Archive | October, 2010

France faces tough choices in switch from copper to fiber broadband

Last week, French Senator Hervé Maurey released a report made at the request of French Prime Minister François Fillon, which explained how the French government can accelerate the deployment of fiber to the home (FTTH) infrastructure in France and prevent the creation of a digital divide between urban and rural areas. It is well known that [...]

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WiMAX rocks at Sprint developer conference in Santa Clara

Just got down-valley to check out the afternoon programs at the Sprint Developers Conference but of course I had to first see how the 4G network buildout was going… apparently the towers have landed here in Santa Clara, as evidenced by the reading I just clocked in the Hyatt Great America lobby: Should be interesting [...]

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My take on the State of 4G for PC World

Sidecut Reports, my consulting and analysis firm, was present and accounted for at 4G World in Chicago this week, making the rounds and doing a “state of the state of 4G” type report for PC World. Thanks to the wonderful PC World editing crew for making sure it’s all wheat, no chaff. PS: All the bad [...]

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21 Oct 2010 tidbits: iPhone demand beats expectations; emerging markets broadband: quality not quantity

Two interesting posts today: (1) From the Financial Times: A study conducted by Oxford University and the University of Oviedo (together with Cisco) reveals that broadband in developing countries like Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania have faster upload and download speeds than broadband in developed countries like the UK and Germany [...]

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What the FCC White Space Ruling Means For Wireless ISPs

The FCC announced recently that it is opening up the vacant TV airwaves (“white space” – the frequencies between 300 MHz and 400 MHz) for unlicensed use. The big problem that White Space (WS) devices solve for aspiring Wireless ISPs (WISPs), is installation. Presently the WISP business is a mashup of the cellular carrier and [...]

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Clearwire WiMAX: NYC on Nov. 1, LA Dec. 1, SF by Dec. 31

Followers of all things 4G recently have seen, experienced or heard tell of WiMAX services showing up in the promised “big three” cities of New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco — and now the release dates are official, with the Clearwire press release crossing the wires early Monday announcing that both Clearwire and Sprint will be offering 4G [...]

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STEL deploys first citywide Wi-Fi service in Chile

STEL, a next generation broadband service provider in Chile, has deployed a citywide Wi-Fi network (based on Ruckus Wireless’s mesh equipment) in Maipú, the second largest commune in Chile covering more than 133 square kilometers with population of over 650,000. Founded in 2003 and headquarted in Santiago, Chile, STEL has now deployed hundreds of Ruckus ZoneFlex [...]

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Proxim introduces licensed wireless backhaul equipment

Proxim has re-entered the licensed wireless backhaul market with the introduction of its Tsunami GX800 licensed point-to-point microwave backhaul products. With the addition of the GX800 products, Proxim is expanding its product line to include licensed wireless backhaul capable of delivering high capacity of 622 Mbps aggregate capacity, frequency agility for deployment in more regions [...]

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Ruckus Wireless releases end-to-end 802.11N WiFi system for carriers

Ruckus Wireless is now offering a comprehensive 802.11n system for wireless carriers. The new Ruckus Mobile Internet products include  a new outdoor Smart-Sector mesh access point (ZoneFlex 7762-S), a point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul bridge (ZoneFlex 7731), indoor/outdoor customer premises equipment (MediaFlex 7200 series), and system-wide remote Wi-Fi management (FlexMaster 9.0) proven to manage tens of thousands of [...]

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Tales from the Towers, Chapter 16: Setting up large scale wireless video surveillance

This is not a how-to article on setting up a home video surveillance network since even my neighbor, the non-technical guy, installed his own video surveillance system. Most of us have an understanding of how an IP-based video surveillance network works. What we want to cover is why all this phenomenal bandwidth we are creating [...]

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