Archive for October, 2008

Cox to launch its own wireless service

Posted by Slash on October 27th, 2008

Cable TV provider Cox Communications Inc. is set to announce Monday that it plans to have its own cellular network up and running next year, a move that intensifies cable’s competition with phone companies. Originally Syndicated via RSS from MSNBC.com: Wireless

Ubiquiti Networks debuts The Bullet – a real game-changer product for the BWIA industry. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX News

Comment On David Isenbert's Beyond White Spaces Article

Posted by Slash on October 23rd, 2008

My comments in response to a recent David Isenberg article – Beyond White Spaces. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX News

Prepaid cell plans for Web, e-mail proliferate

Posted by Slash on October 23rd, 2008

You don’t have to buy an iPhone or BlackBerry, along with a contract and monthly data plan, to get e-mail and Web surfing on a cell phone. A growing number of prepaid cell phone plans offer Web and e-mail service as add-ons.  Originally Syndicated via RSS from MSNBC.com: Wireless

Salvation Army tries text donations in Ohio

Posted by Slash on October 22nd, 2008

A pilot program will allow Ohioans to donate to the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign this holiday season by sending a text message to a number posted near 80 kettles in the Columbus area. Originally Syndicated via RSS from MSNBC.com: Wireless

BWIA Things I Wish For

Posted by Slash on October 22nd, 2008

Some ruminations about how BWIA is empowering a pronounced shift of how content and services are being used. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX News

WiMAX Carrier Grade Networks

Posted by Slash on October 20th, 2008

Royal Resorts Group’s New Carrier-Grade Wireless Network Supports High Speed Wi-Fi, Resortwide Video Security and POS System – With wireless internet access continuing to lead the list of must-have amenities for both business and leisure travelers, hotels and resorts are constantly looking for ways to improve their wireless services while reducing their operating costs. Originally [...]

Shocking – Television Broadcasters Oppose White Spaces

Posted by Slash on October 20th, 2008

NAB has filed an "Emergency Request" with the FCC regarding "White Spaces" after the release of a recent FCC report. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX News

Baycom Aquires TheGlobalNet – WISP Consolidation

Posted by Slash on October 17th, 2008

I reprint an interesting press release about a growing Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service Provider in Wisconsin, and briefly discuss why this particular development is notable. Originally Syndicated via RSS from Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) / WiMAX News

FCC’s broadband overhaul may raise bills

Posted by Slash on October 16th, 2008

The nation’s top telecommunications regulator wants to overhaul the fees that phone companies pay each other to connect calls and the fund that subsidizes phone service in underserved areas. Supporters say the reforms will help bring broadband to places that lack high-speed Internet, but consumer advocates question how much the plan will raise phone bills. [...]