The report concluded that multiple input, multiple output gear–still in early stages–can as much as double the capacity of mobile networks. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Samsung Intros VoIP Wi-Fi Application
“OfficeServ will be compelling to some business segments because it enables adequate in-office mobility with the benefits of VoIP,” said Yankee analyst Nate Dyer. He also warned of competition from wireless substitution and PBX extension-to-mobile services. Via [newsfactor.com]… Continue Reading
Certified WiMax Products Near As ‘Plugfest’ Ends
In a sure sign that certified WiMAX wireless broadband products are close to appearing, vendors have started to tout their interoperability as proven at a “plugfest” that ended this week in Beijing. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Beijing To Go Wireless For Olympic Games
Wireless technology will help visitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics navigate the city and cope with the language barrier. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
City of Temecula, California Builds Wi-Fi Network Infrastructure
Wireless Facilities, Inc. has been selected to provide network design and deployment services for the City of Temecula’s proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. Working together with Wi-Fi mesh network company Tropos Networks, and in coordination with The City of Temecula, WFI will deploy a Wi-Fi network in the Old Town area of the city. The network… Continue Reading
Analysis: Is Fixed 802.16d WiMAX Viable?
The recent WiMAX World conference in Boston highlighted many key themes of the emerging market, but none more clearly than the gap between the mobile ambitions of the largest vendors and carriers, and the fixed wireless markets into which the first equipment is launching – a gap that Motorola and others are seeking to bridge… Continue Reading
XO Narrows Focus To Wireless
XO Communications, a telephone company controlled by financier Carl Icahn, will sell its Internet-access unit to Icahn for $700 million to focus on wireless. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
New York County Proposes Law To Enforce Wi-Fi Security
A public official in Westchester County, some 30 miles north of New York, has proposed legislation that would require businesses that collect customer information to apply basic security like firewalls when also offering wireless access to consumers. Via [pcmag.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco Could See Upside In VoIP, Wireless LAN
Banc of America Securities analyst Tim Long expects Cisco Systems “to at least meet” his fiscal first-quarter estimate for earnings of 24 cents per share on revenue of $6.58 billion. Via [forbes.com]… Continue Reading
InCode Predicts Wireless’ Future
Wireless and business and technology consulting firm inCode is taking its predictions global this year, calling for 2006 to be a year of convergence, consolidation and new business models. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Fétish Car Whips Up A WiMax Frenzy
The world’s first production electric sports car will have a WiMax box inside to make it capable of online communication. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
MIT Wireless Network Tracks Info On Users
In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today’s student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Where It Isn’t Needed
I have always been a fan of Wi-Fi wireless networking, but lately I’m beginning to wonder if we might not have too much of a good thing. While Wi-Fi is wonderful on laptops, the technology is starting to turn up in smaller, simpler devices where it often seems like more trouble than it’s worth. Eastman… Continue Reading
Cisco Flaw Puts Wi-Fi Networks At Risk
A security bug in Cisco Systems’ wireless LAN controllers could enable an attacker to send malicious traffic to a secured Wi-Fi network. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Newsom’s Wi-Fi Secrets
If Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proposal to bring low-cost WiFi to the entire city is such a great idea, why is he keeping the details secret? And why, if this is going to benefit anyone other than well-off people who want to use their laptops all over town, is he relying on big Silicon Valley firms… Continue Reading