NTT DoCoMo, Japan’s largest cellular operator, is planning a year of tests of IEEE802.16e WiMax in Tokyo.
According to the statement, DoCoMo, working in collaboration with other NTT group companies, will conduct the test in the Yoyogi area of Tokyo for about one year using the 2.5GHz frequency band. [...]
In a blow to proponents of “Net Neutrality”, Rep. Joe Barton, the Texas Republican who heads the House Energy and Commerce Committee, released new text on the proposed bill today.
Phone companies and cable TV operators alike could seek permission to launch video in communities through a national franchising process, according to the bill, which Rep. [...]
Sprint Nextel today launched a local cell phone directory service to find nearby resources such as restaurants, driving directions, and movie times.
The $2.99 a month service, called “Find It!,” combines GPS and directory information from InfoSpace to let users search out locations without having to enter a zip code or know where they are.
The J2Me [...]
WiFiPlanet reports that G2 Microsystems of Santa Clara, California, is readying low cost hardware for tracking tags.
The G2 System-on-Chip (SoC) tag supports 802.11 based tracking done by companies like Newbury, Ekahau, AeroScout and Pango Networks — but it also supports the emerging ISO 24730 [...]
The Best WiFi Hotels by Hotel Chatter, judges “how well a hotel’s WiFi network works, how the hotels service and support that network, and how conducive these hotels are to what we will call a “WiFi Friendly” environment”.
Hotel Chatter invites users to provide their own tips and leave comments. The Best WiFi Hotels [...]
The Internet telephony market is getting more crowded as two more companies launched new services in the U.S. market on Monday, reports C/Net:
Internet search portal Lycos, owned by Korean company Daum Communications, began offering its Lycos Phone service. And Jajah, a start-up with backing from Sequoia Capital, a major Silicon Valley venture capital [...]
Novatel Wireless, like Sierra Wireless last week, announced their EV-DO Rev A card today. The Merlin 720 EV-DO card is only available in a pre-commercial form. EV-DO Rev A service is not expected to be available until next year.
CDMA Revision A also incorporates quality of service controls to manage latency on the network. With [...]
Hughes Network Systems, the operator of 2-way internet satellite services, is changing its brand from DIRECWAY to “HughesNet“. HughesNet, now independant from the DirecTV group, is repositioning itself to sell Internet access to small businesses and consumers in rural parts of the country.
Rupurt Murdoch, majority owner of DirecTV, sold their two way satellite service, DirecWay, [...]
WiFiNetNews worries that Google’s “free” WiFi service will be used by law enforcement agencies to track users.
Glenn Fleishman points to an article in The Nation by Jeff Chester:
Unless municipal leaders object, citizens and visitors will be subjected to intensive data-mining of their web searches, e-mail messages and other online activities are tracked, profiled [...]
It’s T minus ten for SpaceX which is scheduled to launch their Falcon 1 rocket with a test payload from the Air Force Academy’s satellite program (FalconSat-2) in 10 minutes, 1pm Pacific Standard time, (webcast).
UPDATE: The rocket had a successful liftoff and made it well clear of the launch pad, but unfortunately the vehicle was [...]
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