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Archive for October, 2006

AT&T Gets Riverside

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 18th, 2006

As DailyWireless reported this summer, AT&T and MetroFi submitted a bid for a citywide WiFi network in Riverside, Calif (pop. 300,000, 86 square miles).
They got it, reports Katie Fehrenbacher of GigOm.
Currently, Riverside’s Wireless Mall provides free WiFi to the Main Street Pedestrian Mall (map). The RFP was sponsored by SmartRiverside, a 501(c)3, which will operate [...]

Nokia Webtablet Navigator

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 18th, 2006

Engadget reports that Nokia’s 770 Internet Tablet is about to acquire navigation functionality thanks to an upcoming hardware and software suite from Navicore.

The Nokia Navigation Kit bundles Navicore Personal 2007 software, a Bluetooth GPS receiver, and a car-mount rig, priced at €199 ($248). TeleAtlas and Navteq-based maps of continental Europe and the UK are [...]

D-Link WiMAX Router

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 18th, 2006

D-Link today announced a Mobile WiMAX (802.16-2005) compliant router designed for wireless residential service.
The D-Link WiMAX router combines both WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies to offer an all-in-one solution for in-house wireless coverage with easy installation and remote management features for service providers.
The router is said to be a cost-effective alternative for delivering a fast and [...]

AT&T Pushing Neutrality

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 17th, 2006

AT&T is willing to uphold net neutrality for 30 months, according to AT&T’s latest filing with the FCC. AT&T is trying to close its proposed merger with BellSouth, and “net neutrality” is one of the sticking points.
One of the strongest proponents of Net Neutrality is U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who will speak in [...]

MicroSD WiFi Card

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 17th, 2006

Brighthand and smartphonetoday say Spectec has the most compact, low power WiFi card yet - the World First microSDIO WiFi 11g Card.
It Features:

microSDIO form factor with 11g
UltraLow power consumption
Pocket PC/PDA Phone (Smartphone)
Skype Compatible

It supports the SDIO Now! 1.0 standard for delivering Secure Digital In/Out support to Windows Mobile Pocket PCs, smartphones and embedded [...]

Portland Gets Mobile WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 17th, 2006

Speaking at WiMAX World last week, Sean Maloney, executive vice president and general manager of Intel’s Sales and Marketing Group, said Motorola will integrate Intel’s WiMAX Connection 2250 into their CPEi 200 Series of WiMAX clients.

Intel’s Mobile WiMAX chip, formerly called Rosedale 2, is the first with dual mode support, bridging the worlds of fixed [...]

Sprint Readies PTT

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 17th, 2006

Sprint yesterday announced plans for its next-generation push-to-talk to service, which will bring fully functioning “walkie-talkie” service to its CDMA network as well as link up with Nextel’s successful PTT service, reports Telephony.
Sprint will use Qualcomm’s QChat solution over its EV-DO revision A network which has the speed and QoS necessary to support end-to-end [...]

WiMAX World Winners

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 16th, 2006

Xchange Magazine announced the Best of WiMAX World Awards, recognizing leaders in the development and deployment of WiMAX technologies. Nominations were open to exhibitors and sponsors of the conference, held last week in Boston. More than 40 nominations were received between Aug. 21 and Sept. 15.
The winners were announced at the Boston show by Eliot [...]

AWS Visual Guide

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 16th, 2006

Phone Scoop has an excellent Visual Guide to AWS (Advanced Wireless Services) band with charts on the spectrum and maps of coverage areas that the bidders won in the $14 billion dollar auction that concluded last month.

Although US carriers are allowed to launch “3G” technology in the [...]

Axcess RFID Dot

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 16th, 2006

AXCESS International, a leading provider of active Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags, has announced a new wireless tracking and sensing technology called The Enterprise Dot.
The first product AXCESS will be a software definable, battery-powered Dot-OEM module for product manufacturers, small enough to be embedded into a variety of things such as computers, test [...]