Unstrung reports that Airspan Networks is set to close a $8.7 million acquisition of VOIP softswitch vendor ArelNet by the end of May. According to Unstrung, Airspan hopes the acquisition will enable it to support 802.16 voice services. Airspan today announced it has signed a definitive purchase agreement for the Israeli company, following a letter [...]
AirCell will begin conducting flight demonstrations of its aircraft-to-ground link this July. Personal mobile phones and other wireless devices will connect with terrestrial relays. Aircell demonstrated 300 to 500 kbps last summer, with peak rates up to 2.4 megabits per second. Targeted for commercial deployment in 2006, the AirCell Broadband System will incorporate a fully-integrated [...]
I wonder if public hotspots will be a curse. We’re so immersed and connected — right now — who’s to say public hotspots won’t make things worse. Exacerbating our tensions and divisions, making our lives less engaged, less expansive, less enriched. A positive outcome is the whole point. Public hotspots can be socially engineered. They [...]
The Buffalo News is reporting that Buffalo (NY) is considering the creation of a giant Wi-Fi hotzone downtown and in surrounding areas. Buffalo wants to attract businesses and bridge the digital divide, according the the article. MuniWireless has more The expansion idea hit a snag earlier this month when the city’s bond lawyer questioned the [...]
WaveRider Communications, today introduced the WaveRider ‘MobileWAN’ family that are said to enable companies to establish permanent or temporary wireless networks for high-speed voice and data communications. WaveRider’s MobileWAN can be quickly installed in any location and offers mobility for end users, making WaveRider’s MobileWAN products suitable for public safety and emergency response applications such [...]
Tropos Networks, the leading MetroMesh company, is doing a deal with NetMotion, a leading “roaming” software vendor, to promote roaming between Tropos’ metro-sized Wi-Fi networks and wide area networks (like cellular providers). The two companies are working together on the Tropos deployment in Milpitas, California, to enable public safety workers to interconnect using NetMotion’s Mobility [...]
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