Cisco (Quote) has dropped its lawsuit over Apple’s planned use of the iPhone trademark in its forthcoming handset. Wednesday night the two companies issued a joint statement that they had resolved the dispute. The agreement leaves both firms free to use the iPhone trademark on their products throughout the world, according to the statement. Both Apple (Quote) and Cisco said they acknowledge each other’s trademark ownership rights and will dismiss any pending action over its use. The day after Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the Wi-Fi/GSM-based dual-mode iPhone prototype at the Macworld Expo trade …

If carriers and providers of mesh networks didn’t feel they were getting enough from the software that runs their nets, Tropos Networks has an answer: upgrade. The company’s new Insight data analysis module, now in version 2.0, continues a focus for the company on providing better info for providers. “The installations [of mesh networks] are getting larger and larger, as we move from networks like Chaska (Minn.) to them being Philadelphia- and Anaheim- and Corpus Christi-style,” says Bert Williams, Tropos vice president of marketing, referring to some of the big-name metro-Wi-Fi networks …

The carrier that brought you the first Windows Mobile Treo, the 700w, is now offering an upgraded version of that smartphone, the 700wx, one year later. Verizon Wireless, America’s second largest carrier and biggest CDMA/EV-DO operator, is selling the 700wx for $400 with a two-year agreement and after a $100 rebate. It is now offering a $150 rebate on the 700w. Fellow CDMA/EV-DO operators, Sprint and Alltel, already sell the Treo for their networks, while Cingular Wireless became the first GSM operator in the U.S. to deliver …

Saratoga, California-based Ekahau’s newest generation of Wi-Fi tracking tags does more than find things. It’ll find you. And it’ll send you a message. The third-generation T301-B is the first from the many Real Time Location Systems (RTLS) companies that make Wi-Fi tags (Aeroscout and Pango Networks are some others) to build in a small display screen to receive text messages. “The form factor is easy for putting into a pocket or wearing as a pendant,” says Arttu Huhtiniemi, Ekahau’s director of product management. “The display lets an application send a text message to the user of the tag, all …

ArubaOS 3.1 and the Aruba Mobility Management System (MMS) 2.0 are now available to customers of Aruba Networks. The focus of the new software is on scalable mobility. “Everyone started with wireless in conference rooms and small areas, at least a couple of years ago,” says Jon Green, Aruba product manager. “Today, they start with wireless from the beginning. We get orders asking for 4,000 access points to go in within three months. So we had to look at the architecture of our software and see where we had limits — and get rid of them.” New or updated features include items like Virtual Mobile …