Wireless Network | Wireless Networks News for 02/26/2010



Virgin Media to offer 100Mbps broadband
Virgin Media plans to roll out a broadband service that tops out at 100 megabits per second to residential customers by the end of the year...

How to protect yourself from identity theft during tax season
Approximately 155 million tax forms are filed annually. People need to understand that thieves are inventing new ways to steal identities each and every day...

Verizon Wireless' 3G Network Ready to Burn Bright in Florida Spring Break Hot Spots (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
When droves of college students from around the country hit Florida's spring break hot spots this year, they can count on the Verizon Wireless 3G network to handle their millions of voice calls, text and picture messages, downloads and more to stay in touch with friends at the next beach party or family back home...

Garrettsville, Ohio, Residents To Benefit From Verizon Wireless 3G Network Expansion (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Verizon Wireless, the wireless company with the largest 3G network, has activated a new cell site in Garrettsville, which enables more customers to use their wireless phones concurrently to make calls; send and receive email and text, picture and video messages; view high quality videos; access the Internet; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying clearer reception and fewer ...

Verizon Wireless Customers Most Loyal in the Industry - PR Newswire (press release)

Verizon Wireless Customers Most Loyal in the Industry
PR Newswire (press release)
To learn more about the Verizon Wireless network, visit: http://tinyurl.com/ky6bm Verizon Wireless was the first wireless provider to offer 3G speeds. .
Verizon expands 3G wireless network in San DiegoTrading Markets (press release)
Verizon Wireless Arms Itself to Meet Basketball Challenge in DallasTMCnet
Central RI Chamber's Leads Luncheon sponsored by VerizonProvidence Business News
Softpedia -New York Times (blog) -MarketWatch (press release)
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Home wireless network rules (Bradenton Herald)
Establishing a wireless network in your home requires a small investment and simple steps to secure the network. The convenience of accessing the Internet from multiple locations is worth the effort...

Palm shares continue slide after weak forecast
Shares of Palm Inc. continued their slide Friday, hurt by a sales forecast that cast doubt on prospects for its new smart phones in a fiercely competitive market...

Mobile software services company Bridgewater Systems reports Q4 profit . - Big Hollywood
THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA - Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) fourth-quarter net income grew to $2.5 million, as the supplier of technology for wireless networks benefited from increased usage of mobile data communication. Ottawa-based Bridgewater said ...

AT&T invests $15 million in Wyo network - Wyoming Business Report

AT&T invests $15 million in Wyo network
Wyoming Business Report
The wireless network's share of that investment was more than $3.4 million. The company plans to increase its infrastructure investment companywide by 5 to .
AT&T to expand, upgrade Miss. wireless network, 60 cell sites to be addedWREG
AT&T announces investment plans for Minnesota network for 2010Trading Markets (press release)
AT&T beefing up Kentucky networkBizjournals.com
PR Newswire (press release) -Ledger Independent -Stuttgart Daily Leader
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Free Press Release
Botwin Communications, an Atlanta based company providing business solutions for voice, data, digital surveillance, access control, and fiber optic connectivity, announced today, the creation of a new division called Wireless Networks ...

SMC Network Adapters » Blog Archive » SMC Networks SMCWCB-G .
Based on the IEEE 802.11g standard, the EZ Connect g Wireless Cardbus Adapter is 5 times faster than the widely used 802.11b wireless networking devices and is 100% compatible with existing 802.11b wireless networks. The SMCWCB-G is ...

Wireless networks detected? EUR Lex Ferenda
It formed part of the broader theme (which was amplified in contemporary press coverage) that wireless networks play an important social role in providing access to underserved groups and thinking about Internet use as something beyond ...

Race for the Last Mile
H.S. Bedi's Tulip Telecom became a success by targeting places too small for its larger competitors...

There was an audible ''click'' this week as Stephen Conroy fired off yet another empty chamber.
There was an audible ''click'' this week as Stephen Conroy fired off yet another empty chamber and, with a smirk, handed the pistol back to David Thodey...

Verizon Wireless Customers Most Loyal in the Industry
Verizon Wireless, provider of the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network, is also the leader in customer loyalty, reporting the lowest churn rate among the nation's largest wireless carriers in the fourth quarter of 2009...

Linksys Wireless N Router Network Sharing Device | ewirelessrouter.com
Broadband wired networks have existed for a long time, but it is only recently that wireless networks have begun to reach broadband speeds. However, their...

Will the iPhone 4G be available on the Verizon Wireless network? - iPhone FAQ (blog)

Product Reviews (blog)

Will the iPhone 4G be available on the Verizon Wireless network?
iPhone FAQ (blog)
It's likely Apple will wait for the deployment of next generation wireless networks (LTE) which will be standard between all of the major carriers except .
AT&T dusts rivals in 3G data speed, survey saysGeek.com
Sprint Can Still Have a ComebackMinyanville.com
AT&T faster than Verizon, Sprint in 3G wireless performance testUSA Today
NPR (blog) -CNNMoney.com -Wired News
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Clearwire Notches Subscriber Gains, 4Q Loss - InformationWeek

Multichannel News

Clearwire Notches Subscriber Gains, 4Q Loss
InformationWeek
The wireless carrier expects its 4G WiMax network to cover up to 120 million people by year end. By W. David Gardner Poised to aggressively roll out its 4G .
CORRECTED - OFFICIAL-UPDATE 2-Clearwire rev beats StreetReuters
Clearwire adds more subscribers, cuts lossesCNET
Clearwire: 2 Million Subs By End Of 2010Multichannel News
Financial Times -Wireless Week -Digitaltrends.com
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How to share files on a Wireless Network! - neowin.net
Some wireless routers can block wireless clients from talking to each other. Called different things on different routers - but quite often called AP Isolation. I would suggest you make sure you machines can ping each other for starters.. Make sure ...

Using Picasa on Multiple Computers - The Updated Definitive Guide
My 4-year old how-to guide, Picasa Photo Sync on Multiple Computers has attracted tens of thousands of viewers, and is still quite popular...

AirTies Enlists AcumenLink as US Partner To Deliver Its IPTV Set-Top Boxes Across America
AirTies, the innovative wireless home networking vendor, has today announced a strategic partnership with AcumenLink, to market and distribute its family of gateways and set-top boxes throughout the Americas, to those operators that wish to offer IPTV to their subscribers...

Palm CEO: We're Down, but Not Out
Once the purveyor of the world's most successful handheld devices, Palm has found itself in dire straits this week after an announcement that the company would not meet the financial guidance it had provided to Wall Street investors...

Harmonic's Rhozet Transcoding Selected for NBC's Broadband and . - StreamingMedia.com
Harmonic Inc. today announced that its Rhozet(TM) Carbon Coder(TM) universal media transcoding software was selected by NBC to prepare video-on-demand (VOD) content during the network's coverage of the XXI Olympic Winter Games from Vancouver ...

Home wireless network rules (Macon Telegraph)
Establishing a wireless network in your home requires a small investment and simple steps to secure the network. The convenience of accessing the Internet from multiple locations is worth the effort. To make use of wireless access to the Internet, there must be receiving capability in the computer, an access point and connection with an Internet Service Provider. New laptops include wireless ...

Testing 1, 2, 3: Palm Pre Plus 3G Mobile Hotspot - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Globe and Mail

Testing 1, 2, 3: Palm Pre Plus 3G Mobile Hotspot
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It can share its 3G Verizon data connection and create a wireless network for up to five devices, including laptops, gaming devices and even other smart .
Apps for Everyone on Palm(R) Pre(TM) Plus and Palm Pixi(TM) PlusReview seeker (press release) (subscription)
Palm: Well, Now What?Barron's (blog)
Apps for Everyone on Palm(R) Pre(TM) Plus and Palm Pixi(TM) PlusPR Newswire (press release)
Mediapost.com -ABC News -eWeek
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Unused Television Spectrum Could Deliver New Broadband Services - Government Technology
But the idea of using TV white spaces to create a web of wireless extension cords for local governments has its hang-ups. For one, the FCC hasn't yet released official rules for how municipalities can use white spaces. And contrary to networks owned ...

Pentagon issues new policy on social networking
WASHINGTON a ' The burning question in the hallways of the Pentagon: Will Adm. Michael G. Mullen have to take down his Facebook page? The Pentagon has launched a study designed to help craft new policies on how the military should use services such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook, defense officials announced Tuesday...

US to Auction Airwaves, Plan for Emergency Network - BusinessWeek

Boston Globe

US to Auction Airwaves, Plan for Emergency Network
BusinessWeek
The FCC and lawmakers want to close gaps in public-safety communications by creating a nationwide wireless network after incompatible systems hampered .
Free won't work; FCC wants $18B for public safety broadbandArs Technica
FCC to recommend Congress fund public safety networkWashington Post (blog)
FCC to auction wireless spectrumFinancial Times
PC World -InformationWeek -Urgent Communications
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Verizon-Skype Deal Underscores Wireless Evolution - Wall Street Journal

Product Reviews (blog)

Verizon-Skype Deal Underscores Wireless Evolution
Wall Street Journal
He believes the FCC will eventually make open access a requirement for every wireless network in the US "All spectrum will probably be open someday," Comack .
Residents in Green Meadows, Indiana, Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network .PR Newswire (press release)
Verizon Intros Hurricane Proof 'Super Switch'InformationWeek (blog)
If Skype And Verizon Sign Exclusive Agreement, Skype 3G Skips iPhone And AT&TSoft Sailor (blog)
Wireless and Mobile News (blog) -Wall Street Journal (blog) -FierceWireless
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Cablevision to test PC-to-TV service
With more people keen to watch finger-chomping siblings, evolving dance moves, and chuckling babies on their TVs, Cablevision is trying out a service that could help...

Los Angeles Times David Lazarus column: 'Up to' claims for Internet . - TMCnet
Feb 26, 2010 (Los Angeles Times - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) -- When it comes to high-speed Internet access, are you getting what you pay for? Venice resident Mike Mlikotin wanted to know what he was really being offered after ...

Five telecom rulings that will shape the industry
Last year there were a number of telecom rulings involving the CRTC, two of which involved the cabinet, which could have a lasting impact on the industry for years...

Wi-Fi at the Speed of Light | Tea Break
Companies such as Intel, InterDigital, Siemens, Sony, Samsung, Mitsubishi, and Sanyo are all pursuing research on optical wireless networks, say Kavehrad and Xu. Several of these companies are members of the Infrared Data Association ...

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing
On behalf of CTIA - The Wireless Association , I want to thank Chairman Boucher and Chairman Rush, ranking members Stearns and Radanovich, and members of the two subcommittees for the opportunity to appear at today's hearing to share the wireless industry's views on the proper regulatory framework for location-based services...

TDS Beats by a Penny - Analyst Blog - Benzinga

TDS Beats by a Penny - Analyst Blog
Benzinga
Although TDS' ongoing business initiatives look promising, we feel high costs associated with the expansion of its wireless network may drag near-term .
US Auto Parts Shows ProfitZacks.com
Leap Beats, but Loss Widens - Analyst BlogBenzinga

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Verizon Wireless Customers Most Loyal in the Industry - Forbes
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless , provider of the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network, is also the leader in customer loyalty, reporting the lowest churn (turnover) rate among the nation's largest wireless carriers ...

Feds Want Wireless Network for Public Safety (Officer.com)
Federal regulators will recommend that Congress devote up to $16 billion over 10 years to pay for a nationwide wireless broadband network that would allow police officers, firefighters and other emergency workers to communicate with each other...

Verizon Wireless 3G Network Ready to Burn Bright in Florida Spring Break Hot Spots (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
When droves of college students from around the country hit Florida's spring break hot spots this year, they can count on the Verizon Wireless 3G network to handle their millions of voice calls, texts, picture messages, downloads and more to stay in touch with friends at the next beach party, or family back home...

Prepaid Puts Pressure On Wireless Carriers - InformationWeek

RTT News

Prepaid Puts Pressure On Wireless Carriers
InformationWeek
The third largest carrier, Sprint Nextel, has been losing customers as it concentrates on deploying its 4G network. Already under pressure to improve its .
Leap Wireless 4Q Loss Widens On Prices; Shares FallWall Street Journal
MetroPCS, Leap post customer gainsRCR Wireless
Leap Wireless quarter loss is $64 millionSan Diego Union Tribune

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Extricom Announces WirelessAdvantage Pricing Plan
New York, NY - " February 26, 2010 - " Extricom, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN infrastructure solutions, today announced its WirelessAdvantage pricing plan...

Netgear N-Router selling for only $29.99! - $29
For the ultimate in network connectivity, Netgear is the only brand you can count on...

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Ericsson predicts 50 billion networked devices
At a speech at the Toronto Board of Trade, Ericsson Canada Inc. chief technology officer Dragan Nerandzic said in 20 years, everything with a microprocessor will be connected to a network...

Ottawa's Bridgewater Systems expects profit jump as mobile traffic . - Stockhouse
MONTREAL - Wireless software developer Bridgewater Systems (TSX:BWC) is projecting its profits could jump as much as 43 per cent in 2010, based on anticipated global growth in Internet surfing and video watching on smartphones and other mobile ...

Wi-Fi at the Speed of Light | State of Telecom Industry in Pakistan
Optical wireless networks could also offer less interference and greater security than radio-frequency networks, Kavehrad says. While radio signals pass through walls and doors, light does not, making it easier to reuse frequencies and ...

TDS Beats by a Penny
Analyst Report ) announced fourth-quarter 2009 results with earnings per share of 15 cents beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 14 cents...

FCC previews National Broadband Plan details - CNET

Home Theater Magazine

FCC previews National Broadband Plan details
CNET
For example, on Thursday it offered more details on a proposed nationwide wireless network that would be built for law enforcement and first responders. .
FCC Chairman forecasts wireless spectrum crunchZDNet (blog)
FCC to auction wireless spectrum in the USAWireless Federation (blog)
FCC to auction 700MHz spectrumGlobal Telecoms Business
Boston Globe -ExecutiveGov -PC World
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FCC Chairman forecasts wireless spectrum crunch « iphone blog
The costs of obtaining permits and leasing pole attachments and rights of way can amount to 20 percent of fiber deployment, which is necessary for wireless networks as well as wired networks. Genachowski admits that the FCC can appear ...

CSAIL upgrades wireless network to 802.11n (The Tech)
Wireless internet in CSAIL is experiencing a boost this week as 80 new Meraki 802.11n access points are being installed. The new wireless network runs at 100 megabits per second, 10 times faster than it was before the upgrade...

PTA issues new deadline to WLL licencees
KARACHI: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has asked Wireless Local Loop licencees to roll out their networks in the allocated regions until March 20 in order to avoid their licenses cancelled...

3G vs. Wi-Fi - Then and Now
The battle continues. I can still remember, it must have been 5 or 6 years ago when there was a big debate over which system would win, UMTS or Wi-Fi. It was a strange debate, as even then it was clear that Wi-Fi aimed at homes and hotspots while UMTS aimed for wide area coverage...

Tips Securing Wireless Network.
Security issues is very important in computer networks, especially in wireless networks. The presence of a variety of vendors wireless products serving a variety of products at affordable prices contribute to drive widespread use of ...

Verizon Wireless Customers Most Loyal in the Industry (redOrbit)
IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless, provider of the nation's largest and most reliable 3G network, is also the leader in customer loyalty, reporting the lowest churn (turnover) rate among the nation's largest wireless carriers in the fourth quarter of 2009...

Wi-Fi rides to wireless networks' rescue | Signal Strength - CNET News
Unlicensed Wi-Fi may be the answer to wireless operators' network woes, as carriers offload some of their data traffic onto these high-speed, low-cost networks. Read this blog post by Marguerite Reardon on Signal Strength...

Cellphones Let Shoppers Point, Click and Purchase - New York Times
Shoppers will soon be able to stand outside the designer Norma Kamalis boutique in Manhattan, point a phone at merchandise in the window and buy it EUR” even late at night when the store is closed. ScanLife technology allows customers to scan bar ...

Axcess International, Inc. (AXSI.OB) Shows Strong FY 09 Results . - Stockhouse
Average quality rating by the Stockhouse community. Axcess International, Inc. (AXSI.OB) Shows Strong FY 09 Results, Details Technical and Sector Innovation Axcess International Inc., a portfolio company of Amphion Innovations plc (AMP) with ...

UPDATE: AT&T to expand, upgrade Miss. wireless network (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
JACKSON EUR” AT&T is expanding and upgrading its wireless network in Mississippi. The company said Thursday that it plans to add 60 cell sites in the state in 2010. More than 200 existing cell sites will be upgraded to 3G and capacity will be enhanced at sites across the state...

Denial of Service Vulnerabilities IEEE 802.16 Wireless Networks .
Denial of Service Vulnerabilities IEEE 802.16 Wireless Networks. Product Description This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the ...

Shenandoah residents report issues with wireless network (The Woodlands Villager)
Shenandoah officials are addressing issues with the citys wireless network as some residents are reporting problems with the system...

Fears over SmartMeters - San Francisco Chronicle
To the list of complaints lodged against Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s new SmartMeters, add another - potential health risk. Some Sebastopol residents have questioned whether radio frequency radiation from the meters, which transmit their data to ...



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