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Are BYOD Workers More Productive?
Author: Joel Groen | Posted on Apr 24, 2012
That is the title of a recent article written by Tom Kaneshige, of CIO.com. The article describes the benefits and potential pitfalls of allowing users to use personal mobile devices as a productivity tool at work instead of a corporate issued one. One sc... Read more
It’s Not Really All That Difficult to Secure the Current Generation of Android Phones
Author: Tom Guthrie | Posted on Feb 14, 2012
Government Computer News Labs Editor John Breeden recently wrote an interesting article entitled The 3 steps to securing an Android smart phone. As the article speaks to, securing real-time voice communications is a key capability for Military organizatio... Read more
It's Time to Give Mobile Workers What They Want
Author: Joel Groen | Posted on Feb 02, 2012
Does today’s mobile field worker really need a radio? The more I talk to customers and listen to how they use technology to communicate with their workforce, especially field workers I’m struck by the fact they don’t need, or even want, to use PTT radios ... Read more
For Retail Stores, Smartphones and Tablets Must Deliver Business Benefit, Not Just Look Cool
Author: James Mustarde | Posted on Jan 16, 2012
I recently observed an interesting communications gap while trying to purchase a fitness machine from a major store group. This store has recently equipped its floor staff with iPads that they are required to wear in satchels. These iPads are intended t... Read more
Reducing the Cost of Government Mobile Communications
Author: Tom Guthrie | Posted on Jan 13, 2012
NextGov this week published an interesting news story announcing the launch by Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel of a government mobile policy that he said would be the first step toward a government-wide mobile roadmap due out in March. ... Read more
Remember Those Unlimited Data Plans...
Author: Leslie Lamprecht | Posted on Jan 13, 2012
Well I miss them and I have this feeling I am going to miss them even more as we continue our relentless data appetite, especially those funny YouTubes, have you seen the talking dog, “the maple kind”. Yes, me watching that has contributed to carriers put... Read more
$17,083 for a Public Radio Handset! That's What Sole Source Contracts Get You
Author: Lin Lindsey | Posted on Dec 12, 2011
The Tacoma News Tribune reports on the Washington State Patrol’s (WSP) planned purchase of a new radio system from Motorola Solutions that would be made without competitive bidding. In other words, the contract would be awarded on a sole source basis to ... Read more
Motorola Promotes Voice-over-Wireless LANs for Hospital Critical Voice. What about Voice-over-LTE?
Author: Joel Groen | Posted on Dec 12, 2011
Motorola’s Total Enterprise Access and Mobility (TEAM) Voice-over-Wireless LAN (VoWLAN) or TEAM VoWLAN for short, has an offer they want to share with you. It’s a solution from Motorola Solutions that unabashedly promotes voice over a wireless IP network.... Read more
Survival for Airlines Means More than Just New Airplanes
Author: James Mustarde | Posted on Nov 29, 2011
The announcement today that American Airline’s parent company, AMR Corp., has filed for bankruptcy protection will surprise many, especially coming so soon after the airline launched its $13 billion fleet renewal program to much fanfare. That order for 1... Read more
Riding the Mobile Wave
Author: Leslie Lamprecht | Posted on Nov 21, 2011
Seems to me, the enterprise that rides the enormous mobile innovation wave of technology advances will likely out maneuver their competition on the technology front and bring a much richer end-user experience to their technology savvy customers. Mobile ap... Read more
In the New World, Secure Voice Communications Becomes an App
Author: Tom Guthrie | Posted on Nov 21, 2011
UAS Vision, a global forum for the unmanned aircraft systems community, recently posted an interesting article entitled Secure Android Kernel Means Smart Phones Could Replace Army Radio which points to a key aspect of the disruptive transition about to ha... Read more
Push-to-Talk is an Application, not a Network
Author: Tom Guthrie | Posted on Nov 17, 2011
Light Reading posted an interesting article earlier this week about Qualcomm and its pursuit of push-to-talk (PTT) capabilities over 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. I find it interesting that PTT continues to be discussed as something that must res... Read more
For Airlines, Efficiency Starts on the Ground
Author: James Mustarde | Posted on Nov 14, 2011
News that Emirates has ordered an additional 50 Boeing 777 jets valued at a whopping $18 billion suggests that the airline industry may be more optimistic about its future after a decade of financial uncertainty. No doubt Boeing Executives will be celebra... Read more
Fender-Bender Cleanup and a Smartphone
Author: Ryan Buma | Posted on Nov 06, 2011
The other evening on my way home from work, I witnessed a fender-bender that caused some pretty serious damage to both cars. I pulled over to see if anybody was hurt and how I might be able to help out. The good news is both drivers got out of their cars ... Read more
Think differently About Voice over LTE.
Author: Ryan Buma | Posted on Nov 06, 2011
I did a voice call over LTE today – great voice clarity – it was brilliant. Now that I think about it, we’ve been doing voice over LTE for about six months here at Twisted Pair with a great deal of success. I’ve had many people ask me “how are you... Read more