Wireless Network | Wireless Networks News for 08/01/2009



Opening the Wireless Internet: The Importance of Carterfone .
Wu wrote: EURThe same rule for the wireless networks couldEURstimulate the development of new applications and free equipment designers to make the best phones possible.EUR Now it looks AT&T could be getting embroiled in another historic ...

Hot New Mobile Network on Campuses This Fall
Hothand Wireless announced that their University Mobile Network is part of the back to school experience this fall at 50 colleges and on track to reach 100...

At last, cell service comes to Exeter
Before telephone and radio, information traveled about as fast as a horse could gallop or a boat could sail...

Rogers rolls out faster wireless network - CBC.ca

Globe and Mail

Rogers rolls out faster wireless network
CBC.ca
Rogers Wireless said Tuesday it has begun rolling out a wireless network with top download speeds nearly three times as fast as its current network. .
Canadian wireless operator jumps to HSPA PlusComputerworld
Rogers Deploys High-Speed HSPA in CanadaTMCnet
Rogers debuts another North American wireless network firstPR Newswire (press release)
Globe and Mail -CBC.ca -TMCnet
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The trouble with hooking up - Boston Globe
Brian Worobey stands on the roof of the Tobin Community Center in Boston peering through a telescopic sight, the sort that fits snugly atop a sniper rifle. Spread out before him is a target-rich environment: the town houses of Mission Main, the Alice ...

Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network in Easton, Connecticut (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Easton, Connecticut. The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G coverage along Route 59 and Hiram Hill Road in Easton, as well as the surrounding areas...

FCC Investigates App Store Policies, Google Voice Rejection
Apple's rejection of the Google Voice iPhone application and the removal of 3rd party clients proved to be the last straw, and now the Federal Communications Commission is involved ...

Ericsson joins fight for Nortel wireless unit - Financial Times
Ericsson has joined the battle for control of Nortel Network s core wireless division in a move that pits it against Nokia Siemens, one of its biggest European rivals, and MatlinPatterson, a US private equity fund. The flurry of interest, ahead of ...

USC installing wireless network across campus - Greenville News
Its a great move for students, said Lashika Palmer, a Charleston senior, who wishes the plan had been in place when she was a freshman. EURIt will make life more convenient and more comfortable,EUR Palmer said. The deal between AT&T and the ...

Retooling the study of humanities and social sciences
On the first floor of Moffitt Library, Art History students are settling into their seats in one of the library's classrooms...

Purdue to upgrade wireless campus - Lafayette Journal and Courier
The campus is partnering with Verizon to install a wired and mobile network that will boost capabilities for voice, video and data. Officials said the upgrade will also open doors for teaching and research. "People didn't invent electricity for ...

Verizon Wireless seeks US court judgment on ads - Washington Post

Globe and Mail

Verizon Wireless seeks US court judgment on ads
Washington Post
Verizon Wireless of Basking Ridge, New Jersey said its claims of having "America's Most Reliable 3G Network" and "America's Best 3G Network" and "America's .
Verizon Seeks Court Approval Of Advertising AccuracyInformationWeek
Verizon Wireless to developers: 'Our success is tied to you'ZDNet
Verizon changes tune on Wi-FiCNN
PR Newswire (press release) (press release) -Wall Street Journal -Bloomberg
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AT&T prepares for Netbooks with remodel
AT&T recently remodeled the interiors of 2,500 stores nationwide, including its Edmond location, 2300 W. Danforth Road...

Madison County Residents To Benefit From Verizon Wireless Network Expansion (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
In a continuing effort to provide the best wireless service for local residents in Madison County, Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Lakeport. The new site improves coverage and capacity in Lakeport and along portions of Route 31 and Route 13...

FCC probes Apple's rejection of Google Voice for iPhone
Signaling heightened scrutiny of the wireless industry, the Federal Communications Commission said Friday it was investigating why Apple rejected the Google Voice application for the iPhone...

Verizon Apps Store: No Bandwidth Hogs, Please - InformationWeek

Verizon Apps Store: No Bandwidth Hogs, Please
InformationWeek
The idea that wireless network operators take down their "walled gardens" seemed as though it would become a reality this year, but now I don't really .

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FCC - Cell Service In The U.S. Should Equal What The World Has
Picture this. On October 22nd when Windows 7 is released, Microsoft proclaims that the operating system is only to be used on a HP computer...

cPanel, Netgear and Linksys susceptible to nasty attack - The Register
Defcon If you use cPanel to administer your website or certain Linksys or Netgear devices to route traffic over your wireless network, you're susceptible to web-based attacks that could take complete control of your systems, two security researchers ...

Universal Wi-Fi Equipment Not Expected to Address Small Business Markets - Analysts
Universal Wi-Fi Equipment Not Expected to Address Small Business Markets - " Analysts...

The trouble with hooking up - Boston Globe

Boston Globe

The trouble with hooking up
Boston Globe
But it's plenty for e-mailing a client or researching homework. it turns out that building a wireless network that provides coverage to all of Boston is .

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cPanel, Netgear and Linksys susceptible to nasty attack
Defcon If you use cPanel to administer your website or certain Linksys or Netgear devices to route traffic over your wireless network, you're susceptible to web-based attacks that could take complete control of your systems, two security researchers said Saturday...

Wireless Hometown Broadband Internet Service - La Grange Daily News
We are your neighbors EUR We live in LaGrange and we love our community, so we want to see you happy with your high-speed Internet service! Got a question, an issue, or just a thought? Call us. We promise that you will not need to go through a ton of ...

Home Wireless Networks Aren't Yet Ready for Video
Wireless networks in their current form can't support efforts by service providers trying to deliver video inside the home. That's ...

Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iPhone | iPhone News Updated
This was fine when the wireless networks were used mostly just for voice calls. But now that they are increasingly becoming our mobile connections to the Internet and mobile phones are becoming full-fledged mobile computers, ...

Globalive Wireless Awards Alcatel-Lucent Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Build High-Speed 3G Mobile Network in Canada (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Alcatel-Lucent has been awarded a multi-million dollar, three-year contract to help build Globalive Wireless' new nationwide 3G mobile network in Canada...

Is LTE the future of wireless? - CBC.ca

Financial Post

Is LTE the future of wireless?
CBC.ca
LTE builds off previous wireless network technology, including the third-generation versions of competing technologies GSM and CDMA (see sidebar). .
Nortel may turn lessor of patentsFinancial Post
Nortel, Sprint deals establish Ericsson as 'formidable competitor'Local Tech Wire
Reporter's notebook: Courts approve LM Ericsson's bid to buy .Urgent Communications
Wall Street Journal Blogs
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Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open the iPhone
Right about now, Apple probably wishes it had never rejected Google Voice and related apps from the iPhone...

Could jailbroken iPhones threaten wireless networks? - IPHONETOUCH .
Could jailbroken iPhones threaten wireless networks? Apple has filed information with the U.S. Copyright Office which lay out grave consequences for the cell phone networks due to jailbroken and unlocked iPhones, including cell tower ...

Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic .
Savo Glisic, Beatriz Lorenzo, Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic 4G Technology Wiley | 2009-08-03 | ISBN:..

US, Canadian courts approve Ericsson's purchase of Nortel assets - Dallas Morning News

BBC News

US, Canadian courts approve Ericsson's purchase of Nortel assets
Dallas Morning News
The chase for the Nortel technologies EUR which include older CDMA wireless network equipment as well next-generation LTE systems EUR has been a wild ride. .
Nortel blasts RIM over bid for its assetsCanada.com
RIM refuses to give up on Nortel unitOttawa Citizen
The Daily Docket: Ericsson Nabs Nortel AssetsWall Street Journal Blogs
Globe and Mail -News & Observer -Gearlog
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PCI SSCs Wireless Guidelines Formalize Wi-Fi Security Basics (BankTech)
A paper from the PCI Security Standards Council provides guidance on wireless network security for those who deal with customer data...

AT&T Completes Unicel Wireless Network Integration in New York State - Earthtimes
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its commitment to provide a smooth transition for former Unicel customers in New York State, AT&T* today announced it has integrated all cell sites in the legacy Unicel network AT&T ...

Verizon Wireless seeks U.S. court judgment on ads - Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon and Vodafone Group PLC, asked a U.S. court for a judgment that its advertising claims to be "America's Most Reliable 3G Network" were truthful, which rival AT&T called "misleading" on ...

Verizon Apps Store: No Bandwidth Hogs, Please
Microsoft will be hosting a number of developer camps for its WIndows Mobile platform in the coming weeks in at least six cities around the world...

A boom in all things free, but at what cost?
First, a little confession. While this story pretends to be about things becoming free, it's only in the sense of free samples: buy one, get one free; bare bones for free in hopes of selling the deluxe version; free but with advertising...

AT&T overhauling wireless service - Bizjournals.com

G4 TV

AT&T overhauling wireless service
Bizjournals.com
Some blame AT&T's network problems on smartphone users. The big metros have a concentration of iPhone and Blackberry users who tend to be bandwith-hogs .
iPhone OS 3.0 Leads To Wi-Fi Use SurgeInformationWeek
AT&T sees big increase in Wi-Fi connections following iPhone 3.0Apple Insider
AT&T Reports Significant Second-Quarter Increase in Wi-Fi Hotspot .TMCnet
AdAge.com -San Francisco Chronicle -engadget
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Boot Land: App Scripts - Vistumbler - A scanner for wireless networks
App Scripts - Vistumbler - A scanner for wireless networks. Read full article - http://boot-land.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=8594. Hi guys, so i tryed to make an Script for Vistumbler. first i failed because this App is scanning ...

Palm Pre Arriving on Verizon Wireless' Network in 2010 - eWeek

IntoMobile

Palm Pre Arriving on Verizon Wireless' Network in 2010
eWeek
The Palm Pre smartphone will no longer be exclusive to the Sprint network, and will arrive on the Verizon Wireless network EURearly next year,EUR said Verizon .
Verizon to offer Palm Pre in early 2010CNET News
Palm Pre Making Leap To VerizonChannelWeb
Palm Pre headed to VerizonExaminer.com

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Leaked Sprint WiMAX roadmap names new cities for 2009 rollout
Well, what do we have here? One of our readers sent us a screenshot from Sprint's Sales Portal that included the above roadmap for its WiMAX rollout this year...

Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network In Boxborough, Massachusetts (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Boxborough, Massachusetts. The new cell site provides increased wireless voice and 3G coverage along Route 2 and Central Street/Newtown Road in Boxboro, Littleton and Acton, as well as the surrounding areas...

FCC Questions Apple Over Google Voice
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has written to Apple, AT&T and Google questioning the rejection of Google Voice and related applications from the iPhone App Store...

Students Put the Internet in their Pockets
This fall approximately 30 million students will head off to colleges and universities across the United States to begin a new school year...

New Resource | Data Centre Assessments: The First Step to Optimisation
A well-designed and executed assessment supports the ability to respond to a change in the business environment...

A web of trouble for free wireless in Hub
Free municipal wireless sounds like a great idea for Boston or any city that has already invested heavily in high-tech infrastructure...

Verizon Enlists Developers to Create a Wireless Future Built on Collaboration (dBusinessNews.com)
At the Verizon Developer Community (VDC) Conference, the company announced members of its inaugural Verizon Developer Advisory Board. Verizon recognizes the wireless future will be built on collaboration...

Advanced Wireless Networks: Cognitive, Cooperative & Opportunistic .
With 40% new material the new edition of Advanced Wireless Networks provides a comprehensive representation of the key issues in 4G wireless networks. Focussing on cognitive, cooperative and opportunistic paradigms to provide further ...

Epicenter 5.0 Hits Market, Allows Automatic Distribution Of
Epicenter 5.0 Hits Market, Allows Automatic Distribution Of Updated Address Lists To Mobile Devices...

Why The FCC Wants To Smash Open The iPhone - Technology, iPhone .
The FCC investigation is not just about the arbitrary rejection of a single app. It is the FCC's way of putting a stake in the ground for making the wireless networks controlled by cell phone carriers as open as the Internet...

Mobile Citizen offers $10 per month WiMAX service to schools and nonprofits
Mobile Citizen, a provider of broadband for education and non-profits, has announced that it is offering $10 per month WiMAX subscriptions to schools and non-profitsA in Portland, Las Vegas, Chicago and Philadelphia...

AT&T Completes Unicel Wireless Network Integration in Vermont - Earthtimes
BURLINGTON, Vt., July 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its commitment to provide a smooth transition for former Unicel customers in Vermont, AT&T* today announced it has integrated all cell sites in the legacy Unicel network AT&T acquired in ...

USC installing wireless network across campus (The Greenville News)
By this time next year, USC students should be able to access the Internet in every classroom and dorm after AT&T installs high-speed wireless broadband across its campus...

If We Chose the Names of Wireless Networks in Our Building.
The world would be a far less connected place without those ignorant but honorable souls with unsecured wireless networks named "linksys." It never fails that whenever we are stranded at a foreign apartment bereft of Internet access, ...

Apple tablet rumored to feature fast 4G wireless
August 1, 9:26 AM Comment RSS Image credit: flickr/woodleywonderworks The rumors continue to swirl around the Apple tablet...

Indiana Residents to Benefit from Verizon Wireless Network . - Indianapolis Recorder
INDIANAPOLIS, July 29, 2009 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Verizon Wireless has spent $14.5 million in the past 18 months to boost capacity of its data network in Indiana, improving the speed and performance of its advanced 3G high-speed wireless network ...

Rogers to speed up wireless network to stave off rivals (Toronto Star)
Rogers Communications Inc., which posted a 24 per cent increase in second-quarter earnings, is set to roll out another upgrade to its wireless network as it prepares for an onslaught of new competition...

Time Warner Cable to resell WiMax service - CNET News

DailyTech

Time Warner Cable to resell WiMax service
CNET News
The Sprint service offers laptop users the option of using the 4G WiMax network where it's available and Sprint's 3G wireless network where it's not .
Time Warner to sell WiMAX in Charlotte, DallasBetaNews
Time Warner: 4G coming to DallasBizjournals.com
Report: Time Warner Cable Joins WiMAX PartyWireless Week
TMCnet -xchange Magazine -SlashGear -Electronista
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Samsung Introduces Solstice Smartphone, ActiveSyncs Another Model
Last week, Samsung introduced a new smartphone, the Solstice, and added support for two-way synchronization and push e-mail in an Exchange environment for another model, the I8910 HD, also known as the OminaHD...

Globalive picks Alcatel-Lucent for network deal - Reuters

China Daily

Globalive picks Alcatel-Lucent for network deal
Reuters
N) has won a three-year contract to help build a nationwide wireless network for privately held Canadian startup Globalive Wireless. .
Alcatel-Lucent Posts First Profit in 11 QuartersBloomberg
Alcatel builds 3G mobile network for Globalive in CanadaTelecompaper
Alcatel Expects Sales to Grow in Asia-PacificWall Street Journal
Forbes -IT World Canada Blogs -The Associated Press
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Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network In Boxborough, Massachusetts (redOrbit)
BOXBOROUGH, Mass., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Boxborough, Massachusetts...

Verizon Wireless Expands 3G Wireless Network in Shelton, Connecticut (redOrbit)
SHELTON, Conn., July 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless has expanded its network with a new cell site in Shelton, Connecticut. The new cell site provides increased 3G high-speed wireless broadband coverage along Route 8 in Shelton, as well as the surrounding areas...



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