| 05/09/08 | ActiveMine Broadband Wireless Mesh Network Provides Communications for Mining Opertations
Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced a major enhancement of ActiveMine, the premier wireless communications and locating system for mines, that represents a breakthrough in underground mining communications. |
| 05/07/08 | WiMax Will Be the Next DSL for More Than 5 Billion People Worldwide; LTE Years Away from Meaningful Existence
We believe there is a role for LTE as the natural evolution of GSM/HSPA-and probably also CDMA/EV-DO-but we believe it is years away. As such, it contrasts sharply with WiMax, which is being deployed today and for which spectrum has already been made available. WiMax already has an ecosystem which looks a lot like WiFi in terms of cost and diversity, whereas LTE simply is not even defined yet, much less available. |
| 05/07/08 | Person close to talks: Sprint close to $12 billion WiMax financing deal
Sprint Nextel Corp. is close to finalizing a deal to get financing for its new wireless broadband network from a group that includes Comcast Corp. and Google Inc., according to a person close to the talks. |
| 05/07/08 | East Lyme Chooses WPCS for Advanced Wireless Network
WPCS International Incorporated (Nasdaq: WPCS), a leader in design-build engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that through its New England Communications Systems (NECS) subsidiary, it has been selected by The Town of East Lyme, Connecticut to provide an advanced wireless network for the town-wide mission critical public safety initiative. |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 05/06/08 | SR Telecom & Co. Announces Series of WiMAX Wins
The new SR Telecom has retained the trust and support of its global customer base, and is increasing deliveries of its WiMAX solutions following the recent acquisition of its business activities by Groupe Lagasse. Merely a month in since the re-launch of its business as a subsidiary of Groupe Lagasse, SR Telecom & Co., S.E.C. announced that it has received purchase orders for wireless network deployments from customers in Cameroon, Mexico and the Philippines and is on-track to securing significant additional orders from new and existing customers in the next few weeks. |
| 05/06/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Submits Application for Mobile WiMAX Trials in Tel Aviv- Ramat Gan
012 Smile.Communications (Nasdaq: SMLC ; TASE) announced that it has applied to Israel's Communications Ministry to expand its license for mobile WiMAX trials to allow an expanded trial in the Tel Aviv-Ramat Gan area, Israel's most densely populated business and residential center. Through the trial, the Company plans to provide users with an Internet connectivity rate of up to a high 10MB, a speed sufficient to support both mobile telephony and a variety of Internet-based applications. The trial will utilize WiMAX technology provided by Alvarion (Nasdaq: ALVR). |
| 05/02/08 | Ohio Wesleyan Picks 802.11n Broadband Wireless Technology for Campus-wide Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Ohio Wesleyan University has selected and commenced deployment of Aruba's 802.11n adaptive wireless LANs across its Delaware, Ohio, campus. Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation's leading liberal arts universities with138 full-time faculty members and 1,850 students drawn from across the world. |
| 05/02/08 | WiMAX Broadband Wireless Networks Continues to Expand Along Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor
Ashburn-based DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced that it is expanding high speed wireless Internet service coverage to Idaho Falls, ID. This launch adds the third community within the Eastern Idaho Technology Corridor along Interstate 15 to DBC's WiMAX broadband wireless network in southeastern Idaho. In Idaho Falls, the WiMAX service, called BridgeMAXX, will reach more than 25,000 homes and businesses. DBC is also serving Rexburg, Pocatello and Hailey Idaho, and plans to expand to other communities over the next few months. |
| 05/02/08 | Augusta Systems Technologies Wireless Sensors Manage New Smart Grid Power Project
Augusta Systems Inc., provider of intelligent wireless enterprise sensor network technologies, announced that its products have been deployed by Allegheny Power for use in a new Smart Grid project that integrates controls for building systems and energy management with utility infrastructure that achieves new levels of peak load control, energy efficiency and reliability. |
| 05/02/08 | New Trend for Money Making for Wi-Fi Hotspots in 'Co-Working' Centers on Wall Street
Rockefeller Group Business Centers is pleased to announce the opening of the company's first Co-Working Center at their 48 Wall Street location. A Co-Working Center is a concept whereby clients are offered a communal work environment in a professional office setting as well as having access to the company's WiFi and hard wired high speed Internet, printing, copy, and business support services. |
| 05/01/08 | Cisco and Nokia Utilize Wi-Fi to Fill in 3G Cellular Gaps
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Nokia announced growing customer and partner acceptance of their combined mobile unified communications solution. The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia extends the rich Cisco Unified Internet Protocol (IP) Phone capabilities to Nokia Eseries smartphones over Cisco Unified Wireless Networks to offer users a seamless mobile experience in the enterprise Wi-Fi environment and public cellular networks. |
| 05/01/08 | Motorola and Advanced Info Service Launch WiMAX Trials in Thailand
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) is working with Advanced Info Service (AIS), the largest mobile operator in Thailand, to conduct trials of mobile WiMAX solutions. The trials will enable AIS to gain insight into the next generation personal wireless broadband services. |
| 04/29/08 | PacketHop Announces Availability of Draft IEEE 802.11s Broadband Wireless Mesh Networking Products
PacketHop, Inc., an SRI International company and an innovator in instant broadband wireless mesh networking communications systems, announced the commercial availability of its IEEE Draft 802.11s mesh product. PacketHop's implementation of the upcoming IEEE 802.11s industry standard enables the creation of meshed peer-to-peer communications structures -- as a standalone network or in conjunction with existing access points -- and opens new and strategic market opportunities for OEMs. |
| 04/24/08 | FCC Approves Nextlink's Substantial LMDS Broadband Wireless Service Showings in 30 Markets
Nextlink Wireless, Inc. announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has accepted Nextlink's demonstrations of substantial service in 30 of its Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS) licensed markets. Earlier this week, Nextlink also announced that the FCC granted Nextlink's request for extensions of time on its substantial service showings until June 1, 2012 in 48 additional licensed markets. |
| 04/23/08 | 3G Wireless Carrier Upgrades GSM/HSPDA Network with WiMAX Broadband Wireless Technology to Add Quality IP Data Services for Its Existing Base of 23 Million Customers
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Vodacom Lesotho, a subsidiary of Vodacom Group has selected Airspan as its preferred WiMAX supplier. Airspan will supply its MicroMAX base stations in the 3.3 - 3.5 GHz frequency band in addition to CPEs (customer premise equipment). The contract is through Airspan's reseller partner, TVS. |
| 04/22/08 | Skyriver Communications Completes Acquisition of Fixed Wireless Assets of NetHere, Inc.
Skyriver Communications announced that it has completed the acquisition and integration of the fixed wireless assets of NetHere, Inc. Through the acquisition, Skyriver added a large number of business customers and expanded its network to include a substantial portion of Southern San Diego County. This acquisition serves to further solidify Skyriver's dominant position as the largest fixed wireless broadband carrier in Southern California with wireless coverage stretching from north of Los Angeles to the US-Mexico border. |
| 04/18/08 | FreeFi Networks Leads Coalition to Provide Enhanced Wi-Fi Service to Roxbury Community College
FreeFi Networks, a Los Angeles-based company offering content and advertiser supported Internet access, today announced the launch of upgraded Wi-Fi service at Roxbury Community College located in Boston, Massachusetts. The launch brings a newly installed and enhanced Internet experience to students, faculty and staff of the college. |
| 04/17/08 | Strix Systems Deploys Broadband Wireless Mesh Surveillance Network for the City of Pittsburg in California
Strix Systems announced the deployment of Strix Access/One wireless systems for the City of Pittsburg, California. Strix Access/One was chosen for its ability to deliver the highest throughput and lowest latency wireless mesh network for high quality stationary and mobile IP-based video surveillance. |
| 04/17/08 | Aruba Networks to Deliver Secure Broadband Wireless Network to More than 120 K-12 Schools in Oregon's Lane Education Service District Region
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Lane Education Service District (ESD), based in Eugene, Oregon, has selected Aruba's wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for its facilities and has recommended deployment to sixteen school districts and more than 120 elementary, intermediate, and high schools in the region. |
| 04/16/08 | Setting Marketing Trends in the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) Industry
Due to mistakes made by Google, Earthlink, Sprint and other big companies in the broadband wireless industry, many members of the press seem to have lost their appetite for wireless Internet service provider stories. Regardless, of the media who now frown on the ability for broadband wireless technology to provide high-speed Internet access, the truth is that there are literally thousands and thousands of companies doing it successfully around the world. |
| 04/14/08 | Cisco 'Empowered Branch' Delivers More Applications and New Broadband Wireless Business Models; Opens Routers to Customers and Third-Party Applications
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced new broadband wireless solutions that further optimize branch offices of all sizes, allowing companies to customize branch networks to meet their unique business needs. By opening its industry-leading Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platforms to customers and third-party application developers, Cisco enables its customers to optimize the branch infrastructure while extending their accessibility to business resources. It also provides Cisco channel partners with new opportunities to deliver differentiated solutions and services that better align with customers' business needs. |
| 04/14/08 | Sierra Wireless and Wavefront Announce Best Mobile Broadband Wireless and GPS Real Time Location Services Contest
Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW:TO, SWIR:NASDAQ) and Wavefront, a commercialization accelerator for the British Columbia Wireless and New Media industries, announced the launch of the "Sierra Wireless - Wavefront Developer Challenge." The purpose of the six-month challenge is to find best-in-class broadband wireless enterprise or consumer applications that take advantage of the mobile broadband and GPS capabilities built into Sierra Wireless PC cards, ExpressCards, and USB modems. |
| 04/09/08 | CenturyTel Pursues Overlay of Existing Operations in 700 MHz Auction
CenturyTel, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced that it was the successful bidder for 69 licenses in the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) recently completed 700 megahertz (MHz) spectrum auction. |
| 04/09/08 | Airspan Completes FCC Certification for Full Product Suite in the 3.65 GHz Frequency Band
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has obtained FCC certification to market its compact MicroMAX base station in the 3.65 GHz frequency band as well as the full suite of subscriber devices including the indoor EasyST and outdoor ProST, both of which also support optional WiFi and VoIP extensions. |
| 04/08/08 | iPass Expands Tokyo Footprint With Addition of More Than 2,000 Wi-Fi Access Points
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced it has added the municipal wireless network encircled by Tokyo's Yamanote Line to the iPass global network as part of a roaming agreement with Tokyo-based, livedoor Co. Ltd. With more than 2,000 access points spanning over 60 square kilometers, this Wi-Fi network is one of the largest in the world. |
| 04/08/08 | Aruba Networks Selected by University of Wyoming for Pervasive Wireless LAN
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that the University of Wyoming has selected Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and AirWave Wireless Management Suite for deployment at its Laramie campus. Founded in 1887 as a land grant institution, the university is today home to more than 13,000 students and the sole provider of baccalaureate and graduate education in the state. The university sought to replace its legacy wireless network with a more reliable, easier to manage solution, and selected Aruba based on its low cost, robust design, and centralized management architecture. |
| 04/08/08 | Hughes Initiates SPACEWAY 3 Satellite with First Commercial On-board Satellite Broadband Wireless Internet Traffic Switching and Routing
Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a leader in broadband satellite networks and services and wholly owned subsidiary of Hughes Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: HUGH), announced that it successfully activated the first HughesNet consumer subscriber for broadband Internet service utilizing its SPACEWAY 3 satellite on April 3rd, 2008. |
| 04/08/08 | Rogers Broadband Wireless Service Expanded to 55 Additional Communities Completing 'Inukshuk' Spectrum License Rollout
Rogers Wireless announced that broadband wireless Internet acces is now available to customers in 152 urban and rural communities across Canada, including the recent addition of 55 communities. With this expansion, Rogers completes its rollout of the Inukshuk Wireless broadband network and fulfills the federal government's requirement for spectrum license. |
| 04/04/08 | Tranzeo Wireless To Equip Mexico's Largest Wireless Broadband System
Wireless mesh network equipment made by Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT), a leading producer of high-performance wireless broadband and WiMAX communication systems, will be used to provide wireless Internet access throughout the city of Culiacan, Mexico. The project, "Culiacan: Technological City" is part of an overall plan to improve one of the countries fastest growing cities through 2010. |
| 04/04/08 | StarMetro Offers Wireless Internet Access To Tallahassee Riders
Parvus Corporation announced that Tallahassee-based StarMetro started offering Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a technology that allows for wireless Internet connections, on ten of its coaches. This new technology will allow StarMetro bus riders to access the Internet via wireless enabled devices, such as laptops and personal digital assistants. |
| 04/01/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Deploys Extensive Broadband Wireless Communications Network for Microsoft Tech-Ed 2008
Smile.Communications (NASDAQ: SMLC )(TASE:SMLC) announced that it has deployed a state-of-the-art wireless network across seven hotels to serve the participants in Microsoft's three-day Tech-Ed conference in Eilat. This is the third time in a row that 012 Smile has co-operated with Microsoft to carry out major communications technology projects for the software giant. |
| 03/25/08 | BSNL Selects Nortel for GSM Expansion Deal In Excess of $100 Million to Meet India's Soaring Demand for Wireless Services
Nortel (NYSE:NT) has won an agreement with India's BSNL valued at over US$100 million, to put mobile connectivity in the hands of millions of new subscribers in the southern area of the country. |
| 03/24/08 | OmniGlobe Networks Selected to Provide Wireless Broadband Services to the County of Perth, Ontario
The County of Perth announced that since becoming the recipient of provincial funding to deliver a broadband network capable of delivering high speed Internet services to residents and businesses in the region, it has been working diligently with OmniGlobe Networks on delivering on its mandate. OmniGlobe Networks Inc. was selected based on its successful bid to the public tender issued in October last year. The project, which is part of a $10 million Ontario government initiative awarded to 18 rural municipalities, is designed to provide affordable, accessible and reliable broadband access for public and private sectors located in rural areas and is made possible through funding provided by the Rural Connections - Ontario Municipal Broadband Partnership Program of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). |
| 03/24/08 | Salt River Project Utilizes Wireless Surveillance Cameras to Manage Hydrology Instrumentation & Equipment
Richard Greenberg, President of NuTech Digital (OTCBB: NTDL), announced the initial sale of NuTech's new wireless fixed point video products to Salt River Project. Salt River Project is comprised of two entities, the Salt River Project Agricultural and Improvement District, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona, and the Salt River Valley Water Users Association, a private corporation (Operating Revenue for FY2007 in excess of $2.6 Billion). |
| 03/21/08 | Motorola Teams Up With United Information Highway on Mobile WiMAX Trial in Thailand
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that the company has achieved the first successful mobile WiMAX trial in Thailand, teaming up with United Information Highway Company Limited (UIH). The trial, demonstrating new wireless broadband experiences for users, marks the first among a series of Motorola's mobile WiMAX engagements in Thailand and yet another milestone in the company's global WiMAX development. |
| 03/21/08 | Solar Powered Web Hosting Company Selected NextPhase Wireless to Implement Major Broadband Wireless Network Upgrade
NextPhase Wireless, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: NPHS) announced that it has been selected to implement a major wireless network upgrade for AISO.Net, the world's first and only solar-powered Web hosting company. Specifically, NextPhase is deploying carrier-grade microwave radio frequency networking equipment, produced by Dragonwave, to deliver AISO.Net with scalable, flexible and secure wireless broadband access and connectivity over licensed fixed wireless spectrum acquired by NextPhase in the Southern California region. |
| 03/21/08 | Recent Telecom Research Report Still Plenty of Opportunities for Broadband Wireless ISPs in America
Sixty-five million Americans depend on broadband services for work, education, entertainment and communications. But too many other Americans have no access to broadband services, according to a new telecom industry survey. |
| 03/19/08 | Towerstream Announces Fiscal 2007 Results
Revenues increase 21.9% in Fourth Quarter 2007 over Fourth Quarter 2006 |
| 03/19/08 | Redline's RedMAX Product Line Chosen by CityLink for WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network in Cambodia
Redline Communications Group Inc., (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that CityLink, the largest Internet Service Provider in Cambodia, has chosen Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its multi-city WiMAX network. CityLink has initiated its two-city, phased deployment in Cambodia's capital city of Phnom Penh and is currently serving hundreds of business and residential subscribers. |
| 03/19/08 | wi-tribe limited Selects Aptilo Networks to Build WiMAX Broadband Wireless Deployments in the Middle East and Asia Pacific
Aptilo Networks announces that wi-tribe limited, a joint venture between Qatar Telecom (Qtel), the exclusive telecommunications service provider in the State of Qatar and A.A. Tukri Group of Companies (ATCO) of Saudi Arabia, has chosen Aptilo's Mobile WiMAX AAA Connectivity Service Network (CSN) platform as one of the key network components to enable services over the WiMAX networks to be deployed by wi-tribe across the Middle East and Asia Pacific, utilizing Aptilo's access and policy control service management platform. |
| 03/19/08 | Carnegie Mellon University Demonstrates that Wireless Mesh Network Deployments Still Growing Strong
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that Carnegie Mellon University has deployed Motorola's enterprise wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure to provide seamless mobile connectivity indoors and outdoors to faculty and students. Motorola has the industry's most complete indoor and outdoor WLAN portfolio to enable the wireless enterprise. |
| 03/17/08 | DragonWave's Enables Broadband Wireless Carriers to Efficiently Converge Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and Internet Protocol (IP) Services
DragonWave Inc. announced its Service Delivery Unit (SDU) product portfolio, enabling carriers to efficiently converge Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) and Internet Protocol (IP) services on a cost-effective, flexible Ethernet network foundation. In the migration to carrier Ethernet, DragonWave's new pseudowire solution fosters a simplified, future-proofed, packet-based network that is significantly more affordable to build, power, support and maintain. |
| 03/14/08 | Wightcable Chooses Airspan to Provide WiMAX to the Isle of Wight
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has been awarded a contract by Wightcable for its MicroMAX 5.8 GHz base stations, VoiceMAX for VoIP services and related CPEs (customer premise equipment), which include Airspan's ProSTs and EasySTs. Wightcable will provide WiMAX voice and data services across the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom, starting in the town of Newport. |
| 03/12/08 | Alcatel-Lucent Solution Provides Critical new Visibility to Wireless Networks, Helping Carriers Ensure Problem-Free Delivery of IP-Based Wireless Broadband Services
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced the Alcatel-Lucent 9900 Wireless Network Guardian (WNG), the industry's first mobile network management solution that addresses a critical emerging need by carriers for enhanced visibility in third-generation (3G) and emerging 4G networks. Unaddressed, this gap in network visibility could lead to network disruption as wireless network operators increasingly support new data services, devices, and applications. |
| 03/12/08 | Top of Asia, LLC Completes Strategic Investment in Chinese Communications Leader United Wireless
Top of Asia announced that it has completed a strategic investment in United Wireless Ltd. United Wireless, with offices in Shenzhen and Hangzhou, PRC, provides wireless and wired systems and integration services in China. |
| 03/12/08 | Canadian Investment Group to Stockpiles $340 for Upcoming Advanced Wireless Services (AWS Spectrum) Auction
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc., the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and The Blackstone Group L.P. announced that they have formed a consortium to make a deposit and submit an application to bid as a new entrant in the upcoming Advanced Wireless Services ("AWS") spectrum auction. The consortium made a $340 million deposit in the form of letters of credit to Industry Canada. |
| 03/12/08 | Wireless Platforms Key to Joined-up Healthcare
The market for wireless and mobile phone based healthcare platforms will grow rapidly as health providers seek ways to drive down costs. According to a report published this week, by Cambridge, UK-based research company Wireless Healthcare, mobile communications platforms provide a relatively simple means of connecting diagnostic medical devices to the electronic medical records systems and advanced Health 2.0 based services being developed by companies such as Google and Revolution Health. |
| 03/10/08 | MobileMonday Toronto Returns With "Mobile Moguls Looking for Money"
MobileMonday Toronto, the mobile industry networking group, will hold their second annual Venture Capital panel, with prospective mobile entrepreneurs pitching their business ideas to some of Canada's leading Venture Capital companies. |
| 03/08/08 | New Nortel Video Solution Blends IPTV Entertainment and Communications
As consumers are increasingly demanding triple and quad-play bundles for TV, voice, video and Internet, Nortel is making it simple for its service provider customers to deliver these services using their existing network. The new video solution from Nortel is the first of its kind to enable providers to offer integrated communications and entertainment capabilities that provide new opportunities for revenue, increase subscriber loyalty and enable next-generation service introduction. |
| 03/07/08 | Arcadian Networks Utilizes 700MHz Broadband Wireless Network to Monitor and Meter Electric, Gas and Water Utilities
Arcadian Networks, a wireless communications carrier serving energy companies with dispersed assets (electric, gas and water utilities, and oil and gas companies), announced today that Stearns Electric Association has joined its 700 Megahertz communications network to monitor and manage meter information across its dispersed customer base. |
| 03/06/08 | Ericsson Wins Mobile Broadband Wireless Network Expansion Contract in Germany
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has been selected by German mobile operator E-Plus to expand and upgrade its WCDMA network. The deal also includes the expansion and enhancement of the E-Plus microwave transmission network and will allow subscribers to enjoy best- quality mobile data services in most parts of Germany. |
| 03/06/08 | AT&T's 3G HSDPA Broadband Wireless Network Answers the Need for High-Speed Internet Access in Nassau County
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) has announced that customers who live and travel through Nassau County now have more options in how, when and where they can access the Internet, use e-mail or view a variety of entertainment services. AT&T's 3G network in Nassau County now includes Lake Success, New Hyde Park, Valley Stream, Garden City, Hempstead, Old Westbury, Merrick, Woodbury, Hicksville, Massapequa, Great Neck, North Hills and Glen Cove. |
| 03/05/08 | Tata Communications Installs 5,000 WiMAX Customers in 10 Cities
Tata Communications has selected Telsima Corporation, a global player in WiMAX systems to provide WiMAX solutions for Tata Communications broadband wireless network in India. Tata Communications is the first to launch broadband services on the WiMAX platform on a large scale for retail consumers in India. |
| 03/04/08 | Fort Vancouver Regional Library District Builds Broadband Wireless Network to Connect 13 Library Branches
Bluesocket, Inc. announced that the Fort Vancouver Regional Library District (FVRL) has selected Bluesocket's BlueSecure product family to launch a wireless local area network (WLAN) across 13 locations. The new network unifies wireless services and management across the library's many branches, making it more cost effective and less time consuming for the IT staff to offer high-bandwidth Internet connectivity to the district's 1.5 million annual visitors. |
| 03/04/08 | Sante Fe Builds Broadband Wireless Network to Provide High-Speed Internet Access to 14,500 Students and Faculty across 19 Campuses
The public school system in Santa Fe, New Mexico, has begun deploying wireless local-area networks (WLANs) from Meru Networks that will provide wireless coverage for 35 buildings and some 14,500 students, faculty and staff over the next two years. |
| 03/04/08 | Broadband Wireless Network Facilitates Progress Deep in the Heart of a Texas Utility
An hour north of Houston, Texas, the Sam Houston Electric Cooperative (SHECO) was founded in 1938 with less than 250 miles of line providing electricity to about 650 customers. Seventy years later, with close to 6,000 miles of line and 60,000 customers, SHECO asks Radio IP Software to help maintain critical voice and data communications with its 50 linemen and inspectors. |
| 03/03/08 | Hughes Enables Broadband Wireless Digital Signage Updating Solution for 108 Hypermarkets
Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that it has completed the installation of a HughesNet Managed Service Solution connecting 108 Hypermarket store locations of Carrefour in Brazil to deliver Carrefour TV. CerejaPRN, the largest in-store media company in Brazil, selected Hughes in late 2007 to connect all Carrefour stores via its nationwide HughesNet broadband wireless satellite service. |
| 02/28/08 | DigitalBridge Communications Brings WiMAX Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service to Hailey, Idaho
Ashburn-based DigitalBridge Communications (DBC) announced the expansion of its high speed wireless Internet service, BridgeMAXX, to Hailey, Idaho. This is the third town in Idaho in which DBC has launched WiMAX service. DBC previously launched service in Rexburg, Idaho in June 2007 and Pocatello, Idaho in January 2008. In Hailey, service will reach more than 3,000 homes and businesses. Service is planned to expand into Sun Valley and Ketchum, Idaho in the coming months. |
| 02/28/08 | TELUS Spends $100 Million to Provide Broadband Wireless Internet Access Anywhere Customers Can Use TELUS Cellphone
As a result of a $100 million investment since 2005 to install hardware at more than 1,100 cellsites in B.C. and Alberta, TELUS customers can now access wireless high speed Internet anywhere they can use a TELUS cellphone in B.C. and Alberta. The installation at the final site on Mount Byng, near Port Alice on northern Vancouver Island, now gives customers wireless access to the Internet at speeds approaching home Internet service. TELUS wireless service reaches about 95 per cent of B.C. and Alberta residents. |
| 02/25/08 | PuntoNet Chooses Airspan to Provide 5.85 GHz WiMAX Broadband Wireless Solutions in Ecuador
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that PuntoNet, Ecuador's largest Wireless Internet Service Provider, has awarded Airspan a follow-on contract to supply MicroMAX base stations and related CPE equipment to expand their nationwide WiMAX services in major cities in Ecuador. |
| 02/25/08 | Portable WiMAX VoIP Cell Phones Displayed at 2008 Mobile World Congress
NetIndex Inc., Kaga Electronics Co., Ltd. and Runcom Technologies Ltd. have succeeded in jointly developing a VoIP portable telephone using the WiMAX (IEEE802.16e) data communications module. Thus, at the 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (previously 3GSM show) one of the largest and most advanced Mobile Communication shows in the world, these companies will be displaying their VoIP portable telephone using WiMAX which achieves All-IP voice communication. |
| 02/25/08 | Airspan's WiMAX Broadband Wireless Solutions Selected by Agile Communications to Provide High-Speed Internet Access in Australia
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that its MicroMAX 3.4 GHz base stations and corresponding ProST subscriber terminals have been selected by Agile Communications, a regional telecommunications service company that is part of the Internode group. Internode is one of Australia's leading nationwide broadband service providers. In addition to metropolitan broadband service provision across Australia, the company has been designing and rolling out innovative and sustainable broadband and voice services in regional South Australia for more than 7 years. |
| 02/25/08 | iPass and O-Zone Open Indian Market to Open Wi-Fi Internet Access for Business
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) and O-Zone Networks Pvt., the latest operator to enter the Indian Wi-Fi market, announced that they have signed an agreement to add O-Zone's growing number of hotspot locations to the iPass leading Global Broadband Roaming footprint. Recently launched, O-Zone is working in partnership with India's largest listed real estate developer, DLF, to bring Wi-Fi internet access to popular venues across the country. |
| 02/25/08 | Wireless Matrix Continues Penetration of Electric Cooperative Market Now With Over 400 Subscribers
Wireless Matrix Corporation (TSX:WRX) announced that it continues to build momentum as a key service provider for the rural electric cooperative market as the company enters its fourth quarter with over 400 subscribers among six cooperatives. |
| 02/25/08 | Satellite Broadband Wireless to Serve Nearly 1.3 Million Homes by 2012, Report Concludes
Satellite-based broadband services -- arguably the best way to get broadband access to hard-to-reach rural areas -- could be serving nearly 1.3 million U.S. households by the beginning of 2012, market research provider Pike & Fischer estimates. But that will represent only about 11 percent of total rural homes, P&F notes. |
| 02/21/08 | Redline Announces Networking Gear for 4.9GHz Broadband Wireless Public Safety Networks
Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) unveiled its new RedCONNEX and RedACCESS products for the 4.9GHz band. Redline's 4.9GHz AN-80i is designed for use in public safety and military communications networks in the United States as well as in international markets where the spectrum is available for deployment of broadband wireless systems. |
| 02/21/08 | AirLive Announces New 5GHz All-in-One Outdoor CPE Antenna for Wireless ISPs
AirLive has announced its AirLive WHA-5000CPE Hi-Power Multiple Mode Wireless PTP/PTM Outdoor Customer Premise Equipment Antenna (CPE) that operates in quiet 5GHz spectrum and can reach the distance over 5km in good weather condition, which is much farer than the average connection. This CPE is one of the first All-In-One Outdoor CPE devices and includes Pover Over Ethernet (POE) kit. |
| 02/21/08 | Ericsson Builds WCDMA/HSPA Network in Russia
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) and leading Russian operator VimpelCom have signed an agreement for the supply and implementation of a WCDMA/HSPA network, plus associated services, to cover seven out of nine macro regions across Russia, including Moscow, the North Caucasus, Siberia, Volga, Northwest Russia, South Russia and the Urals. |
| 02/21/08 | Airspan Selected by Enforta to Provide WiMAX Solutions in Russia
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Enforta, the largest wireless Internet Service Provider in Russia, has chosen Airspan's MicroMAX base stations and related CPEs to deploy WiMAX services in Russia. |
| 02/21/08 | Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) Providers Plan to Eliminate Local TV Broadcast Stations and Say the Wi-Fi Internet Access Points Will Replace TV Networks
Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVN) commented on breaking news stories regarding Internet TV and the future of TV delivery. Wi-Fi TV is the creator of Social Internet TV, which can be seen at www.Wi-FiTV.com. |
| 02/15/08 | Google GPhone Details Surface-Foretelling of a Trend
After many months of speculation, we have finally gotten some whispers on Google's plan for taming the next great Internet conduit, the mobile phone. Contrary to speculation, the Google phone, or GPhone as "the cloud" has named it, is not a hardware offering but a software initiative. The plan is to provide an operating system for mobile phones that will be based on open-source Linux software. Google will then port and refine its applications for the mobile platform including mobile search and maps. |
| 02/15/08 | Race is On Between Google's Android and LiMo's Linux-Based Operating System for Mobile Broadband Wireless IP Communicator Devices
The race is on: A consortium of 32 companies has joined a classic battle for primacy with their demonstration of mobile phones to compete with devices that will run Google Inc.'s awesome Android Linux-based operating system. |
| 02/12/08 | Nortel Boosts Bandwidth Power of Blue Sky Communications Network in American Samoa
Blue Sky Communications, the wireless service provider for American Samoa, is using All-IP Voice Core solutions from Nortel(1) (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) to provide new, operationally efficient communication services across this island territory of the U.S. |
| 02/09/08 | Sonus Networks Demonstrates the Future of Wireless Broadband at Mobile World Congress 2008
Sonus will demonstrate solutions that enable mobile operators to not only expand their features, but also reduce operating costs. Held in Barcelona, Spain from February 11th - 14th, operators from around the globe will experience the capabilities that Sonus brings to their mobile broadband networks and how a Sonus wireless solution can leverage this broadband network for voice, while personalizing the consumers' overall experience. |
| 02/09/08 | Nokia Siemens Networks Delivers Wireless Broadband Network to Rural Upstart Stelera Wireless
Stelera Wireless today announced that it has launched the first two markets of its rural broadband networks build in the United States. Nokia Siemens Networks has supplied an end-to-end network solution and turnkey services for this initial deployment and will continue to do so as the network expands. |
| 02/08/08 | Parvus Equips Wasatch Front UTA Commuter Buses With Mobile Broadband Internet
Parvus Corporation today announced thatthe Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has launched a free wireless Internetservice for its entire fleet of over-the-road commuter buses, which has nowbeen equipped with Parvus' RiderNet® mobile access |
| 02/08/08 | Aruba Networks, Inc. Reports Preliminary Results
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN ), a globalleader in user-centric networks and secure mobility solutions, todayannounced preliminary results for its second fiscal quarter ended January31, 2008. |
| 02/08/08 | Sandbridge Technologies Demos LTE at Mobile World Congress 08 in Barcelona
Sandbridge Technologies, a cutting edge fabless semiconductor company developing multi-mode baseband/multimedia processors for low-cost advanced mobile data devices, announced today that it will showcase an LTE UE implementation based on it's SB3000(R) series SOC platform during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. |
| 02/08/08 | Telcel Launches HSDPA Mobile Broadband in Mexico
3G Americas, a wireless trade organizationrepresenting the GSM family of technologies in the Americas, congratulatesTelcel on their launch of third generation (3G) mobile broadband servicesin Mexico. |
| 02/06/08 | BelAir Networks Delivers Broadband Wireless Mesh Network for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston
BelAir Networks is delivering high-performance wireless mesh solutions for mission-critical Defense applications to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston (SSC Charleston). Two new products, the BelAir200D and BelAir100D Wireless Mesh Node for Defense Applications include 802.11n features and support for the 4.4 GHz frequency band. |
| 02/04/08 | Wisper High Speed Internet Selects Asoka To Simplify Wireless Broadband Installations
Asoka USA announced Wisper High Speed Internet has selected Asoka products for its wireless broadband installations. Wisper will now put PlugLink 9650 Ethernet Adapters on every installation truck to allow easy installation, quick connectivity and broad network reach for high-speed Internet. |
| 02/01/08 | Balfour Beatty Rail Lowers Costs of Construction With Cisco Broadband Wireless Routers
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO ) announced that Balfour Beatty Rail GmbH Germany is using third-generation wireless technology incorporated into the Cisco Integrated Services Routers (ISRs) to help improve the productivity and efficiency of its engineers by reducing the time it takes to establish a communications infrastructure at remote construction sites. Balfour Beatty Rail is using integrated third-generation (3G) wireless technology from Cisco to rapidly deploy networked information technology (IT) systems, which helps engineers access online information and services that are critical for the effective completion of rail projects. |
| 01/31/08 | EMBARQ to Sell HughesNet Broadband Wireless Satellite Internet Service
EMBARQ announced that it has signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, to be a reseller of HughesNet broadband satellite Internet access to EMBARQ business customers. Now EMBARQ announced that it has signed an agreement with Hughes Network Systems, LLC, the global leader in broadband satellite solutions and services, to be a reseller of HughesNet broadband satellite Internet access to EMBARQ business customers. Now EMBARQ business customers in certain rural areas of the United States will have high-speed Internet access comparable to the services available in other EMBARQ markets. |
| 01/29/08 | New Broadband Wireless Metering Communications System for Electric, Gas and Water Utilities in North America
Oracle announced that advanced metering and energy efficiency company, Cellnet+Hunt, has deployed an Oracle Grid to support utility companies across North America. Built using Oracle Database 10g Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Automatic Storage Management and Oracle Enterprise Manager 10g, Cellnet+Hunt's Grid delivers the performance, scalability, business continuity, and the flexibility required to deliver its wireless metering network applications and services. |
| 01/29/08 | Lithuanian Railways Awards Nortel, Belam $50.5 Million Euro Broadband Wireless Communications Contract
Lithuanian Railways has chosen a Nortel (TSX:NT)(NYSE:NT) wireless /communications network solution to enhance its railway communications and ensure compatibility of the Lithuanian national railway with international railway standards. Nortel's partner, Belam, is acting as the local partner for the implementation and construction of the project which will be completed in 2010. |
| 01/28/08 | Harris Stratex Networks Providing an All-IP Transport Solution for Malaysia's iZZinet Major Base Station Broadband Wireless Network Roll-out
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTX) announced that iZZinet Sdn Bhd, Malaysia's iBurst operator, has selected Harris Stratex' Eclipse radios for its nationwide wireless broadband network roll-out program. |
| 01/28/08 | Airband Communications Brings More Broadband Wireless WiMAX Bandwidth To Houston
Airband Communications, Inc. announced expanded coverage and capacity of its high-bandwidth solutions in Houston. As part of its national expansion strategy, the company has increased its market reach and service area in the Houston market by 50 percent. The expansion also includes a doubling of Airband's network capacity driven by local customer demands for higher bandwidth services. |
| 01/24/08 | Nortel Signs Agreement to Provide VoIP Solution for Clearwire
A contract to deliver a complete carrier VoIP solution to provide a residential VoIP service to the US customers of Clearwire, a provider of portable and reliable wireless high-speed Internet service, has been signed by communications solutions provider Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT). |
| 01/24/08 | One Ring Networks Selects Redline's REDMAX Networking Equipment to Support Its WiMAX Network Rollout
One Ring Networks announced that it has chosen Redline Communications Group Inc. to deliver its WiMAX-based services. Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX: RDL) (AIM: RDL) is a leading provider of standards-based WiMAX access and broadband wireless infrastructure products. Redline will be supplying One Ring with their 3.65 GHz RedMAX products to complement the company's new service offerings as a result of their newly released WiMAX network. |
| 01/24/08 | Evans Hotels Deploys Colubris' Broadband Wireless Solutions for the Buick Invitational Golf Tournament
Colubris Networks announced that Evans Hotels has deployed Colubris broadband wireless access points at its three resort properties in the San Diego area, including The Lodge at Torrey Pines, where the Buick Invitational begins this week. Evans Hotels deployed Colubris through Safety NetAccess, a leading national high-tech solutions company that provides a broad range of technology products and services to its customers. |
| 01/23/08 | Wireless ISP Gross Profit Increased 29 Percent, over $4.7 Million, for 2007
With over 15,000 customers worldwide and approximately $20 million in run-rate revenues, Rapid Link is poised to grow with technologies, further serve our customer base of customers and expand into new markets. We have fully integrated Telenational Communications into our operations, and recently completed the asset purchase of Web-Breeze Networks and Communications Advantage, which include a wireless broadband network. |
| 01/22/08 | Wireless ISP in Chile Selects Redline to Provide Wireless Internet Backbone Between Five Cities
Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that Comunicacion y Telefonia Rural S.A. (CTR) of Chile, a leading rural telecommunications company, has chosen Redline's award-winning RedCONNEX AN-50e to expand its wireless broadband network in five cities of south of Chile, increasing its subscriber base by 30%. |
| 01/21/08 | Wireless Innovation Alliance Encouraged by FCC Announcement of White Space Prototype Testing Schedule
The Wireless Innovation Alliance (WIA) congratulated the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on its commencement of TV 'white space' device testing, beginning on January 24, 2008. The testing process will allow for the FCC to gather additional data on prototype devices that will enable the development of clear and effective rules of the road to help guide future technological development within the vacant spaces of the broadcast television spectrum. |
| 01/21/08 | Wireless Internet Service Provider Expands Broadband Wireless Access Footprint to Calaveras County
Rapid Link, Inc. (OTCBB: RPID ), a leading provider of broadband and communications services to rural and niche markets, announced plans to offer high speed wireless broadband internet access within Calaveras County through an exclusive, long-term agreement with The Wallace Community Services District. Rapid Link will deploy internet access points atop the Wallace District water tower which is visible up to 50 miles from the surrounding countryside. |
| 01/21/08 | More than 98, 000 Schools in America Still Need Wi-Fi High-Speed Internet Access Coverage Says ABI Research
There are approximately 50 million primary and secondary school students in the United States, in more than 98,000 schools. Increasingly those schools ' administrators want to provide Wi-Fi coverage for students and staff. This presents a major market opportunity and the leading Wi-Fi equipment vendors are pursuing it with vigor. A new ABI Research brief analyzes this burgeoning market and evaluates the vendors hoping to profit from it. |
| 01/21/08 | Le-Ru Telecom Selects Airspan to Build Broadband Wireless 3.65 GHz WiMAX Network in the U.S.
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that Le-Ru Telecom of Missouri, has chosen Airspan to supply HiperMAX base stations and related CPEs in the 3.65 GHz band in the U.S. Airspan will supply its WiMAX equipment through its U.S. channel partner, Stutler Technologies. This announcement follows the recent FCC approval for Airspan's HiperMAX base station in the 3.65GHz band in the United States, the first MIMO-enabled WiMAX solution to receive such certification. |
| 01/17/08 | iDirect Platform Selected by Telefonos Del Norte to Power Satellite Broadband Wireless Network in Central America
iDirect, Inc. announced that Telefonos del Norte has selected its satellite communications platform as the standard for a new high-speed, cost effective broadband service for consumers and businesses across Central America. The new service will initially focus on Telefonos del Norte's customers in Guatemala, many in locations with inadequate terrestrial infrastructure. The network will be built on iDirect's Series 15000 universal hub and Series 3100 remote routers. |
| 01/17/08 | Phoenix Wireless ISP Provides High-Speed Internet Access for 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction
MetroBridge Networks International Inc. (TSX-V: MEB), a premier high-speed wireless broadband provider for business with operations in Canada and the United States, is pleased to announce that it has been chosen as the internet access provider for the 37th Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. |
| 01/17/08 | Research Says Number of Worldwide Broadband Wireless Mobile Workers to Reach 1 Billion by 2011
Pressure on companies to provide work/life balance programs for employees combined with advances in mobile technologies is increasing the number of mobile workers in the U.S. and around the world. By year-end 2011, IDC expects nearly 75% of the U.S. workforce will be mobile. |
| 01/17/08 | Clearwire and Google Collaborate to Offer Search and Communications Tools
Clearwire Corporation (NASDAQ: CLWR) announced it is teaming up with Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to deliver the company's popular Google Apps communication suite to Clearwire customers. Clearwire will begin migrating its current customers to Gmail and Google Calendar in the first half of this year. In addition, Clearwire customers will also have access to Google Talk. |
| 01/17/08 | Rapid Link Expands Non Line of Site Wireless Broadband Network
Rapid Link, Inc. (OTCBB: RPID) announced the successful deployment of Motorola's latest non line of site technology in Amador County, CA, enhancing their existing coverage area and bringing broadband connectivity to more customers. |
| 01/17/08 | TeraGo Networks Reaches 3,500 Broadband Wireless Subscribers
TeraGo Networks Inc., a leading national wireless broadband service provider announced a market expansion milestone reaching 40 major markets in Canada as a result of its successful, post-IPO growth strategy. TeraGo's recent expansion into the local economies of Surrey and Burnaby, B.C., Aurora, Ont. and Laval East and Longueuil, Que., enables the company's national IP network to serve more businesses in growing markets. |
| 01/11/08 | One Ring Networks to Rollout New WiMAX Service in Atlanta
One Ring Networks announced that it will be launching WiMAX service in the Atlanta Metro area using licensed spectrum it was recently granted. The grant which gives One Ring access to 50Mhz of spectrum between 3650Mhz and 3700Mhz has favorable propagation characteristics. WiMAX is a wireless technology which allows broad coverage with data-rich connectivity unlike Wi-Fi which is unlicensed and limited to small hot-spots. |
| 12/21/07 | POSDATA and KT Draw Up Plans to Establish a "Mobile WiMAX Town" in Pohang City
Mobile WiMAX, a next-generation telecommunications service currently being offered in the Seoul metropolitan area, will be expanded to Pohang, a thriving city of 500,000 people in the south of Korean peninsula. |
| 12/21/07 | Towerstream Launches New Promotional Offering for its Mid-Range Wireless Broadband Solution
Towerstream (Nasdaq: TWER) announced a new promotion for its mid-range wireless broadband solution. Now, new customers signing up for service can access 4-8 mbps of bandwidth for just $1,000 a month - with no set-up fees. The promotion is currently running and is optimized for businesses looking for more robust bandwidth offerings will full support for voice, video and data traffic. |
| 12/19/07 | Research Reports Mobile Wireless Networks Will Need to Increase Spending from $14 Billion in 2007 to $23 Billion in 2012 to Keep Up with User Video Demands
Service provider testing shows that end-user data rates and the number of active subscribers served per sector vary greatly, based on the backhaul technology employed. For example, as T1 reaches near capacity, the network performance degrades by over 40%. But some operators believe that traffic usage is bursty, so a single T1 is sufficient to support a 3G cell site backhaul. |
| 12/19/07 | Motorola Continues WiMAX Leadership in 2007 With 802.16e Network Deployments, Devices, and Historic Mobile WiMAX Handoffs
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) issued a year-end update on its wi4 WiMAX solutions and customer engagements. During 2007 Motorola increased to 15 its number of contracts for commercial WiMAX networks and demonstrated the historic first live mobile WiMAX 802.16e handoffs between continuous WiMAX cells supporting voice, data and multimedia applications during WiMAX World USA in Chicago. |
| 12/19/07 | In-Stat Reports North American PC Users Increase Usage, Want More Mobility Americans Viewing Their Computer Screens More Than 48 Hours a Week; Want More Wireless Internet Access and Peripheral Services Via WiMAX, LTE and EVDO
Consumers' usages of PCs and purchasing patterns continue to evolve, according to a survey of North American PC users, reports In-Stat. Key findings in the In-Stat survey include a rise in the number of hours consumers use PCs and a desire for increased mobility, the high-tech market research firm says. |
| 12/19/07 | Portugal Wireless Internet Service Provider Selects Vendor for New Point-to-Point Wireless Backhaul Equipment
Harris Stratex Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: HSTX), the leading independent supplier of turnkey wireless transmission solutions, has been selected by Sonaecom, a leading communications service provider, to connect base station transceivers across northern Portugal. The deal will see the deployment of Harris Stratex Networks' Eclipse nodal wireless networking platform, and also includes a range of professional services, including network design, site surveys, installation, commissioning and training. |
| 12/18/07 | German Wireless ISP Launches Commercial VoIP Service via WiMAX Wireless Broadband Network
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that NeckarCom Telekommunikation GmbH, an innovative German telecommunications provider, has launched its commercial Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service following the successful implementation earlier this year of a WiMAX network in the Ulm region of Germany by Motorola. The flexibility of the Motorola WiMAX solution has enabled NeckarCom to easily integrate all of its current standard voice services across the WiMAX network and offer a new combined voice and data solution, quickly and effectively. |
| 12/13/07 | Research Reports that Proxim Wireless Leads in Marketshare for the Broadband Municipal Wireless Mesh Network Industry
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that it has achieved unit share leadership for the Wi-Fi mesh market in the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) and Rest of World (ROW) geographies, according to the Dell'Oro Group's Wi-Fi mesh market share report for the third quarter of 2007. |
| 12/13/07 | WiMAX Research Shows that Sprint's Stockholders Were Fools to Oust Gary Forsee's Vision of Broadband Wireless Technology that is Far Superior to 3G
Juniper Research, in a new report, forecasts that Mobile WiMAX 802.16e will begin to take off over the 2010 to 2013 period, exceeding 80 million mobile subscribers globally by 2013. Sprint would have been on the leading edge of the new wireless broadband revoluation if it weren't for stockholder's unfounded fears. With 190 MHz of MMDS spectrum in the United States, Sprint was positioned perfectly to offer broadband wireless services that will never ever be possible using "slower than molasses 3G technology" for wireless data transfer. |
| 12/13/07 | NewMarket Technology, Inc. Continues Momentum with Innovative Municipal Wireless Broadband Contract in Brazil
NewMarket Technology, Inc. (OTCBB: NMKT) announced a contract with Associcao Paranaense De Cultura (APC) to deliver a municipal broadband wireless solution to Curitiba University and the surrounding neighborhoods. The APC is a Brazilian company that manages universities, hospitals and radio stations. The contract between APC and NewMarket is intended to build the Curitiba solution as a pilot to be subsequently expanded to additional cities throughout the Brazilian state of Parana. |
| 12/12/07 | MTI Wireless Edge Combines 4.9GHz and 5.8GHz to Broadband Antennas for Both WiMAX and Homeland Security Applications
MTI Wireless Edge announced that they have combined a number of their 5.15-5.875GHz antennas for WiMAX and fixed broadband licensed exempt applications with their 4.9-5.1GHz antennas for Homeland Security applications into one broadband 4.9-5.875GHz antennas product line. |
| 12/10/07 | Tracking Vehicles and People with Broadband Wireless Technology Will Generate More Than $3.3 Billion Euros in Western Europe by 2012
In a new report on tracking and navigation LBS (Location Based Services) Juniper Research has estimated that revenues from wireless tracking services in Western Europe are expected to reach nearly 3.3 billion euros by 2012. The study explains how this will driven by two key factors -- the need to improve business efficiency and concerns over personal safety. |
| 12/10/07 | University of South Alabama to Deploy 74 HiPath Remote IP Wireless Broadband Access Points and More than 9,000 Mobile Wireless IP Digital Telephones
Siemens Communications announced that the University of South Alabama selected authorized Siemens HiPath reseller, Black Box Network Services (Nasdaq: BBOX ), to deploy an IP-based unified communications solution. The new open communications infrastructure offers the university's faculty, students and staff the benefits of unified communications, such as increased collaboration, productivity and acceleration of operational processes. The solution also enables the university to use its existing infrastructure, while enhancing it with optimized VoIP capability. |
| 12/10/07 | SupportSoft Prevents Piggy-Back Theft of Wireless Broadband Service in the UK
Households with unsecured wireless broadband Internet make up around half of total wireless broadband users in the UK. Those without proper security on their network are vulnerable not only to piggy-backing, but to hackers who can access bank details, passwords and personal information. Consequences of these actions include identity theft as well as unauthorised spending on credit and debit cards. SupportSoft's SmartAccess software is rescuing wireless broadband Internet users by automatically setting up their home security configurations, thereby minimising their exposure to fraud. |
| 12/10/07 | Nextlink Selects Ericsson for Wireless Broadband Network Equipment and Services
Nextlink Wireless, Inc. announced an agreement to use Ericsson's microwave radio transmission solutions and professional services to support the build out of mobile backhaul networks in the United States. |
| 12/07/07 | Renowned Security Authority, Richard A. Clarke, Joins AirPatrol Corporation's Board of Directors
AirPatrol Corporation announced that Richard A. Clarke, an internationally recognized expert on homeland and cyber security issues, has joined its Board of Directors. Mr. Clarke has served the last three Presidents as a senior White House Advisor and is a highly acclaimed specialist on a range of issues including corporate risk management, information security technology, Federal Government IT issues and counterterrorism. |
| 12/07/07 | NextPhase Wireless Expands Offerings With Addition of High Capacity Service Plans Over Licensed Wireless Spectrum
NextPhase Wireless, Inc. (OTCBB: NPHS) announced the availability of a new range of high capacity service plans utilizing licensed wireless spectrum. The Company is currently focused on marketing these new plans to the multi-tenant unit (MTU) and wireless local loop backhaul markets, in addition to key vertical markets including education and entertainment. |
| 12/03/07 | First Mile Communications 'Lights' New Broadband Wireless Point-to-Multipoint Hub Site in Buckhead
First Mile Communications, a provider of high-speed wireless Internet access, announced the expansion of its metro Ethernet service into Buckhead, Atlanta's preeminent business district. The company uses the latest in fixed wireless technology in conjunction with Southern Telecom, a subsidiary of Southern Company. |
| 12/03/07 | California K-12 Districts Receives Green Light to Purchase Trillion Wireless WAN and VoIP Services with California Teleconnect Fund (CTF) Discounts
Trillion announced it was issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity by the California Public Utilities Commission. This is necessary for a provider to become an eligible vendor under the California Teleconnect Fund (CTF). The CTF funds enable eligible K-12 districts in California to purchase Trillion Broadband Wide Area Network services, Voice over IP telephony services and Internet services at a 50% discount or more. |
| 11/30/07 | Aguascalientes Signs $2-Million Purchase Order for 2.4GHz Broadband Wireless Network in Mexico
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT) has received a $2-million purchase order from Canadian customer FaciNet Enterprise Inc. for its 2.4GHz wireless broadband network in Aguascalientes, Ags, Mexico, scheduled deliveries to commence in Q1 2008. |
| 11/29/07 | ICT Announces Wi-Fi/WiMAX Voice and Data Platform for 3G Cell Phones
This ICT Product Development Group's project, code named the "Cannes Project" enables users to send voice and data from any broadband device anywhere in the world without using cellular plan minutes and not requiring a cellular carrier wherever Wi-Fi/WiMAX is present. Connection to non-broadband mobile devices and landlines are projected to be at a 60% reduced cost over present mobile, VoIP and telecom carriers. |
| 11/29/07 | Chowan University Selects Aruba for New Campus-Wide Broadband Wireless Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Chowan University has selected Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and user-centric networks for its 300 acre Murfreesboro, North Carolina campus. Founded in 1848 by North Carolina Baptists and named to honor the Native American Algonquin Chowanook tribe, the university supports approximately 1,000 students and features a campus-wide fiber optic network. |
| 11/27/07 | DigitalBridge Communications and Eastern Idaho Sports Network Launch Local Sports Webcasts Via WiMAX
DigitalBridge Communications Corp., the leading WiMAX service provider in the Intermountain West, is proud to announce a partnership with Eastern Idaho Sports Network to enable exclusive live Web coverage of high school sports in Eastern Idaho. |
| 11/27/07 | Public Safety Spectrum Trust to Manage Nationwide 700MHz Broadband Wireless Public Safety Network
The Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corporation (PSST), a non-profit established by national public safety leadership to oversee the creation of a nationwide wireless broadband network for public safety, was selected by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to be the Public Safety Broadband Licensee (PSBL). |
| 11/27/07 | MTN Picks Redline's RedMAX Products for Its WiMAX Broadband Wireless Network in Cameroon
Redline Communications Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that MTN Cameroon, a subsidiary of the MTN Group, a multinational telecommunications group operating in 21 countries in Africa and the Middle East, has chosen Redline's WiMAX Forum Certified RedMAX products for its 12-city WiMAX network. |
| 11/27/07 | Conterra Ultra Broadband and CellularOne of Arizona Announce Joint Effort to Eliminate the Digital Divide on the Navajo Nation
Conterra Ultra Broadband, LLC. and CellularOne of Arizona announced the creation of a joint marketing and engineering effort; partnering with the Navajo Nation to deliver the largest broadband and wirelesss data transport effort across their tribal lands. |
| 11/27/07 | Alltel Offers EVDO Wireless Broadband to Mankato and Nearby Communities
Continuing to expand its wireless data network for mobile professionals and consumers, Alltel Wireless has launched broadband Wireless Internet service in Mankato and surrounding communities in Minnesota and Iowa. Wireless Internet uses next generation EVDO (evolution data optimized) technology that provides customers with unlimited wireless access to the Internet at speeds comparable to wired broadband connections such as cable modem or DSL. |
| 11/27/07 | MTS Ukraine Launches Wireless Broadband Network Using Alcatel-Lucent's CDMA/EV-DO Revision A Solution
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) announced that MTS Ukraine has launched its commercial wireless broadband network using third-generation (3G) CDMA2000 1xEV-DO Revision A (Rev. A) equipment supplied by Alcatel-Lucent. The new network, deployed in the 450 MHz spectrum band, is providing MTS Ukraine's subscribers in major Ukrainian cities with a wide variety of 3G mobile data services such as enhanced multimedia messaging, and audio and video streaming. |
| 11/26/07 | AT&T Taps HSDPA Technology to Upgrade Broadband Wireless Bandwidth in New York Area
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T ) has announced that customers who live and travel through New York City and northern New Jersey now have more options in how, when and where they can access the Internet, use e-mail or view a variety of entertainment services. |
| 11/20/07 | Max Telecom Deploys Wireless Broadband Point-to-Multipoint LMDS Network in Bulgaria
Hughes Network Systems, LLC announced that it has signed a contract with Max Telecom of Bulgaria to provide the AIReach AB9400 point-to-multipoint LMDS broadband wireless system. |
| 11/19/07 | Trango Broadband Helps Sky Valley Network Rebuild after Damage from San Diego Wildfires
Trango Broadband Wireless announced that it has donated wireless broadband radios, antennas and other equipment to Sky Valley Network of Ramona, CA, a high-speed wireless internet service provider whose broadband wireless network was damaged during the recent Witch Creek fire in the San Diego area, where they serve businesses and rural residential customers. |
| 11/15/07 | Worldwide Telecom Industry Growing Ten Percent Annually, Revenues Expected to Reach $2.7 Trillion by 2013, says Insight Research Corp.
Global telecommunications industry services revenue will reach $1.7 trillion by the close of 2008, with continued strong growth in wireless leading the way, says a new market analysis report from The Insight Research Corporation. According to the new industry market study, overall telecommunications services revenues are expected to grow at a compounded rate of nearly 10.3 percent over the next few years, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2013. Wireless makes the strongest showing across all sectors while wire line follows a distant second. Nearly all of the growth in both sectors is expected to occur in broadband services, with wireless broadband service revenues expected to grow at a compounded rate of more than 70 percent over the forecast period, while wire line broadband services grow at under 10 percent over the same forecast horizon. |
| 11/15/07 | MetroBridge Networks Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
MetroBridge Networks International Inc. (TSX-V: MEB), a premier high-speed wireless broadband provider for business with operations in Canada and the United States, today announced results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2007. All figures in Canadian Dollars unless otherwise stated. |
| 11/15/07 | Siemens HiPath Broadband Wireless Network |
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