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Archive for May, 2007

The Best Web 2.0 Services

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 25th, 2007

Webware asks: What are the best Web 2.0 services?
Check out their ten Webware 100 categories; Browsing, Communications, Community, Data, Entertainment, Media, Mobile, Productivity, Publishing and Reference.

There are 25 services listed on each. The 10 services per category that receive the most votes will be the Webware 100.
The Mobile category includes:

Google [...]

Nortel: WiMAX Train Leaving Station

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2007

Nortel’s CTO weighs WiMax plans in this interview by ARNnet:

John Roese, who became chief technology officer at Nortel Networks in June, discusses WiMax wireless technology — and Nortel’s plans for it with both businesses and carriers.
How is Nortel fitting WiMax into its technology strategy?
The transition from 3G to 4G is interesting to us, because the [...]

Broadband Wireless Awards

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2007

Comsys says its ComMAX processor has been awarded the title of ‘Best WIMAX Product or Service‘ at last night’s Wireless Broadband Innovation Awards ceremony in London.
ComMAX is a flexible multimode OFDMA baseband processor that enables service continuity between cellular and Mobile WiMAX (IEEE 802.16e) networks. It is said to be fully compliant with WiMAX Forum [...]

Green Light for Philly WiFi Expansion

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2007

The City of Philadelphia today approved EarthLink’s 15-square-mile Wi-Fi Proof of Concept area. That enables EarthLink to continue building the 135-square-mile Wi-Fi mesh network, slated for citywide completion in the third quarter of 2007.
EarthLink will finance, build and manage the wireless network, and provide Wireless Philadelphia with revenue sharing fees to help support the [...]

Use Free WiFi — Go to Jail

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2007

Today’s eight-year-olds are tomorrow’s teenagers. I say this calls for action and now. Nip it in the bud. — Barney Fife

Okay, it’s a Nielsen sweeps month, so you might question the facts behind this story on Channel 8 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Still…
It’s a lunch hour ritual at the Re-Union Street Café. Customers [...]

Boingo + FON

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 24th, 2007

Boingo Wireless, which claims it is the world’s leading wholesale network aggregator of neutral-host Wi-Fi networks, today announced it has signed a roaming agreement with FON, that is expected to an additional 130,000 hot spot locations - more than doubling the company’s network size.
FON hardware and software is used in some 130,000 Wi-Fi locations, operated [...]

700MHz Battle Begins

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 23rd, 2007

Google and Frontline face an uphill battle in the spectrum sweepstakes says GigOm’s Paul Kapustka.

Former FCC chairman Reed Hundt said the lobbying battle won’t really start in earnest until the big dogs, namely Verizon and AT&T, file their comments.
Hundt is one of the principals behind Frontline Wireless, a prospective nationwide wireless-services provider who like [...]

PSP Does VoIP

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 23rd, 2007

Owners of Sony’s PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console will soon be able to make voice and video calls over a Wi-Fi connection, reports the BBC. Using a soon-to be-released camera and microphone, gamers will be able to call other PSP owners and some BT phones.

The software has been developed by BT and will eventually [...]

WiMAX Roundup

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 23rd, 2007

The big WiMAX World Europe conference is May 29-31, in Vienna, Austria, with some vendors making announcements this week at InterOp in Las Vegas.

Samsung’s WiMax entry into the U.S. business market was announced Tuesday at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas. Samsung’s WiMAX, which will be used by Sprint in some of its cities, [...]

Qwest Offers Rev A

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 22nd, 2007

Qwest Communications has started offering 1x EV-DO Revision A using Sprint Nextel’s network.
The Qwest Wireless Mobile Broadband card from UT Starcom is priced at $50 with a two-year service agreement, $100 with a one-year agreement or $210 without a contract. The company offers three service plans for the offering, including an $80 “unlimited” option—which according [...]