The IEEE has started working on a new version of the 802.16 standard that could push data transfer speeds up to 1 Gbit/s while maintaining backwards compatibility with existing WiMax radios, reports Unstrung. Dubbed 802.16m, at the IEEE’s January session in London, the group hopes to complete the new spec by the end of 2009.
The [...]
Intel said Wednesday it has cancelled plans to integrate an HSDPA module built by Nokia into it’s next-generation laptop, code-named “Santa Rosa.” Instead, it will rely solely on Wi-Fi technology to give mobile PC users wireless Internet access. Intel plans to launch the platform in the second quarter of 2007, reports InfoWorld.
Intel had first [...]
Sirius Satellite radio and XM Satellite radio are expected to announce a merger today, according to Google News and the NY Post:
UPDATE: IT’S OFFICIAL: XM announced the companies will be combined in a tax-free, all-stock merger with a combined enterprise value of approximately $13 billion, which includes net debt of approximately $1.6 billion. Sirius says [...]
Tom Ridge, the former secretary of U.S. Homeland Security, supports a proposal being floated by Cyren Call, to use a portion of the 700 MHz band as a national broadband network for first responders, notes Carol Ellison. The 700 MHz band is scheduled to be auctioned to commercial providers later this year. Ridge argues it [...]
A new study from Parks Associates estimates U.S. residential broadband subscriptions will surpass 60 million households by year-end 2007, accounting for 55% of all U.S. households. Residential broadband surged 20% in 2006 to exceed 50 million U.S. households, according to the study.
Parks Associates also estimates there were networks in more than 22 million U.S. households.
The [...]
Now that MediaFLO, Qualcomm’s mobile television solution, is
supported by AT&T/Cingular, as well as Verizon, it looked like Sprint would follow along.
Not so.
Sprint Nextel has decided not to use the MediaFLO network to offer mobile TV services, after it wrapped up its MediaFLO trial last month, reports RCR Wireless.
Qualcomm’s MediaFlo, a proprietary standard, looked [...]
Sify, an Indian internet provider, has launched a 5.8 GHz WiMAX solution using Proxim products.
Sify has deployed Proxim’s Tsunami MP.11 WiMAX product line as the core communications platform for last mile access using the 5.8 GHz frequency band. Sify has deployed over 700 Tsunami MP.11 base stations and 3,500 subscriber units to provide internet access, [...]
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa outlined plans Tuesday to blanket Los Angeles with wireless Internet access in 2009, in what would be one of the nation’s largest urban Wi-Fi networks, reports the LA Times.
The $60 million proposal would be likely funded by telecommunications providers and advertisers. The price tag for covering Los Angeles’ 498 square miles [...]
The debate over net neutrality has moved full force into the wireless space, says RCR News and Ars Technica.
A new paper by Columbia University law professor, Timothy Wu claims mobile-phone carriers’ iron-clad control of networks is retarding innovation and hurting consumers.
“The wireless industry, over the last decade, has succeeded in bringing wireless [...]
Verizon wants the U.S. government to launch a new program that provides grants and loans for rural broadband mobility, reports InfoWorld.
The nation likely won’t reach U.S. President George Bush’s goal of universal broadband access by the end of 2007, said Tom Tauke, Verizon’s executive vice president for public affairs, policy, and communications. The U.S. needs [...]
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