DigitalPath Announces Innovative Wireless Network Design
DigitalPath announced at the general availability of
DenseNode and BroadNode, the company's next-
generation wireless broadband network platforms for
public Wi-Fi, residential wireless broadband and public
safety vehicle connectivity. DigitalPath is a well-known
provider of wireless broadband and phone services, and
today's announcement marks its entry into the
marketplace as a network hardware vendor.
"DigitalPath's significant experience as a wireless
ISP-there are more than 1,300 repeaters deployed in
our wireless network-sets us apart from other
hardware vendors," said Jim Higgins, chief executive
officer of DigitalPath. "Uniquely, DigitalPath has built a
large-scale, profitable wireless ISP business using the
very same equipment we're now offering for sale."
DigitalPath's DenseNode enables ISPs and
municipalities to provide public Wi-Fi at half the cost of
competing solutions and delivers data at up to 10 Mbps
to Wi-Fi-enabled computers and mobile devices. In
average installations, fifty DenseNode repeaters, each
mounted atop a light pole or utility pole, are deployed
per square mile. DenseNode eliminates the quality of
service problems that have plagued publicly maligned
municipal Wi-Fi efforts with an advanced repeater
system in which each radio operates at a different
frequency.
"DigitalPath's DenseNode provides better network
management functionality and better performance than
any other wireless broadband network equipment
available, " said Bill Davis, chief executive officer of
Town Square, a wireless ISP in West Plains,
Missouri. "Remarkably, DenseNode is also the least
expensive equipment, enabling us to profitably serve
smaller communities than we could using any other
solution."
DigitalPath's BroadNode is designed to provide
broadband Internet service to residences in rural areas.
Each subscriber may be located up to twenty-five miles
from the nearest repeater site and receives its Internet
service via a small antenna that is typically installed on
the roof.
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| Wireless Adoption Increases, Security Improves in World's Major Cities | | |  Research commissioned by RSA Security Inc. (Nasdaq:
RSAS) has revealed that the number of wireless
networks in some of the world's major financial centers
continues to rise at an explosive rate. The largest year-
on-year rise was discovered in London, where there are
57% more wireless network access points today than in
2005. The percentage increase in New York was an
impressive 20%. In Paris, the increase from 2004 to
2006 was 119%.
In both London and New York, more businesses are
securing their wireless networks by switching on the
WEP encryption capability provided as standard:
London -- WEP usage rose from 65% in 2005 to 74% in
2006; New York -- WEP usage rose from 62% in 2005
to 75% in 2006 Paris -- has the highest levels of
encryption at 78%, an increase on 2004's figure of 69% Click here for the full RSA Security Wireless Story! | | |
| Intel Forms Investment Funds in India, China, and the Middle East | | |  Intel Capital has embarked on a bolder, more proactive
strategy designed to enhance innovation worldwide by
helping its portfolio companies to be more successful
through larger investment stakes and more active
collaboration.
Recognizing the importance of technology centers
outside the United States, Intel Capital over the past
year announced the formation of a series of geographic
investment funds in India (US $250 million), China (US
$200 million), the Middle East and Turkey (US $50
million), and most recently Brazil (US $50 million) in
March. In 2005, Intel Capital invested over 60 percent
of its US $265 million total in companies outside the
United States. Click here for the full Intel Investment story! | | |
| Mexico's Universidad Autonoma de Sinaloa Deploys Nortel's Mesh Network Solution | | |  Students and faculty of Mexico's Universidad Autonoma
de Sinaloa can now access the Internet for e-mail,
instant messaging and other Web-based applications
virtually anywhere, anytime on its 25-acre campus
using an advanced wireless mesh network solution from
Nortel (NYSE/TSX:NT).
"Nortel's technology helps drive innovation in
communications at educational institutions around the
world," said Pablo Vazquez Oria, president and CEO of
Nortel Mexico and Central America. "Through our work
with institutions such as Universidad Autonoma de
Sinaloa, Nortel is supporting the development of new
approaches in education essential to attracting
students from other countries and regions." Click here for the full Nortel Mesh Network Story! | | |
| Italtel Awarded WiMAX Contract in Italy | | |  Teleunit S.p.A. (LSE: TLU), the Italian telecom services
provider, announced that it has been awarded a WiMAX
test licence covering the Florence region in Tuscany, in
conjunction with Italtel by the Italian Ministry of
Communications. Teleunit will make available its existing
wireless local loop (WLL) backbone, and structure the
commercial offering through which the WiMAX and all
related services will be rolled out to end users. Italtel
will provide an integrated WiMAX solution, including its
engineering, installation, onsite testing and technical
support services, and additional marketing support to
maximize the WiMAX customer base.
Francesco Cimica, Teleunit's Chief Executive
Officer, commented, "This represents an exceptional
opportunity for Teleunit to develop a strong foothold in
the WiMAX arena. Our existing WLL infrastructure
means that the WiMAX offering can be rolled out more
easily, thereby affording us a competitive advantage.
Initially we will concentrate on technical testing in
preparation for the commercial roll-out of the services." Click here for the full Italtel WiMAX Story! | | |
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