Wireless


  • XO Increases Capacity of Core Network, Extends Incentive Program
    XO Communications said Monday it has increased the capacity of its core network by 200 percent by deploying an additional 800gbps of capacity on major routes across its18,000 route-mile optical network. The company also said it has extended the availability of its 3 ...More
    July 30, 2007
    Posted in News, Ethernet/ MPLS
  • Google, Sprint Partner on WiMAX
    Though we live in a world where wireless and walled garden seem to go hand in hand, Sprint announced today that it will partner with open-access booster Google Inc. to create a mobile WiMAX portal for search, interactive communications, user-generated content and social ...More
    July 26, 2007 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • Amp’d Out
    Well, it’s the end of a story which could tentatively be called “Behind the Minutes: Amp’d Mobile.” By all reports, Amp’d Mobile will likely cease operations Tuesday. Like a made-for-VH1 rock and roll tragedy, the once-cool MVNO has fallen onto disreputable hard times, ...More
    July 23, 2007 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • XO Expands Broadband Wireless Coverage
    XO Communications Inc. has added 24 new markets to its broadband wireless coverage area marking what it says is the nation’s most expansive utilization of fixed broadband wireless technology. The broadband wireless network covers 36 markets as part of XO’s nationwide ...More
    July 11, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Glitches Don't Slow iPhone Much
    To hear some tell it, the history of man goes something like this: There was fire. Then the wheel. Then metal tools, democracy and penicillin. And now, the next great evolution: the iPhone. iCrazy or iTrue? Well, it finally came and went, the magic moment when Apple stores ...More
    July 2, 2007 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • iPhone Plan Details Revealed
    Cranking up the anticipation for the iPhone’s June 29 launch, AT&T Inc. and Apple Inc. announced new service details today. There will be three new service plans available just for the iPhone, all of which include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail (which allows consumers ...More
    June 26, 2007 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • Hostopia Private-Labels New E-Mail Services
    Hostopia.com Inc. has released new e-mail services for SMBs with two to 25 employees. The company sells the services wholesale to service providers. Features include calendar and contact-sharing, as well as data synchronization between e-mail systems and mobile devices. The ...More
    June 19, 2007
    Posted in News
  • Clearwire Signs Up for Satellite
    Score one for synergy: Clearwire Corp. has signed a reciprocal sales agreement with satellite TV providers DIRECTV and EchoStar Communications (operator of the Dish Network). The DBS companies will sell Clearwire's WiMAX-based broadband and VoIP services to their customers, ...More
    June 14, 2007 By Tara Seals
    Posted in News
  • Qualcomm Chips Blocked
    An adverse patent ruling by the U.S. International Trade Commission has banned U.S. imports of new cell phones with Qualcomm Inc. chipsets, sparking an outcry from the wireless operator community. While existing models will be grandfathered in and remain on sale, tens of ...More
    June 8, 2007
    Posted in News
  • NACSE Rolls Out New Certification Courses
    The National Association of Communication Systems Engineers (NACSE) this week rolled out its new Convergence Management Systems certification curriculum. The courses combine in-person and online formats. New topics include: • Wireless Technology Manager, for new career, ...More
    June 7, 2007
    Posted in News, Voice over IP (VoIP)/IP Telephony