Cellular-News picks up on a new report from ABI Research entitled Ultrawideband: WiMedia, DS-UWB, or CWave? which predicts that there will be nearly 300 million ultrawideband (UWB) shipments by 2011....
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by jeff goldman on May 18, 2006
TechDigest looks at news that Buffalo Technology's new draft-N offering, the AirStation Nfiniti, will be coming to the U.K. in a matter of weeks. "Draft-N standard is pretty exciting for us...
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The Chicago Tribune's Jon Van takes a look at the way independent telephone companies are turning to wireless technology (and specifically to WiMAX) to stay competitive. "We actually have...
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by jeff goldman on May 17, 2006
TMCnet today picks up on news that SkyeTek has more than 30 customers using its technology in "vital patient safety applications." The companies are embedding SkyeTek's RFID technology...
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Techworld's Nancy Gohring reports today that Nokia has updated the operating system for its Wi-Fi Internet tablet, the Nokia 770, adding support for SIP-based voice over IP (VoIP) -- the device...
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TheEdgeDaily's Gan Yen Kuan reports that India's Allied Digital has licensed a proprietary high-speed wireless broadband solution from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission....
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by jeff goldman on May 15, 2006
Palm announced the new Treo 700p smartphone today, with high-speed EvDO access as its key selling point. But as many blogs quickly pointed out, the lack of built-in Wi-Fi seems like a major omission....
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Filed in archive by jeff goldman on May 15, 2006
The results from last month's survey are in -- many thanks to everyone who responded! Some key findings: There's a definite interest in RFID: we'll make sure to keep an eye on that more...
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MyADSL's Duncan McLeod reports that South Africa's Telkom is increasing its investment in fixed-line infrastructure to try to reclaim the market share it has lost to mobile operators....
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by jeff goldman on May 12, 2006
The Australian's Jane Schulze reports that a triumvirate of media groups and telcos has joined together to seek up to $1.1 billion from the Australian goverment to build a regional wireless...
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Om Malik takes a look today at news that Clearwire is planning an IPO with the hope of raising as much as $400 million. "With all the talk about network neutrality, and the buzz around fixed...
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The Korea Times' Kim Tae-gyu reports that KT and Korean TV station KBS have launched a beta service using WiBro in combination with DMB (digital multimedia broadcasting). "Users of the mixed...
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by jeff goldman on May 10, 2006
At silicon.com, Peter Cochrane recounts the efforts he goes through on a regular basis to find Wi-Fi access in coffee shops, hotels and airport terminals worldwide. "Over the past six months or...
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The Houston Chronicle reports that FierceWireless has announced the recipients of its annual Fierce 15 Awards. The awards are given based on the quality of a company's products and services, the...
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by jeff goldman on May 09, 2006
PC Magazine's Mark Hachman reports that Silex Technology has introduced a biometric attachment for a Wi-Fi router which uses fingerprint identify to secure the network. The Silex Bio-NetGuard...
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by jeff goldman on May 09, 2006
WirelessIQ reports today that Boingo has announced a roaming agreement with South korean provider KT, which will result in the addition of 14,000 hotspots to Boingo's global Wi-Fi network. The...
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by jeff goldman on May 08, 2006
Research firm Visiongain released a report today entitled Google in mobile and wireless: Analysing the impact and assessing the threat of the search giant's market entry. The report states that...
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by jeff goldman on May 08, 2006
TMCnet's Mae Kowalke reports today that U.K.-based Truphone has declared itself the world's first 4G network operator. Truphone's software infrastructure lets users place calls and send...
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Heise Online's Craig Morris reports that Intel and the NDS Group, a provider of pay TV technology, have developed a system to offer TV content over fixed WiMAX. The aim is to demonstrate to...
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