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WIRELESSNEWSEach NEWS snippet is more in-depth on our web site.Point your browser to the URL above the story you wish to read.http://tmcnet.com/58545.1Covad Wireless Goes to TelePacificTelePacific Communications, a carrier thatserves customers throughout California andNevada, has signed a definitive agreementto buy MegaPath’s NextWeb Inc. subsidiarydba Covad Wireless. A broadband fixedwireless carrier operating in Californiaand Nevada, Covad Wireless will enableTelePacific to expand its SMB services intothe fixed wireless market with a complementarynetwork footprint. Transactionbenefits include increased availability ofhigh- bandwidth products to customers, theability to provision customers more quickly,and last mile assets, which reduces dependencyon incumbent local exchange carriers.TelePacific is all set to gain approximately3,500 profitable broadband fixed wirelessbusiness customers in California, Nevadaand suburban Chicago through the all-cashpurchase of capital stock.www.telepacific.comhttp://tmcnet.com/58547.1NSN to Close Motorola DealThis QuarterPending regulatory approval from China,Nokia Siemens Networks expects tocomplete its acquisition of the majority ofMotorola’s public carrier wireless networkinfrastructure assets this quarter. Initially,when the deal was announced on July 19,2010, NSN expected to complete closingactivities by the end of 2010. However,the delay in regulatory approval from theAnti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry ofCommerce of China, which is continuingits review process, pushed back the timeline.According to the Finland-based company,all other necessary regulatory clearanceshave been obtained, which include the U.S.,European Union, Brazil, Japan, Russia,South Africa, Taiwan and Turkey.www.nokiasiemensnetworks.comhttp://tmcnet.com/58546.1AT&T Expands Wi-FiAs the popularity of Wi-Fi continues togrow as more and more consumers adoptWiFi-enabled devices, AT&T late lastyear revealed plans to expand its hotzonesin major markets, including NewYork City and San Francisco, before theend of 2010. Some media outlets havereported that the deployments are inlarge part a reaction to complaints ofdropped calls from cell phone customersin certain metropolitan markets. The expansionwill start with AT&T’s existingTimes Square Wi-Fi hotzone and newhotzones near Rockefeller Center and St.Patrick’s Cathedral. In addition, AT&Twill launch a Wi-Fi hotzone in San Francisco’spopular Embarcadero Center.www.att.comhttp://tmcnet.com/58548.1Alteva ExecTalks MobileIn a recent interview withTMC’s Stefania Viscusi,William Bumbernick,chief innovation officerat Alteva, said: “As serviceproviders evolve to offerdifferent flavors of themobile VoIP product, wewill see changes in callingplans, features and phonecapabilities. End userswill greatly benefit fromthose changes and overtime that will change themobile communications environment. Itwill no longer be about phones, but moreabout their applications. It won’t be handsetsand mobile devices, but more abouthow voice and/or video communications,SMS or MMS, presence, integrates intoyour hard phones, softphones, smartphonesand other mobile devices – theywill all become business process-enabledcommunications, and it won’t just belimited to mobile VoIP.”www.altevatel.comhttp://tmcnet.com/58550.1Forrester Maps OutNavigation OpportunityNavigation solutions powered by smartphonesare the fastest-growing categoryof personal navigation devices, growingfaster than in-car units or stand-alone devices,according to Forrester Research. Butchanges in the navigation device marketalso illustrate a recurring theme in themobile business: the complicated revenueecosystem, where application providers,device manufacturers and service providerscompete to secure more of the revenuestream. More than one-third of consumers(37 percent) own a navigation solution,including standalone portable navigationdevices from Garmin or TomTom, a phonebasedapplication like Google Maps Navigation,or a solution built into their car, saysForrester Research. That represents a growthrate of 18 percent from the 32 percent whoowned a navigation solution in 2009 and a34 percent growth rate since 2008.www.forrester.comhttp://tmcnet.com/58549.1Google Offer Streamlines AT&TAndroid ExperiencePurchasing the apps you want for yoursmartphone or tablet computing deviceshould be an easy few-click process,but Android users that are also AT&Tcustomers know this hasn’t always beenthe case. Fortunately, those customerscan now enjoya much morestreamlinedprocess forpurchasingtheappstheywant.AndroidAT&Tcustomersused to have topull out a creditcard and type inthe entire sequenceof numbers each and every time theywanted to purchase an app. But nowGoogle has introduced an AT&T DirectCarrier Billing option specifically forthese customers.www.att.comwww.google.comGoTo:26 INTERNET TELEPHONY ® February 2011 Table of Contents • Ad IndexSubscribe FREE online at www.itmag.comGoTo: