Gartner analysts warned that if organizations do not undertake a contract with a service provider to allow access to hot spots and to control costs, employees are likely to use hot spots and list the cost under other expenses. For more information, please visit the Gartner website. http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlX0At

******** 4. News ******** Mobile Application Developers Heed the Call

Submissions are now being accepted for this year's BREW 2004 Developer Awards. You are invited to nominate your applications for the third annual BREW Developer Awards. Award-winning applications will represent the best of BREW and will be honored in front of industry peers at the BREW 2004 Awards Ceremony which will be held at the BREW 2004 Developers Conference in San Diego, June 7-9. The BREW Developer Awards will recognize applications in six different categories: Best Productivity/M-Commerce Application; Best Entertainment Application; Best Game Application; Best Location-Based Service Application; Best Communications Application; Best Information Application. http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlY0Au

******** 5. News ******** Wireless USB Technology Demonstrated

NEC Electronics recently exhibited a high-speed wireless universal serial bus (USB) technology at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Spring 2004. The company is working closely with Intel and other member companies of the Wireless USB Promoter Group on standardizing a specification for the technology, which should be completed later in the year. Other close relationships exist between the company, Staccato Communications and Wisair (developers of ultra-wideband [UWB] PHY) to develop a prototype high-speed wireless USB product and collaborate on UWB PHY for future UWB-related products including wireless USB. NEC --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlZ0Av

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***************** 6. International News ***************** Scotland Goes Wireless

Wireless technology development in Scotland will receive a massive boost today (Thursday 19 February 2004) with the official launch of the Wireless Innovation Centre. The Centre has been created with support from Scottish Enterprise Renfrewshire, Strathclyde European Partnership and the private sector and follows a successful six-month pilot project run in 2003. This Scotland-wide resource, based within the Hillington Park Innovation Centre, is focused on supporting, nurturing and encouraging the conception and sustained development of Scottish SMEs in the rapidly growing, global market opportunity offered by the benefits of wireless technology. http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlb0A4

***************** 7. International News ***************** Chinese Software Challenges Microsoft Office

Evermore Software LLC,China's developer of Office software, recently challenged the Microsoft Office monopoly, launching the much-awaited English-language version of Evermore Integrated Office (EIOffice). Evermore introduced the suite of desktop software to corporate leaders, venture capitalists, investment bankers and reporters attending DEMO, a three-day showcase of new products and services. EIOffice consolidates the components of a conventional Office suite into one application. Users launch EIOffice, not a word processor, then a spreadsheet, then a business graphics application. EIOffice stores all text, worksheets, graphics, audio, video and slides in one file format -- .eio. One "binder" stores all related cell ranges, text, graphics, audio and video objects. Evermore --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlc0A5 Demo --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFld0A6

************** 8. New Books ************** Kluwer Launches Web Store for Circuit Designers

While Kluwer Academic Publishers has been a premier name in hard-copy publishing since 1984, the company announced today its much-anticipated foray into the electronic realm with the launch of its Online Analog Web store. The new Web store provides professionals in the analog and integrated circuit design community instant access to hundreds of analog books and journal articles, with updates being added all the time. Online Analog Web store --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFle0A7

Home Networking Basis: Transmission Environments and Wired/Wireless Protocols By Walter Chen Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR ISBN: 0130165115 This complete technical guide to home network media, protocols, and implementation is the first systematic technical guide to all leading transmission media and communication protocols for in-home networking. Prentice Hall --> http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BDDU0AA

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**************************** 9. In-Depth Coverage Links **************************** This Transceiver Family Provides Designers With The Range, Power Consumption, And Size Options That They Need To Optimize Their Wireless Embedded Communication Applications. To learn more, read: "Transceivers Make Wireless Easy." http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlf0A8

As it works to prove that it won't interfere, this emerging technology is attracting many consumer and industrial applications. To learn more, read: "UWB's Promises Hold Industry-Wide Appeal." http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BFlg0AA

************************* 10. Happenings - Conferences ************************* Wireless Systems Design Conference & Expo San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA March 8-10, 2004 http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn07al0Ah

Industrial Wireless Applications Summit San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA March 8-10, 2004 http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BD3k0AF

CTIA Wireless 2004 Co-located with IEEE Wireless Comm. Conf. Georgia World Congress Center, Atlanta, GA March 22-24, 2004 http://lists.planetee.com/cgi-bin3/DM/y/eeiJ0CWyaL0Emn0BEBf0AQ

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