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Commercial UWB in Korea
Ultrawide band (UWB) has known its ups and downs (mostly downs), so this must surely be good news for a technology which came on the scene with a splash more than three years ago, but as was the case with the Brazilian soccer team during the World Cup, never quite managed to deliver on that early promise.
The good news has to do with the distribution later this year by the Korean government of UWB frequency. The move will spur greater interest in semiconductor development by both …
Will AMD emulate Intel's Centrino strategy?
The ongoing tussle between chip makers AMD and Intel reminds us of a chihuahua chewing on your ankle: It will not bring you down, but it is an irritant which just will not let go. The acquisition by AMD of Canadian graphic chip maker ATI for $5.4 billion is another indication that AMD is not going to let go.
The question in wireless circles is whether or not this move by AMD is a hint that the company is about to emulate its rival's Centrino strategy by next acquiring a small …
Ofcom mulls increasing WiFi power
The shape of things to come? U.K. telecommunication regulator Ofcom is mulling raising the power limits of WiFi, and the industry welcomes the idea. Hot zone operators, especially, see the contemplated change as giving a mighty boost to the businesses. Ofcom says its proposal was driven by the need to improve spectrum efficiency by broadening the range of devices operating in the spectrum, and by the need to make broadband more available in rural areas. The agency estimates that about 3 …
Mobile WiMAX to leap-frog fixed version
Mobile WiMAX, when it comes around, will leap-frog fixed WiMAX technology, says a new report from Juniper Research. The report says mobile WiMAX will grow from 1.7 million subscribers in 2007 to 21.3 million by 2012. Juniper analyst Aditya Kaul said he anticipates that "although fixed and mobile WiMAX were developed with a complimentary eye to serving different markets, the services they offer will inevitably become intertwined, creating complimentary as well as competing …
Nokia in UMA-WLAN trial
This may bring a cheer to Finnish hearts as they get set for another long arctic winter: Nokia has launched what must be the first public trial of UMA over WLAN in the Finnish city of Oulu. Fifty or so families in the city will be testing the new system, using the Nokia 6136 mobile device. The 6136 allows for seamless handover from GSM to WLAN networks.
UMA allows the device to make calls through WiFi networks rather than having to communicate with a base station. This is not only …
SPOTLIGHT: Not ready for prime time
Every couple of years or so a story appears about a scientist who has just succeeded in creating cold fusion. The news is received with a sense of hope and enthusiasm--perhaps, at last, the process of creating cheap, abundant and clean energy has been mastered. Alas, within a couple of days we also find that this has been yet another hoax, and we all go back to consuming oil and coal. There is another kind of fusion--between VoWiFi and cellular technologies--which also holds much …
ALSO NOTED: Ruckus shows network gateway; FCC releases list of bidders; and much more...
> Ruckus shows gateway which bridges metro-scale network into the home. Press release
> Losing sleep over the August 9 FCC AWS auction? The agency has just released the list of 168 qualified bidders. Press release
> Netgear shows good numbers: Net revenue for Q2, which ended July 2, was $130.7 million, a 21.5 …