City Wireless RFPs
MuniWireless has culled together eight RFPs from municipalities around the US, all looking to deploy wireless networks. Most of these networks will use Wi-Fi and most munis hope to the charge for the...
View ArticleSiemens Loves OFDM
Siemens is getting some blazing speeds out of OFDM. It is also going to be building OFDM gear in partnership with Flarion. OFDM is becoming the technology of choice for next-generation networks....
View ArticleFlarion Win in Texas
Unstrung reports that Flarion won a small deployment in Texas. Every little bit helps when you're a startup. But bigger things are coming......
View ArticleLower-Orbit Satellite or Hot Air?
According to The Economist a company out of Atlanta, Georgia plans to launch an "airship satellite" stationed 13 miles off the ground to function as a cost-effective low-orbit satellite. This...
View ArticleOn Qualcomm, Wi-Fi and WiMAX: An Interview with Dave Mock
Dave Mock is a wireless consultant and analyst with currentofferings.com and author of the forthcoming book The Qualcomm Equation. Dave took a moment to answer a few of my burning telecoms questions......
View ArticleWiMAX 101
Unstrung has published an introductory guide to WiMAX. It's a worth a read if you need the basics, but it does fail to mention other WiMAX-like technologies such as Flash-OFDM (Flarion) and UMTS TDD...
View ArticleCringely's Wireless Predictions
Tech pundit Bob Cringley's annual predictions are always a good read. Here are his wireless predictions: ->WiMax will be a huge story by summer, but widespread adoption of the wireless networking...
View ArticleLucent & Alvarion: The WiMAX Overlay Begins
WiMAX has often been viewed as competitive to 3G or DSL networks. But I've always asked the question: Why can't a service provider use both? Well, it looks like Lucent has been asking that same...
View ArticleZTE and Intel: Match Made in WiMAX Heaven
Chinese telecoms vendor ZTE has announced that it will begin cranking out WiMAX gear using Intel chips. I'm glad to see ZTE gearing up for commercial WiMAX gear. I think that this company in particular...
View ArticleDave Mock on Muni Wireless
Dave Mock writes in support of municipal wireless. I'm also glad to see Intel throwing its weight in support of cities that want to take control of their airspace. I'm not saying all cities should get...
View ArticleIn Defense of WiMAX
I see that the WiMAX backlash is in full effect. I agree with much of the criticism and I certainly have my share of issues with the folks at the WiMAX Forum, but I think we are now witnessing a...
View ArticleIf You Want to Know How Qualcomm Became Qualcomm
Qualcomm is the Microsoft of the telecoms industry, for better and for worse. People in the telecoms industry typically either love the company or hate the company. I lean toward the latter, so please...
View ArticleIntel + Apple = WiMAX?
So I have a few thoughts on why Apple is talking to Intel. First, let me quote this Reuters article to provide context: "To port to an x86 platform would be a massive undertaking and I'm highly...
View ArticleIntel + Apple = WiMAX, Part II
About a week ago I wrote a blog about the possibility of Apple embracing WiMAX. That blog was followed soon after by a MacObserver story. Needless to say, I've gotten an earful from readers -- some...
View ArticleApple Putting Intel Inside
According to CNET News, Apple will be announcing a migration to Intel chips on Monday. And it looks like they'll be starting with the low-end computers first, gradually working their way up to the...
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