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Archive for March, 2008

Chrysler: Wi-Fi Car This Year

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2008

Chrysler says it will be the first auto manufacturer to provide in-car internet access—and plan to offer a system by the end of this year.
Frank Klegon, Chrysler’s product development chief noted: “we want to make the radio itself a WiFi port.” In order for the service to work, it would have to utilize a [...]

Nokia: EDGE x 4

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2008

Nokia Siemens Networks today launched their downlink Dual Carrier EDGE software solution, ushering the first steps of EDGE Evolution into Nokia Siemens Networks’ GSM/EDGE radio portfolio.
Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution (EDGE), was introduced into GSM networks in 2003. EDGE Evolution continues in Release 7 of the 3GPP standard providing doubled performance to complement [...]

Ericsson: HSPA with MIMO

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2008

Ericsson will conduct the world’s first demonstration of end-to-end HSPA Evolution technology with speeds of up to 42 Mbps at CTIA Wireless 2008, next week
HSPA Evolution can provide speeds of up to 42 Mbps, says Ericsson. It is currently being standardized by 3GPP in Releases 7 and 8 of the WCDMA specification (pdf). It achieves [...]

Ad-funded MuniFi: Realistic?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 27th, 2008

It’s a bit behind schedule and somewhat over budget but, says Muniwireless, by the end of the month, the Minneapolis muni Wi-Fi network will be a reality. And, by all reports, folks there think it’s worth the wait.
The city of Minneapolis (pop: 369,051) is an anchor tenant on the system, operated by U.S. Internet, [...]

Indian Cellular to Eclipse U.S.

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2008

India’s wireless subscriber base is set to become the second largest in the world, after China’s, by mid-April, reports EE Times.
According to a statement issued by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in New Delhi, the total number of subscribers to wireless services—including GSM, CDMA and wireless in the local loop—hit 250.93 million in [...]

Motorola Announces Wireless Products for CTIA

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2008

Today Motorola announced several new media solutions for consumers. Six new products - ranging from a CDMA-based femtocell to a plug-and-play desktop for indoor fixed WiMAX deployments - will debut at next week’s CTIA, April 1-3, 2008 in Las Vegas.

Motorola’s Mobile TV DH02. A touch screen device for multimedia entertainment, TV and navigation on the [...]

Motorola Now Two Businesses

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 26th, 2008

Motorola announced today the company will split into two publicly traded companies, one handling handsets and accessories and the other taking on wireless broadband networks and enterprise-level communications services.
Investor Carl Icahn has been pressuring the company to separate its mobile phone business. Motorola offered two board seats to Icahn this week, but the activist investor [...]

Cable + Google Joining WiMAX Coalition?

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2008

Engadget reports that there’s big doings on the WiMAX front with a coalition of Time Warner Cable and Comcast in talks with Sprint and Clearwire over establishing a nationwide WiMAX network.

According to the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, the companies are scrambling to get a deal wrapped up by CTIA — which [...]

Satellite Radio Merger Goes to FCC

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 25th, 2008

The nation’s largest group owner of radio stations, Clear Channel, wants the FCC to regulate ‘edgy’ content on any merged XM/Sirius satellite radio company. The merger would bring both companies a total of more than 17.3 million subscribers based on current subscriber numbers as of 2008.
Clear Channel’s filing represents a rare instance in [...]

Intel’s Netbook: 2Go

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 24th, 2008

Here’s something sweet [for a change].
Engadget says the Netbook… or 2go PC… will be manufactured by CTL and aimed at the education market.

The 2go features an Intel Celeron M CPU on top of the 915GMS chipset, 512MB of RAM (upgradeable to 1GB), a 9-inch, 800 x 480 LCD display, 40GB hard drive, 802.11b/g, [...]