Mini-cameras that transmit from inside your body, and drug trolleys that will only dispense tablets to the right patients, are just two of the uses the health service is exploring for wireless technologies. Via [silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Deployment
Covad Acquires NextWeb To Enter Wireless Broadband
Integrated voice and data communications supplier Covad Communications Group Inc. has agreed to acquire NextWeb, Inc., a fixed-wireless Internet provider, for $24.7 million in cash and stock. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Navini, BT Announce WiMAX Trial
Navini Networks is on a tear. The vendor is now working with British Telecommunications (BT) on a trial of pre-WiMAX systems for the United Kingdom. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
WLAN Switches Take Off Weight
Fat access points are simpler to deploy than thin ones. Since the former come with all of the intelligence needed in an end point, users can take them out of their boxes, turn on the power, and have them running in a short period of time. Thin access points have a master/slave design, so more… Continue Reading
Google’s Wireless Plans May Pose Threat To Telecom Companies
Telecom and cable providers are already at battle with a number of government municipalities that are launching free or low-cost Internet services for their communities. Now Google could join the fray with its proposal to provide such services in San Francisco. If chosen as a provider, Google could compete with the city’s local telephone and… Continue Reading
US WiMax Trials To Start In 2006
A major US mobile carrier is set to launch the first wireless broadband services based on the emerging WiMax standard next year. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Air Force Adds Wi-Fi To Arsenal
The U.S. Air Force is adding a new weapon at more than 50 bases nationwide. Currently, 65 bases have replaced their old pen-and-paper flight-line maintenance systems with Wi-Fi, and another 20-25 bases are scheduled for WLAN deployments in the next 18 months. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Asia To Dominate WiMAX Market, Study Claims
About 45 percent of all WiMAX subscribers in 2009 will be in the Asia Pacific region of the world, according to a study released Wednesday by market research firm In-Stat. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
From iPod Docking Stations To Wi-Fi, Rooms Brim With Tech Delights
No longer happy with just clean sheets and heavy curtains, hotel guests are demanding more from their rooms. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Global Wi-Fi HotSpot Coverage Approaching 100,000
There will be over 100,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots globally by the end of this year, with Europe and North America beginning to challenge the Asia-Pacific region’s early dominance, according to market research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Via [eet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Network Closes In Finland
With over 150 base stations, the largest Wi-Fi network over in Finland, Wivanet, is to close by Q1 2006. Vantaa Energy has decided to stop maintaining the network. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Vast Wi-Fi Cloud Stretches Over Fields Of Onions And Thistle
Here in an area spanning 700 square miles, site of a vast wireless Internet cloud, onion farmer Bob Hale can prop open a laptop among the scrub brush and check his e-mail. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Free Wi-Fi Access Firm Launches
Launched at a London advertising technology conference, the company is signing up advertisers who want to target free users, who will have access at hotspots such as hotels, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Vendor Unveils Wireless Broadband System For Trains
In tests, the system provided uninterrupted access at speeds as high as 137 miles per hour. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Square Off Over Wi-Fi In The Town Square
Hundreds of local governments are building wireless networks– but the telecom industry has taken issue. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading