Archive for January, 2008

Broadband

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Forbes – The Firm has made investments in sectors such as the Internet (consumer Internet, Internet services and applications), wireless communications and applications, VoIP and other broadband services, entertainment, semiconductor design, life sciences and Read More

San Diego Union-Tribune – KANSAS CITY, Mo. Sprint Nextel Corp. on Thursday filed lawsuits against four minor telecommunications providers, claiming they were infringing on the company’s patents for sending telephone calls over the Internet. The wireless carrier filed the Read More

Miami Herald – PSP-2000 users will need a memory stick, a wireless Internet connection and Skype-compatible headset to use the service, parent company Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. said earlier this month. The feature will be included in a software update Read More

Boston Globe – Now Verizon Wireless customers on Martha s Vineyard and Nantucket can access e-mail and the Internet on their laptops and PDAs, and download video and music to their wireless phones, the company said. Verizon Wireless is a New Jersey-based joint Read More

Ithaca Journal – Group study rooms are available for students, each equipped with wireless Internet and a large white board. While opened, the Learning Commons is not yet complete. Still to be built is a language lab and a multi-media creation room with construction Read More

Reuters UK – SK Telecom Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom) is a wireless telecommunications services provider in Korea. The Company s offerings include cellular services, providing its subscribers code division multiple access (CDMA) service; wired and wireless Internet Read More

Forbes – available to global business professionals the BuddeComm Technologies Library, MarketResearch.com provides a comprehensive arsenal of market analysis of the mobile and wireless communications, broadband, digital media, infrastructure, and internet Read More

Wireless Internet

Friday, January 25th, 2008

Forbes – have been in the LAN/WAN, network integration, ISP, Internet banking, encryption technology, and banking software businesses for more than 20 years and have constructed secure, encrypted, wireless broadband networks as well as secure Internet banking Read More

Charleston Post & Courier – A new store design, including outdoor seating, wireless Internet connection and bar-style seating along the windows, will be incorporated in the new Charleston-area stores. Dunkin’ Donuts touts itself as American’s top regular-coffee retailer Read More

ZDNet Australia – Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. “Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office,” he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a Read More

East Bay Business Times – In-flight magazines may be losing their captive audience. The test is being done in partnership with Row 44, which has its headquarters in Westlake Village, northwest of Los Angeles, and development centers in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Chicago. The Read More

NBC 6 – The Miami-based airline is testing in-flight Internet services, aiming to be the first U.S. airline to offer wireless Internet. “We think it’s a great opportunity for passengers to enjoy another service on the cutting edge, and we feel like it’s Read More

Forbes – SouthernLINC Wireless delivers multiple wireless communication options including Push to Talk, cellular service, text messaging, wireless Internet access and wireless data using Motorola’s iDEN(SM) technology. The company’s premier Push to Talk 2-way Read More

Herald Tribune – Seeing patrons — mostly college students — furiously type or click away using Big E’s free wireless Internet connection after the coffeehouse closes, whether they are inside a car, on a bike or sitting on a nearby curb, is normal. “Sometimes you Read More

Wireless Internet

Thursday, January 24th, 2008

Arlington Heights Daily Herald – Plans to provide free wireless Internet service throughout Naperville and Aurora have gone offline, at least temporarily, officials say. California-based MetroFi is backing out of a deal to extend the service beyond existing areas, leaving the cities Cont

TechNewsWorld – The iPhone’s new, free maps application isn’t as accurate as GPS, but it gets the job done. It tells you your approximate location by triangulating signals from WiFi stations and cell towers to map your location within a few dozen meters. That’s Cont

WebProNews – Now there s also live streaming video which anyone with a supported mobile phone and a cellular or wifi network connection can do, easily and instantly. I did all my live video streaming with Edelman s permission, by the way. So what does this Cont

PR Inside – Other products provide WLAN site survey and design, RF interference detection, remote diagnostics, and the world’s first voice over WiFi analysis solution. AirMagnet has more than 7,500 customers worldwide, including 75 of the Fortune 100. The Cont

ZDNet Blogs – Perusing through Vonage s own forum (as opposed to the independently owned and run Vonage Forums ), I ve found a thread that raises the issue of whatever happened to the Vonage WiFi phone The thread has been started by someone named tophtml, asks Cont

Forbes – Residential market – VoIP, Peer-to-Peer, Triple Play, IPTV, FMC, mobile video, WiFi/WiMax, Web 2.0, social media; — Enterprise VoIP – adoption trends by type and size of enterprise/SMB – IP telephony, Peer-to-Peer, Open Source Cont

Wireless Internet

Sunday, January 20th, 2008

Chicago Tribune – BOB in the Big Apple: After building its Chicago wireless network with some 30 transmission sites, Business Only Broadband , or BOB, is moving on to New York. The Westmont-based firm has attracted 300 customers here and has raised private-equity funds More Here

Palm Beach Interactive – Microsoft’s Vista operating system is a year old; broadband Internet service is widely available; the next generation of cellular service is a few years away. And then there’s the fact that many of us already have all the computers, digital music More Here

News.com.au – The audit is assessing schools in the greatest need of new computers as part of the Government’s pledge to provide all students in Years 9 to 12 with access to laptops and broadband. The Government will spend $100 million by the end of June as part More Here

IT-Analysis.com – Broadband Worldwide 2004: Subscriber Update report analyzes the leading trends in broadband in 27 countries across four global regions and contains eMarketer estimates and projections for broadband subscribers, households and users as well as More Here

Broadband

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

American Reporter – You can’t imagine a phone company acting with the boldness of Microsoft jumping into the consumer electronics business, or Google offering WiFi networks to communities. Technical issues: What Are Telcos Betting On? Maybe you don’t approve of my Read More

Economic Times – WowWee Rovio leads the list of wacky gadgets at the Consumer Electronic Show 2008 in las vegas. It is a WiFi-enabled robotic webcam that moves in all directions and can be controlled remotely using mobiles or PCs. Users can view & interact with Rovio Read More

MobileWhack.com – The device features a 2.46″ TFT screen, a full QWERTY keyboard, 2 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth and microSD memory card slot. The Toshiba Portege G710 also comes with integrated GPS and GSM/EDGE but no WiFi, at least, that’s what we’ve found out Read More

Forbes – The Toughbook 52 includes a wireless-ready design for mobile broadband connectivity as well as 802.11 WiFi and Bluetooth options. Like all Toughbook notebooks, the Toughbook 52 includes a standard 3 year warranty and US-based customer support for the Read More

Princeton Packet Online – Lawrence Township likely won t be joining the growing list of communities that provide municipal wireless Internet network services, known informally as WiFi. That was the consensus reached Monday by the township s Cable Telecommunications Read More

High Speed Internet

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

Forbes – uReach Technologies, a leading provider of communications solutions for wireless, wireline, and broadband carriers, announced today that Technology Marketing Corporation’s INTERNET TELEPHONY magazine (www.itmag.com) has selected the company’s Read More

MSN MoneyCentral – The Company’s retail product focus involves supplying bundled broadband wireless internet services, with an emphasis on key niche markets. These niche markets include targeted rural geographic locations, specific ethnic demographics, and the Read More

CNBC – NEW YORK (AP) – The president of wireless technology company Qualcomm Inc.’s Internet services division exercised options for and sold 6,200 shares of common stock under a prearranged trading plan, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission Read More

Santa Cruz Sentinel – The job of providing a wireless hot spot at City Hall has turned into a competition between two local Internet companies. Cruzio and Got.net offered to donate their services after learning in December that the city had already made a deal to pay AT&T Read More

Forbes – Helix Electric’s las vegas office provided design-build services, which included installation of wireless Internet access for all units, fire alarm, video security systems, amenities and landscape lighting design as well as all utility coordination Read More

Forbes – Continuing to expand its wireless data network for mobile professionals and consumers, Alltel Wireless has launched broadband Wireless Internet service in Bristol, Kingsport, Johnson City and nearby communities. Wireless Internet uses next generation Read More

Detroit Free Press – A plan to blanket Oakland County with free wireless Internet service has been delayed while the private-sector partner, MichTel Communications of Pontiac, seeks $75 million in investment capital to build the network. “Our Michigan economy has been Read More

Wireless Internet

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008

Ann Arbor News – 1/13/2008, 4:43 p.m. EST SAN FRANCISCO (AP) Girding for a potential threat from Apple Inc., online DVD rental service Netflix Inc. is lifting its limits on how long most subscribers can watch movies and television shows over high-speed Internet Cont

Idaho8.com – Chief Executive Steve Jobs says the tech giant has forged an alliance with all six major movie studios to offer first-run films over high-speed Internet connections. SUPREME COURT (AP) – The Supreme Court has given a measure of protection from Cont

Salem News – It’s easy for the TV news people to urge people to stay home when the snow flies. And, in fact, computers and high-speed Internet connections make this an option for an increasing number. But there are many others – public safety personnel, letter Cont

dBusinessNews.com – Rooms and suites alike come complete with high speed Internet access, spacious work desks and dual phone lines. Oversized bathrooms featuring luxurious bath amenities accommodate large families, while 32 flat panel TVs offer families a big screen Cont

Manila Bulleting Online – It is one of the biggest backers of the WiMax technology, which promises to deliver seamless high-speed broadband Internet service wirelessly across cities and other areas. Intel is branching out into other areas, too. A few weeks ago, the chipmaker Cont

Wireless Internet

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

CNET Asia – W10 isn’t released till today and its main concept was navigated through WiFi which will be great fit for New York city. Because, those tall buildings may interrupt GPS signals which will make your GPS device to turn as stone. Good concept isn’t it Read More

Silicon Valley – But consumer-oriented mobile phones, which have far fewer safety features, are increasingly taking on such PC-like characteristics as WiFi connectivity, making them attractive to people who want to use them for work. In a CompTIA survey conducted this Read More

MobileBurn – For data, the N95 supports 3G HSDPA, WiFi 802.11b/g, and Bluetooth. Nokia says that the red N95 will carry a retail price of US$599.99, before taxes, which is a drop of $100 from the current price. The company hopes that the red model will be Read More

Dunn County News – Cafe 44 offers residents of Colfax a totally unique experience, said Kristy Wilson, the cafe manager and barista. We have a fun and relaxing place to get a great cup of coffee with the convenience of free computers and WiFi access. We re Read More

CNET Asia – The speaker seemed to really neg his own products and services, saying that people will find that mobile-VOIP calls (over WiFi) really don t sound good. Apparently they are mostly in 2nd and 3rd- string markets (which was nearly verbatim what was Read More

Wireless Internet

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Wired News – But Al Gore as the father of the Internet? That’s what the campaigner in chief told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer during an interview How the iPhone Blew Up the Wireless Industry Death of DRM Could Weaken iTunes, Boost iPod DRM Is Dead, But Watermarks Rise From More Here

Newsday – Although not as fast as desktop PC processors initially, Centrino’s claim to fame was that it came with a wireless Internet connection in the core hardware, making laptops better able to jump on the Internet anywhere there is a hot spot. The number More Here

Miami Herald – You can then send these messages to anyone who can connect to the Internet – be it by home computer, wireless laptop or cell phone. Kirk Garoutte of Susitna Energy Systems here in Anchorage is promoting Spot as a low-cost alternative to the satellite More Here

Baltimore Sun – The program – the biggest change in broadcast TV since the advent of color – will free up valuable airwaves for public safety agencies and for new wireless phone and Internet services. It will also deliver clearer pictures and additional broadcast More Here

Forbes – Start-up Meraki recently announced it would offer free high-speed wireless Internet throughout San Francisco by the end of 2008. Top-ranked Atlanta, meanwhile, has seen plans for such a system fizzle in recent months. The ubiquity of such wi-fi More Here

Boston Globe – Or the wireless Internet access on the base, which allows Shulman to watch via Web camera his wife and daughters eat lunch in the kitchen of their Malden apartment. “Sometimes I’m sitting in the dining facility with a Baskin Robbins Cookies ‘n More Here

Broadband

Monday, January 14th, 2008

Multichannel Online – Hart s lawsuit asserted that none of the terms of service agreements for Comcast s high-speed Internet service state that the operator can or will impede, limit, discontinue, block or otherwise impair or treat differently peer-to-peer file Read More

Forbes – To calculate our list, we looked at the percentage of Internet users with high-speed access, the range of service providers within a city and the availability of public wireless hot spots. Atlanta ranks highest in broadband adoption, access options Read More

Click10.com – If an additional video speed is available, it will be visible and clickable in Just click on the high-bandwidth choice on the left (300k). We offer video in Internet Explorer updates are available at http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie Read More

Daily Telegraph – We are impatient and our society has programmed us to expect results straight away, whether that be in health care, career advancement, or via high-speed Internet. Our failure to achieve goals is a major stressor. Reset your goals to be attainable Read More