John Markoff and Martin Fackler in the New York Times, describe a new location-based information system in Japan. It combines the technology of three Japanese companies; cellular carrier KDDI, networking company NEC Magnus Communications and map provider Mapion, with a small American technology firm that adds “compass” information, GeoVector. The phones combine satellite-based navigation, precise [...]
Time Warner Cable is working with Sprint Nextel, BridgePort Networks, and Siemens to roll out a dualmode cellular/VOIP phone service to subscribers, according to Light Reading. Sprint announced the completion of its acquisition of Nextel for approximately $6.5 billion this week. Sprint-Nextel and four cable operators announced this April that they will test-market a quadruple [...]
WiMAX developer Airspan Networks today announced a series of products combining WiFi for client access with WiMAX for backhaul. The MicroMAX Professional Subscriber Terminal (ProST) has, on one side, an 802.11b/g WiFi radio, and on the other, a WiMAX radio. MicroMAX Professional Subscriber Terminals come in two flavors, the MicroMAX SoC uses unlicensed 5.8 GHz [...]
ClearMesh Networks, an optical last mile start-up based in Pasadena, California, says it has the only commercially available wireless solution capable of targeting the high capacity, high-density metropolitan businesses. Its ClearMesh Metro Grid, announced today, is said to enable service providers to roll out business-class services at 5-100 Mbps to small and medium business markets. [...]
WiFiNetNews has an excellent interview [MP-3] with Esme Vos of Muniwireless.com. Her Muniwireless site began three years ago. It is now the dominant force in the municipal wireless industry, featuring daily news postings and details on the latest RFPs. Esme has also become quite the entrepreneur with a series of conferences, a glossy magazine and [...]
Governor Tarkin: Princess Leia, before your execution, you will join me at a ceremony that will make this battle station operational. – Star Wars Lucent and Verizon Wireless announced today that Verizon Wireless has selected Lucent to deploy 1xEV-DO Revision A technology into its nationwide network. Lucent’s Rev. A solution, which consists of incremental hardware [...]
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