Stephen Lawson

Cisco Systems Inc. has completed its acquisition of WebEx Communications Inc., entering the online collaboration services business through a US$3.2 billion deal.

Vendors are adding bells and whistles to their wireless LAN products as the industry awaits a new generation of gear that may replace wired LANs entirely.

Enterprise desktop phones face growing competition from wireless handsets, but they aren't going the way of the typewriter just yet.

A top Microsoft executive promoted the company's licensing of network security protocols at the Interop trade show on Wednesday, but not before taking time out during a keynote address to defend the company's patent licensing program for open-source software.

Nortel Networks Corp. increased its revenue and trimmed its losses in the first quarter of 2007 versus the same period last year, reporting strong growth in enterprise networks and in CDMA (Code-Division Multiple Access) mobile networks.

A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected Vonage Holdings Corp.'s request that it order a lower court to retry a patent-infringement case against the company, according to Vonage

Mobile WiMax, hyped for years by Intel Corp. and other vendors, has turned a corner toward reality, according to industry observers.

Even as mobile data revenue grows and subscribers enjoy more options for entertainment on the go, a series of barriers are holding back the race toward a mobile multimedia future