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Archive for September, 2004

Symbol Patent Covers Most 802.11 chipsets

Posted by Don Park on September 27th, 2004

Symbol claims to own a patent that will enable it to charge royalties from many access point manufactures. The patent was probably received from a recent settlement of a patent infringement countersuit against Proxim, another major wireless corporation. The judgement gives Symbol $23 million and some of [...]

Earthquake Monitoring

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Astrobiology reports a rumbling South American volcano has gone wireless: Computer scientists at Harvard University and seismologists at the University of New Hampshire and University of North Carolina are monitoring volcanos using a wireless array. The sensors at the Ecuadorian peak should help researchers, officials, and local [...]

USA Today on Municipal Broadband

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Smart Mobs points to an article in USA Today that looks at how small U.S communities are setting up high speed broadband networks.
Danville and Provo are just two of about 800 communities that are in some stage of municipal broadband deployment, estimates Michael Render, president of Render Vanderslice & [...]

Terabeam At 4.9 GHz

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Tom’s Networkingt points out that Terabeam Wireless has a new Marquee Series wireless broadband product line. The OFDM-based products are said to achieve as high as 36 Mbps over-the-air data rate, range of more than 30 miles and and “near-line-of-sight” communication and available in both licensed and license-free [...]

That’s HEDLEY!

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Hedley Lamarr : My mind is a raging torrent, flooded with rivulets of thought cascading into a waterfall of creative alternatives. Taggart: God darnit Mr. Lamarr, you use your tongue prettier than a twenty dollar whore.
InfoWorld breaks a big story about [...]

More Wireless Cameras

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Engadget reports that Nokia today expanded its consumer product portfolio with the introduction of a wireless home monitoring system, the Nokia Remote Camera. The wireless camera, which uses GSM cellular links, features an integrated motion detection system and the ability to capture megapixel-quality images and video clips with [...]

Alvarion, Oui

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2004

Alvarion and Altitude Telecom, a private and independent telecommunications operator, today announced the signing of an agreement and the receipt of an initial order for the deployment of an advanced wireless broadband network across France. Altitude Telecom will deploy Alvarion’s BreezeMAX, to build a nationwide network using their 3.5GHz spectrum. [...]

Satellite VoIP Phone Booth

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2004

WiFiNetNews and SlashDot pick up the story of Burning Man’s VoIP phone booth.
Brad Templeton, along with Brent Chapman and John Gilmore put together a battery-powered free phone booth using 802.11, VoIP and a satellite IP uplink. This [...]

Verizon EV-DO to 13 Cities

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2004

Verizon Wireless will launch their high-speed EV-DO service, BroadbandAccess (FAQ), beginning Monday in 13 major metropolitan markets — including Atlanta; Austin; Baltimore; Kansas City, KS/MO; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL; Milwaukee; New York; Philadelphia; San Diego; Tampa, FL; Washington, D.C. and West Palm Beach, FL. [...]

Obit for AT&T Wireless

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2004

The Seattle PI has a post mortum on AT&T Wireless:
As early as next month, AT&T Wireless will be sold to Cingular and many of its 31,000 workers likely will be laid off. How did the nation’s wireless pioneer, with deep Seattle roots, go from industry leader to industry loser? [...]