Stephen Lawson

Mobile carrier investment in networks worldwide will drop significantly this year but begin a recovery next year that will continue through at least 2007, according to a report announced Thursday by market research company Dell'Oro Group Inc.

Phoenix Technologies Ltd., the maker of BIOS (basic input/output system) software for most of the world's PCs, plans to unveil next month a software environment for PCs and other devices that creates a "bunker" in which critical utilities can be stored.

Consumers and businesses can now buy 54Mbps wireless LAN (WLAN) products that are certified to work with similar products from a variety of vendors, after interoperability testing by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Consumers and businesses can now buy 54M bps (bit-per-second) wireless LAN products that are certified to work with similar products from a variety of vendors, after interoperability testing by the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday signaled its readiness to take on new rivals, such as Dell Computer Corp., that are moving into Cisco's traditional network equipment markets.

Cisco Systems Inc. Tuesday signaled its readiness to take on new rivals, such as Dell Computer Corp., that are moving into Cisco's traditional network equipment markets.

Internet domain name registrar Register.com Inc. last week won a preliminary injunction against a reseller of domain name registrations that it accuses of deceiving Register.com customers into transferring their registrations.

Enterasys Networks Inc. last month finished reporting its financials through the end of 2001 and announced its president will leave the company at the end of the year.