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Sierra Wireless, the Canadian company that makes modem cards for connecting laptops to wireless cellular networks had a 3G reality check, as it missed its numbers by a mile and issued a guidance which had the investors scrambling for exits. Company sliced its revenue expectations for the first quarter by 67%. Fool.com has the wrap-up. [...]

My dear friend Atanu Dey, who writes a controversial and always enlightening blog, Deesha is Indian blogger of the year. Congrats.

Light Reading: Who wins, who loses? Hardware perspective from Light Reading.
Adtran Inc. and Sonus Networks Inc. could benefit from the merger, while Lucent Technologies Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd, and Avici Systems Inc. may suffer. Deployment of SBC’s fiber initiative, Project Lightspeed, could be pulled back as the company expends resources to integrate the AT&T [...]

The Economist has finally pricked the WiMAX hype bubble. Sure I have been crying hoarse about this crap, but hopefully now finally rest of the world will see the light. With $500 in consumer premise equipment costs, the technology doesn’t make economic sense even as a DSL replacement, though it could. It will be relegated [...]

Linux Devices reports that Motorola will introduce eight to 10 smartphones in 2005, and a large number of those will be powered by Linux, which apparently is coming from a small Linux vendor Montevista Software. More details here.

There has been growing concern about VoIP security and with recent flaws in Cisco IOS and other systems, many experts are worried.
Information Week: In its recent report, Security Considerations for Voice Over IP Systems, the National Institute of Standards and Technology says VoIP shows promise for lower cost and greater flexibility, but its very [...]