SK Telecom announces plans to use Staccato UWB in phonesBy: By Donny Jackson Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom has announced plans to use Staccato Communications ultrawideband (UWB) platform to deliver the first UWB personal-area-network (PAN) services via mobile phone in late 2007... Cohda Wireless demonstrates advantages in Australia trialBy: By Donny Jackson Cohda Wireless this week announced that trial deployments of its technology in Adelaide, Australia, demonstrate significant advantages in using its advanced receiver solution in wide-area 802.11 networks. The solution enables latency-sensitive applications like video and voice over IP (VoIP) in challenging environments.... Airwave lands French airports dealBy: By Mary Rose Roberts France-based wireless network provider Hub telecom—part of the Aéroports de Paris group—recently licensed AirWave Wireless’s Wireless Management Suite to remotely monitor and maintain more than 1600 access points at seven French Airports, including the Paris-Orly Airport.... Motorola wins campus contracts at Chinese universitiesBy: By Donny Jackson The China Education and Research Network (CERNET) has chosen Motorola’s HotZone Duo solution to provide public Wi-Fi access on three university campuses as part of a pilot program, the vendor giant announced this week... Atheros’ new solution reduces 802.11g costsBy: By Donny Jackson Atheros Communications today launched the AR5007EG chip, an integrated 802.11g PCI Express (PCIe) solution designed to provide cost-effective wireless LAN, or WLAN connectivity for desktop and lower-cost notebook PCs projected to hit the market during the next two years.... LGC Wireless pays $15 million for Alvarion unitBy: By Donny Jackson In-building wireless solutions vendor LGC Wireless yesterday announced that it has closed a deal to pay $15 million for Alvarion’s cellular mobile unit (CMU) that will let LGC offer in-building systems that utilize readily available IP backhaul.... Speaker: Disaster communications ‘not ready’ a year after KatrinaBy: By Donny Jackson There are many lessons to be learned in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, but the public-safety communications problems cited in numerous reports likely will be repeated because critical issues are not being addressed, a first responder at the scene said during a panel at the IWCE/MRT Summit.... NetMotion includes QOS in latest Mobility XE releaseBy: By Donny Jackson Mobile VPN software vendor NetMotion Wireless yesterday announced the availability of Mobility XE version 7.1, which adds quality of service (QOS) features that should help mobile workers using latency-sensitive video or voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications.... Mixed message: FCC dismisses Cyren Call petition but continues to solicit commentsBy: By Donny Jackson In an unusual procedural action, the FCC on Friday dismissed Cyren Call Communications’ petition for rulemaking that proposes a public-private partnership to build a nationwide broadband network for public safety utilizing 700 MHz spectrum earmarked for auction to commercial providers.... NENA launches initiative to better coordinate NG911 developmentBy: By Glenn Bischoff The National Emergency Number Association, or NENA, last week launched an initiative that the organization hopes will ensure a coordinated and managed approach to the deployment of next-generation 911 systems nationwide... FCC invites comments on Cyren CallBy: By Donny Jackson Cyren Call Communications’ plan calling for a public-private partnership to establish and operate a nationwide broadband network will be the subject of a 30-day comment period, the FCC announced late yesterday.... Guard-band licensees agree to pay costs for new 700 MHz planBy: By Donny Jackson Access Spectrum and Pegasus Communications this week offered to cover additional incremental costs that would be associated with the companies’ joint proposal to reconfigure the 24 MHz of 700 MHz spectrum that has been allocated for public safety.... Atheros to buy Attansic in $71 million dealBy: By Donny Jackson Wireless-solution developer Atheros Communications this week announced an agreement to pay $71.5 million to buy Attansic Technology, a Taiwan-based fabless semiconductor company that specializes in Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet solutions.... Police chiefs seek additional 30 MHz of 700 MHz spectrumBy: By Donny Jackson The International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) this week passed a resolution expressing support for the reallocation of 30 MHz of spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band to be held in trust for public safety—a notion first proposed earlier this year by Cyren Call Communications... Motorola: Proposed 700 MHz reallocation cost neutral to public safetyBy: By Donny Jackson Proposals to reallocate public-safety spectrum in the upper 700 MHz band would involve minimal costs to public-safety agencies, which should make them easier to consider, a Motorola official said this week.... |
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