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Dave Burstein has written an article on what we need in the 21st century – 4G, Wi-Fi and fiber: The best engineers on the planet are coming to the same conclusion: a hybrid 4G/WiFi/landline network is the way to meet mobile demand. Folks like John Donovan of AT&T and Masayoshi Son of Softbank in Japan [...]
The New America Foundation is holding an event entitled “Bridging the Digital Divide – Is Community Wireless the Answer” on Tuesday, 1 February 2011, from 12:15 pm to 1:45 pm at 1899 L St NW, Suite 400, Washington DC 20036. Description of topics to be covered: Communications technologies have continued to evolve and now increasingly [...]
Ruckus Wireless today announced that Chongqing Telecom, a unit of China Telecom, has selected its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology for a large-scale, citywide deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots supporting an innovative new service called Tianyi Broadband. Chongqing Telecom has now deployed over 4,000 of Ruckus ZoneFlex indoor and outdoor Smart Wi-Fi access points (APs) along [...]
I get a lot of calls from people interested in starting a WISP. Since I look at each deployment as a challenge both technically and financially, it’s very interesting to me to hear the scenarios and the expectations. On the other hand, I’m also involved in several industry blogs centered on different products, and I [...]
Some quick thoughts and analysis on what may or may not be the final pricing plans for Verizon’s upcoming iPhone and its embedded Wi-Fi hotspot capability — and why we think the upcoming South by Southwest geekfest will be a big real-world test for Verizon’s network capabilities: Unlimited? Get it While You Can! Despite a [...]
Before we get into the whole will-there-or-won’t-there be an unlimited data plan for the Verizon iPhone (we think if there will be one it won’t be around for long) it’s worthwhile to break out a couple numbers about Verizon’s Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network launch from its earnings reports today: the numbers are 65,000 and $1.3 [...]
MCNC announced announced today that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for Construction and Splicing of the fiber optic middle-mile project related to the expansion of the North Carolina Research and Education Network (NCREN) through the Golden LEAF Rural Broadband Initiative (GLRBI). MCNC is seeking proposals from qualified contractors to provide construction and [...]
Only a day after BSkyB’s announcement of its acquisition of The Cloud, here comes O2 (UK mobile operator) with a more appetising offering: free Wi-Fi to everyone who comes to O2′s Wi-Fi hotspots. Until now, you had to be an O2 customer to access their Wi-Fi hotspots for free. Of course it’s not really free [...]
A flurry of news in recent weeks points to a surge in interest among Chinese telecom operators in Wi-Fi: China Mobile chairman looking into acquisitions in WiFi, LTE China Telecom subsidiary deploying citywide WiFi in Chongqing using Ruckus Wireless access points Beijing citywide Wi-Fi by the end of 2011 (with plans to deploy citywide WiFi [...]
Good news for business people traveling in Europe who are disgusted with the 30 EUR per day Wi-Fi fees in hotels! iPass is extending its free Wi-Fi service called iPass OpenAccess to include Europe. At present. OpenAccess gives mobile employees instant access to more than 20,000 validated and free Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the United States [...]
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