The RUS has released a report summarizing Round 1 of the broadband stimulus awards given under the Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP). The report shows the amount of money given for last mile and middle mile projects, the type of technologies that received funding, and descriptions of the projects in each state. Below are excerpts from [...]
MuniWireless sets up meetup group for Northern California
I have just created the MuniWireless Northern California meetup group. I encourage people living and working in Northern California to join us (and even those who don’t should join because you might be in the neighborhood when we are holding an event). The URL is http://www.meetup.com/MuniWireless-Northern-California. Among the topics we will cover in upcoming events [...]
Yota dumps WiMAX in favor of LTE
Russian WiMAX operator, Yota, has decided to go with LTE instead of WiMAX in rolling out their network. They will spend an estimated $100 million building the LTE network in five Russian cities (read more here). Those of you who loved the design of the Yota Egg (see below), the portable WiMAX-to-WiFi converter, will probably [...]
Muniwireless launches forum
We are launching the MuniWireless Forum to allow people to post questions and comments about large scale Wi-Fi and WiMAX networks, applications, business models, funding and more. If you have a question about how to set up a Wi-Fi network in your community and want feedback from people who have done it, please join the [...]
Kansas Broadband Internet chooses PureWave Networks for rural broadband deployments
Kansas Broadband Internet (KBI) has selected PureWave Networks as the company’s exclusive provider of WiMAX equipment. KBI offers point-to-point and wireless internet service to the rural residential and SMB market in Kansas using the 2.5GHz and 3.65GHz spectrum. “As we migrate our wireless network from proprietary equipment to more advanced and capable mobile WiMAX technology, [...]
Sprint Reveals EVO 4G Pricing: $199 Phone, $10 extra for WiMAX, $30 for Pocketspot Capability
When we heard about plans for a big Sprint HTC EVO 4G shindig in New York tonight, we sort of figured we’d hear some more details about the first WiMAX smartphone for the U.S. market. Turns out it will be available June 4. So what will you pay for a handheld device that can surf at either [...]
Clearwire: Clearing the Decks for LTE?
They say it, and we believe it: Right now, for the foreseeable future, Clearwire Corp. (Nasdaq: CLWR) is a WiMAX company, selling a WiMAX-based 4G service that by all accounts is doing quite well. But the company’s potential to add Long Term Evolution (LTE) services to its portfolio increased in probability Wednesday, with the revelation of [...]
Muniwireless looking for contributors
I am looking for people to contribute articles to MuniWireless about: – ongoing citywide WiFi projects or large WiFi hotzones – use of wireless (WiFi, WiMAX, 3G or LTE) in smart grid projects, AMR/AMI, public safety and other municipal applications – convergence of WiFi, WiMAX, 3G, LTE – business models for deploying and running large [...]
LTE: not ready for prime time in the US
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Even though its proponents are confident that Long Term Evolution (LTE) services will appear in the U.S. before the end of the year, a quick look around the show floor here at CTIA saw a technology that is still far from being ready for prime-time commercial use. Tony Melone [...]
Verizon says no to Clearwire proposal to merge WiMAX, LTE
LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CTIA — Clearwire CEO Bill Morrow used a keynote appearance here Wednesday to extend a sort of olive branch to proponents of competing 4G radio technologies, saying that the industry and end-users would be better off if somehow WiMAX and LTE could merge together to produce a single standard sometime in [...]
- Netherlands adopts net neutrality law May 18, 2012
- Lousy cellular connections push smartphone and tablet users to Wi-Fi May 17, 2012
- EU data roaming price caps save business people 1000 EUR per year May 14, 2012
- Singapore’s nationwide fiber broadband network close to completion May 10, 2012
- Heartland Institute loses donors over stupid billboard ad May 10, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 35: Ubiquiti versus Canopy/Cambium for WISPs May 7, 2012
- Edgewater Wireless Introduces Next Generation WiFi3 Technology May 7, 2012
- EU opens public consultation on reducing the cost of broadband deployments April 30, 2012
- Cambridge, UK launches city-wide white space wireless network April 26, 2012
- Case Study: Improving Wi-Fi QoS and Performance in Rural Environments April 24, 2012
- Why broadband still sucks in rural areas April 23, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 34: Raising Money for a Wireless ISP Business April 23, 2012
- Are Europe’s mobile operators retreating to their homelands? April 19, 2012
- Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi April 18, 2012
- New York City CTO resigns over public safety wireless network debacle April 15, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 35: Ubiquiti versus Canopy/Cambium for WISPs May 7, 2012
- Best and Worst Hotel Wi-Fi April 18, 2012
- Why broadband still sucks in rural areas April 23, 2012
- Edgewater Wireless Introduces Next Generation WiFi3 Technology May 7, 2012
- Not good: moving to a captive, closed world for content and Wi-Fi March 1, 2012
- Smartphone owners prefer Wi-Fi over cellular by a huge margin March 2, 2012
- New York City CTO resigns over public safety wireless network debacle April 15, 2012
- Why I dumped my iPhone February 15, 2012
- Tales from the Towers, Chapter 33: What’s your vector, Victor? February 12, 2012
- PCCW completes commercial trial of Next Generation Hotspot network in Hong Kong February 29, 2012
- Lousy cellular connections push smartphone and tablet users to Wi-Fi May 17, 2012
- Cambridge, UK launches city-wide white space wireless network April 26, 2012
- EU opens public consultation on reducing the cost of broadband deployments April 30, 2012
- Testing lab shows Edgewater Wireless outperforms carrier class access points February 14, 2012
- Case Study: Improving Wi-Fi QoS and Performance in Rural Environments April 24, 2012
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