Archive for March, 2008

Ricochet's Corpse Finally Stops Twitching

Posted by Slash on March 31st, 2008

This note posted on the Ricochet home page: Civitas Wireless Solutions, LLC regrets to announce we will be ceasing to operate the Ricochet® wireless network in the Denver metropolitan area effective March 28th, 2008. The Denver system was the last gasp of Ricochet, having arranged a very low-cost operating agreement in return for providing reasonable-speed [...]

(Update - McIntyre replied -see the comments.) I'm still wrapping things up here on BWIA / WiMAX News, and one thing left undone was to clean out the comments that I hadn't yet "moderated", which were mostly comment spam messages. Unfortunately, there was one compelling comment from February 2nd that I meant to approve, then [...]

(I sure hope that this conference will be recorded and made publicly available. Hearing Marcus talk about his role, and his hopes for Part 15.247 would be fascinating! - SKS) Drew Clark posting to the Cybertelecom List: I'm writing to call your attention to an important conference on Friday, April 4, about the genesis of [...]

Wi-Fi Analyzer

Posted by Slash on March 31st, 2008

BVS Unveils Yellowjacket 802.11 Wi-Fi Analzyer at CTIA 2008 with 802.11n Support - March 31, 2008
Berkeley Varitronics Systems, Inc. is proud to unveil the latest Yellowjacket 802.11b/a/n/g Wi-Fi receiver now supporting (2) powerful new features including 802.11n analysis at this year’s CTIA Expo.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from WiMAX Industry News

WiMAX Frequency Coverage

Posted by Slash on March 31st, 2008

DragonWave Expands Frequency Coverage To Support Carrier Ethernet Services In More Global Markets - March 31, 2008
DragonWave Inc. today announced that it has expanded its coverage to include the 6 to 8 GHz range of licensed radio frequencies. This enhanced frequency coverage on the Horizon Compact product dramatically improves…
Originally Syndicated via RSS from WiMAX Industry [...]

WiMAX Convergence Solutions

Posted by Slash on March 31st, 2008

Mavenir Systems and GENBAND Collaborate on Innovative Network Convergence Solutions - March 31, 2008
Mavenir Systems and GENBAND Inc. today announced they are collaborating on joint convergence solutions to assist operators to rapidly deploy new multimedia services over all devices and offer next generation services utilizing existing legacy infrastructure.
Originally Syndicated via RSS from WiMAX Industry News

As an additional "wrapping things up" article, I wrote one of my last articles on Independent Clearwire Blog - Getting Mobile WiMAX In The US - Clearwire And Sprint Need Help. It kind of ties things up as my most likely scenario for "better-than-wireless-telephony" Broadband Wireless Internet Access in the US. Thanks, Steve
Originally Syndicated via [...]

73, and Thanks For All The Fish

Posted by Slash on March 28th, 2008

I wanted to take a moment to say 73 to the readers of BWIA News. (73 is Amateur Radio slang for "ending conversation, for now".) I've tried to make a go of being a knowledgeable, independent writer on the subject of Broadband Wireless Internet Access. I am blessed beyond imagining that my wonderful wife Tina [...]

The White Space Sucker Punch

Posted by Slash on March 28th, 2008

One of my favorite lines of all time is from a (original) Star Trek episode - (if memory serves, The Tholian Web) where Captain Kirk says (paraphrased) Yes, we have them right where they want us. I imagine Verizon Wireless and AT&T's smugness at "winning" the majority of the 700 MHz auctions last week evaporated [...]

Mobile WiMAX MIMO Solutions

Posted by Slash on March 25th, 2008

MTI Wireless Edge Announces New “Real Estate Friendly” Dual Slant Base Station Antennas for Mobile WiMAX MIMO Solutions - March 25, 2008
Following their announcement from last month about the CPE MIMO antennas solutions for WiMAX, MTI Wireless Edge today announced the introduction their new 65 degrees Dual Slant base station antennas for Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) [...]