Vodafone is to offer Taiwanese smart phone maker HTC’s Universal palmtop 3G/Wi-Fi smart phone, along with the manufacturer’s compact PDA-phone, Magician. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: February 28, 2005
Cisco Jump-Starts Wi-Fi
After a yearlong hiatus, Cisco Systems Inc. is moving ahead with plans to add Wi-Fi capabilities to its router and switch products. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge To Broadband
Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
AT&T Expands Hotspot Network
AT&T has expanded its wireless Internet footprint, with the addition of WiFi hotspots around the world, bringing the total to 9,094 sites, 5,770 of them in the United States. Including wired Ethernet access, AT&T now boasts more than 10,000 sites worldwide. Via [internetweek.com]… Continue Reading
Motorola Joins Group On Faster Wi-Fi
Two camps are ready for a showdown over faster wireless LANs following Motorola’s agreement on Thursday to merge its proposal for the IEEE 802.11n standard with that of the World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium. Via [infoworld.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax Start Up Gets $9M In Funding
To accelerate the launch of its WiMax SoC, fabless semiconductor provider Sequans Communications reported Tuesday it has received $9 million (7 million euros) in a series B financing round from venture capital firms Add Partners, Vision Capital, SGAM, T-source and Cap Décisif. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
VOIP At 80 MPH: World’s First Wi-Fi Highway
I-19, the Canamex Interstate Highway, is the home of the “world’s first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice and high speed data network,” from Rio Rico to South of Green Valley, Arizona according to New Zealand based RoamAD, which supplied the Wi-Fi mesh software used in the network’s infrastructure. Via [extremetech.com]… Continue Reading