This February the FCC approved the commercial use of ultrawideband, a new “band” operating between 3.1GHz to 10.6 GHz. Interference is not expected to be an issue since the signal spreads out over a huge swath of frequencies. UWB signals are below the noise threshold of ordinary radios. According to the UWB [...]
Bluetooth has crossed the threshold with a sub-$5 chip. The Texas Instruments single-chip Bluetooth device costs only $4, and uses 1.3 micron copper CMOS which uses half the power and lowers cost and size. It should bring Bluetooth functionality to cellular phones and consumer devices when it reaches volume production in [...]
Nextel started business as a mobile radio service for taxis and truckers. They used central towers at frequencies intertwined with the public safety band at 800 Mhz unlike cellular frequencies which are further separated but use the same 800 Mhz band. In the 1970s, the FCC let Nextel use those channels for the broader public [...]
The newly minted Open Mobile Alliance (FAQ) will replace the WAP Forum. The goal of the new organization is to develop an open standard for different wireless platforms, avoiding incompatibilities between different operating systems. The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP), used on many small cell phone displays, has been widely described as “crap”. [...]
802 Planet reports on IBMs plan to unwire New York’s 12,000 schools and over 1 million students. The program began last year to provide federally subsidized technology equipment to schools and libraries. Most of New York’s poorest schools qualify for a 90 percent discount on telecommunications services, including wireless. Under the e-rate program [...]
IVAN (Intelligent Voice Animated Navigator), will search the Web in natural, conversational language. You ask IVAN questions and tell him where you want to go and what you want to find on the Web. IVAN’s artificial intelligence adapts to learn your voice. All the major dictation packages — ViaVoice (with USB [...]
Overdrive’s eBookExpress Website may be the fastest and easiest way to create eBooks. The ebook Express website (FAQ), is makes an e-book for free and eliminates downloading publishing software. Just click to upload your document. BookShare.org provides free copyrighted books for the 24 million Americans are deaf or hearing [...]
Boingo Wireless, the point-and-click provider to more than 600 “hot spots”, will soon provide 3G cellular roaming. TSI Telecommunication Services, a supplier of mobile phone roaming software, will integrate the “hand-off” for the cellular side. By combining Wi-Fi and 3G networks into one offering, Boingo and TSI may deliver the best of both [...]
Wave Wireless announced they’re shipping industrial strength mesh networking products for the 2.4 GHz band. Wavewireless is using the PacketHop technology developed at SRI, using their Mobile Ad-hoc Networks (MANET) mesh protocol. PacketHop reduces the data overhead of mesh networking although each node must remain “on” to pass the signal. [...]
Think it’s too early to stick a fork in broadcasters, cablecasters and phone companies? Maybe not. Progress in the (already) broken DTV standard has ground to a halt as studios and networks try to copy-protection everything. Rep. Billy Tauzin (R-La.), who has been pushing for a speedy rollout says, “Right [...]
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