Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on March 30, 2008
On Friday, Raul Castro announced that, for the first time, Cubans are now legally permitted to own and use cell phones. "The decision, announced in an understated manner on Page 2 of the...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on March 28, 2008
TapRoot Systems this week introduced its WalkingHotSpot software, which turns a Wi-Fi enabled smartphone into a Wi-Fi hotspot that provides access to the phone's 3G data network connection. For...
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The Dash Express, a groundbreaking Internet-connected in-car GPS device that uses both Wi-Fi and GPRS for IP connectivity, launched today and is now available for order on Amazon.com. The...
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Comcast and Time Warner Cable are in talks to fund a new joint venture with Sprint and Clearwire, creating a nationwide WiMax network that the cable companies could then access on a wholesale basis....
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Buzz Broadband CEO Garth Freeman's description of WiMax as a "disaster" got a strong response today from WiMax equipment manufacturer Airspan, and from Sprint, which is deploying the...
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At WiMax World Asia 2008 in Bangkok last week, Garth Freeman, CEO of Australian WiMax operator Buzz Broadband, shocked his audience by calling WiMax technology a "disaster" that has...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on March 21, 2008
Intel has announced the Rural Connectivity Platform (RCP), a solution designed to send data as far as 60 miles to provide Wi-Fi connectivity in rural areas. That maximum distance, according to the...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on March 21, 2008
In the current issue of Ode Magazine, Marco Visscher reports on a Motorola mobile deployment in Namibia that relies on solar and wind power in areas where the infrastructure is otherwise unreliable....
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on March 19, 2008
As promised last month, Verizon Wireless today announced the specs under which it's opening its network to new devices and applications. "Verizon this morning laid out a parcel of standard...
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Filed in archive 700 MHz
by jeff goldman on March 18, 2008
The FCC closed the 700 MHz auction this afternoon after 261 rounds of bidding. The total raised was more than $19.5 billion - which, as Wired's Bryan Gardiner notes, was "more money than any...
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A wonderful post by Crave's John P. Falcone today imagines an iPod Max, a hypothetical iPod Touch with WiMax connectivity. "Unlike the current Wi-Fi-only iPod Touch, the user [could] also...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on March 14, 2008
Motorola this week announced the Motorola RFS6000 mesh-enabled 802.11a/b/g/n WLAN switch and the Motorola AP-7131 tri-radio 802.11n access point. "With the ability to support up to 48...
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Filed in archive RFID
by jeff goldman on March 13, 2008
Holland's Radboud University yesterday announced that researchers had managed to crack and duplicate NXP Semiconductors' MIFARE RFID tech that's used in major public transport systems...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on March 11, 2008
Sprint yesterday announced its first EV-DO Rev. A-capable handset by releasing a software upgrade for its HTC Mogul device. The upgrade makes the Mogul the fastest Sprint phone currently available,...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on March 10, 2008
At the EuroCACS conference in Stockholm today, Ericsson chief marketing officer Johan Bergendahl contended that Wi-Fi hotspots will soon be as irrelevant and outdated as telephone booths. According...
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Filed in archive Mobile
by jeff goldman on March 07, 2008
A Merrill Lynch analyst yesterday floated a rumor that T-Mobile USA owner Deutsche Telekom may consider buying the beleaguered Sprint "to block a price war in the mobile phone industry,"...
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Tata Communications this week announced plans to work with Telsima to launch a nationwide WiMax network in India. The first phase of the deployment will deliver broadband Internet access via WiMax to...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on March 05, 2008
The AP today picked up on news that Denver International Airport's free Wi-Fi blocks a somewhat eccentric range of content, including BoingBoing.net and VanityFair.com - apparently, the airport...
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