TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE working group.The body, which has about 50 members, hopes to make the product available to the market next year. But...
TOKYO-The MultiBand OFDM Alliance, which supports ultra-wideband technology, said it will publish a standard in May and plans to submit proposals for the IEEE working group.The body, which has about 50 members, hopes to make the product available to the market next year. But...
AUSTIN, Texas-Ultra-wideband semiconductor company Alereon said it has received $31.5 million in the first round of its series A financing.The financing, which was led by Austin Ventures, included companies such as Pharos Capital, Centennial Ventures, Kinetic Ventures, eCentury, Duchossois Technology Partners, PTV Sciences and...
LOS GATOS, Calif.-Wisair Inc. said it will offer a royalty-free intellectual property for its ultra-wideband solution if the multi-band OFDM standard wins the battle for approval.Texas Instruments made a similar announcement Monday. Both companies belong to the Multi-band OFDM Alliance, which is up against...
Failure to arrive at an industry standard has caught ultra-wideband technology players between bowing to standards pressures and customer demand.The Institute of Electrical and Electronics working group's meeting, which ended Nov. 14, closed like the one held two months earlier-without the 75 percent votes...
DALLAS-Ultra-wideband (UWB) communications systems will likely exceed 150 million devices by the end of 2008, according a new report from Parks Associates.Parks Associates believes that once the IEEE 802.15.3a standard is in place, the PC industry will to lead the way with deployments of...
True to its cautious style, The Federal Communications Commission has shied from committing to a definite ruling on the ultra-wideband technology, which has divided the various players into two camps.One group is led by Motorola Inc., and the other is led by both Texas...
VIENNA, Va.-XtremeSpectrum Inc. reported Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has integrated its ultra-wideband modules with Samsung's multimedia platform in a laboratory environment. The integration includes XtremeSpectrum's UWB evaluation kit and Trinity chipset to wirelessly connect a variety of Samsung consumer products, including plasma and digital...
COLUMBIA, Md.-The engineers at the Federal Communications Commission have finished examining various proposals to solve the interference problem experienced by public-safety agencies in the 800 MHz band, said Edmond Thomas, chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology.`We basically separated the technical facts...
WASHINGTON-Edmond Thomas, chief of the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology, continued his cheerleading of ultra-wideband technologies Thursday when he gave reporters a rare glimpse into the technical engineering side of his job by taking them on a tour of the FCC's Engineering Lab.A...
CAMBRIDGE, U.K.-TTPCom Ltd. released its latest medium access controller (MAC) technology for developing next-generation Ultra Wide Band (UWB) systems and plans to demonstrate it at next week's IEEE 802 meeting in San Francisco. "TTPCom's MAC core is right at the forefront of developments in...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.-Ultra-wideband (UWB) products will inevitably dominate the high data rate wireless marketplace, according to recent analysis from West Technology Research Solutions L.L.C., which estimates annual shipments of UWB chipsets in the communications segment will exceed 63 million units by 2007."The throughput potential...
WASHINGTON-Nancy Victory, the embattled assistant Commerce secretary for information and administration, is leaving her post, which leads the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Aug. 15, said NTIA spokesman Clyde Ensslin."She decided that having reached the two-year mark now would be a good time to...
WASHINGTON-Lawmakers last week called for making firm the mandate that TV broadcasters give back spectrum in the 700 MHz band by the end of 2006.Reps. Jane Harman (D-Calif.) and Curt Weldon (R-Pa.) told the House telecommunications subcommittee that while it may be hard for...
In spite of the rough and tumble of the market, investments remain on an even keel in the wireless sector for the first quarter, according to venture-capital researcher Rutberg and Co.Zeroing in on such areas as 802.11, data acceleration, network software and radio-frequency semiconductors...
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.-Ultra Wideband is poised to deliver a variety of applications, including wireless video, audio and data, to home and consumer networking devices, although it faces challenges, according to research from Allied Business Intelligence.ABI estimates total global shipments for UWB-enabled electronics and chipsets...
WASHINGTON, D.C.-The Federal Communication Commission has adopted a Memorandum Opinion and Order that reaffirms, with minor changes, procedures adopted a year ago to authorize the unlicensed operations ultra-wideband devices.The minor changes were made to further facilitate operation of imaging devices, and came in response...
WASHINGTON-A coalition that has consistently fought against rules allowing for ultra-wideband technologies has fired another salvo in the debate just as the Federal Communications Commission is considering whether to relax rules it adopted a year ago."It would be most unfortunate for the United States,...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside the industry.Which threats will prove to be mere specters and which ones turn out to be true wolves remains to...
WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. Geopolitics could come to color the wireless world to a far greater extent than...
Editor's note: At the end of each year, the RCR Wireless News editorial staff looks back on the news events that made headlines and decides which were the most significant, industry-impacting stories of the past 12 months. Here are our picks for 2002 in...
WASHINGTON-The volatile debate surrounding the rules allowing or restricting the use of ultra-wideband technologies got louder as companies commented on ambient noise test results from the FCC's Office of Engineering and Technology. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration said the tests were not relevant....
WASHINGTON-Ultra-wideband technology will not meet its full potential without a definable standard, according to a report released last week by Allied Business Intelligence, a think tank based in Oyster Bay, N.Y.More than "900 companies have filed concerns of its use and still the...
