Globalstar, a world leader in LEO satellite phones, along with Iridium, announced today that that it has filed an application with the FCC for authority to use all of its assigned mobile satellite service (MSS) spectrum for Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) services in the United States.
Earlier this year, the FCC granted Globalstar the authority [...]
The New York Times reports today that Verizon’s AirFone service on airplanes will shut down before the end of the year. Airfone, which Verizon acquired when it bought GTE in 2000, has phones in about 1,000 planes operated by Continental, Delta, United Airlines and US Airways.
AirCell will [...]
According to IDC, worldwide broadband subscriptions will nearly double in 5 years, expanding from a little more than 205 mln in 2005 to nearly 400 mln in 2010.
By early 2006, Japan had over 24 million broadband services in place, making it the third largest broadband country in the world after the US and China, reports [...]
Anaheim, California (pop. 328,014), is the first major city to get a WiFi cloud, reports Wired. The 50-square-mile, citywide Wi-Fi mesh network will be activated this month.
Anaheim Mayor Curt Pringle will cut a ceremonial wire, turning on those [1,500 Tropos] boxes and powering up America’s first big-city Wi-Fi network, which will offer residents [...]
Brewed Awakenings, a WiFi equipped coffee shop, near Vancouver, Washington, is in a pickle over someone using their net connection from a nearby parking lot.
Not buying a single tall latte before accessing the Internet may not be a crime. But cafe owners don’t see it that way. The man was arrested for freeloading on the [...]
BelAir Networks is marrying two industry buzzwords — “WiMax” and “mesh” — into a single product, reports Unstrung.
The company is set to introduce a WiMax radio module for use in wireless mesh networks. The FCC on Tuesday posted its approval of the module, which runs in the WCS (Wireless Communication Service) 2.3GHz band [...]
Google’s Mt. View Cloud, based on Tropos gear, is powering up this month. But Google does not plan to use ads to pay for the free wireless Internet service, reports C/Net, and there’s no secret plan to monetize the service, a Google Wi-Fi product manager said Wednesday.
“The reason it is free is because…we [...]
Yesterday was the Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year (in the Northern Hemisphere). A good time to review solar powered hotspots.
Providing free broadband web access using inexpensive 802.11 mesh network was demonstrated at the GoldenHillFreeWeb project, which describes how it’s done.
Lumin Innovative Products, in Boulder, Colorado, uses Proxim access points. It takes [...]
Wireless over-the-air (OTA) music services in the U.S. could have more than 50 million users and generate more than a billion dollars in revenue by 2010, according to research firm IDC.
IDC forecasts OTA will be driven by the convenience of buying music online. They anticipate spending will grow at compound annual growth rates of 12.4% [...]
Security researchers have found a way to seize control of a laptop computer by manipulating buggy code in the system’s wireless device driver, reports Infoworld.
The hack will be demonstrated at the upcoming Black Hat USA 2006 conference during a presentation by David Maynor, a research engineer with Internet Security Systems and Jon Ellch, [...]
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