A study predicts that WiMAX will succeed as a form of fixed broadband but that questions remain about the viability of the mobile version of the wireless broadband technology. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: June 1, 2005
Wi-Fi Catches Up With Indy 500 Racers
When Alex Barron and Patrick Carpentier–members of the Red Bull Cheever Racing team–zoom around the racetrack Sunday at the Indianapolis 500, they will use Cisco wireless IP gear to feed information back to engineers in their pit crew. The gear will detail everything from engine temperature to velocity to tire pressure. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Standards Are ‘A Complete And Utter Mess’
Industry groups backing competing wireless standards have admitted that they must start cooperating more for users’ sake. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless Companies To Share WiFi Hot Spots
Canada’s largest wireless companies said yesterday they will let their customers use their wireless Internet access networks, known as WiFi hot spots, interchangeably. Via [theglobeandmail.com]… Continue Reading
Altera Joins WiMAX Forum
Programmable logic supplier Altera Corp. Tuesday (May 24) announced that it has joined the WiMAX Forum, a non-profit organization formed to promote and certify compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless products based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading