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A brief note to mention that our WiMAX event, WiMAX Strategies @ GLOBALCOMM, is gaining more momentum. We recently signed a partnership with the WiMAX Forum to fully endorse the event. You can see the agenda has been populated with several big names who …
UMA is coming
Mobile VoIP technology is marching forward. WiFi telephones and walkie-talkie-like communicators have been used in hospitals and offices for a while, but now manufacturers and mobile carriers are getting ready to link cellular networks to the myriad WiFi hotspots dotting urban landscapes. This linking will expand coverage and make for cheaper mobile minutes. The technology used for such linking is unlicensed mobile access, or UMA. UMA transmits cellular information packets through the …
802.11n hogs bandwidth
You win some, you lose some. Next-generation 802.11n WiFi offers very fast data rates, but these will be achieved only by hogging bandwidth in channels already congested with 802.11b and 802.11g links, industry experts say. Existing WiFi standards use 20 MHz channels, and users can double the data rate by doubling this bandwidth. Proprietary turbo modes on some 802.11g devices do just this by "bonding" two channels, something akin to using two lines instead of one on a crowded …
Motorola improves wireless broadband position
Lead with your strength. Motorola is moving aggressively to strengthen its wireless broadband position. The latest move: It is acquiring U.K. manufacturer Orthogon Systems. The price was not disclosed. Orthogon specializes in equipment using OFDM technology for point-to-point high-speed wireless network connections. OFDM has many advantages, chief among them the fact that it uses several radio bands, thus making it more resistant to noise; it can also overcome physical obstacles …
Silvus offering soft cores for WiFi
"Speak softly and carry a big stick" is how Theodore Roosevelt described his approach to foreign policy. This is also the approach of Los Angeles-based Silvus Communication Systems to WiFi. The start-up, spun out of UCLA, is developing soft cores for next-generation wireless systems ranging from WiFi to software-defined and cognitive radios. The first commercial product of the company will help developers of next-generation WiFi chip sets and systems. The company has developed the VHDL …
Calif. city goes WiFi, waits for wireless project
Foster City, CA, will likely contract Mountain View, CA-based MetroFi, a four-year old start-up, to roll out a metro-wide WiFi network in the city. WiFi transmitters could be installed by October on 100 streetlight poles if the city council approves the contract. MetroWiFi has already installed city-wide WiFi networks in Aurora, IL, and Santa Clara, Cupertino and Sunnyvale, CA. The company has also been selected by Portland, OR, to install muni-WiFi in that city (where it beat EarthLink …
SPOTLIGHT: WiFi tracking to grow fast
WiFi is increasingly being used in location tracking applications and WiFi asset tags are expected to reach almost 2 million shipments in 2010, according to a report by In-Stat. The WiFi location tracking market is only just beginning and In-Stat says "many highly changeable factors will decide how fast it grows over the next few years." The tags are used in WiFi real-time location systems, which use WiFi APs to locate devices with external WiFi tags or devices with embedded WiFi. So …
ALSO NOTED: Nokia 770 review; Motorola joins Wi-Fi Alliance; and much more...
> Here is the Washington Post review's verdict on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet: "It Does Little, and Not Very Well." Review
> Motorola has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance. Report
> Siemens announced the availability of HiPath Wireless Manager Advanced, a modular extension for the Siemens HiPath Wireless …