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Archive for September, 2005

Intel Trials WiMax in Asia

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2005

Intel said on Thursday it expected to be involved with WiMax trials in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by year-end.
“The trials of the technology are starting now, and we see (commercial) roll-out worldwide over the next two to three years,” said Sean Maloney, the head of Intel’s mobility unit. “But it’s patchy — some [...]

Cell phone with WiFi Roaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2005

Gizmodo, Telecoms Korea and PhoneScoop have news on LG’s WiFi phone, the LG-CL400.
It’s the first dual-mode phone offering WiFi and GSM/GPRS networks with US-based Kineto Wireless. With their Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) technology, a caller is supposed to be able to roam from a WiFi hotspot to cellular coverage seamlessly.
A press [...]

Google TV?

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 22nd, 2005

A full-scale trial of mobile TV has been launched in Britain, reports the BBC.
The Arqiva and O2 trial with 400 people in Oxford will test DVB-H (Digital Video Broadcast - Handheld) that lets mobiles receive direct TV signals. Sixteen channels will be available to the triallists, including BBC One and Two, [...]

More Demo Launches

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

DEMOfall wrapped up today. Executive Producer Chris Shipley chose 65 products to launch at the DEMOfall 2005 conference. Consumer gadgets, mobile services and enterprise systems were given their 360 seconds of fame.

Mobile phone message and communications were features in some of today’s onstage product debuts:

Airena — “AirSet” mobile groupware service networks your phone’s [...]

Get Ready for Rita

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Hurricane Rita could be the most intense hurricane on record ever to hit Texas, and easily one of the most powerful to plow into the U.S. mainland. Galveston, smashed in 1900 by the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history, is in the center of Hurricane Rita’s projected path. Rita is now a Catagory 5 storm, [...]

WiMaxion Car

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Looking for a new car? How about an electric-powered Venturi? It can travel up to 170 miles per hour and zero to 100 kilometers speed in a mere 4.5 seconds.

“It’s sexy, powerful, and environmentally friendly,” explained an Intel official at Oracle’s Open World conference this week. It takes three and a half hours to [...]

Navini In Athens GA

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Navini Networks announced today that it has launched their wireless broadband service in Athens, Ga. with BellSouth. Later this year, BellSouth’s wireless broadband service will be expanded to select Florida cities.
“This commercial deployment of wireless broadband, with the help of Navini Networks, complements BellSouth’s wireline strategy and extends the reach of our broadband service,” said [...]

Talkin’ Moxi

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Digeo, the PVR formerly known as Moxi, and Integra5 Communications, a converged messaging and communications technology, today announced the addition of telephony to the Digeo PVR. The Moxi Media Center and Integra5’s UniTV converged services platform can now deliver a triple play - voice, video and data.

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More Disney WiMax Speculation

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Is Disney looking at WiMax as a way to deliver movies and games? That’s what some are speculating.
Unlike media rivals, Time Warner which owns a cable company or News Corp., which owns DirecTV, Disney lacks a direct link to homes (although they do own the ABC Television Network).
Disney plans to offer wireless phone services using [...]

200M Broadband Users

Posted by Sam Churchill on September 21st, 2005

Europe has the largest concentration of broadband lines in the world, according to the latest stats from Point Topic.
At the end of June, the European Union had 47.5 million broadband connections, followed by North America (44.3 million) and Asia-Pacific (40.6 million).
The total number of broadband lines world-wide is 176 million, calculates Point Topic, with three [...]