Archive | May, 2011

Increased smartphone and tablet use drives strong Q1 sales of WiFi equipment

Ruckus Enjoys Strongest-Ever Quarter in EMEA; An Increase in Channel Partners, Expansion of  Sales Force and Multiple Carrier Deals Lead to Record Bookings and Shipments for Wi-Fi Vendor Ruckus Wireless, one of the fastest growing suppliers of wireless products, today announced increased demand of its Smart Wi-Fi products and technologies and said it experienced the [...]

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Court awards Tempe $1.8M, ownership of citywide WiFi network

A US District Court judge has awarded the city of Tempe, Arizona ownership of the citywide Wi-Fi network and a $1.8 million judgement against Commonwealth Capital Corporation. In 2006, Tempe issued an RFP seeking bids for the creation of a municipal Wi-Fi network. The RFP was sent to 113 potential vendors, but in the end, [...]

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Tales from the Towers: Chapter 24 – The grass isn’t always greener on the other side of the contractor fence

Being a small company with a wide variety of technical needs that vary from project to project, I use a lot of contractors.  For example, I couldn’t bend a pipe without more dents than a Honda in a hailstorm. However, WISP operations and many different types of projects like video surveillance, access control, or even [...]

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Towerstream’s Manhattan WiFi network: the answer to iPhone users’ woes?

Towerstream is rolling out a Wi-Fi network in 7 square miles (18 square kilometers) of Manhattan to address iPhone and other smartphone) users’ complaints of slow and spotty service, according to Businessweek. Users won’t be buying WiFi access from Towerstream directly. Towerstream is selling access to mobile operators in New York City, and those operators [...]

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Wellington, NZ rolls out free WiFi for Rugby World Cup

Fans heading to Wellington, New Zealand for the Rugby World Cup will find free Wi-Fi service in many parts of the city. Among the areas of coverage are Waitangi Park and Courtenay Place all the way to the Westpac Stadium and up Cuba Street, the Zoo, Zealandia, the Cable Car and Carter Observatory. According to the New [...]

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Nevada ISP uses microwave backhaul to expand operations, improve service

Arizona Nevada Tower Corporation (ANTC), an ISP and network service provider headquartered in Las Vegas, has deployed Exalt microwave backhaul systems to expand its operations by providing carrier grade backhaul service and wireless broadband Internet access to select rural communities in the Southwest. The company currently uses Exalt licensed and license-exempt systems in its network [...]

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AT&T’s LTE: Fooling Some of the People, Some of the Time

According to an official press release AT&T says it will launch LTE services in five U.S. cities this summer, followed by another 10 before year’s end. Though there are no details yet on prices, plans or devices a recent charm offensive by Ma Bell seems to have convinced many in media-land that the introduction of Long Term [...]

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PCCW offers free Wi-Fi service at 158 public rental housing estates in Hong Kong

As part of its ongoing quest to transform Hong Kong into a leading Wi-Fi city, PCCW is extending free Wi-Fi service to 158 public rental housing estates across the territory, benefiting around 2 million residents. Since 2008, PCCW has been providing free Wi-Fi at 45 public rental housing estates. From today, the service will be [...]

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NTIA announces new Commerce Spectrum advisory committee members

The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced the appointment of a diverse group of experts from outside the Federal government, including the nonprofit and private sectors, for a two-year term to the Commerce Spectrum Advisory Committee (CSMAC).  Committee members will provide advice and recommendations on a broad range of spectrum [...]

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GOWEX’s intriguing multi-city Wireless Roaming Platform

GOWEX is a publicly traded Spanish company based in Madrid with two lines of business: (1) GOWEX Telecom Services provides communications services such as VPNs, high-speed enterprise grade broadband, point-to-point circuits, VoIP, to businesses; and (2) GOWEX Wireless creates large Wi-Fi hotzones that integrate the Wi-Fi networks of local associations, private and public entities, and [...]

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