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Argyroupoli, Greece (pop. 33,000) has rolled out a municipal wireless network called Arnet. The city is in the southern part of the greater Athens metropolitan area. Residents and visitors can expect up to 2 Mbps downstream and upstream speeds. With 67 wireless mesh nodes from Tropos, the network covers 85% of the city. Municipal funds [...]
Just like a hungry uncle devouring Thanksgiving leftovers, the new Clearwire wasted no time tying up the loose ends of its WiMax assets merger deal with Sprint Nextel, finishing the deal Friday while everyone else in the country was busy digesting the previous night’s feasts. With a conference call scheduled for early Monday morning, some [...]
The European Commission has praised the steps being taken by French regulator, ARCEP (Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes), to stop the great European mobile phone rip-off. ARCEP wants to lower the wholesale rates charged by French mobile operators to the costs of an efficient operator. ARCEP says it wants to eliminate [...]
News reporters complaining that they had to fork over $50 per day for wireless Internet access at the Hilton Chicago ballroom to cover Obama’s press conferences, should be thankful instead, according to some reports. The regular “conference” fee is $600 per day ($125 per hour). Guests, however, pay only $14.95 per day. Those who came [...]
Ofcom, the UK telecoms regulator, has just released a detailed report on the availability, take-up and use of communications services among seven countries (the UK, France, Germany, Italy, the US, Canada and Japan) and where data are available, European countries (Poland, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland). They also analyzed the development of communications markets [...]
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has forced Apple to cancel an ad which it found misleading. According to the ASA, the ad boasted that the iPhone was “really fast” and showed Internet pages loading in under a second. People complained that this was very far from the truth. In its defense, Apple says that [...]
I’ve just posted a map of cities around the world that have mobile WiMAX service. By “mobile” I mean you can connect to the WiMAX network either via a USB dongle or a WiMAX-enabled device (not many of those). You can view the map on: http://www.muniwireless.com/wimax/wimaxmap/ The cities marked in green have an operator that [...]
In an attempt to figure out if social media makes discussions and networking more worthwhile, I have created a Linked In Group for Muniwireless and Muni WiMAX. Please join if you are interested. Be patient: I need to approve each person manually. A number of usual suspects are already on board. I have also posted [...]
With the shareholder approval finally taken care of, the massive deal to build a new nationwide WiMax network under the Clearwire (Nasdaq: CLWR) name can (finally!) now begin in earnest. While those of us who have been following the events over the past year know pretty much what is on Clearwire’s immediate to-do list, for [...]
Tropos Networks is hosting a webinar featuring Jimmy Bagley, CIO of Rock Hill, South Carolina, on 11 December 2008 at 10:00 Pacific Time. Mr. Bagley will talk about the wireless broadband infrastructure deployed by Rock Hill to support municipal services. He will explain how various municipal departments are using the network: Police – for high-speed [...]
Larry Owens: We are really excited about offering free outdoor ...
John: is this a free service for snow birds ?...
Urbanite: I thought the same thing, until I found out they u...
A Ajaz: Dear All Good day!
We are in the business of mine...
irene barry: I am submitting a grant proposal for my school and...
doug berman: Having deployed hundreds of outdoor AP networks. I...
Meeting Fairy: Very good point on wifi access. Now, this is not g...
Someone in Thailand: Engenius, Zyxel, Ubiquiti which do not guarantee g...
Rory Coanway: Singapore is far more dense than the U.S. and make...
Esme Vos: That is something I'm trying to find out....
Rory Conaway: Do we know what access point they are using?...
me: Wimax uses adaptive modulation the speed is direct...
Ken Biba: I am skeptical of the overarching assertions in th...
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