BROWSING: Proximity

I've just returned from Supercomm and feel a little like Alice in Wonderland. Experiencing a show from a wireline telephony point of view is indeed weird for someone who is enmeshed in industry from the wireless perspective. The news was much the same: IP...

SAN DIEGO-An engineering professor and a graduate student at the University of California at San Diego have developed software that makes Wi-Fi roaming easier by reducing the hand-off time between Wi-Fi networks.Professor Stefan Savage of the Jacobs School of Engineering and graduate student Ishwar...

WASHINGTON-Connecticut State Sen. Andrea Stillman (D) is pushing legislation that would ban cell-phone use at gas stations and impose a $250 fine for violations. "I know when we pump gas at a station there is a notice attached to the pump or a pole...

Not the name of a new horror film, but an addition to the tech vernacular and a horror of its own kind, the term "evil twin" popped onto the scene earlier this month.Dr. Phil Nobles of Cranfield University in the United Kingdom recently gave...

NEW YORK-Nextel Communications Inc. was able to support marketing claims for its Nationwide Direct Connect service, but modified pricing claims following a ruling by the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. NAD said the case was brought to the...

Nextel Communications Inc. was able to support marketing claims for its Nationwide Direct Connect service, but modified pricing claims following a ruling by the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus Inc. NAD said the case was brought to the attention...

SAN FRANCISCO-WideRay Corp., which makes a platform for proximity services, said Carrier Devices has selected it to provide a content provisioning system for its i-mate service. Carrier Devices licensed WideRay's platform for delivering content and applications to end users who own Bluetooth-capable i-mate devices,...

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission hopes to adopt proposed service rules for the H-block at its September meeting despite concerns expressed by the wireless industry about possible interference to existing PCS users, said John Muleta, chief of the FCC's Wireless Telecommunications Bureau.The H-block (1915-1920/1995-2000 MHz)...

With alliances and product rollouts, mesh technology is picking up enough momentum to graduate it from infancy status.Variously described as dynamic and ad hoc, the technology comes across as a technology to solve other technologies' problems, whether in the public-safety, homeland-security, law-enforcement, telematics, home-networking,...

MAITLAND, Fla.-Mesh Networks Inc. and Scientel America announced that the City of Cocoa Beach has rolled out live mobile broadband services based on Mesh technology.Using the MeshNetworks Enabled Architecture, the city will have high-speed "always on" access to databases, images, video and other forms...

It appears that location-based service applications for finding local coffee shops, specialty stores, banks and the like have fallen short in intriguing consumers in the United States. But industry contends that a market-albeit one far more practical and far less sexy than previous expectations-for...

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service has violated the law in allowing the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower in close proximity to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).According to PEER, the tower was built by Western...

WASHINGTON-The National Park Service has violated the law in allowing the construction of an 80-foot cell phone tower in close proximity to Old Faithful in Yellowstone National Park, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).According to PEER, the tower was built in 2001...

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc. announced last week the completion of its acquisition of Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business. The purchase price of $12.9 million was offset against Nortel customer prepayments totaling $14.9 million, which were acquired by Airspan as part of the...

It's an application that drove an entire segment of the wireless industry. Now, it's a joke.Imagine: You're walking down the street with your trusty mobile phone when you pass by one of the multitudinous Starbucks that litter urban intersections nationwide. You're not averse to...

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for $12.9 million by the end of the year. Airspan will acquire all existing assets associated with the manufacture, development and...

BOCA RATON, Fla.-Airspan Networks Inc., provider of broadband fixed wireless DSL networks, announced it plans to acquire Nortel Networks' fixed wireless access business for $12.9 million by the end of the year. Airspan will acquire all existing assets associated with the manufacture, development and...

DENVER-Mobile phones are used for talking, texting, gaming, photographing and documenting. They link to the public Internet and private, corporate Intranets. They store important names, numbers and calendars. In the not-so-distant future, wireless devices may be used for identification purposes and as payment devices,...

DALLAS-Nokia Corp. announced it is continuing its mobile-commerce trial with credit card company MasterCard International through a new trial in Nokia's home base of Irving, Texas.The market trial will launch this month and will allow mobile-phone users to use their phones to pay for...

DUBLIN, Ireland-Ongoing concerns regarding the effects of mobile-phone mast radiation on public health in France has encouraged SFR and Orange France to suspend the operation of antennas on top of a school in Yvelines.The operators were quick to point out that there is no...

LAS VEGAS-Micro Linear Corp. said it has launched what it calls an industry-first single-chip 5.8 GHz transceiver, which operates with less interference than other bands since fewer devices operate in the frequencies."5.8 GHz products can be used in close proximity to Wireless LANs and...

HELSINKI, Finland-Following discussions with senior government ministers in Denmark, the Brussels, Belgium-based European Investment Bank (EIB) has drafted a proposal to loan Danish mobile operator TDC Mobile US$200 million to complete and launch its third-generation (3G) network and services in Denmark. The loan...

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Students and faculty at the University of Southern California campus will get to jump into the market for mobile commerce under a new service from infrared-based proximity payment company Harex InfoTech Inc. and CrossCheck Inc., a financial services firm.Under a new project,...

SAN DIEGO, Calif.-Antenna manufacturer Ethertronics launched the GW tri-band embedded antenna for cellular applications.The antenna is the flagship product in the company's G Series, and operates on the 900 MHz GSM, 1800 MHz DCS and 1900 MHz PCS frequency bands.Ethertronics said the antenna delivers...