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VSATs Connect 16,000 Mexican schools

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 13th, 2006

Gilat Satellite Networks, today announced it has been selected by a consortium of leading Mexican technology firms to provide a network of nearly 7,000 SkyEdge VSATs for use in more than 16,000 Mexican public-school classrooms. The deployment of the network hub and terminals has just begun.

Gilat will provide a satellite solution to monitor the operation and usage of the Mexican Ministry of Education’s Enciclomedia program and provide 2-way broadband Internet access. The Mexican government considers Enciclomedia to be an important education project and expects it to eventually reach more than 140,000 classrooms.

In addition to nearly 7,000 VSAT terminals, Gilat is providing more than 16,000 classroom monitoring systems, a solution which has been developed by the company specifically for this application.

Gilat’s SkyEdge VSAT platform will provide a full wireless monitoring solution to ensure fast deployment and 100 percent coverage with broadband Internet access and VoIP services.

Enciclomedia is a computer-based program that integrates federal education resources such as textbooks, digital content and virtual activities to enrich the student’s classroom experience, encourage student participation and enhance learning outcomes. The program also includes a portal to assist teachers with their daily activities.

Gilat Satellite Networks operates under three business units: (1) Gilat Network Systems, a provider of network systems and professional services to service providers; (2) Spacenet, which provides managed services for businesses and governments through Connexstar and for consumers through StarBand; and (3) Spacenet Rural Communications, which offers rural telephony and Internet access solutions to remote areas primarily in Latin America.

Two-way satellite provider StarBand Communications, previously operated by Echostar, was acquired by Spacenet, a division of Gilat, in March 2005 and now operate the service.

Standardizing VSAT two-way satellite terminals is supposed to provide interoperability and lower costs. The problem is, everyone seems to have a standard. Gilat uses the DVB-RCS standard (Digital Video Broadcast - Return Channel by Satellite). DirecTV uses the emerging standard Internet Protocol over Satellite (IPoS), used by Hughes on the DW7000 platform, while WildBlue’s Ka band spotbeam system uses a modified cable modem standard on ViaSat’s terminals. None of those standards are interoperable, of course.

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WPA2 Now Manditory

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 13th, 2006

The Wi-Fi Alliance announced today that WPA2 security certification, the second generation of Wi-Fi Protected Access, is now a mandatory feature for all new Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products. Nearly 600 products have been Wi-Fi CERTIFIED for WPA2 since it was introduced as an optional program in September 2004.

WPA2 is fully compatible with WPA, the first generation of Wi-Fi CERTIFIED security, and brings the technology two generations past WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy), the original security method for Wi-Fi networks.

“By requiring WPA2 for all Wi-Fi CERTIFIED products, we’re making it easy for people to be confident that the very latest generation of security is there, built in, and ready to use,” said Wi-Fi Alliance Managing Director Frank Hanzlik. “WPA2 helps ensure that only authorized users can access a network, and that the data they send and receive can’t be compromised.”

WPA2 is based upon the full IEEE 802.11i standard, including the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES). WPA2 can also be configured to support the earlier WPA security protocol.

There are two types of WPA2: Personal and Enterprise. WPA2-Personal is designed for consumer use. It encrypts data with AES and uses a password to establish access to the Wi-Fi network.

WPA2-Enterprise encrypts data with AES and verifies the identity of network users using Extensible Authentication Protocol, or EAP. The WPA2-Enterprise program includes testing for five widely-deployed EAP types to cater to a variety of usage scenarios and device types.

A complete list of WPA2 certified products is available at www.wi-fi.org.

WAPI (Wired Authentication and Privacy Infrastructure) is a Chinese National Standard for Wireless LAN. Although it is supposed to work on top of WiFi, compatibility with 802.11i is in dispute. The Chinese WAPI standard, which tried to get inclusion in the 802.11i standard last week at the IEEE, requires the use of a secret symmetric encryption algorithm which many cryptography experts argue is unsafe since it means that the algorithm cannot be peer reviewed.

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DailyWireless Is Back

Posted by Sam Churchill on March 12th, 2006

DailyWireless is back. We moved our “headquarters” and took a vacation. It’s refreshing to “unplug” from time to time. Not that we “work” all that hard. But when opportunity knocks, The Dude abides.

But Jesus H. Christ…blink and the world changes. Wireless is boundlessly irrepressible. It’s jumping the walled garden. There’s a revolution on every block.

Ignore wireless news? I think not.

The old infrastructure is going bye, bye. Say hello to The Hand:

AT&T Is Buying Bell South for $67B. Together, AT&T and BellSouth would have customers in 22 states and half the Fortune 1000. The AT&T-BellSouth combo could grow wholesale long distance revenues to more than $7 billion by 2008, seizing 36 percent of domestic wholesale long distance.

AT&T (SBC) is spending $4 billion on Project Lightspeed, its 40,000-mile fiber rollout for its U-verse IPTV service. Cingular’s WiFi service uses SBC’s Freedom Link. The merged ATT/BellSouth would also change the Cingular brand to AT&T Wireless. Again.

But can the deal squeeze $18 billion in savings, help US competitiveness or pass muster with regulators? BusinessWeek, C/Net, Forbes, Newsweek, PC World, Telephony, USA Today and Om Malik are on it.
CeBit, the world’s largest techfair, March 9-15 in Hannover, is drawing half a million visitors and 6,200 exhibitors.. Samsung showed the SCBH-600 mobile phone with a 10-megapixel camera and an 8 Gig music phone. Nokia mobile phones like the 6131, 6070 and Nokia 6136 supports UMA (WiFi/Cell) technology. Microsoft unveiled its Origami ultracompact personal computer and Panasonic showed off a 103 incher. BBC, Gizmodo, Engadget, PC World, VNUnet and C/Net have more.
Intel’s Developer Forum, March 7-9, announced new power efficiency with its 65-nanometer family of dual-core chips: the Merom, Conroe, and Woodcrest processors. Intel’s Core Microarchitecture, (pdf) is said to combine the energy efficiency of the Pentium M and Core Duo processors with the high performance of its Pentium 4 and Xeon products.
Santa Rosa, due in 2007, the nextgen Centrino, is a combination of a mobile processor, chipset and wireless chip, according to Sean Maloney, head of Intel’s Mobility Group. Maloney demonstrated a single-chip Wi-Fi/WiMax radio that could connect to either network, as well as a WiMax PC card for current-generation notebooks. Kedron, the new wireless chip in Santa Rosa, will support the 802.11n standard. Intel has plans to add flash memory to Viiv PCs to help speed the boot times. Intel, AnAndTech, C/Net, Mobile-Tech, ZDNet and others have more.
Microsoft shows the Origami, an ultraportable tablet PC with a 7″ touchscreen. Because it runs Windows XP, current desktop/laptop software works on it. Samsung, ASUS, Chinese maker Founder and others showed off their hardware. While the exact specifications vary by original equipment manufacturer (OEM), the baseline specifications for UMPC (Ultra-Mobile PC) are:
- Screen size: 7 inches or smaller (future models may vary)
- Screen resolution(s): minimum 800×480 resolution with 800×600 and 1024×600 available through video scaling technology
- Weight: less than 2 lbs
- Display Orientation: Landscape
- Input methods: touch screen, stylus and hardware controls
- optional: add on Bluetooth or USB-based keyboard
- Operating system: Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005 (eventually Windows Vista)
- Network connectivity: WiFi, Bluetooth, or Ethernet
- Battery life: 2.5 hours or more
- Processor: Intel Celeron M, Intel Pentium M, or VIA C7-M
- Storage: 30GB-60GB hard drive
- Some UMPCs may include additional built-in features such as Pharos GPS, a webcam, fingerprint reader, digital TV tuners, compact flash and SD card readers.
Origamiproject.com, C/Net, Channel 9, CNN/Money, E-week, Engadget, Gizmodo, PC World, PC Magazine and Microsoft, have more.
Mobile WiMax products are announced by Airspan. The USB clients can work in 2.3, 3.5 and 5 GHz bands. Yozan, a WiMAX-based operator based in Tokyo, is working with Airspan as a sponsor of the 16eUSB device. Airspan says it will also be able to upgrade some of its AS.MAX Base Stations to enable support for mobile WiMAX.
Meanwhile, Proxim has developed a new version of its “WiMAX-ready” system in the 3.6 GHz frequency band. The BreezeMAX 3600, operates from 3.6 GHz to 3.8 GHz and will be marketed primarily to fixed WiMAX operators in Europe and other countries. Proxim’s fixed/portable 3.5 GHz gear has received official certification from the WiMAX Forum. The MP.16 3500 is now deemed compliant with IEEE 802.16-2004 and ETSI HiperMAN standards.

Redline’s RedMAX WiMAX equipment will connect Grand Prix visitors to the Internet, via a WiFi Hotspot, allowing them to access voice, video and data communications directly from the event and follow race statistics and updates via the web. Clearwire has raised $360 million. Could it be Deja Vu all over again for Craig McCaw and AT&T? WiMax.com and WiMaxGlobalNews have everything you need to know.
Municipal WiFi Clouds are announced by Miami Beach, the Miami-Dade County wireless project, Lansing, Michigan, The District of Columbia, and others. WifiPlanet and WifiNetNews have more.
The IEEE approved draft 1.0 of 802.11n Friday, reports WiFiNetNews. It looks like IEEE MIMO is on a fasttrack for superspeed WiFi with the “N” standard. Techworld and Wireless Week review the news. The vote in the 802.11n plenary meeting in Denver gathered 82 votes in favor of releasing the draft standard and just 12 against it. The draft specification is similar to one developed by the Enhanced Wireless Consortium. The EWC was created by Atheros, Broadcom, Intel and Marvell last October.
UltraWideBand was demoed at CeBit. Samsung had an UWB-modded GSM handset feeding video out wirelessly to a flat panel at 13Mbps. The video played off the handset’s MicroSD card. Freescale showed an engineering prototype of the Belkin CableFree Hub. Of course there’s the other UWB standard, Wireless USB, which is incompatible with “cablefree” USB.
Microsoft is pushing unlicensed spectrum. Congress should set aside some of the “white space” between TV channels for smart radios and other unlicensed wireless devices, says Microsoft. In a hearing on rural telecommunications in the Senate Commerce Committee, Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s CTO, argued that opening up the broadcast band to unlicensed devices would be a lower-cost alternative to expensive last-mile broadband hookups, particularly in remote areas. , and others have more.
Blackberry Saved, Now Voice. Just days afterResearch In Motion announced a settlement in its patent battle with holding company NTP, RIM bought Ascendent Systems, to “push” voice calls from users’ corporate desk phones to their wireless — or other wireline — devices. Blackberry devices incorporate “push” email and instant messaging applications.

What’s next? How about DirecTV’s WiMax announcement. How about the end of business as usual.

It’s good to be back.

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Trashing NAPLPS

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 24th, 2006

It’s moving day here at the DailyWireless tower. Posting will be light as we pack up for new digs by the river.

Twenty year old Byte magazines and the flotsam and jetsom accumulated over years cause one to pause and reflect…before tossing it out. Change is good.

Still, I hated to toss out my NAPLPS Teletext television. But I guess Videotext (Videotex) is pretty much dead here in The States.

I once planned to be a Telidon artist (links). Maybe Teletext will make a come back…- Sam

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TradePub.com

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2006

How does DailyWireless keep up with wireless news and trends? It’s no mystery. We use the same newsreaders, search engines and blog news trackers that everyone else does.

One key advantage — we read LOTS of trade publications.

We LOVE trade publications. DailyWireless subscribes to more than a dozen. We also spend hours reading trade publications at the County Library, located just a few blocks from our office. Sometimes, we subscribe to a magazine and have it delivered to the Library (after getting their approval). Why not. Less storage.

About a year ago we discovered a great site while surfing around, called TradePub.com. We put a link to it on our left column (it’s buried in the “Public Service” links). Now, apparently, DailyWireless can make a little extra money for every successful subscriber we send their way. These are industry-leading “A” list publications.

These subscriptions normally cost $50-$100 or more a year. They can be yours — free — if you meet their criteria. Each trade publisher sets their own criteria of size, revenue and other metrics. TradePub makes it easy to subscribe to dozens of magazines at no cost.

All of the trade publications on the TradePub.com Websites are free. There are no hidden fees, and there is no obligation. TradePub.com will not invoice for subscriptions. Here’s more about TradePub and their FAQ. It can take up to twelve weeks to get your first issue, if the publisher determines your subscription is qualified.

Publications that are available to DailyWireless readers include; Broadcast Engineering, Call Center, Communications & Networking, Communications News, EDN, FibreSystems Europe, FierceIPTV, FierceWireless, IT Architect (formerly Network Magazine), Lightwave, Microwave Journal, MissionCritical Communications, Packet Magazine, Photonics Spectra, Portable Design, RCR Wireless News, Speech Technology, Telecommunications Magazine, Telephony, Total Telecom, Wireless Europe, Xchange, and dozens more.

We know from our logs that the readership of DailyWireless.org skews heavily to firms in the telecommunications business. We think this is a good match for our readers.

TradePub.com, using a DailyWireless template, describes all the magazines and makes it easy to subscribe for free.

This looks like a great deal.

Get the inside line from the best trade publications in the business…free. What have you got to loose? Order one today!

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DirecTV Quinella?

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 23rd, 2006

Carlo at TechDirt notes:

DirecTV’s been talking for a while about its idea to create a nationwide broadband wireless network. It’s supposed to detail its plans sometime before the end of March, having already said it was in talks with rival Echostar about partnering on the network.

But in a Wall Street Journal article today about DirecTV’s new video-download service, its CEO says “it’s not clear” if the company will actually build a network, and will only do so if the move makes sense.

That sounds like some pretty serious backtracking. …It’s hard to imagine that DirecTV would come this far and talk its plans up so much, only to back out at the last second — so who are they posturing for?

Maybe DirecTV is just angling to get a better deal from Sprint or Clearwire. Or maybe that means someone else will build and operate the WiMAX network (in the 2007-2008 time frame).Murdoch’s MySpace is Mobilizing with Helio (a virtual cell phone operator). The SK/Earthlink partnership is now called Helio. Helio could also run DirecTV’s WiMAX.

Helio could sublet WiMax spectrum from Sprint and Clearwire, then run their own virtual Mobile WiMAX operation, just like their cellular business. SK Telecom knows WiBro…they launch this June in Seoul (working with Intel). Earthlink, meanwhile, needs a last mile option…they could run the ISP and VoIP business. EarthLink is bundling ISP services with both DirecTV and EchoStar.

Intel’s Viiv and Microsoft’s MediaCenter would want to be in this game. They could use the Asian connection. Mobile television? Intel likes the open DVB-H standard. That means a Modeo link.

What’s that…a quinella?

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Second WiMax Lab Announced

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 22nd, 2006

The WiMAX Forum announced today, a second WiMAX certification test lab, the first in Asia and likely to be the first lab to conduct certification tests for Mobile WiMAX gear.

Working in close collaboration with the Korean government and Cetecom Laboratories in Spain, the WiMAX Forum named Telecommunications Technology Association’s (TTA) IT Testing & Certification Lab in Seoul, Korea, as the first lab in Asia to certify interoperability of WiMAX products. Korea’s WiBro is a precursor to the developing IEEE Mobile WiMAX standard which added additional frequencies and features.

The state-backed TTA, the country’s standardization organization, was not available for comment. The TTA’s IT Testing & Certification Lab has established relationships with a range of other certification institutions, including CableLabs, BQTF, CCF, CTIA, GCF, PTCRB and VeriTest.

The WiMAX Forum plans to have the TTA Lab operational in the fourth quarter of 2006 to begin receiving Mobile WiMAX equipment and start validating the test procedure. It is expected that by the first quarter of 2007, the first commercial Mobile WiMAX products will achieve the designation of “WiMAX Forum Certified.”

In other WiMAX news, WiMAX Telecom Group, the only multinational WiMAX service provider in Europe, says it’s the first in the world to offer telephony via WiMAX technology. “WiMAX FON” is the cheapest comprehensive last-mile connectivity solution in Austria, says the company. Thanks to number portability, customers can take their existing telephone number with them when switching to WiMAX FON.Work on an independent wireless network in Croatia is due to begin in mid-2006. The first services will go live shortly afterwards. WiMAX Telekom has offices in Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia and Croatia.

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Solar Powered Cloud

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 22nd, 2006

Accatel is now installing 90 Strix OWS nodes for an initial network deployment, to support 10,000 voice subscriber lines in an eight-square-mile area of Chittagong, a port city of Bangladesh, with 3.5 million people.

Stage 2 of the deployment, which will roll out 6-12 months after Stage 1, will add 15-20,000 voice subscriber lines. Within three years, Accatel expects the Strix wireless mesh network will employ hundreds of OWS nodes and serve an estimated 200,000 voice subscriber lines.

Ultimately, Accatel and Nextel Telecom plan to expand the wireless mesh network to include all of Chittagong as well as other cities and towns within the licensing area.

In addition to the Strix OWS nodes, the system includes a softswitch, IP infrastructure, and a billing system. Strix OWS nodes will be deployed at a central access hub, where the wireless network connects to the Ethernet, while the rest of the OWS nodes will be deployed radially from the hub.

WiFi Planet reports the system will be solar powered.

The power grid there is not as stable as in the United States,” says Nan Chen, vice president of marketing at Strix. “[Solar power] gives them the freedom of choices for installation sites.”

Technology Review overviews the progress in solar power:

…For decades, solar-cell researchers have tried to develop cheaper alternatives to silicon. The problem has been efficiency: other materials just don’t generate enough electricity. But Siemens’s achievement earlier this year of the highest efficiency to date in plastic solar cells could change that. The Siemens design combined two of the most important advances in materials science in the past 30 years: electrically conducting polymers and buckyballs.

Down the road, researchers hope to boost nano solar cells’ power output and make them even easier to deploy, eventually spraying them directly onto almost any surface. Palo Alto, CA-based startup Nanosolar (below), which has raised $5 million in venture capital, is working on making this idea practical…

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Developing Cityware In Bath

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 22nd, 2006

A $2.78 million (1.6m pound) wireless computing trial in the historic city of Bath, England is being undertaken with a government research funding body the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)and a group of universities and companies including Vodafone, Nokia and IBM.

Dubbed the Cityware project, the aim of the trial, which is being coordinated by the University of Bath, is to test the potential of pervasive computing in an urban area using GPRS mobile comms, Wi-FI, Bluetooth and near-field communications technologies.

The trial is designed to assess social and usage patterns as much as the practicality of creating a city-wide wireless zone. One of the first new services that will be available through the project is a new location recognition tool that uses the photographs people take of buildings to help them find where they are.

Interestingly, Bath, England is also home of mobile WiMAX leader picoChip which just announced a partnership with Wintegra for mobile WiMAX. They will integrate picoChip’s PC102 picoArray digital signal processor (DSP) running its IEEE 802.16e PHY with the Wintegra’s WinMax access processor programmed with 16e MAC software for transport and backhaul functionality.

In addition to providing 16e functionality, the development platform offers support for Advanced Antenna Systems (AAS) and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO), which is enabled by means of an optional software upgrade from ArrayComm.

No word if picoChip will be involved in the Bath Cityware project, however. A number of projects are planned in conjunction with the University.

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Bills Expand Unlicensed UHF Access

Posted by Sam Churchill on February 22nd, 2006

ArsTechnica notes the US might allow unlicensed use of so-called “white spaces” in the UHF television spectrum. These white spaces are available even in heavily congested urban areas (San Franciso, for instance, has six channels vacant.

Two new bills want to open up this spectrum up.

The Wireless Innovation Act, introduced by Senators George Allen (R-VA) and John Kerry (D-MA), directs the FCC to set up rules that would enable unlicensed use of the spectrum between 54Mhz and 698Mhz by the end of the year. The goal of the WINN Act is to increase broadband use rates, especially in rural areas, by making it easier to provide more kinds of Internet service.

“Making this technology available in all corners of our country is good for our families, demonstrates the spirit of American innovation and promotes our success in the global economy,” said Kerry in a statement. “
The competing American Broadband for Communities Act (ABC Act) was introduced by Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) and looks quite similar to the WINN Act, but with different open frequencies, according to the ArsTechnica article. It also directs the FCC to open up “any unused broadcast television spectrum in the band between 72 and 698 megaHertz” which “may be used by unlicensed devices, including wireless broadband devices.”

Analog TV ends forever in February, 2009, then those channels will be available for commercial and public service users. With the development of a new IEEE 802.22 standard for unlicensed use, however, a number of people (especially in rural areas), may be served with broadband access using the “white spaces” between licensed users.

The IEEE 802.22 working group would be used in the UHF bands by listening before talking. Each Access Point would also be armed with a GPS receiver to determine its position. This information would be sent back to centralized server (managed by the FCC in the US), which would respond with the information about TV free channels in the area of AP. Specific TV channels as well as guard bands are planned to be used for communication in IEEE 802.22.

The New America Foundation (pdf) probably has the most spirited and detailed defense of the unlicensed use of the UHF band. Realistically, the U.S. government seems unlikely to forgo the billions in revenue from licensed 700 Mhz users. What is being discussed is how to utilize the spectrum more efficiently.The NAB’s technical credibility and political influence may have also diminshed with their “public service” role. Radio and television group owners get to use (our) public airwaves for free.

Digital television, unlike analog, can utilize adjacent frequencies without interference. That frees up UHF spectrum. Most of the upper and lower UHF bands will be auctioned to licensed users. Unlicensed users would be restricted to lower power (less than a watt) and may utilize the contours of broadcast stations that would normally not be available for television reception.

Forbes estimates that the digital switchover will help the electronics business move $75 billion worth of product in the next three years. Currently, only about 20% of Americans are capable of receiving a digital signal, according to the Consumer Electronics Association. The feds have earmarked $1.5 billion to be distributed among the 21 million families who still have analog sets so they can buy digital tuners. Each family will receive up to two $40 vouchers, to be distributed through the Commerce Department.

In a report released Wednesday, the Technology CEO Council calls on Congress to start a formal review of the radio spectrum in the U.S. to see where spectrum isn’t being efficiently used. Most observers believe the government will auction off the newly freed up channels in the UHF band.

The Technology CEO Council sharply criticized current U.S. policy toward spectrum allocation and called for a new 10-point “21st century spectrum policy.”

“Our nation’s wireless needs are too often governed by outdated regulations that hinder economic progress and innovation,” said Motorola CEO Ed Zander, chairman of the Technology CEO Council. The Council’s members include executives from many of the largest tech companies in America.

DailyWireless has more on U.S. Broadband Policy? and 3G Band Scam?, Cognitive Radios, Piggybacking On Radio Channels, 700 MHZ Testimony, The Smartest Guy in the Room, Atomic Cafe, and Unlicensed Spectrum: The Sum of All Fears.

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VSATs Connect 16,000 Mexican schools

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Second WiMax Lab Announced

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