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Archive for July, 2007

The Federal Communications Commission approved (pdf) a set of 700 MHz ground-rules today for the spectrum auction this January. Here’s the Band Plan Chart (pdf), Martin Statement (pdf), Copps Statement (pdf), Adelstein Statement (pdf), Tate Statement (pdf), and McDowell Statement (pdf).

The FCC split the 24 MHz reserved for 700 MHz Public Safety Spectrum (12 MHz [...]

Access Point with Cellular Backbone

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2007

The 3G Phoebus MB6000, a pyramid-shaped access point converts your cellular PC Card into an 802.11g access point. The 3G Phoebus is said to be compatible with most major wireless providers and compatible with most EV-DO, UMTS, and HSDPA networks, as well as slower EDGE/GPRS connections.

It doesn’t include the cellular card on its own, [...]

Open Ads

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2007

OpenAds is one of the most interesting open source projects/companies on the planet, says C/Net.

It’s an open source ad server. Like Doubleclick without the lock-in or fees. In other words, open source. 100% GPLv2. I guess it should be no surprise that the world’s most popular ad server, powering Web [...]

Russian WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2007

Mobile WiMax will be launched in the five largest Russian cities in November, 2007, reports Russian IT Review, although Mobile WiMAX products still require WiMAX Forum certification for interoperability.

On Wednesday, the Summa Telecom Company, announced the launch of its own network,having been granted a large frequency resource across Russia. The first cities to be [...]

Taiwan Awards WiMAX Licenses

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2007

Digitimes reports that Taiwan’s National Communications Commission (NCC) on July 26 awarded six companies regional WiMAX operating licenses in a second-round bid, according to the agency. Chunghwa Telecom (CHT) and Taiwan Mobile (TWM, represented by its wholly owned subsidiary Tahsin United Telecom), each failed to secure a license.
First International Telecom (Fitel), which submitted the highest [...]

Arraycomm + Alvarion = Smart Beaming

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 27th, 2007

Wireless broadband equipment leader Alvarion and smart antenna company ArrayComm, announced today their ongoing technology partnership for integration of ArrayComm’s multi-antenna signal processing software (A-MASTM) into Alvarion’s 4Motion’s Radio Access Network.

Alvarion’s all-IP OPEN WiMAX will leverage ArrayComm’s A-MASTM Advanced Multi-Antenna software in order to offer 2 to 4 times more coverage and spectral efficiency than [...]

Earthlink Tweeks WiFi Business

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2007

EarthLink today acknowledged their current approach to that market is not working, according to MuniWireless, and altered their business plan somewhat. To insure a return on investment, Earthlink now wants “municipal government to become a meaningful anchor tenant.”
Rolla Huff, EarthLink’s CEO made that announcement during EarthLink’s second quarter earnings call. Earthlink is now apparently on [...]

Digital Gas

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2007

Novatel Wireless is working with the Internet Connectivity Group to bring advertising to gas stations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico (pdf).
The deal calls for ICG to use Novatel’s EV-DO Rev. A cards to allow gas stations to eliminate the hard wire needed to change digital signs at gas pumps.
ICG’s digital advertising solution [...]

Wireless USB Arrives

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2007

The first notebooks with embedded Wireless USB, Dell’s Inspiron 1720 and Lenovo’s ThinkPad T61 and T62p were announced this week, enabling cable-free connections to Certified Wireless USB hubs from D-Link and IOGear to eliminate USB cords.
Another version is available in Toshiba’s Wireless UWB Port Replicator, available on three configurations of Portégé R400 series (right). [...]

Sprint WiMAXes Google

Posted by Sam Churchill on July 26th, 2007

Sprint is working with Google to bring Mobile WiMAX customers search, interactive communications and social networking tools though a new mobile portal, the company announced today. The collaboration between Sprint and Google will help spur new mobility and location-assisted services.
Sprint says their pact with Google is a milestone and builds upon current WiMAX ecosystem infrastructure, [...]