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FierceWiFi April 26, 2006
- Pioneering muni-WiFi's early struggles
- Motorola to offer downloadable support for 802.11s
- Trend: Handsets will be doing more with more
- WiMAX Watch: Broadband in Africa
- 802.16e revenues to reach $53B by 2011
- SPOTLIGHT: More draft-n products
- ALSO NOTED: Intel, PacNet team to deploy 802.16e in Singapore; AdventNet releases version 4.3 of ManageEngine WiFi Manager; and
Pioneering muni-WiFi's early struggles
The city of St. Cloud, FL, launched what analysts say is the country's first free citywide WiFi network. These analysts may have their own definition of "free," but residents of this 28,000-person Orlando suburb are still paying to use their own Internet service providers as dead spots and weak signals keep some residents offline and force engineers to retool the free system. St. Cloud is a small town, but the troubles with the small town's big Internet project may hold lessons for …
Motorola to offer downloadable support for 802.11s
Motorola has a leading position in the mesh networking universe, so it is important to note that the company said its MeshConnex technology will add support for the final IEEE 802.11s meshing standard through an over-the-air software download. The 802.11s standard aims to define common features and ensure interoperability among mesh equipment vendors. Motorola has been a contributor to the 802.11s mesh standard and is active in the deliberations of the IEEE ESS Mesh Networking Task Group …
Trend: Handsets will be doing more with more
Doing more with less is the motto of the frugal set, but in the handset market they will be doing more with more. A new report from the Linley Group says the next-generation of feature phones and smart phones will deliver advanced functionality using highly integrated, complex chips which include application processors and baseband functions, often on the same device, and multimedia engines and other handset interfaces. These advanced processors will allow newer phones to play 3D games, …
WiMAX Watch: Broadband in Africa
What is it they said about the missionaries who went to Africa to do good, and did very well? The same may eventually be said of WiMAX service providers. For now, Malcolm Brew, technical director of Uganda-based Bushnet, says: "There is no such thing as the digital divide in Africa... All the technology, like GPRS, is already here. Where there is a divide is in the content that is available to users." Bushnet provides wireless connections to users in Uganda and is considered a pioneer in …
802.16e revenues to reach $53B by 2011
Follow the money. WiMAX services will generate $53 billion in mobile revenue in 2011 and will generate $65 billion in mobile capital expenditures between now and then. These are the conclusions of a new report from TelecomView. The report analyzes the market for 3G and WiMAX in mobile networks with forecasts through 2011, along with a business case which illustrates the benefits of WiMAX architecture in high-speed mobile networks.
"We forecast that WiMAX will account for at least …
SPOTLIGHT: More draft-n products
Linksys is showing its draft 802.11n wireless products, based on the IEEE draft 802.11n standard, thus joining Netgear and Buffalo Technology as vendors with draft-n products. Linksys said its Wireless-N Broadband Router (WRT300N, about $150) and Notebook Adapter (WPC300N, about $120) are available at BestBuy.com, with other locations to be available shortly. The company says the new equipment offers up to four times the range and up to 12 times the throughput of its wireless-g products. …
ALSO NOTED: Intel, PacNet team to deploy 802.16e in Singapore; AdventNet releases version 4.3 of ManageEngine WiFi Manager; and
> Intel and Pacific Internet (PacNet), a large Asia-Pacific ISP, have teamed up to deploy a 802.16e-based network in Singapore. Article
> AdventNet announced support for more than 70 models of APs, with the release of version 4.3 of ManageEngine WiFi Manager. Report