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Archive for February, 2004

California W-ISPs Merge

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2004

Unstrung reports that NextWeb and SkyPipeline, California’s broadband fixed wireless leaders, announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge, creating “the largest Wireless Internet Service Provider in the country“, although that appears to conflict with the figures Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine came up with earlier this [...]

Intel + Sony = Mobile MTV

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2004

Intel and Sony Music Entertainment today announced the availability of a mobile high-quality music video application that enables users to access “short form” music videos and other Sony Music Entertainment content for playback on powerful cellphones and PDAs powered by Intel processors. The new mobile music video application, developed [...]

Fat Tuesday

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2004

Verge is using mesh in its New Orleans Warehouse District network and providing roaming via Boingo. Installation and testing of the first four Wi-Fi Cells was completed early January and will enable convention goers at the Hilton and Generations Hall limited free and paid access to the [...]

WiFi Cell Phones

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2004

At the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France (live webcast), Motorola announced the MPx100 Smartphone, a candy-bar design and the MPx phone an innovative clam-shell. The Motorola MPx100 boasts up to 512MB of expandable memory through a built-in SD slot, an integrated 1.3 mega pixel camera with flash and 3x zoom, [...]

Wireless USB Expected Soon

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2004

The key for creating a digital home environment is the interoperability of all electronic devices, said Craig Barrett Tuesday at the Intel Technology Seminar in Toyko. The chief executive of Intel expects electronic devices which combine different electronics platforms such as digital camcorders, DVD recorders and personal computers to hit [...]

Broadband Wireless World 04

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2004

Broadband Wireless World 2004, Tuesday and Wednesday in San Diego should be hot. Broadband Wireless Magazine, perhaps the best industry-specific journal, sponsors the show. It’s a breakout year for broadband wireless. The industry is betting the farm on 802.16a/d (Wi-Max) but real-world [...]

Pdatraffic.com

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2004

Pdatraffic.com delivers up to the minute SeaTraffic with color traffic maps on your PalmOS device. SeaTraffic is WiFi, GSM/GPRS, CDMA, and Bluetooth compatible. It supports PalmOne, Handspring, Samsung, and Kyocera phones and PDA’s. How does it work? The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) gathers traffic [...]

Happy Town

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2004

“One of the biggest barriers to development and deployment of broadband or wireless is the state and county rules and regulations,” says Fred Ziari, owner of EZ Wireless, in The Portland Business Journal. “These make it so costly, people shy away from it.” The Eastern Oregon WiFi network, previously [...]

Tiny AP Reviewed

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2004

Tom’s Networking reviews the tiny ASUS Pocket Wireless Access Point, the WL-330 ($69 street). It uses Marvell’s 802.11b Access Point Solution using an ARM9-based 88W8500 processor and CMOS 88W8000 transceiver. The chipset puts out about 100mW of transmit power using straight 802.11b (no “G”), and does not offer external antenna [...]

Largest US Wireless ISPs

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2004

After compiling information from hundreds of Wireless ISPs across the United States, Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine announced today the Top 10 Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) for 2004. The Top 10 WISP List was compiled by ranking WISPs on the actual number of active subscribers [...]