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Archive for February, 2005

Aruba + Dartmouth

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, and Aruba Networks say they’re building one of the world’s largest and most innovative Wi-Fi networks for wireless voice, video and data services. Dartmouth is supporting next-generation voice, video and data services throughout its 200 building, 1.5 square [...]

Netopia Adds QOS

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

Netopia today announced a WiFi gateway with Quality of Service (QoS) controls for voice, video, and data services. The 3300-VGx Series Triple Play Gateways use what Netopia has dubbed VGx Virtual Gateway which uses a combination of Virtual LAN and QoS to create up to eight individual [...]

Billion Dollar Laptop

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

From PC Thoughts:
“Outgoing Secretary of State Kevin Shelley told San Francisco police that his Glen Park home was burglarized over the weekend by someone who bypassed valuable property in favor of his state-issued handheld computer….Shelley’s personal digital assistant device was said by employees to be one of his most [...]

Copps Interview on C/Net

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

C/Net has an in-depth interview with Michael Copps, one of two Democrats on the five-member Federal Communications Commission.
He is outraged that the United States isn’t near the top of countries with broadband penetration. While admitting the difficulty in comparing the United States with Japan, Korea [...]

Motorola’s Mesh Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

Motorola, which added MeshNetworks to its wireless data solutions portfolio last year, today announced that Buffalo, MN has gone live with its Motorola Mesh Network solution, offering high-speed mobile broadband access to police and other city employees. As a result, Buffalo police patrol cars are now mesh-enabled, transforming them into mobile broadband offices. [...]

Radio Downloading

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

EE Times reports that a portable, DAB-based, download-ready music player with an electronic program guide (EPG) is being developed in the U.K.. Radio stations in the U.K. are leading the charge to morph Digital Audio Broadcast (DAB) radios into pocket radios that integrate TiVo-like features such as pause, rewind and [...]

Firetide Adds New Gear

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

Firetide, a leader in wireless mesh networking, today announced the HotPort high performance mesh network. The HotPort system allows standard voice, video and data applications to operate both indoors and outdoors over a high capacity wireless mesh backbone. It includes a new hardware platform, new mesh management software and advanced networking features. [...]

Vyyo Adds 700Mhz Modem

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 28th, 2005

Vyyo today announced the introduction of the first integrated 700 MHz modem for broadband wireless deployments. Vyyo’s V284 modem (pdf), designed for simple home installation by consumers, allows service providers to deploy high-speed wireless broadband data and voice services in large scale without expensive truck rolls or extensive RF [...]

The 700 Mhz Club

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 25th, 2005

DailyWireless: Attention everyone. Attention please. The 700 Mhz Advancement Coalition has come to order. Our first order of business tonight is a guest speaker, the highly regarded Steve Stroh, who has news on recent developments on the 700 Mhz band. Steve?
Steve Stroh:
On February 18, 2005, buried in the typical minutiae of the [...]

News You Can Rollup

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 25th, 2005

Fujitsu Laboratories has succesfully made a prototype electronic paper which is comparable to regular copy paper in brightness and thickness. Fujitsu hopes to have the paper in regular production by 2006. Several characteristics of the paper have been developed; ease of reading, ease of portability, durability and improved brightness and [...]