Soma
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Building Microsoft code inside the tornado

Insight newsmaker Vice president S 'Soma' Somasegar shares his views on how interoperability and open source will help Microsoft weather the ever-changing climate of software code development.

Monday, May 26 2008 09:01 AM

Tags: Outsourcing, Microsoft Corp., India, Soma, software, software development, job, Bangalore, Microsoft Visual Studio, U.S.

Go slow with voice over WiMax

Cobrand The president of Soma Networks says that voice over wireless still suffers from capacity, quality and interoperability issues.

Thursday, June 22 2006 11:17 PM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, VoIP/IP telephony

Looking beyond the copper wire

Cobrand There is life yet in copper lines, but it's time the telecoms industry focuses on applications that ride on new access technologies.

Thursday, June 22 2006 09:49 PM

Tags: VoIP/IP telephony, Business broadband

Soma looks to make inroads in Asia

News Soma Networks is aiming to make inroads into the Asian market, after securing US$50 million in venture capital funding and clinching a deal last year with Malaysian Internet service provider Jaring.

Wednesday, August 03 2005 10:11 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, 802.11/Wi-Fi, WiMax

Legal experts question Windows XP

News Some critics are saying that Microsoft's latest XP moves are monopolistic. If MS doesn't win a clean sweep of the imminent appellate decision, there will be trouble.

Tuesday, June 19 2001 11:51 AM

Early WiMax vendors to face bumpy ride

News Not only do they have products compliant with pre-WiMax standards, these players now have to compete against well-heeled rivals.

Tuesday, September 19 2006 06:55 PM

Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax, Next-generation technology/networks

Cambodia speeds up on wireless broadband

News A local ISP has turned to wireless broadband to quicken the development of the war-torn country's Internet infrastructure.

Tuesday, February 07 2006 07:31 PM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Mobile platforms/communications, WiMax

Microsoft pitches new Visual Studio tools

Architect At a Visual Studio programmer conference in San Francisco, firm touts tools due in its Visual Studio 2005 family of products.

Tuesday, February 08 2005 08:37 AM

Tags: Programming languages

Wireless broadband isn't all that great

News Service providers turn cool on wireless broadband after it's unable to meet the expectations painted by vendors.

Thursday, October 20 2005 05:52 PM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Mobile/Wireless, WiMax, Business broadband

Finding a business case for 4G

News Analysts may cast doubt over 4G's place in Asia, but vendors say deployment costs are getting less prohibitive and the market is ripe for a speed upgrade.

Friday, June 20 2008 12:23 AM

Tags: Next-generation technology/networks, WiMax, CommunicAsia 2008, Mobile Broadband, India, Broadband, 4G, HSDPA, marketing, average revenue per user