Vertical services will reach 24% of WiMAX subscriptions and 14% of LTE subscriptions by 2014, and represent a huge growth opportunity for operators facing flat ARPUs, says a new report from Senza Fili Consulting.
Enterprises who have historically shunned mobile data applications are warming up to specialized, vertical applications including mobile-to-mobile (M2M), in-vehicle telematics [...]

Applications, Cellular News, Enterprise, Market Metrics, Transit Connectivity, WiMAX News | No Comments »

According to Engadget, Mythbusters was all set to do a show exposing the weak security behind most RFID implementations of Smart Cards, but was shut down by lawyers from “American Express, Visa, Discover, and everybody else… [who] absolutely made it really clear to Discovery that they were not going to air this episode.”

Since Discovery [...]

Applications, Chips, Enterprise, Gadgets, Security, Society & Telecom | No Comments »

There has been a sharp increase in the number of North American employers offering telecommuting as an option, reports Telephony Magazine. According to an annual survey by WorldatWork, a global human resources association, 42% of U.S. employers said they offered a telework option, up from 30% in 2007, while in Canada, the jump was even [...]

Applications, Corporate News, Enterprise, Society & Telecom | No Comments »

Abilene Christian University, in Albilene, Texas, will hand out Apple’s iPhone 3G to two-thirds of this year’s entering class of 950 freshmen.
Students will be expected to use the devices to brainstorm ideas and get virtual handouts and podcasts during class while instructors will use them for such tasks as monitoring attendance.
“This is a [...]

Applications, Commentary, EV-DO/HSDPA, Enterprise, Grass Roots Wireless, Municipal Wireless, Open Source, Public Service, Society & Telecom | Comments Off

After more than a year of careful planning to accommodate the Democratic National Convention at Denver’s Pepsi Center, Qwest Communications found itself scrambling at the last minute to also wire up Invesco Field at Mile High, when Barack Obama’s campaign decided he would make his acceptance speech there, reports Telephony Magazine.

Invesco Field, home of the [...]

Broadcasting & Cable, Cellular News, EV-DO/HSDPA, Enterprise, Fiber Optics, Municipal Wireless | No Comments »

Universities, already early-adopters of earlier flavors of Wi-Fi, are also leading the charge towards 802.11n, especially in North America, says ABI Research.
“Although current penetration of the higher education market is only 2.3%, that still represents a good rate of uptake for such a new, pre-standard technology,” says ABI Research vice president and research director Stan [...]

Enterprise, Wi-Fi Deployments | No Comments »

Oops there goes a billion kilowatt dam.

Network World’s article Nine wireless companies to watch, focuses on products and services that can impact corporate computing. What topped their list? RedFly from Celio.
Redfly Makes Your Smartphone a Laptop. It’s a smartphone terminal, not unlike the ill-fated Palm Folio, with an eight-inch screen and full keyboard. It enables [...]

Applications, Bluetooth, Chips, Enterprise, Innovations | No Comments »

Fasten your seatbelt.

The Olympic flame arrived in Beijing Tuesday, August 5. The last torchbearer lit the fire cauldron at the historic Temple of Heaven in Beijing, marking the beginning of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing (NBC Olympics, NY Times Event Tracker, Sound Slides, Gigapixel images and Olympic Theme, MP-3).
The Opening Ceremony of the [...]

Broadcasting & Cable, Cellular News, Commentary, Enterprise, Fiber Optics, Space & Satellites | No Comments »

PePWave today introduced a new enterprise-level Wi-Fi solution, combining their new Wi-Fi access point, OfficePoint, with the recently updated central management system, InControl. It allows businesses to deploy large-scale wireless networks without a large-scale technical staff.

PepWave says OfficePoint is a full featured Wi-Fi AP, without the expensive price. No complicated controllers that are associated with [...]

Applications, Corporate News, Enterprise, Municipal Wireless, Wi-Fi News | No Comments »

Alvarion, announced today that it was chosen by AccessKenya, Kenya’s leading ISP, for a large scale WiMAX deployment in Kenya.
The wireless broadband network, using Alvarion’s 802.16e BreezeMAX solution on 3.3 GHz, will provide broadband access in Mombasa and Nairobi.
Nairobi is currently the 4th largest city in Africa with 2.1 million inhabitants while Mombasa, [...]

Enterprise, WiMAX Deployments | No Comments »