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Jun. 3, 2009

Lately, we have been seeing more and more wireless and mobile trade shows popping up all over the world. There's no question that this segment of the electronics industry is growing rapidly and that it shows no signs of slowing down, not even in these difficult times.

This week in Amsterdam, the WiMAX Forum is celebrating its second annual Global Congress with 14 mobile partners all participating in the first commercial WiMAX interoperability and roaming trials.

The participants include Aicent, Alvarion, Bridgewater Systems, Cisco, Clearwire, Comfone, DigitalBridge Communications, Intel, iPass, Juniper Networks, MACH, Motorola, Syniverse and Transaction Network Services.

The show represents an end-to-end test of roaming over live WiMAX networks and will provide a baseline for establishing roaming services and agreements for WiMAX worldwide, said Ron Resnick, president and chairman of the WiMAX Forum.

At Computex Taipei in Taiwan, Qualcomm introduced the WCN-1312 chip, a new 802.11 n-compliant wireless local area networking solution for handsets and mobile devices, and all in one single chip.

Qualcomm's solution offers integration with a 2.4 GHz 802.11n baseband processor, media-access controller, RF transceiver, transmit power amplifier and more. The design eliminates the need for many external RF components which minimize the total component count.

In the U.S., attendees at the E-3 Expo in Los Angeles were treated to appearances by Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr and gaming companies announced various mobile versions of their products.

The EA Play Label of Electronic Arts said The Sims 3 game is now available for download from the Apple App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. The game also is available for purchase from wireless carriers for feature phones.

Airbiquity says its shift to a full telematics service provider was shaped by a series of interviews with automotive OEMs, PND manufacturers, fleet managers, industry analysts, partners and consumers globally.

Additionally, Airbiquity and Telenor Connexion announced a strategic partnership to enable vehicle connectivity for connected services applications in automotive, portable navigation and fleet solutions across Europe and Asia.

Finally, at the Telematics Conference and Exhibition in Detroit, Airbiquity said it is newly positioned as a complete telematics wireless service provider, offering end-to-end connectivity solutions for automotive OEMs, fleet managers and PND manufacturers.

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Source: MPN.