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Archive for August, 2005

MDA IV PocketPC Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 31st, 2005

The MDA Pro is here (at least in Europe), proclaims PocketPC Thoughts which has a review:
Available from T-Mobile Deutschland from September 1, [the MDA Pro], a mini notebook, is one of the first mobile devices worldwide to integrate the three technologies W-LAN (Wireless Local Area Network), UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) [...]

Digital Shortwave

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 31st, 2005

The BBC World Service (pr), has announced it will be among the first in the world to broadcast digitally over shortwave radio. They will use a standard called Digital Radio Mondiale (Wikipedia), which covers the international broadcasting bands below 30 MHz. DRM is a new digital radio standard, specifically designed for use [...]

LinksysInfo: 60K Users

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

LinksysInfo has a great website featuring free firmware for the Linksys WRT54G family of access points with downloads, news and forums. They now have 60,000 registered users after less then 18 months.
We have just hit a new all time high with 60,000 + users who have taken the [...]

Open ITV

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

Satellite provider EchoStar has launched a mosaic video application (showcase) that will enable viewers to watch six TV thumbnailed video channels and access an interactive menu concurrently, reports CED Magazine.
Powered by OpenTV set-top software, the mosaic and interactive elements, offered on channel 100, follow some earlier [...]

Softbank Adds Hotspots in Japan

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

Japanese Internet group Softbank, which provides Japan’s Yahoo broadband service, will offer subscribers “hot spot” service at train stations and other locations starting this October, reports the AP.
Softbank will integrate its WiFi network with that of its subsidiary Japan Telecom, which it bought in 2004, to offer a single service called BB Mobile Point to [...]

NextWeb Expands

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

Fremont, Calif.-based NextWeb, which provides service to more than 2,500 businesses in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and San Francisco, recently raised $3.5 million in new financing to fund expansion.
Today it’s doing it. NextWeb said they will buy 1st Universe to strengthen its network, and prepare for WiMAX. NextWeb claims the deal is the largest [...]

Meru + Juniper

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

Meru Networks, a leader in wireless VoIP infrastructure, today announced that it has signed an alliance agreement with Juniper Networks to co-market solutions that enable pervasive, secure wireless Voice over IP (VoIP).
Meru has joined Juniper s J-Partner Infrastructure Alliance program as a preferred member, and will collaborate with Juniper on joint sales and co-marketing [...]

IPTV Networking

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 30th, 2005

With telephone companies moving into a “closed garden” with DSL and satellite providers ubiquitous, you might think the future for independent ISPs is grim. But you’d be wrong, says Jim Olson, president and CEO, of SkyStream. Red Herring explains; “With more customers than Microsoft, SkyStream may be the [...]

D-Link Hotspot with Cell Backbone

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 29th, 2005

D-Link has announced a future router that has a PC Card slot for cellular backhaul.
The D-Link Wireless 3G Mobile Router, at least theoretically, allows subscribers of cellular service, like Verizon Wireless BroadbandAccess, to share their wireless EV-DO connection using Ethernet or 802.11g WiFi. The 3G Mobile Router will offer both consumers and small business a [...]

Samsung: Intel Will Follow

Posted by Sam Churchill on August 29th, 2005

Unstrung says Samsung has now demonstrated handoff between WiBro basestations at speeds of up to 50 MPH [80 kmph], and intends to debut the new technology at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in November.
Samsung wants to grab an early advantage in mobile wireless broadband, and particularly [...]