Archive for February, 2008

Broadband

Monday, February 4th, 2008

East Valley Tribune – Yet as Google prepares to muscle its way into the wireless telecom market, and as it continues its virtually total domination of the Internet, I can’t help but think that what this company needs more than anything else is some serious, in-your-face Cont

Boston Globe – The book also unravels acronyms, such as WPA and VPN, for the security-minded, and shows you how you can use your wireless network to make voice over Internet phone calls. And neighborhood hackers should not be your only concern. My fear is that free Cont

dBusinessNews.com – fitness facility exclusively for office tenants, a 7,000 square-foot white tablecloth restaurant, concierge service, dry cleaning delivery, mobile auto detailing and an outdoor green roof overlooking Nashville with seating and wireless Internet access Cont

CNET Asia – The company was ranked as the top Internet wireless Web brand in 2007 with more than 16 million unique visitors per month, according to Nielsen Mobile. Google held the No. 2 spot with roughly 11 million monthly visitors. And MSN came in third with Cont

Minneapolis Star Tribune – Cell phone service isn’t really good enough, Wi-Fi wireless Internet service is too spotty and long-promised WiMax wide-area wireless networks are still a long way off. “It’s definitely an unproven category that hasn’t hit mainstream but that Cont

dBusinessNews.com – 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 United Cont

Manila Times – Connectivity is an increasing business need among today s businessmen. We often see them in hotspots like coffee shops and hotel lobbies. A hotspot is a wireless Internet access point. It can be a small room or an office building. Hotspots are also Cont

Broadband

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Manila Times – Connectivity is an increasing business need among today s businessmen. We often see them in hotspots like coffee shops and hotel lobbies. A hotspot is a wireless Internet access point. It can be a small room or an office building. Hotspots are also Read More

Forbes – For nearly 30 years, NEXIQ Technologies, a division of Snap-on Incorporated, has been a leading provider of diagnostic products, information management solutions and wireless, Internet-based telematics solutions for the commercial-vehicle industry Read More

Computerworld Australia – Despite looking like a toy, the Eee PC is a fully capable computer primarily meant for wireless Internet use. It runs Linux and includes Firefox and OpenOffice. The Eee PC has appealed to a large segment of mobile computerists due to its combination Read More

Newsday – Wireless equipment maker LM Ericsson AB surfaced Friday as tentatively interested in Motorola’s cell-phone unit. “As professional business leaders we look at everything, but we would take a very cautious view on such a thing because we do believe you Read More

Chicago Tribune – Wireless Internet and cell-phone service are everywhere. Enterprising locals organize cooking classes, walking tours, yoga sessions and bike rides, making it easy to customize an independent trip with a few organized activities. The dollar, although Read More

PC World – Please Wait A startup says it can give subway riders wireless Internet access that’s faster than most home broadband in the U.S. Tests at stations and on a special stretch of track in the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system around San Francisco Read More

WIFI

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Vindicator – us use home wireless routers or frequent public hotspots to justify buying a handheld Wi-Fi device that doesn t double as a cell phone. Though aimed at different audiences, the Sony Mylo COM-2, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and the Zipit Wireless Cont

Portland Business Journal – The impasse came to a head during the fall when MetroFi ran out of capital and stopped building the network it promised to finish by August. The company originally planned to offer free wireless Internet access supported by local advertising, but it Cont

Grand Rapids Press – Spring Arbor University’s new Poling Center for Global Learning and Leadership has the feel of a corporate headquarters. Its high-ceilings, board-room style classrooms and wireless Internet have created an executive-style feel to the building, which Cont

KYW News radio – Philadelphia City Hall’s focus under the former Street administration to create the nation’s largest, citywide wireless internet network may change in the coming weeks, if Earthlink bails from the project. ( see previous story ) The city’s chief Cont

KVAL – A man browses the wireless internet at a coffee shop in a shopping mall in Salmiyah, Kuwait City in this November 2007 file photo. Cont

Economic Times – Chief executive officer Arun Sarin said Vodafone achieved modest revenue gains in Europe by offsetting 15%-20% price declines with sales of wireless internet and e-mail services. Vodafone was also helped by new customers in Turkey and India Cont

Bloomberg – Telephone companies gained on a report Sprint Nextel Corp., the third-biggest U.S. wireless carrier, may enter a joint venture with wireless Internet company Clearwire Corp. Sprint jumped 11 percent to $10.44. E*Trade Surges E Cont

WIFI

Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

CNN Money – As cable companies generate more of their cash-flow from selling broadband services and look to adding Web-like capability to place ads on television screens, an ad network like AOL’s could be appealing. (Similarly, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation Cont

Chicago Sun-Times – It would be free to concentrate on products in wireless infrastructure and the evolving technology for on-demand videos via broadband, he said. “If you look at the performance of the handset division, it hasn’t been steady. It’s been lumpy,” he said. Cont

International Herald Tribune – Yet the problem seems to be growing as more and more people get broadband connections, which speed up downloads, legal and illegal alike. Envisional, a research firm in Cambridge, England, estimates that nearly 18 million people are connected to peer Cont

Daily Oklahoman – Would double federal funding for basic research; backs incentives to spread broadband Internet access to every community; supports rules making it more difficult for credit card companies to hike interest rates and to prohibit “universal default Cont