BelAir Networks today announced the BelAir100SN, a combined 802.11n/DOCSIS 3.0 unit that can be installed overhead on the cable operator’s distribution plant in less than 15 minutes. The BelAir100SN enables cable operators to leverage their available mounting, power, backhaul and other network assets to quickly and easily extend wireless services to their customers.
The BelAir100SN features:
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Portland Mayor Sam Adams (@MayorSamAdams), at his annual State of the City Address this Friday, said the city will make available $500,000 for innovative small business ventures which may be matched by banks.
The city is creating a Portland Small Business Seed Fund in conjunction with the Sustainable Development Fund. Typically these investments would [...]
Infonetics Research last week published a Mobile WiMAX Infrastructure Vendor Ratings Survey.
Infonetics asked mobile WiMAX network equipment purchase decision-makers at 21 service providers from around the world about their choices of equipment and decision criteria for choosing vendors. It was conducted in December 2009 and January 2010.
Of the respondents, 24% are WiMAX-only operators, 19% are [...]
Spectrum Bridge points out that the IEEE 802.19 Wireless Coexistence Working Group is launching a new project (802.19.1), to develop a standard for devices operating in the TV white space.
TV white spaces are those not utilized by TV broadcasts or other licensed devices. For operation in the TV band, the FCC requires no interfere with [...]
Time Warner Cable plans to ramp up its investment in mobile WiMax this year, reports Light Reading.
“This will develop in exciting ways that we really can’t quite imagine today. I think there’s going to be a whole array of products using these types of networks in the future,” TWC CEO Glenn Britt said on today’s [...]
Paul Kapustka’s latest Sidecut Report has a look Inside Clearwire. The report is based on extensive interviews with Clearwire’s chief technology officer, Dr. John Saw, as well as representatives from Clearwire suppliers Motorola and Cisco. It’s a free download.
Paul describes:
How Clearwire’s emphasis on using microwave backhaul gives it a cost-savings and flexibility of deployment edge [...]
Cable provider Cox Communications said today it successfully completed voice calling and high definition video streaming using LTE technology in the Phoenix and San Diego. It used the company’s 1.7/2.1 GHz AWS and 700 MHz spectrum holdings.
The trial was conducted in collaboration with Cox’s technology partners Alcatel-Lucent and Huawei Technologies using the 3GPP Release [...]
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Wednesday announced $63 million in broadband stimulus grants for four broadband projects in Massachusetts, Michigan and North Carolina (pdf).
Of the $63 million announced today, the largest winners in Tuesday’s announcements were the Merit Network in Michigan (pdf), which won $33 million; and MCNC in North Carolina (pdf), which [...]
Proxim Wireless today announced that the state of Bolivar, Venezuela has deployed a large, integrated public safety network in Bolivar City using their wireless technology. The network, which connects both state and local police, the National Guard, state transportation and public safety agencies, utilizes Proxim’s Tsunami QuickBridge.11 radios to create a wireless video surveillance [...]
Here’s an interesting interactive light installation by audiovisual artist Alex Posada.
The piece was created at the Barcelona artist workshop Hanger and uses XBee wireless devices to interact with the environment. XBee uses 802.15.4 embedded chips (Zigbee). The sculpture translates movements into color and sound. Now that’s a situation room!
Humm, I wonder if LED [...]
