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Contracts: NEC and Fujitsu with Asia; China Unicom and Ericsson; and more

NEC Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd.Asia: With NTT Communications, the Philippines Long Distance Telephone Co., StarHub Ltd. and Telekom Malaysia Berhad to construct the Asia Submarine-cable Express system, a high-bandwidth optical submarine cable system that will link Japan to Singapore, Hong Kong, the Philippines and...

Partnerships: Vringo partners with Stingray; D&H to distribute Jitterbug; and more

Vringo Inc. signed a content license agreement with Stingray Music USA that calls for Stingray to license its proprietary The KARAOKE Channel-branded video recordings to Vringo to create video ringtones. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.GreatCall Inc. announced a partnership with D&H...

Amid muni Wi-Fi flameout, Oklahoma City switches on 555 square miles

Just when municipal Wi-Fi seems all but dead in one place, it crops up full steam ahead in another.Oklahoma City says it just turned on the largest city owned and operated municipal Wi-Fi mesh network in the world. The wireless mesh network covers 555...

Startups: embrace change

Editor's Note: Welcome to Reality Check, a feature for RCR Wireless News' new weekly e-mail service, Mobile Content and Culture. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile content industry to give their insights into the marketplace. In the coming weeks...

2007: Beyond voice, substitution on steroids

Time was when the wireless industry's major, marketshaping impact in the telecom sphere was defined by the number of mobile phones that became substitutes for landline telephones, which historically consumers have relied on for day-to-day communications.Just as Ma Bell back in the day grossly...

GigaBeam wins DoD order

HERNDON, Va.—GigaBeam Corp. picked up Department of Defense orders through its system integration partner, WirelessGuys Inc., for the company’s wireless fiber links. GigaBeam touts its wireless fiber products, called WiFiber, as being similar to terrestrial fiber in terms of speed. The products operate in...

Pittsburgh goes Wi-Fi with US Wireless Online

PITTSBURGH—US Wireless Online launched a Wi-Fi network in Pittsburgh in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership as well as the city of Pittsburgh. The network offers free and fee-based Internet access in the city’s central business district/Golden Triangle as well as in the North...

Minneapolis, Silicon Valley forge ahead with muni wi-fi

Minnetonka, Minn.-based US Internet beat out more than 80 other companies for the city of Minneapolis' contract to build a 54-square-mile citywide Wi-Fi network, beating out notable EarthLink Inc. and its suppliers Tropos Networks Inc. and Motorola Inc. Some Wi-Fi watchers have concluded that...

US Internet awarded Minneapolis Wi-Fi contract

MINNEAPOLIS—Internet Service Provider US Internet won a contract to build and operate a 54-square-mile, citywide Wi-Fi network in Minneapolis using equipment from BelAir Networks. The agreement spells out that the city will pay US Internet $2.2 million up front and $1.25 million a year...

Nortel to spread muni Wi-Fi wings, but BelAir bags Toronto

Nortel Networks Ltd. came out of the closet last week touting dual-radio Wi-Fi gear that's being used in large-scale network deployments in Moscow and Taipei, Taiwan, as well as in small and medium-sized cities, counties and university campuses. Kyle Klassen, director of Mobility Marketing...

Tropos turns to multi-band offerings for muni Wi-Fi

Tropos Networks Inc. launched a new line of smart-routing, multi-band MetroMesh routers. The company's first such product, the dual-band 5320 outdoor unit, sports 802.11a and 802.11b radios, and can create multi-band paths through a mesh network. Tropos said both radios in the 5320 can...

Tropos turns to multi-band offerings for muni Wi-Fi

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Tropos Networks Inc. launched a new line of smart-routing, multi-band MetroMesh routers. The company’s first such product, the dual-band 5320 outdoor unit, sports 802.11a and 802.11b radios, and can create multi-band paths through a mesh network, Tropos said. Tropos said both radios in...

New Mexico ISP installs MeshDynamics’ Wi-Fi in resort town

As EarthLink Inc. prepares to unwire Pasadena, Calif., using gear from Tropos Networks Inc. and Motorola Inc., another vendor is celebrating the deployment of its Wi-Fi mesh network equipment in Red River, N.M., where Enchanted Circle Communications launched a wireless broadband network using equipment...

EarthLink bags Pasadena muni Wi-Fi deal

ATLANTA—EarthLink Inc. snagged a contract to build, own and operate a 23-square mile citywide Wi-Fi municipal network for commercial and government use in Pasadena, Calif. EarthLink said it is working with city officials to develop a digital inclusion program for certain qualifying residents to...

Tropos boasts of Wi-Fi software

SUNNYVALE, Calif.—Tackling the No. 1 problem reported by users of municipal Wi-Fi networks—poor or nonexistent connections—mesh equipment maker Tropos Networks Inc. said it launched new software designed to help deliver better Wi-Fi connections to end users, which the company said results in fewer customer...

Earthlink unwires Anaheim

Finally, EarthLink Inc. did it. Last Thursday, the company launched its first municipal Wi-Fi network in Anaheim, Calif., offering the city's 328,000 residents, as well as local businesses and visitors "affordable and portable broadband." EarthLink said access to the network costs about $22 per...

Motorola’s Wi-Fi plans inject doubt into Tropos deal

In the municipal Wi-Fi arena, few companies have had such a mutually beneficial relationship as Motorola Inc. and Tropos Networks Inc. Yet that relationship came into question last week as Motorola launched its HotZone Duo Wi-Fi network equipment. Motorola has been reselling Tropos' MetroMesh...

EarthLink to build Wi-Fi for New Orleans

ATLANTA-Whereas BellSouth Corp. tried legal maneuvers to shut down New Orleans' free municipal Wi-Fi network even though the city's hurricane-weary residents and thousands of relief and rebuilding workers had no other means of Internet access, EarthLink Inc. went after the city's business, offering to...

EarthLink to build Wi-Fi network for New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS—Whereas BellSouth Corp. tried legal maneuvers to shut down New Orleans’ free municipal Wi-Fi network even though the city’s hurricane-weary residents and thousands of relief and rebuilding workers had no other means of Internet access, EarthLink Inc. went after the city’s business, offering...

Muni Wi-Fi projects skitter toward finish line

News continued to churn out of the various municipal Wi-Fi projects gaining steam across the country, as one city's Wi-Fi contract made its way to a politically charged city council for a vote and another swirled in rumors of being temporarily shelved. In the...

MetroFi snags deal to deliver Wi-Fi service to Portland

Portland, Ore., city officials announced that MetroFi beat out Earthlink Inc. and VeriLAN to supply Wi-Fi networking across the city's 135-square miles. City officials said MetroFi won the contract "by submitting a proposal that excelled in demonstrated operational experience and its level of public...

Google, EarthLink to build Wi-Fi in San Francisco

The city of San Francisco selected EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc. to jointly build a Wi-Fi network for the city."We are thrilled that the San Francisco TechConnect Committee has selected the EarthLink proposal, and we look forward to taking the next step to negotiate...

San Francisco calls on EarthLink, Google for muni Wi-Fi network

PALO ALTO, Calif.—The city of San Francisco selected EarthLink Inc. and Google Inc. to jointly build a citywide Wi-Fi network. "We are thrilled that the San Francisco TechConnect Committee has selected the EarthLink proposal, and we look forward to taking the next step to...

The Battle For New Orleans Wi-Fi

Just when municipal Wi-Fi projects are gaining support from incumbent telcos, the battle between the City of New Orleans and BellSouth Corp. slaps the conflict back onto center stage. New Orleans' Chief Technical Officer Greg Meffert asserts that BellSouth, through telecom lobbyists, is pushing...