Taking a cue from its Qualcomm roots, NextWave Wireless is looking to build a wireless broadband network based on technology it calls WiMAXplus, a proprietary flavor of WiMAX. If successful, the network may only work with chips that contain proprietary NextWave technology, says the San Diego Examiner.
NextWave was founded by Allen Salmasi, who joined [...]
Engadget notes that Spectec’s SDIO GPS receiver packs a SiRF Star III GPS device into a microSD slot and has to 2GB of memory (for things like maps). Pricing information not available yet, but it might be handy for smartphones like the Treo.
It features SiRF Star III chips (with high sensitivity), a built-in GPS [...]
Starting next year, Verizon Wireless will put banner ads on its mobile news, weather and sports sites, according the New York Times.
“We know we can make significant dollars in mobile Web advertising in 2007,” said John Harrobin, vice president of marketing and digital media for Verizon Wireless. “That said, we likely will not — we [...]
Alvarion today announced that leading Indian cellular service provider Aircel, is expanding its current WiMAX network and planning to use BreezeMAX 3300 across 50 cities in northern and eastern India.
Aircel currently has deployments in eight cities and is using BreezeMAX to overlay and expand its current broadband and cellular network infrastructure to small and [...]
The Tokyo Ubiquitous Network Project seeks to install 10,000 RFID, infrared and wireless transmitters throughout Tokyo’s Ginza, one of the most famous shopping areas in the world.
The tags and transmitters will provide location-related information to people carrying prototype readers developed for the trial, said Ken Sakamura, a professor at The University of Tokyo and the [...]
AT&T’s IPTV-based U-verse service is being rolled out in Hartford, New Haven and Stamford, Connecticut this week. The carrier will continue to expand service availability in those markets with IPTV service that includes more than 25 high-definition channels and more than 300 total channels, as well as features like remote access to [...]
A strong earthquake in Taiwan has damaged major undersea cables (WikiNews) linking the island with South-East Asia, Europe and the United States, disrupting service Wednesday for tens of millions of internet and telephone users across Asia, reports the BBC. It hit on the 2nd anniversary of the massive the 2004 Asian tsunami.
Damaged cables include the [...]
CBS News reports that President Bush has signed a bill to upgrade and modernize the U.S. tsunami warning system, almost two years after the Indian Ocean tsunami (Wikipedia) killed some 230,000 people in a dozen countries.
The legislation (HR 1674), approved by Congress earlier this month, is intended to bolster a tsunami detection and warning system [...]
While it’s not exactly news, Lufthansa says the airline is seeking a way to restart Boeing’s ill-fated Connexion in-flight Internet system. Lufthansa, along with Panasonic’s Avionics unit, Luxembourg satellite-operator SES Global and Connexion subcontractor ViaSat, plan to re-launch the service toward the end of 2007, according to the Wall Street Journal.
A spokesman for ViaSat [...]
C/Net reports that EarthLink officially launched the City of New Orleans’ municipal wireless network today (map). The approximately 20-square mile Wi-Fi mesh network covers parts of the Orleans parish.
EarthLink is supporting the City’s rebuilding efforts by providing a free tier of service available up to 300Kbps for residents and businesses in New Orleans throughout [...]
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