Prab Varma, has been named as a 2011 IEEE fellow for his contribution to system-on-chip (SoC) test technology, which reduces the costs of testing chips used for electronic devices. He is currently the CTO and co-founder of Blue Pearl software and was founder and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There has been a lot of discussion in the media lately regarding which technologies are, and...
Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reader Forum section. In an attempt to broaden our interaction with our readers we have created this forum for those with something meaningful to say to the wireless industry. We want to keep this as open as possible,...
ANAHEIM, CALIF. – It’s no secret that America and its allies increasingly face a new kind of foe. What’s even more troubling and yet not surprising is how quickly these enemies can adapt, change course and use some of the most advanced technology available...
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Amidst the glitz and glamor of Sunset Boulevard, rubbing elbows with stars in LA's newest W hotel, little chip company Marvell Technology Group Ltd. told Hollywood to do what it does best; to dream.
Marvell told Hollywood to dream of blisteringly fast...
The WiMAX market is set for a speed boost as a number of chip providers and equipment makers said they plan to accelerate the interoperability of the WiMAX 2 standard. The update is based on the IEEE 802.16m standard and is to build on...
The emergence of the Internet of Things and communication using wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) equipment (M2ME) promises to drastically increase the number of devices operating on any given wireless network. Because of fundamental deployment characteristics – such as highly distributed unmanned devices on decentralized networks...
The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. The wireless/telecom/media/IT sector is growing two to five...
BY DAN MEYERHOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show last week in Hollywood, Fla., were forecasting sunny skies for the market segment. While exuberance from the tower company...
HOLLYWOOD, Fla. - Despite thunderstorms on Wall Street, as well as outside the convention itself, participants at the PCIA's 2008 Wireless Infrastructure Show this week in Hollywood, Fla., were forecasting sunny skies for the market segment. While exuberance from the tower company executives would...
Jim Orr is a principal network architect in the wireless market development group at Fujitsu Network Communications.Q: It seems the infrastructure market has experienced some turbulence over the past several years. How do you view the strength of the infrastructure market today?A: We are...
The wireless broadband industry is fighting to prevent sharing conditions in unlicensed spectrum, but utilities, railroads and others insist such safeguards are necessary to prevent interference in existing and future unlicensed frequencies.The Federal Communications Commission rejected Cellnet Technology Inc.'s request that a spectrum etiquette-any...
For plenty the debate is over, they've already committed to WiMAX or HSPA leading to LTE. But that never stops the larger, ongoing discussion. Wireless carriers and others are ramping up plans to upgrade or deploy entirely new networks to meet the ever-insatiable thirst...
Patent reform is often billed as a battle between high-tech and pharmaceutical heavyweights, but in reality sharp divisions exist such that Motorola Inc., Qualcomm Inc., InterDigital Communications Corp., Texas Instruments Inc. and others are fighting largely Democratic-crafted legislation backed by Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp....
Cellphone dodges bullet An Aurora, Colo., man may have his cellphone to thank for his life. Roger Baxter was shot in the chest during a burglary in his home, but the bullet was slowed by the cellphone he had tucked into his shirt pocket....
Clearwire Corp. announced it completed the first phase of a mobile WiMAX field trial in Hillsboro, Ore., a suburb of Portland. Individuals participating in the trial, which covered 15-square miles in Hillsboro, used a mobile WiMAX laptop card and reported broadband connections at multi-megabit...
Shared Spectrum Co. didn't need the luck of the Irish in the first public demonstration of its cognitive radio technology at the IEEE Dynamic Spectrum Access Networks Conference in Dublin last month. It was the real deal, a potential breakthrough technology for military and...
WiMAX set-top box maker Alvarion Ltd. added Wi-Fi functionality to its BreezeMAX product line to support carrier interest in offering bandwidth-intensive mobile applications through broadband connectivity powered by both Wi-Fi and WiMAX network access technologies.The company said its BreezeMAX W12 and BreezeACCESS W12 provide...
Did anyone else notice that during the recent WiMAX World trade show, every vendor launching WiMAX gear touted Multiple Input, Multiple Output technology as part of its solution? Indeed, Aclatel Inc., Fujitsu Network Communications, Motorola Inc., Nortel Networks Ltd., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and...
Here's a few of the things that got us talking in the edit room last week:Has the IEEE ever kicked out all of the leaders of a working group before? Certainly, companies have always stacked the deck with their employees to push the standards-setting...
The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, which is supposed to get the work on a mobile wireless broadband access standard back on track. All of the officers of the working group will be replaced "in an...
PISCATAWAY, N.J.—The IEEE standards association announced a leadership shake-up in its troubled 802.20 working group, a move aimed at getting the work on a mobile wireless broadband access standard back on track. All of the officers of the working group will be replaced "in...
Here's what got us talking in the RCR Wireless News editorial department last week: Throwing caution, and perhaps good sense to the wind, the Wi-Fi Alliance has decided that it will begin certifying pre-standard IEEE 802.11n products beginning next year. In essence the Wi-Fi...
In a break from its tradition of certifying products only after a standard has been approved, the Wi-Fi Alliance says it plans to "pre-certify" the interoperability of pre-802.11n products beginning in the first half of 2007, before the IEEE ratifies the standard, which is...
