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FierceWiFi January 4, 2006
- WiMax arrives in Russia
- Trend: The emergence of smart WiFi
- Metric: Asia-Pacific WiFi market to grow rapidly
- More UK cities to have blanket WiFi coverage
- Motorola's dual-mode phone allows users more control
- SPOTLIGHT: See mom, no cables
- ALSO NOTED: Ruckus demos streaming over WiFi; Azaire Networks joins WiMax Forum; and much more...
WiMax arrives in Russia
From Russia with love: Airspan Networks has deployed the first-ever Russian WiMax network for MetroMAX. MetroMAX was established in 2005 by private investors to build and operate an IP-based voice and data network in the Samara region of Russia. More than 3 million people reside in the region, which covers about 536,000 sq. km. Samara is an oil producing and refining area, but here is a paradox: The region's GNP per capita is more than 30 percent above the Russian national average, but …
Trend: The emergence of smart WiFi
The growing popularity of WiFi is not an accidental. It is a cheap networking solution which does away with cabling and other hassles. When it comes to more demanding tasks such as streaming videos, however, WiFi in its current state may be less than ideal. There are several reasons for this. WiFi was developed for delay-tolerant data applications, and it relies on higher level TCP protocols for error correction and packet retransmissions. WiFi is also a shared medium which …
Metric: Asia-Pacific WiFi market to grow rapidly
The WiFi market in the Asia-Pacific region will grow to $1.29 billion in 2010, up from $213.2 million in 2004, says a recent In-Stat study. Wireless service providers in South Korea, Taiwan, Japan and China expanded their hotspot coverage, and they are planning to expand it even more. Still, In-Stat's Bryan Wang points out that WiFi roll out in Asia has been "inconsistent," saying there is a need "for a proven successful business model for WiFi technology to fit into the telcos' existing …
More UK cities to have blanket WiFi coverage
The Cloud will bring high-speed wireless Web access to eight U.K. cities and a few London boroughs. The first phase of the project will be completed by March 2006. Residents of Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Oxford, as well as the London boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea, Camden and Islington, will be the first to be covered by the new system. The networks are built by The Cloud and will be open to any ISP wanting to offer the service to …
Motorola's dual-mode phone allows users more control
Motorola used the 2006 Consumer Electronics Show to unveil a new Motorola Residential Seamless Mobility Gateway (RSG). The point: It takes WiFi-to-cellular handover control out of the hands of the carrier and gives it to the consumer. The company's RSG family includes an 802.11b/g wireless AP, a four-port router and a built-in VoIP adapter. When used with a dual-mode handset, these will allow the hotspot to seamlessly transfer voice calls between the home WLAN and the cellular …
SPOTLIGHT: See mom, no cables
Freescale yesterday unveiled its strategy for a wireless version of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) using UWB technology, backed by the first UWB products from Belkin and Gefen. The two peripheral manufacturers backed Freescale's new CableFree USB initiative, Freescale's response to the Wireless USB moniker adopted by the competing and incompatible Intel-backed UWB initiative. The Wireless USB coalition will use this year's CES to announce new products, but Belkin and Gefen moved first with UWB-based USB hubs. Article
ALSO NOTED: Ruckus demos streaming over WiFi; Azaire Networks joins WiMax Forum; and much more...
> STMicroelectronics shows innovative technologies for convergence applications for Wireless Home Networks. Article
> Toshiba's latest silicon germanium (SIGe) BiCMOS power amplifier is designed for use in the 1.9 GHz to 2.5 GHz band applications, which includes WLAN and Bluetooth. …