After collecting and reviewing 26 industry proposals and nearly 300 public comments during a round of information requests for a citywide Wi-Fi network, San Francisco issued an official Request for Proposal for the project Dec. 22. In a statement, the city said it intends...
WASHINGTON-The 2 GHz spectrum band is becoming ground zero as the Federal Communications Commission attempts to promote third-generation wireless phone, broadband and mobile satellite services without trampling spectrum rights of incumbents in the band or undermining the very wireless policy objectives it seeks to...
WASHINGTON-Verizon Wireless told lawmakers Wednesday that the "network neutrality" provisions in the staff draft of telecommunications-reform legislation need to be modified to exempt the wireless industry.The net-neutrality provisions should "be modified to make clear that wireless broadband Internet transmission service (BITS) providers have the...
NORWAYAlcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and Bergen, Norway. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply, install and support NexGenTel with its pre-WiMAX end-to-end solution....
PARIS-Alcatel Corp. signed an agreement with NextGenTel, a service provider in Norway, to conduct its first field trial of pre-WiMAX equipment in Oslo and Bergen, Norway. Under the terms of the agreement, Alcatel will supply, install and support NextGenTel with its pre-WiMAX end-to-end solution....
LOUISVILLE, Ky.-U.S. Wireless Online Inc., which operates a wireless Internet broadband network, said it has completed its acquisition of Verge Wireless Networks Inc. Verge provides Wi-Fi solutions in a variety of settings including municipalities, businesses, schools and hospitals."U.S. Wireless is continuing to move toward...
STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson has been selected by MTN South Africa to supply a W-CDMA network. The value of the contract was not disclosed.MTN's 3G subscribers will be able to experience high-bandwidth services, such as video telephony, mobile music and TV, as well as wireless...
Wi-Fi access provider iPass Inc. has tightened its grip on the business traveler market with a newly announced partnership with Connexion by Boeing that will give iPass enterprise customers access to high-speed Internet connectivity while in flight.The agreement allows iPass users to access Connexion...
LAS VEGAS-Aiirnet Wireless L.L.C., which provides and deploys high-speed Wi-Fi Internet service, made several announcements at this week's CTIA Wireless I.T. show in Las Vegas. The company announced the availability of the AiirLink Hot-Spot-In-A-Box, which allows any retail establishment to offer high-speed wireless broadband...
VANDALIA, Mo.-MapleNet Inc. will design and install a wireless broadband Internet system in the rural town of Vandalia, Mo., located 130 miles northwest of St. Louis. "We are excited to bring broadband Internet access to our rural community to assist in economic development and...
JACKSON, Miss.-AIR2LAN and US Wireless Online, two of the largest U.S. wireless broadband Internet service providers, announced they will merge to operate as AIR2LAN Online Inc.Together, the companies operate in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. One new company will service...
BELLEVUE, Wash.-Expanding the breadth of its HotSpot Wi-Fi service offering, T-Mobile USA Inc. reported agreements with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines to provide wireless broadband Internet access in each airline's clubs and lounges across the country. T-Mobile currently offers its HotSpot...
Robert Gemmell is thinking about a group of people, scattered throughout the world, who each live in a nice house or apartment in a semi-rural area. These people want fast Internet access, but they either can't get a cable or digital subscriber line installed,...
Under a new licensing agreement, Nortel Networks will be able to license Certicom's Elliptic Curve Cryptography technology to create a virtual private network for handheld devices. Nortel said this will allow faster performance from its platform and will give Nortel the chance to use...
LucentLucent Technologies Inc. announced that John Young, former president and chief executive officer of Hewlett-Packard Co. and a current member of the Lucent board of directors, will become chairman of the company's Microelectronics business, which will be spun off into a separate company next...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Hybrid Networks Inc. said it converted its system used by Alaska Wireless Cable Inc. in Fairbanks, Alaska, to provide two-way wireless Internet access. AWC operated Hybrid's one-way system for about a year in Fairbanks."We operate in an area where many individuals do...
Enticed by the tremendous expected demand for wireless broadband services, Loop Technologies Inc., based in Ridgeland, Miss., soon will offer high-speed data-only service in several major cities around the country.Loop recently entered into a Business Unit Alliance agreement with Cisco Systems Inc. to purchase...
NEW YORK-Venture capital investments in American telecom/wireless companies during the first quarter reached $4.3 billion, an amount equal to the total raised in all industries during the same period a year ago, according to the latest PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree Survey.Across the board, venture-backed investments hit...
SAN FRANCISCO-More than 1,600 people converged on San Francisco last week to confirm what most attendees already knew-wireless broadband is going to be big.The Second Annual Broadband World Wireless Forum 2000, produced by Shorecliff Communications Inc., brought together broadband wireless service providers, equipment manufacturers,...
MCLEAN, Va.-LCC International Inc., a wireless telecommunications consulting firm, has been selected by Nucentrix Broadband Networks Inc., a provider of wireless broadband Internet Protocol services, to support it in its efforts to obtain permanent licenses from the Federal Communications Commission to provide two-way fixed...
Motorola Inc.'s Advanced Messaging Group said Shanghai Guomai, the largest paging carrier in China, is operating using Motorola's FLEX protocol-based paging system in Shanghai. Guomai has close to 1 million subscribers in service in the city and outskirts of Shanghai. The new FLEX protocol-based...
