Wayne Rash

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission decided Aug. 3 to reaffirm its stance on the deployment of broadband-over-power-line technology. In a Memorandum Opinion and Order adopted by the FCC today, the commissioners affirmed that BPL providers have the right to provide data access using power transmission lines, provided they dont interfere with existing radio services. By adpting […]

Within a year, the Caltrain commuter rail system expects to have public wireless access available to its riders on the 80-mile line that runs from San Francisco to San Joses southern suburbs. The rail system announced the successful conclusion of proof-of-concept testing the week of July 31. The test system isnt available for passenger use […]

Ixia announced on July 24 that the company has a new, high-density Ethernet test platform designed for large enterprises and carriers. The Optixia XM platform, coupled with the Optixia XM12 Chassis allow the company to deliver up to 144 Gigabit Ethernet or 36 10Gigabit Ethernet ports in a single chassis. Unlike its competition, the Ixia […]

Oasys Mobile is releasing a new service the company calls a Virtual Locker. The service, which provides off-line Web based backup storage for your cell phone, is designed to preserve content purchased from the Oasys Mobile Web site, but a purchase isnt necessary to use the service, and it will also store information such as […]

WASHINGTON—What was billed as the great net neutrality debate of the season started off with the participants in complete agreement. Fortunately for the audience, it didnt stay that way. Yet by the time the debate was over, the most startling fact was how close the two sides were in their positions. The debaters were Vinton […]

Dell Computer is now shipping a new wireless card that handles higher speeds and longer ranges than the 802.11g cards currently shipped by the company. The new card, which meets the current draft of the proposed 802.11n Wi-Fi standard, works with the companys XPS mobile systems and some Inspiron laptops. The Dell Wireless 1500 Draft […]

Aruba Networks and Airwave Wireless are announcing July 17 that the companies will combine the capabilities of Arubas new wireless management products and the Airwave Wireless Management Suite. According to a statement by the companies, this will allow users to create a centrally managed wireless network, but still use their existing wireless infrastructure. Other centrally […]

Ruckus Wireless has told eWEEK that it plans to announce agreements with 15 rural telephone companies to provide wireless broadband and IPTV equipment to customers. Ruckus uses a revolutionary antenna design to deliver high-bandwidth program material over standard Wi-Fi signals. This means that a telco can provide video service to a home and not have […]

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission announced following its meeting July 13 that it would issue a Notice of Apparent Liability for $97,500—the maximum fine the FCC can impose—on LocateCell.com for failure to respond to a subpoena issued by the commission. According to an FCC statement, LocateCell, apparently operated by First Data Solutions, of Knoxville, Tenn., and […]

In a move that clearly delighted Good Technology executives, the enterprise wireless handheld computing software and services company is announcing a deal with Bell Mobility on Research In Motions home turf. “Were working with wireless carriers that are reselling our suite of products,” said Rick Osterloh, vice president of marketing and product management for Good. […]

A lack of oversight, personality conflicts and a serious underestimation of the scale of the information loss all played a significant role in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs response to the theft of millions of veterans records earlier in 2006, according to a scathing report issued by the VA Office of the Inspector General […]

WASHINGTON—Symantecs Data Center Management business unit announced July 11 that the company is releasing major upgrades to two key management products, Storage Foundation and Veritas Cluster Server, both of which are being released as Version 5.0. Storage Foundation 5.0 provides customers with a single interface for diverse storage solutions, while CLS protects against unplanned downtime […]