ArsTechnica notes the US might allow unlicensed use of so-called “white spaces” in the UHF television spectrum. These white spaces are available even in heavily congested urban areas (San Franciso, for instance, has six channels vacant. Two new bills want to open up this spectrum up. The Wireless Innovation Act, introduced by Senators George Allen [...]
Global Crossing announced today that it has selected Alcatel to deploy key capacity upgrades on its core international network. The company is adding wavelengths on its Mid Atlantic Crossing (MAC) system, which links North America, Latin America, Europe and the Pacific. “By leveraging Alcatel’s next-generation DWDM submarine terminal, we’re ensuring the ongoing delivery of our [...]
EarthLink and Google have teamed up and submitted a joint proposal to build the City of San Francisco citywide wireless municipal network, reports Om Malik. City officials did not release any details of the actual proposals or make them available Tuesday. They said a panel will review the bids and make recommendations by early April. [...]
The Wimax Summit 2006: Deploying Broadband Wireless Access, is being held February 21 to 24 at the Sofitel Bercy hotel in Paris. The event will take place at the same time as the 8th edition of International SIP Conference and Alcatel’s Enterprise Forum. Alcatel is demonstrating its enterprise mobility solutions at the Palais de Congres [...]
The Cloud, a hotspot operator with operations in the UK, Sweden and Germany, has entered a partnership with the City of London to create a WiFi cloud throughout a square mile in downtown London. Cloud Networks currently runs several Wi-Fi hotspots in London, including the Canary Wharf, the British Library and Coffee Republic, a chain [...]
AT&T and Yahoo are launching a service that lets people use Cingular mobile phones to get access to their photos, e-mail, instant messaging and address books on their Yahoo accounts, reports Reuters. The AT&T Yahoo Go Mobile service is part of the Yahoo Go brand. Yahoo hopes to make its services available to users on [...]
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