Verizon Test WiMAX Test Sprint held a happy hour last night to show off the WiMAX launch in here Austin, Texas, so I wandered over for some BBQ and broadband. I want to love WiMAX, but I can’t get excited about the promise of upload speeds of some 400 kilobits per second, which are only a wee [...]
Deutsche Telekom has made little secret this year of the fact that its American wireless unit is on thin ice; whether that's a result of poor coverage, a failure to keep pace technologically, weak spectrum allocation, or a combination thereof is a source of endless debate, but none of it is stopping T-Mobile USA from pushing forward aggressively with a nationwide 21Mbps HSPA+ rollout in 2010 . Of...
Lenovo will offer Qualcomm's latest Gobi multimode 3G (third-generation) mobile data chipset on ThinkPad laptops, allowing users to connect to the world's two major types of 3G networks and use assisted GPS for location-based services. Gobi, which hit the market last year, includes both HSPA (High-Speed Packet Access) and EV-DO (Evolution-Data Optimized) technology in one chipset, along with GPS (Global...
Leading 4G chip maker Sequans Communications has apparently raised funding for their LTE development program from both Motorola Ventures and Alcatel-Lucent and existing investors according to an article posted on earth times. Sequans Communications is a leader in WiMAX solutions and has stated their intention to develop WiMAX and LTE solution in parallel. Sequans CEO, Georges [...]
The Mangrove Windows Mobile tablet takes on a 7-inch display that puts it squarely into the mobile internet devices (MID) category complete with 3G, WiFi, and Windows Mobile 6.5.1 that turns the soft button menus into pictures and icons for easy access! We've previously talked about Windows Mobile 6.5.1 making things a bit more finger-friendly, and Brandon had demoed the leaked ROM on some devices,...
LONGMONT, Colo., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Broadband network technology developer RidgeviewTel, in partnership with StarNet LLC, has secured the assets of the Longmont, Colo. wireless mesh network. This Wi-Fi network, one of the largest mesh networks in the country, currently serves 600 customers and supports over 2,000 devices, which access the network daily. Network upgrades and improvements have begun...
ASHBURN, Va., Nov. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- DigitalBridge Communications Corp. (DBC), the leading private operator of WiMAX 4G broadband networks in underserved and rural America, announced today that it has completed an additional round of equity financing, including an investment from Schurz Communications, that will join next-generation communications with high-quality content for potentially millions...
We have a Tata Indicom WIMAX connection 384 kbps unlimited plan.....The Download speed varied from 40-50 kbps:) 2 days back we wanted to connect 2 PCs( one laptop and one desktop ) to the same internet through a switch and so we contacted the customer care so make our ports from 1 to 2 so that 2...
During GreenBeat 2009’s International breakout panel, examining Smart Grid development on the global level, the prevalent theme was consumer engagement: in a regulated environment, like the U.K., how do you engage the consumer? How do you get them to change their behavior? According to Ray Bell of WiMax for Smart Grid company Grid Net , it’s really about service. Cleaner energy, he claims,...
WiMAX Goes to the Olympics – Nov 17, 2009 (Wi-fi Planet) Visitors to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada will be able to connect their WiMAX-enabled laptops to the Internet to check results and stream video of events using a new mobile WiMAX service that Craig Wireless Systems Ltd. is launching in January. Key Industry [...] Going WiMax , the premier website in the industry for...
Malaysian WiMAX license holder, YTL Communications says that it has signed a 15-year Wholesale Ethernet Service and Master Tenancy for Infrastructure Sharing Agreement with Telekom Malaysia (TM).
ASUS has introduced its new stylish, compact and ultra-slim 13.3″ notebook – ASUS UL30Vt (the successor to ASUS UL30), which features the ground-breaking ASUS Turbo33 technology for 33% faster performance, and ASUS GraphiX Boost technology for switchable graphics, based on newest Windows 7 operating system. Key features and specifications of ASUS UL30Vt: 13.3-inch Color-Shine (Glare-type)...
You can’t accuse Qualcomm of not looking ahead. While their Snapdragon chipset was in strong attendance at their London event today, they were also rolling out some particularly impressive predictions for the future of mobile chipsets. Qualcomm expect the mobile chipsets of 2011 to 2013 to be capable of gaming performance on a par with the Xbox 360 and Sony PS3, thanks to a new breed of dual-CPU...
We’d forgive you for having forgotten about C-motech’s Mangrove UMPC ; after all, the market for a 7-inch touchscreen tablet running Windows Mobile 6.5 is hardly vast. Still, we were interested to see the unit at Qualcomm’s event today, though its tubby form-factor was a whole lot less impressive when sat next to the Quanta Android Smartbook . Being based on the 1GHz Snapdragon chipset,...
French WiMax chip supplier Sequans Communications SA (La Défense, France) announced that Alcatel-Lucent and Motorola Ventures, the investment arm of Motorola, led a round of financing to foster the company's Long Term Evolution (LTE) development program. Financial details remained undisclosed.
Dell’s further segmenting the notebook with E Classic, E Video and E Video+, which has more RAM, flash storage, webcam and Bluetooth. E Slim will get WiMax shortly after its original release date as well. The smaller Dell E looks to start at $299 in August, whereas the E Slim still has no price, but is supposed to hit August-September. The system has 3 USB ports, a card reader, VGA out, Ethernet,