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Archive for the 'Municipal Wireless' Category

White Space Show Down

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 2nd, 2012

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., urged the Internet community on Tuesday to rally to push Congress to free up more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi and other new wireless technologies. “It’s going to take your voices and the voices of a whole bunch of folks similar to what happened a few weeks ago … to just rise [...]

North Carolina Launches White Space Network

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 27th, 2012

The world’s first commercial White Spaces network launched Thursday in North Carolina. So far, the FCC has only approved one white spaces device — a 1.5-lb. rectangular-shaped radio from Florida-based KTS Wireless. The KTS device, used in the Hanover NC network, is a small, last-mile, transmitter. It uses the company’s frequency agile radio which received [...]

Ericsson Buying BelAir?

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 26th, 2012

Telecom networking giant Ericsson is buying BelAir Networks, adding its outdoor WiFi technology to Ericsson’s portfolio, reports Kevin Fitchard of GigaOM. BelAir gear is used extensively by AT&T (in NYC, Chicago and San Francisco), Cablevision (with a large-scale deployment in the NY area), and Time Warner Cable (with a large-scale deployment in the Los Angeles [...]

SF Approves Dedicated LTE Network for First Responders

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 24th, 2012

First responders in the San Francisco Bay Area may use a dedicated LTE network beginning next year, after a regional authority approved a 10-year deal for Motorola Solutions, funded primarily with a federal stimulus grant. The dedicated 700 MHz public service LTE network will enable first responders to use broadband applications on a private LTE [...]

Verizon-Cable Deal: Too Cozy?

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 20th, 2012

Verizon Wireless and its cable partners are willing to give U.S. communication regulators confidential details of their agreement, but objected to a request for information from Sprint Nextel, DirecTV , T-Mobile USA and others, reports the Chicago Tribune. In a meeting last week with the FCC, Verizon Wireless and its partners argued that commercial agreements [...]

Growing Power for Smart Grid

Posted by Sam Churchill on January 19th, 2012

Sprint today announced it is collaborating with a number of utility companies and vendors on Machine 2 Machine (SmartGrid) technology for delivering power to homes and businesses. Sprint made the announcement in time for the upcoming DistribuTECH show in San Antonio, Texas, next week, where many smart grid vendors and utilities will be showing off [...]