Latest Wireless news
The wireless carnival comes to town, 08/17/07: Today the sprawling California State Fair opens in Sacramento and Bil Lowry will be watching a key part of it – the carnival midway operation — through a set of computer screens monitoring a Wi-Fi mesh network.
FCC schedules 700MHz auction on Jan. 16, 08/17/07: The FCC will begin its long-awaited auction of 700MHz radio spectrum on Jan. 16, 2008, the agency said Friday.
Cisco targets wireless at hospitals: Cisco sees hospitals as a growth market for wireless.
Your RFID battle plan, 08/16/07: Tracking chemicals through the manufacturing and distribution process is a critical requirement for Dow Chemical, to ensure safety and operational efficiency. In 2004, identification technologies such as RFID tags had gained significant buzz due to initiatives by the Defense Department and Wal-Mart to mandate their use in supply chain and inventory management applications. So CIO Dave Kepler periodically asked his IT staff whether Dow could take advantage of these technologies. The repeated answer: RFID was not mature enough.
Aruba puts the squeeze on Cisco: Aruba put itself in a better position to give Cisco a run for its money in the WLAN space when it went public in March and already it has grabbed some Cisco accounts.
iPhone owners rail at AT&T for paper waste on big bills, 08/16/07: Phone owners getting their first AT&T wireless bills have been posting videos and complaining on message forums about bills as thick as Moby Dick that detail every call, every text message, every moment spent on the EDGE network.
Nokia asks U.S. to ban import of Qualcomm products, 08/17/07: Nokia wants the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the import of Qualcomm chipsets that allegedly infringe on five patents held by the Finnish handset maker.
Sprint details WiMAX plans, 08/16/07: Sprint Nextel’s planned WiMAX service, now dubbed Xohm, will launch in the Chicago and Washington/Baltimore markets by year-end, then reach 100 million users nationwide by the end of 2008, company officials said Thursday.
