Wayne Rash

The topic of municipal wireless has become a real hot button. Many communities are implementing municipal wireless, but theyre doing so for the wrong reasons. And, worse, theres a dirty little secret about muni wireless (more on that later). Not all municipal wireless efforts are political pork, nor are they failures. The city of Providence, […]

A new phone system may herald a more seamless wireless communications experience for users, although the technology has a way to go before its enterprise-ready. T-Mobile USAs new converged cellular/Wi-Fi phone system, called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home, enables subscribers toting one of the services two supported phones to place calls over regular cellular networks and then […]

Each morning, I, along with several other million Web surfers, start the day by catching up with the news. At one point, I would have tuned into a morning television newscast or read the daily newspaper tossed in my driveway, but those outlets are now second or third in order of preference. However, once a […]

T-Mobile USA announced on June 27 the first carrier-based converged cellular and Wi-Fi phone system in the United States. The new converged system uses a new series of GSM/Wi-Fi handsets and a Wi-Fi Internet router optimized for voice traffic. The new product offering is designed primarily for consumer use and is called T-Mobile HotSpot @Home. […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia—The Russian software development industry is working to move away from traditional outsourcing models, relying more on becoming partners with overseas companies and touting talent and innovation over cheap labor. According to customers, analysts and managers at development companies at the Russoft conference here June 21-22, todays Russian development companies would rather work […]

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has announced that XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. and Sirius Satellite Radio Inc. have submitted applications with the FCC to transfer their operating licenses to a merged corporation made up from both companies. Under the plan submitted to the FCC on Friday, control of the licenses would pass to XM as […]

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has taken the debate over appropriate content in broadcasting to a new level. In a response to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York, FCC Chairman Kevin Martin released a statement this weekend that was actually more obscenity-laden than the event that the FCC is sanctioning. “The Second […]

WASHINGTON – The International Trade Commission voted late on June 7 to ban the import of wireless devices that use Qualcomm chips and chip sets that infringe on certain Broadcom patents from entering the United States. The ban affects cell phones, PDAs, broadband cards and other similar devices intended for consumer use. However, the ITC […]

NEWTON, Mass.—Nortel is making a major push into municipal wireless networks to support its growing U.S. ambitions. This happens to fit in nicely with needs of municipalities pushing Wi-Fi in an effort to revitalize their downtown districts and shore up their tax base. Its also a boon to local ISPs. In contrast to other players […]

Sen. Hillary Clinton said she will sharply increase spending on energy research and basic sciences if elected president next year. She said broad spending initiatives are needed to help the United States keep pace with global competition. Her plans include the creation of a $50 billion Strategic Energy Fund to be funded from oil company […]

Broadcom will ask a federal court in Santa Ana, Calif., to permanently enjoin Qualcomm from infringing on patents it holds. A federal jury found on May 29 that Qualcomm had willfully infringed on three Broadcom patents involving wireless technology. A spokesperson for Qualcomm, however, said that the jury found that the company had not infringed […]

LAS VEGAS—Test equipment maker Ixia announced the industrys first true 10 Gigabit Ethernet test platform at Interop here. The new XM12X 10 Gigabit Ethernet module, which is designed around the recently approved IEEE 802.3an-2006 standard for 10GBASE-T, contains 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and one 10GBASE-T port. The 12 on-board processors allow the module to completely […]