Meru Networks has announced upgrades to the Meru E(z)RF® Network Management Suite and introduced the new SA2000 Network Management Appliance (list price: $6995). The combination of solutions streamlines management and optimization of large wireless networks and gives administrators the ability to provision, test, troubleshoot and optimize the wireless networks for higher overall quality of service [...]
Hollywood, FL muni Wi-Fi network a flop
Two years ago, we reported that Hollywood, Florida hired Johnson Controls to deploy a citywide Wi-Fi network for automated meter reading, parking meters, and public Wi-Fi access. As you can see from the more than 90 responses to my original post about the Hollywood, FL network, the public access side of the network was unreliable. [...]
AT&T launches Wi-Fi hotzone on University Ave in Palo Alto, CA
AT&T has launched an AT&T Wi-Fi Hot Zone in Silicon Valley to provide Wi-Fi coverage on Palo Alto’s University Avenue, the heart of the city’s retail, entertainment and restaurants near Stanford University. The new hotzone is very limited: only from the 300 block to the 500 block of University Avenue, which consistently sees high customer traffic and mobile data use. [...]
Wednesday afternoon reads: largest smart grid projects, Verizon unleashed
For your reading pleasure this Wednesday 7 September 2011: How carriers hamstring your smartphone: team at the University of Michigan and Microsoft Research has uncovered, for the first time, the frequently suboptimal network practices of more than 100 cellular carriers. Here’s the paper entitled An Untold Story of Middle Boxes in Cellular Networks. Ten largest US [...]
UK issues public tender for smart grid communications network
The Department of Energy and Climate Change of the United Kingdom has issued a public tender (request for proposals or RFP) for a company (or companies) to provide communications services to connect smart electricity and gas meters in up to 30 million households and businesses in the UK. These services will consist of wide area [...]
Tales from the Towers, Chapter 27: 2.4 GHz for PTP mission critical applications across a city? Are you nuts?
Although I live in Triadland and have been accused of not having a grip in reality, everything I talk about has either already been deployed or passed internal testing and is ready for deployment. Back in the real world, the fact is the government hasn’t assigned enough unlicensed bandwidth to make a big dent in [...]
- Hotels are upgrading WiFi infrastructure to meet iPad, iPhone users’ needs January 23, 2012
- Edgewater Wireless signs deal with leading Brazilian distributor after successful trial January 19, 2012
- New Tropos 1410 Delivers Secure Field Area Networks for Smart Grid and Other Industrial Applications January 18, 2012
- Santa Clara, CA muni Wi-Fi network gets a second chance January 13, 2012
- Bright House sets up 2000 WiFi hotspots in Orlando and Central Florida January 12, 2012
- Wi-Fi connected TVs and more January 11, 2012
- French mobile operator offers 15 EUR per month unlimited voice, SMS and data January 7, 2012
- Growing pains plague OpenNet Singapore fiber broadband rollout January 5, 2012
- Libraries in Busan City, Korea go Wi-Fi January 4, 2012
- AllCity Wireless announces Solutions4ebiz will sell hosted WiDirect cloud services January 4, 2012
- Free Wi-Fi in Tokyo and Fukuoka, Japan: an update January 3, 2012
- Wi-Fi comes to Indian Wells, the world’s second largest tennis stadium January 3, 2012
- Wi-Fi comes to Balboa Park, San Diego January 2, 2012
- Kuala Lumpur requires WiFi in restaurants by April 2012 January 2, 2012
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Why hotel WiFi is being crushed by iPads and what to do about it October 25, 2011
- Thai government deploys 20,000 Wi-Fi hot zones in Bangkok December 28, 2011
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 30: Fear of 2.4GHz for Public Safety Defies Logic November 21, 2011
- Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi in the UK December 3, 2011
- Santa Clara, CA muni Wi-Fi network gets a second chance January 13, 2012
- Louisiana loses $80 million broadband stimulus grant October 27, 2011
- Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood deploys large outdoor free Wi-Fi network November 10, 2011
- The end of voice as a cash cow November 10, 2011
- Smartphones and tablets to drive 350% increase in Wi-Fi hotspots by 2015 November 10, 2011
- Seattle leasing dark fiber: a good start, but more needs to be done November 23, 2011
- Malaysian villages go Wi-Fi November 23, 2011
- Case Study: Eliminating Performance, Interference Issues With Multi-Channel Wi-Fi access points December 17, 2011
- Growing pains plague OpenNet Singapore fiber broadband rollout January 5, 2012
- Bright House sets up 2000 WiFi hotspots in Orlando and Central Florida January 12, 2012
- Indian WiMAX operator wants to give back WiMAX licenses October 24, 2011
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