Wireless Future News 10.29.2003 TIME Wireless: Wi-Fi Gets RollingTime Magazine's online edition features Austin's Lone Star RV Resort in an article on wireless RV parks: "For mobile nomads, an RV park with wireless access is a godsend. Better even than the pool." The article includes a quote from Eric Stumberg of Tengo Ineternet, Lone Star's provider. [Link] [Discuss]
10.28.2003 Getting Wired about WirelessStacey Higginbotham of the Austin Business Journal documents Austin's substantial wireless sector and the birth of the Austin Wireless Alliance in an exclusive report published at the IC² web site. [Link] [Discuss]
10.27.2003 Motorola's New Wireless Multimedia ChipMotorola has unveiled a new wireless multimedia chip using a new design called Mobile Extreme Convergence. The company says that the design will cut costs, shrink the size of wireless chip platforms, and bring improvements in memory usage, security, and battery consumption. The Business section of today's Austin American-Stateman includes this interview with Franz Fink, leader of the company's wireless chip business. [Link] [Discuss] 10.24.2003 Austin Wireless City Launch Party
Austin Wireless City's Launch Party following the banquet for the WNCG Wireless Symposium was a significant event, a milestone for the local community that is forming around wireless and collaborative technologies. Held at Opal Devine's on Sixth Street, the party attracted luminaries from local Austin companies and technology community and user groups, as well as participants from the Wireless Symposium. According to Wireless Future's Jon Lebkowsky, a cofounder of Austin Wireless City with Richard MacKinnon, "Wireless is one more platform for Austin's many creative communities, and this event is just one step toward a realization of Austin's bright wireless future." Discuss IntheNews - AustinWirelessCity Press coverage for Austin Wireless City. [Link] 10.19.2003 Wired / Unwired: The Urban Geography of Digital NetworksAnthony M. Townsend's doctoral dissertation (Urban and Regional Planning, MIT) explores the impact of wireless telecom on the evolution of urban environments. [Link to 485kb pdf] [Discuss]
Wired News: Wireless Phone Sales Still Go-Go Wireless phones just keep selling and selling, "powered by color and camera phones, faster chips, new entertainment gadgets and messaging services," according to Wired News.
The United States, long considered an also-ran to Europe and Asia in cellular phones, has also significantly leveled the playing field. Operator investment in infrastructure is a big reason why.
"We're definitely not considered behind anymore," said Rio Caraeff, Sony Pictures Digital Networks' vice president for wireless services. 10.18.2003 WiMax Recieves CNET Networks' "Most Promising Technology of the Year" AwardZDNet UK and silicon.com readers recognize wireless broadband, last-mile standard
technology for its potential impact on business, residential markets LONDON and SAN JOSE, Calif. - 9 October 2003 - WiMAX, the global non-profit
organization dedicated to the realization of IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN wireless
standards for last-mile broadband access, announced that its wireless broadband technology
was recognized as the "Most Promising Technology of the Year," as part of CNET Networks'
UK Technology Awards 2003 held in London yesterday. Following nominations by the readers
of ZDNET UK and silicon.com, WiMAX was voted as the most significant technological
development of the last year over Ultrawideband, Globus (grid computing), ebXML and UMTS.
"The members of WiMAX are excited to receive this accolade, which proves that wireless
broadband is gaining worldwide acceptance as a critical last-mile method to deliver
ubiquitous high-bandwidth voice, data and video services to businesses and residences,"
said WiMAX President Margaret LaBrecque. "Since WiMAX's inception, we have seen a growing
number of service providers and equipment and component manufacturers embrace this global
standard and our compliance and interoperability efforts. Over time, the economies of
scale made possible by standards-based, interoperable solutions will drive price and
performance levels unachievable by proprietary approaches. With our expanding membership,
there is a strong commitment and industry-wide confidence to deliver and proliferate WiMAX
systems next year." With WiMAX-certified standard network equipment, operators worldwide will soon be able
to build cost-effective wireless broadband networks on a mass scale to be on par with
cable modems and DSL technologies. As a result, operators can deliver broadband data,
voice and video services to both residential and business customers, as well as use WiMAX
systems to provide broadband backhaul infrastructure to the growing number of WiFi "hot
spots" and address the evolution of mobile cellular networks.
The CNET Networks' award was presented to WiMAX at the European Technology Forum's
Third Annual Technology Summit held in London on 8 October, which is fast becoming one of
the industry's premier technology events. "Broadband wireless technology has thus far promised much but delivered relatively
little, as a fragmented market designing proprietary systems struggled to supply
compelling, competitive solutions," added Richard Dineen, research director for Ovum's
Wireless Group. "WiMAX is poised to change this, offering open standards interoperability,
providing the basis for a competitive supply ecosystem and ultimately driving down costs
and prices. WiMAX (802.16a) technology promises mobile operators and WISPs a
cost-effective substitute for leased line backhaul from cell-sites or WiFi hotspots and
will offer a powerful wireless alternative to DSL or cable access in areas underserved by
fixed broadband infrastructure."
Covering frequencies up to 11 GHz, WiMAX networks have a service area range of up to 52
kilometers (31 miles) and allow users to get broadband connectivity without needing a
direct line of sight to the base station. This wireless broadband technology also provides
shared data rates up to 70 Mbps, which is enough bandwidth to simultaneously support more
than 60 businesses with E1/T1-type connectivity and hundreds of homes with DSL-type
connectivity using a single sector of a base station. About the WiMAX Forum
The WiMAX (Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access) Forum, is an industry-led,
non-profit corporation formed to help promote and certify the compatibility and
interoperability of broadband wireless products using the IEEE 802.16 and ETSI HiperMAN
wireless MAN specifications. WiMAX's goal is to accelerate the introduction of these
devices into the marketplace. WiMAX certified products will be fully interoperable and
support Metropolitan Broadband Fixed, Nomadic and Portable Applications.
The forum's membership includes Airspan Networks (NASDAQ:AIRN), Alvarion (NASDAQ:ALVR),
Andrew Corporation (NASDAQ:ANDW), Aperto Networks, Atheros, China Motion Telecom,
Compliance Certification Services, Ensemble Communications, Fujitsu (TSE: 6702), Hughes
Network Systems (NYSE: GMH), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), News IQ, Nokia (NYSE:NOK), OFDM Forum,
Powerwave Technologies (NASDAQ:PWAV), Proxim (NASDAQ:PROX), Redline Communications, REMEC
(NASDAQ: REMC), RF Integration, SiWave, SiWorks, SR Telecom (TSE:SRX.TO), Stratex Networks
(NASDAQ:STXN), Telnecity Group, TowerStream, TurboConcept, Wavesat Wireless, Wi-LAN
(TSE:WIN) and Winova Wireless. More information is available online at www.wimaxforum.org. WiMAX, WiMAX Forum and WiMAX-Certified are marks of the WiMAX Forum. Discuss WiMax Recieves CNET Networks' "Most Promising Technology of the Year" Award 10.16.2003 New FCC wireless rules may reduce need to dig up streets to lay cableCNN had an interesting take on this story - wireless technology saves the streets! What's more interesting, however is the approach the FCC is taking in its service rules for the commercial use of spectrum in the 71-76 GHz, 81-86 GHz, and 92-95 GHz bands. From the FCC press release:
10.10.2003 INDOOR NETWORKS ®
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with a message body of "unsubscribe". © 2003 Wireless Valley Communications, all rights reserved. 10.3.2003 The Wireless Communication RevolutionAustin Technology Council presents Keynote Speaker: Ted Rappaport, PhD ATC Member Cost: $20; Non-Member Cost: $35 Ted Rappaport, an entrepreneur, researcher, and community leader, will provide a high level overview of the key activities that are shaping the wireless telecommunication revolution. Activities throughout the world are setting the stage for a new world of appliances, computing devices, and ubiquitous connectivity that has only been imagined previously. This talk will cover some of the major activities, and will also explore how Austin will play a role in this evolution of the wireless communications industry. Also on the evening agenda: Sponsored by: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Please register online
or send your full contact information to rsvp@austintechnologycouncil.org Extending Mobility beyond the Wireless Device Date: Thursday Oct 16, 2003 Location: MCC Building Introductions and Lunch Please contact Connectione at 512-305-0948 or arauch@connectione.com to
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technology briefings intended to help leaders in all kinds of organizations
assess, evaluate and make decisions about investing in mobility
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and increase overall productivity to a single Wireless Mobile device. 10.2.2003 Wireless Valley Awarded US Patent 6,625,454 - Pioneering Patent For Multi-Band, Multi-Mode Network Design And DeploymentAustin, TX, USA, September 29, 2003 - Wireless Valley Communications, Inc., a leading developer of products and technical training for the design, measurement, and management of in-building and campus networks, announced it has been awarded a US Patent for a network design and deployment invention. US Patent 6,625,454, a pioneering patent in the field of network infrastructure planning and deployment, covers fundamental cost versus performance design and deployment techniques which are incorporated in Wireless Valley software products. The patent covers Wireless Valley's powerful instant error-checking capabilities for engineers who wish to rapidly create and compare network infrastructure designs using multi-band devices, coaxial cabling, fiber, or CAT-5 wiring. By automatically checking for frequency-dependent matching between the infrastructure components of any inbuilding network during the design, deployment, or monitoring phase, Wireless Valley's unprecedented failsafe features allow users to instantly visualize, monitor, and share design histories and maintenance records using the popular SitePlanner®, LANPlanner®, InFielder®, and Predictor(TM) network design and management software products. Wireless Valley has pioneered software that integrates cost and network performance tradeoff analysis with automated bill of materials generation and network monitoring and control in a site-specific modeling and measurement environment. The claims of US Patent 6,625,454, along with dozens of other issued or pending U.S. and International patents, enable Wireless Valley's products to offer incredible time savings, reduction in travel, and instant documentation for design, installation, and measurement archiving to system integrators, network architects, hardware manufacturers, and structured cabling designers throughout the world. Wireless Valley is a pioneer of site-specific network software design and management solutions for all aspects of campus and in-building networks. Over 250 companies and institutions throughout the world are using Wireless Valley's products every day to sell, design, bid, cost, measure, manage, and maintain campus and in-building networks, all within a seamless, easy to use software environment. Major integrators have standardized on the SitePlanner® and LANPlanner® product lines that provide significant time and cost savings by allowing engineers, operations staff, and building managers to conduct site-surveys, manage their networks, and share as-built drawings and cost details, instantly and effortlessly. Today, enterprises, universities, multi-tenant office buildings, and small businesses enjoy excellent wireless network coverage for PCS, Cellular, and IEEE 802.11a/b/g networks with installations performed and managed using SitePlanner® and LANPlanner®. Wireless Valley also conducts high quality technical training courses, designed to help educate cellular/PCS and IT professionals about the technical issues involved in indoor wireless design, deployment, maintenance, and management. These training courses offer unbiased, technically accurate knowledge for customers, including integrators, hardware manufacturers, and carriers. See a partial list of integrators who have standardized on SitePlanner® and LANPlanner® by visiting www.indoornetworks.com. To obtain more information about Wireless Valley products, or the company itself, visit the web at www.wirelessvalley.com, or call 512-821-1560. |
