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Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network

News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband purveyor Virgin Media is looking to squeeze four times the capacity out of its optical network - but without the expense of...

Tags: fibre, nortel, bandwidth, broadband

[09 May 2008]

Nationwide WiMax in next two years?

News There will be WiMax coverage across the UK within the next two years, the managing director of Intel Capital EMEA has claimed. Patel said he was confident that spectrum would be obtained for the WiMax industry but "not totally confident yet about...

Tags: 3g, wimax

[09 May 2008]

Tomorrow's wireless world: Healthcare to wear

News W is for WiMax According to the report, in-body networks could be implanted in patients to monitor their movements and/or vital health signs, such as blood sugar level, and to send data wirelessly via a home hub or portable monitor to keep doctors...

Tags: e-health, ofcom, wireless

[08 May 2008]

Mobile M2M connections on the up

News W is for WiMax Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus B is for Bluetooth C is for The Cloud D is for dotMobi E is for Email F is for FMC G is for GPS H is for HSDPA

Tags: ecall, telematics, m2m

[06 May 2008]

SAP apps to show up on BlackBerrys

News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. SAP and RIM have announced a "co-innovation" partnership which will see all the enterprise-software company's applications made natively available on the BlackBerry smart phone.

Tags: blackberry, rim, sap

[06 May 2008]

Multiple network access becoming mobile norm

News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. WiMax radios are also eventually expected to appear in smaller devices, after initially finding their way into laptop-sized PCs, it added.

Tags: networks, mobile, wi-fi

[02 May 2008]

Euro e-health getting the right attention

News W is for WiMax European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. An EC e-health survey has found the vast majority (87 per cent...

Tags: telemonitoring, healthcare, e-health

[28 Apr 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. However, the path to femtocell riches is not without complications and caveats, warned Richard Webb, directing analyst for WiMax, wi-fi and mobile at Infonetics Research.

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News W is for WiMax BT is offering NetSuite's business management applications and will soon provide customer relationship management (CRM) software from SugarCRM. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010

News W is for WiMax The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi...

Tags: web, web 2.0, isps, government

[21 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News W is for WiMax Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now using high speed broadband, according to the European Commission's latest i2010 progress report. This compares to 62 per cent in 2005.

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Nokia to release NFC phone this year

News Click here for all there is on wireless, from email to WiMax. Nokia has announced its upcoming handset, the 6212, will feature near field communication (NFC) technology, which will allows users to make connections with other NFC-enabled devices by...

Tags: bluetooth, nfc, nokia

[16 Apr 2008]

Tesco to launch iTunes challenger

News W is for WiMax Tesco Digital will initially offer all of the tracks in Window Media format with around half (1.6 million) also available as MP3s. Broadband from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: mp3, online, digital music, itunes

[15 Apr 2008]

Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi

News W is for WiMax Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide free wi-fi to customers when it launches the service across the majority of its UK chain from 1 May 2008. Wireless from A to Z

Tags: wi-fi, coffee republic

[14 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News WiMax could prove to be the winner in the 4G race against the long-term evolution of 3G, simply because the technology is here first. Teresa Kellett, director of global development for telco Sprint Nextel, said during a panel discussion at this...

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

SkyPilot Networks Chooses Fujitsu System-on-Chip for New Generation WiMAX Mesh Networking Solution

whitepaper SkyPilot selected the Fujitsu WiMAX System-on-Chip (SoC) for a new generation of systems that will bring sophisticated mesh networking to WiMAX deployments. As the first company to announce plans to add mesh networking to WiMAX infrastructures...

Tags: deployments, networking, wimax, mesh

[11 Apr 2008]

Understanding Wi-Fi and WiMAX as Metro-Access Solutions

whitepaper This paper provides incumbent wireless Internet service providers (WISPs), new WISPs and demanding new markets (such as government and education) with a technical analysis of alternatives for implementing last-mile wireless broadband services.

Tags: wi-fi (802.11), mile, implementations, service providers

[11 Apr 2008]

Seamless Roaming: Advantages to Mobile Operators and Their Subscribers

whitepaper Seamless roaming enables a mobile operator's data subscribers to remain continuously connected as they cross network boundaries and use different radio access networks, including Wi-Fi, General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple...

Tags: operator, radio, wi fi, packet

[11 Apr 2008]

"WiMAX, NLOS and Broadband Wireless Access (Sub-11Ghz) Worldwide Market Analysis 2004-2008"

whitepaper This paper provides an analysis of worldwide market for WiMax, NLOS and broadband wireless access. More realistically, both proprietary systems and WiMAX are designed to improve the coverage and penetration limitations of existing systems.

Tags: mobile - wireless communications, wimax, deployment, coverage

[10 Apr 2008]

WiMax Is Coming, and It's Going to Be Big

whitepaper WiMax, an evolving standard for point-to-multipoint wireless networking, is poised to do for the last mile of broadband what Wi-Fi has done for the last 100 feet of networking. Unlike other wireless technology standards, WiMax (Worldwide...

Tags: wi-fi (802.11), wi fi, networking, mile

[10 Apr 2008]

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