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Archive for June, 2008

Philadelphia Investors Go Public

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 25th, 2008

The Orchestra Master: We’re unemployed, then. The Presenter: Unemployed…until the next movie. I’ve already got an idea. — Allegro Non Troppo (Not So Fast!) EarthLink spent $16 million to build a wireless Internet “cloud” over Philadelphia, but couldn’t generate a profit with only 6,000 subscribers. Network Acquisition Company announced last week their intentions to form [...]

Updated Devicescape Agent

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 25th, 2008

Devicescape Software today announced Devicescape Agent 2.1, an embedded software package for handsets, cameras, and all types of Wi-Fi devices. It allows instant access to Wi-Fi hotspots, right out-of-the-box. No user setup is required. Devicescape makes connection to AT&T WiFi, BT Openzone, FON WiFi, Google WiFi and other networks fast and easy by remembering your [...]

Aircell Takes Off

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 25th, 2008

American Airlines and technology provider Aircell staged a dress rehearsal of their WiFi service in planes on a round-trip flight between New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport today. BoingBoing and WiFiNetNews helped promote it. Broader customer trials on flights between New York and San Francisco and between New York [...]

ABI Ranks Enterprise “N”

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 25th, 2008

Aruba Networks and Meru Networks have been ranked at the top of the latest Vendor Matrix released by ABI Research, essentially tied for first place as the leading 802.11n Wi-Fi equipment vendors. Motorola claimed the second spot in the company’s new evaluation of worldwide vendors. The Vendor Matrix is an analytical tool developed by ABI [...]

HotSpot@Home Goes National

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 25th, 2008

T-Mobile USA is announcing today that its @Home voice service will be available nationwide starting July 2, reports C/Net. Here’s a mini review in the Seattle Times. T-Mobile has been testing their Internet telephony service since February in Dallas and Seattle. It is meant to replace traditional home phones, and will be offered to any [...]

Mobile WiMAX: Fast, Cheap and Out of Control?

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 24th, 2008

If you’re not scared of them, you’re in big trouble. – Fast, Cheap and Out of Control Mobile WiMax may become a spent technology even before it gains any commercial traction, a market research group has warned. According to Frost & Sullivan (press release), unless spectrum auctions and commercial mobile WiMax rollouts gather momentum before [...]