The WiMax Forum’s certification process at Cetecom Labs in Malaga, Spain officially launched in early July, and in the time since then, companies have begun to ship their equipment to Spain for the Forum’s certification process. “Multiple vendors already have equipment in the lab,†says Mo Shakouri, the WiMax Forum’s Vice President of Marketing. Via… Continue Reading
European Union Mulls Wireless Broadband Regulation
The market for wireless broadband in the European Union will be thrown open to question in October when member states vote whether to introduce a technology-neutral approach to spectrum previously earmarked for 3G systems. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Massport Criticized For Wi-Fi Shutdowns
A year after launching a roughly $8-a-day wireless Internet service, Boston’s Logan International Airport is facing growing complaints that it’s trying to impose a ”WiFi monopoly” at the airport. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Alvarion In Talks With DirecTV On Using WiMAX
Network equipment maker Alvarion Ltd. is in talks with DirecTV Group Inc. about supplying the satellite television service with wireless equipment that would boost its network, according to Alvarion’s chief executive, Zvi Slonimsky. Via [today.reuters.com]… Continue Reading
In-Flight Wi-Fi Rivals Pitch Phone Plans
Boeing’s Connexion and Airbus’ OnAir this week both announced partnerships with mobile phone specialists to pave the way for in-flight GSM and CDMA device usage. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Throws Weight Behind US Municipal Metrozones
Intel is throwing its financial, technical and lobbying weight behind the rising tide of municipally run broadband wireless networks, seeing these as a way to stimulate uptake of Wi-Fi and WiMAX and so sell more of its chips and increase its influence over the communications world. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Boulder Gets Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
Things have suddenly gotten very busy at Lumin Innovative Products in Boulder, Colorado. On July 15th, 18 months after the company formed around co-founder Ben Adams’s concept for solar-powered Wi-Fi networks, Lumin deployed its first access points at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. Since that successful launch, the four-person staff has been deluged with… Continue Reading
Vendor Creates ‘Vehicular Hotspots’ For Cars
Zeewaves Systems Inc., a startup here working with Nvidia Corp. on planar-antenna Wi-Fi designs, has developed a mobile Wi-Fi architecture that can combine vehicular hotspots with such functions as global-positioning system, automatic vehicle location and ZigBee sensor gateways. Zeewaves is offering ConnectStar, a commercial version of the system, and has defined an extended architecture for… Continue Reading
Mesh Wi-Fi Company Gets $10 Million New VC Money
PacketHop Inc., a company that helps create wireless networks on the fly, has received $10 million in its third round of venture capital funding from investors. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Wide Area Wi-Fi Tested In Michigan Towns
In another demonstration of Wi-Fi for a wide area, the service is being rolled out in several hotspot demo areas in Kentwood and Grand Rapids, Mich. Via [internetweek.com]… Continue Reading
Researchers Seek Answers To Wi-Fi Zombies
Are Wi-Fi freeloaders reality or myth? Can the image of Wi-Fi zombies connected to the Internet, yet disconnected from their neighbor, be reversed? Faced with headlines questioning the wisdom of free Wi-Fi hotspots, two researchers are on a quest to reshape the image of Wi-Fi users. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
VoIP Is Just The Beginning, Industry Panel Says
More advanced IP services will incude dual-mode phone handsets, which will seamlessly roam between cellular, Wi-Fi and WiMax, or other fixed-wireless broadband networks. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Detector Is Security Alternative To Wi-Fi
Researchers at the University of Oxford have developed an optical line-of-sight LAN using CMOS transmitters and receivers and resonant cavity LEDs. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
U.S. Airlines Are Laggards On Wireless
Many international carriers offer Internet access, a service not yet offered by domestic carriers. But United plans Wi-Fi for next year, and others are showing interest. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-LAN Divides Business
Wi-LAN is retooling its business structure into two separate divisions in an effort to better align company resources in each of its key business areas, including intellectual property (IP) and wireless broadband equipment. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading