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Archive for September, 2005

iGrid 2005

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 26th, 2005

iGrid 2005, is the 4th community-driven biennial International Grid event, to coordinate efforts to accelerate the use of multi-10Gb international and national networks. This year, iGrid showcases more than four-dozen real-time application demonstrations from 20 countries, along with keynotes, panels and presentations. A single optical fiber can carry multiple wavelengths [...]

Pango WiFi Tracking Updated

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 26th, 2005

PanGo Networks is launching an upgrade of its asset tracking software tomorrow, as well as a second-generation active RFID tag that’s half as big and less expensive than the original version, reports ComputerWorld.
PanGo’s system is primarily deployed in hospitals, where it uses Wi-Fi networks to transmit data captured by radio frequency identification (RFID) tags placed [...]

Mobile Mesh Multiplies

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 26th, 2005

Sensoria Corporation, a mobile mesh networking company, is introducing their EnRoute500 a dual-radio outdoor wireless mesh router. This new device is paired with the EnRoute400 (pdf), Sensoria’s mobile mesh router, to create a network that serves multiple missions and user groups.
Sensoria says mobile municipal or transit workers can benefit from enhanced [...]

Alcatel: Cross Platform Multimedia

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 26th, 2005

Alcatel today announced that it has achieved a world first by demonstrating the delivery of IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) based services over a WiMAX radio access network.
The IP Multimedia Subsystem is an open, standardised, multi-media architecture for mobile and fixed IP services. A multi-media session between an IMS cellular user and a user on the [...]

Muniwireless Study & Conference

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 26th, 2005

Muniwireless.com, the leading website for municipal wireless news, has created a report, “2005 Municipal Wireless State of the Market Report.” According to the $500 report, the U.S. market will enjoy a compound annual growth rate of 134 percent between 2004 and 2007 and will exceed $400 million by 2007 as more municipalities, including larger [...]

Runcom Mobilizes WiMax

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 25th, 2005

Mobile WiMAX, the IEEE 802.16e standard, may be ratified by the end of this month, reports Unstrung.
Fixed WiMax products, based on the IEEE’s 802.16-2004, are expected to be available in the first half of next year.
Mobile WiMax is something completely different. It is focused on portable and mobile broadband services. Certification testing and product [...]

Qualcomm WiFi Phone Chipset

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2005

Qualcomm today announced that Qualcomm’s Mobile Station Modem (MSM) chipsets will support Philips’ wireless local area network (WLAN) module. This integrated solution will offer connectivity to WLAN networks as well as to existing cellular networks and will feature compatibility with 802.11b and 802.11g protocols on both CDMA2000 and WCDMA (UMTS) networks.
“Our work with Philips helps [...]

Satellite Jammer?

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2005

Mr. Chairman, I am Dr. George Ullrich, the Deputy Director at the Defense Special Weapons Agency in the Department of Defense. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss this important issue. It is interesting to note that exactly 52 years ago to the day, the world’s [...]

Handhelds from Palm

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 23rd, 2005

Engadget has an exclusive first look at the new Windows Mobile-powered Treo and posted a first look at the Treo 700w.

One feature not immediately available will be the ability to push e-mail to users as it arrives, rather than forcing them to fetch it, a feature in the BlackBerry.
A few confirmed specs: [...]

Cisco Gets Field Upgrade to 5.4 GHz

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2005

Unstrung reports that that under new rules for Software Defined Radios set by the FCC, Cisco’s 802.11a radios will be the first to be certified as SDR Wi-Fi products.
Cisco’s Aironet 1240AG access points currently provide 12 operating channels in the three 5GHz Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure bands, but will soon be field upgradeable to support [...]