Google Inc., a major force in prying open the 700 MHz band for third-party applications and devices, could also become the pivotal deal-maker in the equally controversial and politicized debate over whether federal regulators should make vacant TV channels -- white spaces -- available...
The Federal Communications Commission said the next round of laboratory testing of prototype TV white-spaces devices will begin Jan. 24, a public process lasting four to six weeks that will be followed by a month or more of field testing at different locations.Microsoft Corp.,...
A high-tech group urged the broadcast industry to stop mischaracterizing government testing of unlicensed wireless devices. The testing, which is set to enter a second round, is being conducted to determine whether portable wireless gadgets can operate in vacant television channels - called white...
Sprint Nextel Corp. and T-Mobile USA Inc. urged the Federal Communications Commission to embrace a plan to allocate vacant TV channels -- known as white spaces -- on a fixed-licensed basis for wireless backhaul services. The move injects a new element into an already...
Turin Networks Inc. plans to acquire Carrier Access Corp. for around $92.7 million in cash. Under terms of the deal, stockholders will receive $2.60 for each outstanding share of Carrier Access' common stock, a 14.7% premium over the company's 20-day average stock price of...
Mountain highTrango Systems Inc. said it is supplying the Mount Washington Observatory with highspeed fixed wireless point-to-point wireless backhaul and point-to-multipoint broadband access equipment. Mount Washington Observatory is a scientific weather research station based in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Mount Washington is...
The Federal Communications Commission approved the use of small antennas by 11 GHz fixed licensees, a ruling that could indirectly help 3G and wireless broadband operators via lower and more competitive wireless backhaul offerings.The FCC's action was in response to a petition field by...
Communications service provider XO Communications Inc. announced a major expansion of its broadband wireless footprint. XO and its subsidiary Nextlink Wireless Inc. said they had deployed in an additional 25 metropolitan areas across the country; Nextlink provides last-mile and middle-mile network access for...
Third-generation networks are expected to capture only 30 percent of the machine-to-machine communications market by 2012, predicts a new report from ABI Research."Municipal Wi-Fi and WiMAX will both challenge 3G cellular technology as the most suitable methods to achieve high-speed M2M communications for many...
HONG KONG—Altai Technologies Ltd. snapped up $10 million during its first round of financing and said it plans to use the funds to expand its engineering, sales and marketing efforts to fuel its growth within the citywide Wi-Fi ecosystem. Altai’s flagship product is its...
Exchanging data over wireless networks is expected to grow at a steady rate in North America, according to the latest data from ABI Research. The firm said it expects growth of 16 percent each year through 2011, with a bit of a boom in...
While the world of wireless infrastructure vendors looks set to be dominated by three all-powerful giants, small player Tellabs Inc. quietly reminds the industry that it's doing a lot of business with Cingular Wireless L.L.C. as the carrier continues on its long path of...
OTTAWA—Canada’s DragonWave Inc. said it won a contract to supply EarthLink Inc. with wireless backhaul solutions for use between wireless base stations and the core of EarthLink’s municipal Wi-Fi networks. DragonWave explained that its AirPair product operates within both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies...
As consumers and businesses start to take wireless carriers up on their offers of data services, and the carriers themselves put up ever-faster networks to support the demand they're trying to create, backhaul capacity requirements are poised to increase dramatically-and backhaul providers are anticipating...
What do Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego, Tampa, Fla., and Washington, D.C., have in common? They are the initial market launches for XO Holdings Inc.'s new wireless broadband service, dubbed Nextlink. XO Holdings said its new subsidiary will serve both mobile and wireline...
SEATTLE—Junxion Inc.’s cellular/wireless local area network box recently received carrier approval from both Cingular Wireless L.L.C. and Sprint Nextel Corp. The device combines a Wi-Fi radio with a PC card slot for use with a carrier’s data card to provide wide area wireless backhaul...
AndrewAndrew Corp. launched a compact tower-mounted amplifier for third-generation networks. The company said its OneBase Compact TMA product, at 1.5 liters, is the smallest and lightest tower-mounted amplifier available in the industry. The product complies with Antenna Interface Standards Group requirements. In addition, it...
After 12 official drafts, the IEEE finally approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin trials and certification testing in early 2006, with certified products scheduled to hit the...
DALLAS-The Alberta Special Areas Board picked Nortel Networks Ltd. to build a fixed WiMAX network in Canada, bringing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural areas of Alberta, Nortel said.Nortel explained that the network would be built according to the IEEE 802.16d-2004 standard for fixed...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-NMS Communications, a mobile applications and infrastructure solution developer, announced an agreement with African distributor 4G Technologies to distribute NMS' AccessGate radio access network optimizer throughout Africa. NMS said its AccessGate solution is already deployed in wireless backhaul networks of African mobile operators...
BOULDER, Colo.-Broadband equipment provider Carrier Access Corp. said it signed a memorandum of understanding with Tellabs Inc. calling for the companies to develop an integrated solution to optimize wireless backhaul traffic.The solution will consist of Carrier Access' FLEXengine compression technology and Tellabs' 5500 digital...
LONDON-Worldwide pre-WiMAX equipment sales rang up $16.4 million in 2004, and the market will grow to $124.5 million by the end of 2005, according to a report from Infonetics Research.While the technology initially is being deployed as a wireless backhaul solution, it will begin...
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-Wireless backhaul will become increasingly important as carriers seek to reduce operating expenses and subscribers use more voice and data minutes, according to a study from Visant Strategies. Wireless backhaul accounts for one-fifth of all backhaul capacity in the United States today,...
KINGS PARK, N.Y.-Wireless backhaul will become increasingly important as carriers seek to reduce operating expenses and subscribers use more voice and data minutes, according to a new study from Visant Strategies.Wireless backhaul currently accounts for one-fifth of all backhaul capacity in the United States,...
