The broadband pricing war is heating up in England, reports the BBC, with satellite firm British Sky Broadcasting (BSkyB) launching a free service for its subscribers (pdf).
BSkyB, Rupert Murdock’s European satellite television service, today unveiled a “free” broadband offer for Sky Digital customers. The pay-TV broadcaster is offering broadband internet packages as low as…nothing.
The [...]
Microsoft is teaming up with Nortel, to integrate voice, e-mail and video, reports the Seattle Times. Last month Microsoft unveiled a roadmap for new unified communications with software such as Microsoft Office.
The broad, four-year agreement calls for the companies to integrate research and development efforts and cross-license intellectual property, reports Telephony Magazine.
Microsoft and [...]
A team of researchers from Research Triangle Institute successfully tested a paint-on antenna for high-altitude airships on June 21, in the Nevada desert.
“Paint-on” antennas are said to be a key enabling technology for high altitudes airships expected to be drafted by the Department of Defense and Homeland [...]
Manchester, England gained blanket Wi-Fi access Tuesday, thanks to The Cloud and the Manchester Evening News, reports ZDNet.
Manchester Online, acts as a free-to-access gateway into the paid service.
“We think hotzones and city-centre coverage generally should have a highly relevant media partner,” The Cloud’s chief marketing officer James Saunders told ZDNet [...]
The GSM Association says a valuable band of spectrum from 2.5-2.690 GHz, should be restricted to 3G use only, but members of the WiMax community want it kept neutral to stimulate innovation, reports ZDNet.
The GSM Association (GSMA), which represents a range of mobile operators worldwide, issued their plea on Monday for regulators to [...]
A Bluetooth wristwatch, from Exmocare, claims to provide elderly monitoring by connecting to cell phones (and GPS car kits).
The Exmocare wristwatch monitors its wearer’s pulse, heart rate variability and skin conductance and also monitors the subject’s level of activity via built in accelerometer to determine whether the subject is active, inactive or sedentary.
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The Portland City Council is expected to vote on a contract with MetroFi Inc. this Wednesday to supply a city-wide WiFi “cloud”, reports The Oregonian.
The city-wide WiFi network for Portland, Oregon is expected to cost some $10 million, and cover 134 square miles, serving some 500,000 people.
Unwire Portland, the organization formed to choose a city-wide [...]
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority plans to install wireless Internet access at bus stops, reports the Washington Business Journal.
The bidding companies would recoup their investments by charging for services or selling online ads. The transit agency would share in the revenue and provide riders with up-to-the-minute information on bus and train service.
Metro officials say [...]
HP has developed a chip smaller than a single grain of rice that’s able to store 512KB and transmit and receive information at 10Mbit/sec. The chip requires no batteries to operate since other devices, that read the chip, provide power by induction.
HP said that its new chip is far superior to current Bluetooth and RFID [...]
Beamforming innovator Ruckus Wireless says their MediaFlex system is giving rural telcos a faster, easier, cheaper way to distribute digital content within the home using standard Wi-Fi. Ruckus says their beamforming MediaFlex system reduces installation to less than one hour by eliminating wiring.
Adding extra TVs doesn’t require an installer or “truck [...]
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