TECOM Investments has announced a new deal with du, the UAE telecoms operator, to offer a WiFi service in public areas of Dubai Internet City, Dubai Media City and Knowledge Village starting this April.
To begin with the new WiFi coverage will include food courts, lobbies and select offices and villas, but TECOM intends to extend [...]
AT&T is planning to cut the price of Apple’s new iPhone to $199, say a variety of news reports. According to Fortune:
AT&T is preparing to subsidize $200 of the cost of a new iPhone, bringing the price down to $199 for customers who sign two-year contracts, the source says. Apple is expected to have two [...]
A $20 million, 28-mile prototype ‘virtual’ fence built by Boeing, and developed to thwart illegal immigration along the Mexico-U.S. border hasn’t met border control agents’ needs, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported.
However, the federal government has no plans to scrap the program as recently reported by the mainstream press, said Department of Homeland Security [...]
Motorola is working with Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile operator in Thailand, to conduct trials of mobile WiMAX. The trials will enable AIS to gain insight into the next generation personal wireless broadband services.
AIS started trials over Motorola’s WiMAX Access Point-400 (WAP-400) platform in Bangkok and Lamlukka in the first quarter of 2008. [...]
First it was Google Earth. Then Google Sky. Next up: Google Ocean, says CNet.
The company assembled an advisory group of oceanography experts from institutions around the world to the Mountain View, Calif., Googleplex, says C/Net. There, they discussed plans for creating a 3D oceanographic map, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The tool–for now called [...]
India’s 12 wireless operators signed up a record 10.16 million new subscribers in March, bringing the total customer base to 261.09 million.
According to Unstrung, that made India the second largest wireless market in the world, overtaking the U.S. with its 258 million subscribers. China is by far the largest market, with a subscriber base of [...]
NextWave plans to sell its U.S. wireless spectrum, ending all pretensions of becoming a mobile operator and allowing the carrier-turned-vendor to focus exclusively on its multi-faceted equipment and software businesses, says Telephony Magazine.
NextWave has hired a pair of financial consultants, Deutsche Bank and UBS Investment Bank, to find a buyer for its 223 licenses divided [...]
The battle between Long Term Evolution and Mobile WiMAX may be escalating into a “4G” war, explains Unstrung.
The International Telecommunication Union, Radiocommunication Sector (ITU-R), wants an “official” 4G standard. ITU defines “4G” as 100 Mbit/s (mobile) and 1 Gbit/s in hot spot areas with limited mobility. They call it IMT-Advanced and are looking for proposals.
Currently, [...]
New Orleans is about to lose its municipal Wi-Fi network as EarthLink plans to halt its participation in the citywide project on May 18, reports InfoWorld and the Times Picayune.
First, EarthLink tried to sell the network outright. Second, it sought to transfer ownership of the network to the city of New Orleans. Finally, it tried [...]
Looking for a fashion accessory for your WiFi detecting T-Shirt ($29.95)? Look no more.
The WiFi detecting watch is a discreet alternative. At the touch of a button, it will reveal the strength of local WiFi connections, so you can select the best location from which to hook up. And it’s with you at all [...]
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