Wireless Home Network News

'Wireless users put choice on speed dial (Chicago Tribune)
Verizon's move opens way to more options in handsets, software For years, mobile phone customers have been frustrated with the strange economics of the wireless industry: Consumers could choose the phone they want, or the carrier, but often not both.

'New iBoss Home Gives Budget-Savvy Parents Complete Control of Wireless Home Networks (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN DIEGO, Nov. 28, 2007 -- Parents searching for an affordable, all-in-one security system to monitor and control their children's Internet use across the entire home network need look no further than the new iBoss Home Parental Control Wi-Fi router and firewall.

'Verizon to expand network (Daily Press)
Verizon Wireless plans to open its network to devices other than the ones hand-picked by the company, a move that could expand the features available on mobile phones and give the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier a response to a phone software project led by Google Inc. Customers would be able to buy devices of their own choosing and run them on Verizon's network.

'XO Communications Launches Fixed Mobile Convergence Trial with Sotto Wireless (Broadcast Newsroom)
HERNDON, Va. and SEATTLE , Nov. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- XO Communications, a leading provider of 21st century communications for businesses and communications service providers, and Sotto Wireless, a leading provider of all-in-one business communications services, today announced that they will begin trials of a groundbreaking fixed mobile convergence (FMC) solution that will help ...