Telecom and Wireless


Recent Telecom and Wireless Articles

Proxim's Cordless PC Networking Solution

By Keith Camp |  Oct 1, 2000

At first glance, the Proxim Symphony Cordless Networking product suite appears to leave little value-added opportunities for installers and integrators. H...  Read more

Are Your Customers Being Served?

By Srikumar S. Rao |  Sep 1, 2000

A new kind of software helps you address the concerns of both your customers and your business.  Read more

A Fertile Field for Voice Mail

By Jennifer LeClaire |  Sep 1, 2000

Voice mail is an efficient way to communicate with employees. Margaret Cook, executive director of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Program, thought i...  Read more

How can I find a reliable ISP in a country with poor infrastructure?

By Bradley D. Brown |  Jul 1, 2000

Information Technology mentor Brad Brown responds to the following question from an inc.com user: I plan to start a small busine...  Read more

Internet Appliances ? Here, There, Everywhere!

By Christi Frum |  Jul 1, 2000

New devices designed to access the Internet are popping up all over the place. Across America, tiny Net-enabled appliances are hitting the street in the p...  Read more

Great Space, Southern Exposure, Free T1

By Jill Hecht Maxwell |  Jun 1, 2000

A new breed of telecommunications providers is making economical Web access the next small-business perk.  Read more

One-Stop Dialing

By Rachael King |  Jun 1, 2000

Competitive local exchange carriers, a new kind of telephone company, are willing to go to great lengths to get your company's business.  Read more

Sign of the Times: Culture Gets Benched

By Mike Hofman |  Jun 1, 2000

When college dropouts Andrew Perlman and Mark Land founded Cignal Global Communications, a fiber-optic data-communications company, five years ago, they r...  Read more

Cut-Rate Collaboration

By Mary Kwak |  Jun 1, 2000

Free intranet services provide a simple way for smaller companies to communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers.  Read more

Can I use microwave technology to connect two offices?

By Mie-Yun Lee |  Jun 1, 2000

An inc.com user asks: I need to network offices located three and ten miles apart. Can I connect them via microwave? Read more

The Business Portal

By Thomas Koulopoulos |  May 1, 2000

In my last column I talked about the importance of vertical portals (vortals) in creating...  Read more

What points should I remember when setting up a new office?

By Michelle Radeke |  May 1, 2000

Offices & Operations mentor Mie-Yun Lee responds to the following question from an inc.com user: We are in the process of setti...  Read more

Can Visitors Navigate Your Site?

By Matt May |  May 1, 2000

Testing Web sites for usability is largely recognized as a requirement for launching top-quality sites. Advocates of usability testing have emphasized the...  Read more

Decide Whether a Turnkey Solution Is Right for You

By Delilah Obie |  Apr 1, 2000

Claims of implementing a complete Web site in 10 to 15 minutes may be exaggerated, but turnkey Web building solutions do offer a quick and affordable mean...  Read more

Are You Being Served?

By Sarah Schafer |  Apr 1, 2000

Computer Networks It's a buyer's market for small-business servers. Here's how to untangle all the options Read more

Look Who's Talking

By Cary Lu |  Mar 15, 2000

Inc. classic by Internet marketing expert Jim Sterne.  Read more

The Editorial Oui

By Ilan Mochari |  Mar 1, 2000

Need to communicate document changes quickly? This product can turn your copier into a networked scanner for paperless document distribution.  Read more

A Suite Deal

By Ilan Mochari |  Mar 1, 2000

Trouble finding office space? This business created its own Greg Steckler has been building residential log cabins for 16 years....  Read more

Meet Glenn Weadock

By David Batstone |  Mar 1, 2000

Glenn Weadock is president of Independent Software, Inc. (ISI) , a Denver-area computer consulting firm...  Read more

Cheap Talk

By Rachael King |  Mar 1, 2000

What your phone company won't tell you: New Web sites can ferret out the cheapest rates for long-distance and wireless service. I Inc. Techn...  Read more

Look Who's Talking

By Cary Lu |  Mar 1, 2000

Inc. classic by Internet marketing expert Jim Sterne.  Read more

Protect Your Data from Prying Eyes

By Lise Pettigrew |  Mar 1, 2000

Are you just being paranoid if you worry that the data on your hard drive may fall into a competitor's hands? If your laptop should suddenly...  Read more

Lock Down Your Laptop

By Fredrick Marckini |  Mar 1, 2000

Carrying a computer to all corners of the globe can be hard on the nerves. You bought it for thousands of dollars, you have your system configured just th...  Read more

Finding Electrical Outlets in an Airport

By Lise Pettigrew |  Mar 1, 2000

Waiting for a flight at the airport can be a bore, but if you can whip out your laptop, at least you can get some work done. But those with a long flight ...  Read more

Powering Up Overseas

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

A Web site maintained by a world traveler in Texas can help you quickly determine what phone line and electrical plug adapters you'll need when traveling ...  Read more

Extending the Life of Your Laptop Battery

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

For the frequent business traveler, there's only one thing more frustrating than being stuck in an airport waiting for a delayed flight: Waiting in an air...  Read more

iPass Provides Worldwide Internet Access

By Lane McCulloch |  Mar 1, 2000

A growing number of Internet service providers (ISPs) are offering so-called "roaming access" to the Internet. Once you establish an account with an ISP t...  Read more

How to Use an Acoustic Coupler

By Lise Pettigrew |  Mar 1, 2000

People who have tried them, curse them. They're seen as bulky, clumsy, and decidedly low tech. Yet acoustic couplers are about the only way to ensure that...  Read more

Myth 3: Smart Money Makes You Smart

By Mike Hofman |  Feb 1, 2000

Think any Internet start-up can get venture capital? Not true. Entrepreneur Cliff Young had to grow his company before the VCs came calling.  Read more

While You Were Out

By Mie-Yun Lee |  Dec 1, 1998

Here's how two companies purchased their voice-mail systems. Includes the options they faced, the cost of each system, and technical glitches that arose duri...  Read more

Inner Beauties

By Emily Esterson |  Dec 1, 1998

Here's how Children's Orchard, a franchiser of children's discount stores, uses an intranet to alert franchisees to news about new products and unite them un...  Read more

Just the Fax

By Gerard J. Holzmann |  Sep 15, 1998

Believe it or not, today's fax machine isn't a new technology. The first faxes traveled electronically over telegraph wires more than a century ago.  Read more

Chatter Box

By Ben Garber |  Mar 15, 1998

A product review of Concero Switchboard, a device promising switchboard and remote-dial capabilities for small and home-based businesses.  Read more

" Face-to-Face, Almost"

Jan 1, 1998

Do your salespeople hop on and off airplanes as much as most people get in and out of bed? Videoconferencing may be the answer to your sales expense-accou...  Read more

Push 'Em Back

By David B. Sicilia |  Sep 15, 1997

A look at the early history of pushtechnology that started with stock market ticker tape machines.  Read more