Latest Wireless news
FCC details E911 location accuracy requirements, 09/12/07: The FCC laid out a series of benchmarks yesterday to ensure that wireless carriers meet E911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP)-level location accuracy requirements within five years.
Does 802.11n spell the ‘end of Ethernet’?, 09/11/07: The 802.11n wireless LAN standard may finally provide enough throughput to make that RJ45 jack in the wall as outmoded as a gas light fixture. What do you think?
Municipal wireless: Show me the money, 09/11/07: Failure of municipal Wi-Fi projects shows that proponents did not account for complexity and a proper revenue stream, says Network World columnist Johna Till Johnson.
Is free nationwide wireless broadband dead?, 09/11/07: Now that the FCC has dismissed applications from M2Z and NetfreeUS to operate the 2155-2175MHz band, business leaders and experts weigh in its future.
Microsoft, Google’s bid for unlicensed spectrum will be vilified in ads: This is a fun story that says volumes about the psychological difference between the lords of today’s technology — Microsoft, Google, Intel — and the lord’s of yesterday’s hot technology — the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB). NAB and the Association for Maximum Service.
Tips for migrating to high-speed Wi-Fi, 09/12/07: Now that Wi-Fi market share leader Cisco has turned up the volume on 802.11n, enterprises are likely to get more serious about planning for the high-speed wireless LAN.
Vodafone launches consumer-targeted Palm smartphone, 09/12/07: As part of a strategy to generate greater revenue from mobile data services, Vodafone Group has collaborated with Palm to launch a smartphone modeled after the Treo 750v but at a fraction of the price and with a newly designed user interface.
TypePad blogging for iPhone, iPod touch, 09/12/07: Six Apart has released a mobile version of its award-winning TypePad blogging application for the iPhone.
Mobiles phones banned for Bangalore school kids, 09/12/07: The government of Karnataka state in south India has decided to ban the use of mobile phones in schools and junior colleges, citing potential adverse health effects.
Cisco doesn’t go for simply Palm: Has cisco dropped Palm for its mobile workforce or not?
Lessons learned from the iPhone price cuts, 09/10/07: Like more than a few iPhone users, Paul Forrester couldn’t believe his ears last Wednesday when Steve Jobs ended an Apple press event by announcing a $200 price cut to the iPhone. The price cut came a little more than two months after Forrester and other iPhone early adopters started plunking down as much as $599 for the newly released mobile device.
