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Archive for March, 2005

900 MHz Gear from WaveRider

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

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 [...]

Tropos and Netmotion Team for Roaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

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 [...]

Done: MCI + Verizon

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

MCI’s board on Tuesday accepted Verizon’s sweetened $7.6 billion offer, rejecting Qwest Communications’s larger ($8.45B) bid. E-Week, Om Malik and Google News have the latest.
MCI said Verizon raised its cash-and-stock offer to $23.50 a share, including $8.75 per MCI share [...]

Alcatel + India = MobileWiMax?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

India’s Center for Development of Telematics has signed a memorandum of understanding with French telecommunications equipment supplier Alcatel to form a joint research and development center in India focusing on broadband wireless access. The partners will focus on short- and long-term projects to develop wireless access technologies. The [...]

Strix Does Voice

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

Strix Systems , a Wi-Fi mesh networking system, deployed a large voice and data network at Spring VON 2005. Strix says the indoor network performed flawlessly over the four day conference. Over 25 Access/One Network IWS nodes were deployed by a [...]

Brand X, Grokster in Court

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 29th, 2005

The Supreme Court will hear arguments today to determine whether cable companies must open their networks to competitors. The Brand X Case could decide how much choice consumers will have. It pits the FCC and National Cable & Telecommunications Association, against Internet service providers such as EarthLink and consumer groups. [...]

The Podcast Hotel

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

The Podcast Hotel, explains Corante’s Alex Williams, will turn a hotel in Portland, Oregon, into a podcast and videoblog studio. It’s a place where people come to learn and share how these content creation tools can be used in any way they want, be [...]

The Xirrus Enterprise Array

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Xirrus, a startup in Westlake Village, Calif., announced a new product that combines elements of a WLAN switch and multiple APs into a single long-range device.
Xirrus’ Wireless LAN Arrays look like large smoke detectors and include multiple antenna elements and radios to provide extended range for the enterprise [...]

MIMO Reviews

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

Need an access point to cover a big area? The best bet may be one of those new rigs with Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) antennas. They can double the range of plain vanilla 802.11g hot spots, as Tim Higgins shows. But which one? SF Gate reviews the [...]

PUC Telephone Survey

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 28th, 2005

A survey conducted by the Oregon Public Utility Commission shows 60% of all households are generally satisfied with their local telephone service, while 79% are very unlikely to switch exclusively to cellular service in the next six months. In addition, the survey found that Oregonians [...]