Projects, issues dominate week of CTIA Wireless show Lucent targets wireless on trains, buses and cars; Intel and Alcatel collaborate on WiMax; and industry leaders disagree about consolidation.Lucent is developing a product that would provide users with wireless Internet access on trains, buses and automobiles. Lucent is working with Vancouver-based In Motion Technology and Top Global in Beijing to develop a product that links 3G mobile networks and Wi-Fi technologies. Called Wi-Fi on the Move, the product would augment Lucent’s EV-DO 3G wireless technology, which provides high-speed capabilities of about 300K to 500K bit/sec. Wi-Fi on the move would use EV-DO networks to provide backhaul for Wi-Fi access points. Lucent just received $525 million from Verizon Wireless to deploy its EV-DO network in major cities in the U.S. (Read the story)Intel and Alcatel are collaborating on WiMax-based products to debut in the second half of 2005.Read the story)WiMax is a metropolitan-area networking technology based on the IEEE 802.16 standard that operates over tens of kilometers and could provide an alternative last-mile connection for homes and businesses, or bring fixed wireless broadband to areas that lack landlines. Intel will work with Alcatel on the definition, standardization, development, integration and marketing of WiMax “end-to-end” products and systems. ( Heads of six large U.S. mobile operators disagreed about industry consolidation, but slammed regulation and taxation by the states in a keynote panel at last week’s CTIA Wireless trade show in Atlanta. The panel, which included Nextel President and CEO Tim Donahue, Alltel President and CEO Scott Ford, Sprint President and COO Len Lauer, Cingular Wireless President and CEO Stan Sigman, T-Mobile USA Chairman John Stanton and Verizon Wireless President and CEO Denny Strigl, found agreement on most issues. Consolidation gives operators more muscle to better serve subscribers, said Sigman, whose company last month agreed to acquire AT&T Wireless Services for about $41 billion. (Read the story) Related content news analysis Western Digital keeps HDDs relevant with major capacity boost Western Digital and rival Seagate are finding new ways to pack data onto disk platters, keeping them relevant in the age of solid-state drives (SSD). By Andy Patrizio Dec 06, 2023 4 mins Enterprise Storage Data Center news analysis Global network outage report and internet health check Cisco subsidiary ThousandEyes, which tracks internet and cloud traffic, provides Network World with weekly updates on the performance of ISPs, cloud service providers, and UCaaS providers. By Ann Bednarz and Tim Greene Dec 06, 2023 286 mins Networking news analysis Cisco uncorks AI-based security assistant to streamline enterprise protection With Cisco AI Assistant for Security, enterprises can use natural language to discover policies and get rule recommendations, identify misconfigured policies, and simplify complex workflows. By Michael Cooney Dec 06, 2023 3 mins Firewalls Generative AI Network Security news Nvidia’s new chips for China to be compliant with US curbs: Jensen Huang Nvidia’s AI-focused H20 GPUs bypass US restrictions on China’s silicon access, including limits on-chip performance and density. By Anirban Ghoshal Dec 06, 2023 3 mins CPUs and Processors Technology Industry Podcasts Videos Resources Events NEWSLETTERS Newsletter Promo Module Test Description for newsletter promo module. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe