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Redline Announces White Space Product

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 22nd, 2013

Redline Communications, a leading provider of wireless backhaul, today unveiled a White Space system for the 470-698 Mhz band. Redline’s RDL-3000 is a sub-700 MHz network technology, which operates in frequencies between 470 and 698 MHz and leverages the non-line-of-sight network attributes of the UHF spectrum. Built on Redline’s recently announced Universal Wireless Transport platform, [...]

Car Sharing Apps

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 14th, 2013

RelayRides has acquired Wheelz, says TechCrunch, making it the leading, peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. San Francisco-based RelayRides was launched about five years ago, and connects people who need a car with vehicle owners whose rides would otherwise be sitting idle. Car owners set the price and availability, and RelayRides provides the technology infrastructure and a [...]

Real-time Transit Maps

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 9th, 2013

Jason Brown, a Portland developer, was often foiled by the bus-arrival estimates generated by TriMet’s TransitTracker, reports the Oregonian’s transit columnist Joseph Rose. Inspired by real-time transit maps, like the SF Live Bus app and accompanying website in San Francisco, the 23-year-old Portland web developer has created PDXLiveBus, “the coolest real-time TriMet map in the [...]

Public & Home-based Small Cells Promoted

Posted by Sam Churchill on May 3rd, 2013

Qualcomm’s chief technology officer, Mat Grob, pitched the idea of small, private cellular base stations this week, showing a base station small enough to be integrated into a set top box or home router. “There really is no alternative,”said Matt Grob, Qualcomm’s CTO, during a presentation at the Qualcomm On conference in Santa Clara, California. [...]

DOJ: Justice at 600 MHz?

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 15th, 2013

The US Department of Justice has called on the FCC to more aggressively regulate the amount of 600 MHz spectrum that AT&T and Verizon can own. William J. Baer, the assistant attorney general who oversees the antitrust division, told a Senate subcommittee (pdf) that limits were needed to promote competition in the market for wireless [...]

It’s Official: Austin Gets Google Fiber

Posted by Sam Churchill on April 9th, 2013

Google announced today that the city of Austin, Texas is getting Google Fiber. It will start connecting homes by the middle of 2014, letting citizens choose between just having the Internet service, or having both the Internet and Google Fiber TV service. While the pricing isn’t set yet, the cost will be similar to the [...]