Two young wi-fi intrusion prevention system vendors have come to blows over their patents, setting the stage for a messy intellectual property dispute. Via [cbronline.com]… Continue Reading
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Symbol, Terabeam Settle Patent Suit
Symbol Technologies Inc. has entered into a licensing agreement with Terabeam, Inc., the parent company of Proxim Wireless Corp., settling long-standing patent litigation between the two companies. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Fabless Firms Team Up On WiMAX Platform
A silicon collaboration between fabless firms picoChip and Wintegra has resulted in a wireless system development platform for WiMAX basestations. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
To Russia With WiMax
How do you know when you’re doing wireless ex-Soviet style? Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax: ‘Too Slow, Too Expensive And Not Enough Regulation’
Traditional broadband players and mobile operators will be giving WiMax a wide berth for the years to come, new research predicts. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Unfurling Wireless Mesh
The port city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has attached 300 wireless access points to traffic signals, streetlights, water and radio towers, and buildings to provide a blanket of IP network access across 24 square miles. Within five years, city officials plan to expand that to 1,600 wireless access points spread across 147 square miles. Via… Continue Reading
City Wi-Fi Sounds Great, If It Can Really Connect
Signal strength, capacity, and efforts by telecom vendors to stop cheap municipal wireless could threaten deployments from San Francisco to Chicago. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Dawn Of The Wireless Utopias
For $12 a month, a Taipei resident can tote a laptop computer to the park and watch cable television. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Walk On The Wireless Side: EarthLink Has Plan For Hub
A proposal from Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to unwire Boston would deliver cheap broadband access to residents at no cost to the city, according to an EarthLink blueprint circulating among city officials. Via [business.bostonherald.com]… Continue Reading
Whereza Wi-Fi, Dude?
Okay, today’s brain teaser, no peeking: What represents the fastest growing segment of Wi-Fi hotspots? Via [news.tmcnet.com]… Continue Reading
Cable’s Answer To Wireless
The cable industry is mulling a big wireless push through a ‘CableRoam’ initiative, according to internal documents. Via [redherring.com]… Continue Reading
Analysts Bullish On Wireless VC
A report released this week by visiongain says wireless venture capital has seen steady growth since 2000 and is poised to hit an all-time high this year. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Provider Alvarion Targets Africa
Wireless broadband provider, Alvarion Ltd. has gained traction in the African market with recent deals in Ghana and Madagascar. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Tech CEOs Want More Wireless Airspace
Chief executive officers of some leading tech companies plan to call on Thursday for the U.S. government to allocate more wireless airspace for new applications as they emerge. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Corporate Customers Spend Big On Wireless Data
Large business-customers are spending big on wireless data, which is good news for mobile operators that have spent billions on building new high-speed networks. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading