Motorola has begun a proof-of-concept trial for its X24 machine-to-machine wireless module that includes mobile WiMAX connectivity. The product will be demoed this week at WiMAX World using real WiMAX infrastructure.
The 802.16e-based X24 module is designed with automotive telemetry in mind, said the company. The product allows low-cost, in-car broadband connectivity over WiMAX networks.
The [...]
The GSM Association plans to spend more than $1 billion promoting a Mobile Broadband service mark to signify that their gear is GSM compatibile, delivering “a compelling alternative to Wi-Fi.”
The GSMA said the Mobile Broadband service mark (right), incorporates HSPA (High Speed Packet Access), HSPA Evolved and LTE (Long Term Evolution). Laptops with the new [...]
Chipmaker Broadcom, announced today that it will add Wi-Fi positioning to its portfolio of services. Broadcom will integrate, deploy and offer the Wi-Fi Positioning System developed by Skyhook Wireless which determines position by trianglulatng nearby cell towers rather than satellite-based GPS.
Their Assisted-GPS Server tracks satellites and provides GPS position data, eliminating the time [...]
SkyPilot Networks, a municipal WiFi vendor, today announced the SkyConnector Mini and the The SkyConnector Pro, a new generation of customer premise equipment for the unlicensed 5 GHz band.
The SkyConnector Mini is designed to minimize per-subscriber costs, but provides features comparable to much more expensive products says the company:
Low Cost – a per-unit [...]
WiMAX World 2008, running Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago. This is the big one — where Mobile WiMAX gets launched — both in press releases and in the real world. It is the world’s largest event showcasing WiMAX technology, and is projected to draw 10,000+ attendees from [...]
The government of Venezuela has announced plans to order more than one million Classmate PC laptops from Portugal as part of a broad economic agreement between the two countries. The government of Venezuela aims to boost technical literacy by distributing the computers to schools. The Classmate PC units that will be distributed to schools in [...]
Six of the world’s biggest telecommunications companies have completed the construction of the Trans-Pacific Express, a fiber optic cable system across the Pacific. It will directly link the U.S., China, South Korea and Taiwan.
Initially the cable will be configured to handle traffic at 1.28 terabits per second (Tbps), but the system has design capacity of [...]
NextWave Wireless, which managed to squander most it’s wealth in a few short years, said it will discontinue the operations of its GO Networks unit, which developed wide area Wi-Fi network equipment with beamforming.
NextWave, which two weeks ago received a much-needed commitment of $100 million in debt financing, filed a request in Israel to seek [...]
Alvarion today announced that it will showcase a new WiMAX product portfolio by Accton Wireless Broadband at WiMAX World, in Chicago, October 1-2. AWB’s end-user WiMAX devices are now offered as part of Alvarion’s OPEN WiMAX ecosystem.
The display of WiMAX devices will include CPEs, PC cards and USB adapters:
WiMAX 802.16e Indoor CPE RG230 [...]
The game’s out there, and it’s play or get played. That simple. - The Wire
After what seems like an eternity of delays, XOHM is Live in Baltimore. Baltimore may not be the first city to experience next generation mobile broadband (Idaho Falls, might claim that), but it’s the first from XOHM, Sprint’s WiMAX unit.
Sprint [...]
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