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 [...]
At the Consumer Electronics Show, early startups had their own Eureka Park. A first for CES, Eureka Park is designed to give early stage companies and entrepreneurs exposure to potential investors, business partners and journalists. The exhibitors included: AcceleGlove. Equipped with accelerometers that track the exact movements of a person’s hand. Cubelets from Modular Robotics. [...]
The topic of spectrum came up in several different venues at the Consumer Electronics Show, notes Fierce Wireless. In a keynote address yesterday, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski sounded a warning for mobile broadband users: “If you shut off the Internet, virtually nothing on the CES floor would work,” observed Genachowski. The Chairman gave a speech [...]
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has released the HomePlug AV2 specification, enabling significant performance and coverage for broadband networking over powerline wires while remaining fully interoperable with existing HomePlug AV/IEEE 1901 compliant products. HomePlug AV2 supports gigabit speeds, making it well suited for Internet video, multi-room IPTV, online gaming, HD audio and other high demand networking [...]
PC World reviews car infomatics systems. Broadband concept cars such as the NG Connect Toyota Prius and the Verizon OnStar 4G Buick LaCrosse are moving from concept to production. The 4G-connected car will perform a whole new set of tricks. Audi Connect. Audi recently partnered with Alcatel-Lucent to show off an LTE version of their [...]
The mHealth Summit taking place in Washington DC this week, brings together leaders in government, the wireless industry industry, health and academia, to advance collaboration in the use of wireless technology to improve health outcomes in the United States and abroad. Among the annoucements this week: Two new social platforms were introduced this week, addressing [...]
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