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WiMAX Forum Exhibition in Amsterdam

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 16th, 2008

The WiMAX Forum Global Congress will be held on June 16 - 18, 2008 in Amsterdam (Netherlands). The conference and exhibition is the WiMAX Forum’s official global event and is expected to generate lots of press releases.

Seminars include relevant topics like When Will Wave 2 Multi-Mode 802.16e Certified Equipment Be Ready At Retail?
The [...]

IP Camera Embeds Phone

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 11th, 2008

IPTV and WiMAX will be hot topics at NXTcomm (exhibitor news) the big carrier show which starts next week. The VoD Olympics should make folks think much more about what infrastructure and bandwidth enables, says Xchange Magazine. The quad-play bundle of television, landline, Internet and wireless services, has become the primary focus for service [...]

White Space Pow Wow

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 10th, 2008

A full-day workshop called “Safely Accessing the TV White Space Spectrum - What Can We Do???” has been organized by the SDR Forum, aimed at providing a neutral venue for this controversial topic.
The Software Defined Radio Forum is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the use of software defined radio technologies for [...]

T-Mobile Suing Starbucks

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 6th, 2008

T-Mobile USA is suing Starbucks, reports Reuters, saying the coffee shop chain secretly colluded with AT&T to offer free WiFi Internet access in its cafes despite an exclusive agreement with T-Mobile.

In the lawsuit, filed late on Thursday in New York state court, T-Mobile alleges that AT&T and Starbucks Corp are not living up to an [...]

Computex 2008: Netbooks & WiMAX

Posted by Sam Churchill on June 3rd, 2008

At Computex in Taipei, Intel rolled out two new versions of its Atom processor aimed at powering a new generation of low cost computers. It will also roll out high-end chip sets for more traditional desktops, targeting high definition video. Intel’s Sean Maloney kicked off the keynote with an Intel-centric view of the world. [...]

Martin at All Things Digital

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 30th, 2008

The All Things Digital Conference, produced by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, featured many newsworthy guests and interviews. John Paczkowski did a great job compiling D-6 Highlights.

The annual gathering was held in Carlsbad, California, from May 27 to 29. It featured interviews with Gates and Balmer, Melinda Gates, a Windows 7 Demo, Dean Kamen, Rupert [...]

The Next Big Thing: Small

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 28th, 2008

I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene
- Weezer

Over 80 technical sessions on OpenSocial, Google App Engine, Android, Google Maps API, Google Web Toolkit, and more were featured at Google I/O, the [...]

Webvision: Mobile Apps, How & Why

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 27th, 2008

While I was goofing off this weekend, others were hard at work, reports Oregon’s best reporter on startups, Rick Turoczy who covered Portland Startup Weekend and WebVisions 2008.
Web Visions, which explores the future of the Web, featured two days of sessions and great speakers (slide presentations).
Jason Grigsby of Mobile Portland, says adoption [...]

Comcast Talks

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 20th, 2008

Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast (press releases), the largest cable operator in the U.S., talked up his company’s investment in the WiMAX joint venture with Sprint and Google, at the industry’s trade show in New Orleans this week, reports C/Net.
Comcast is putting up $1.05 billion as part of the huge Mobile WiMAX deal with Sprint, [...]

WiMAX World EMEA

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 19th, 2008

WiMAX World Europe, May 19-21 (program), will feature 110+ Speakers, 30+ Operators representing 25 countries, and 150+ Sponsors and Exhibitors. It is the longest running, WiMAX and Wireless Broadband exhibition for the entire EMEA region (Europe, Middle East, Africa).

Among the announcements:

The Asus Atom-based Eee PC 901 will NOT be available to consumers with Mobile WiMAX, [...]