Wayne Rash

BURLINGTON, Mass.—iRobot has taken a major step in encouraging the development of autonomous household robots with its Create device. The Create includes the chassis and brains of an iRobot Roomba, along with an interface device that allows it to communicate with the outside world. The vacuum cleaner parts have been removed to make room for […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—If there was an overriding theme to the Spring edition of the 2007 CTIA trade show, it was entertainment. What buzz existed was all about phones that show movies, television shows, or play music in one or another format or means of delivery. The Apple iPhone, despite its near total absence from the show, […]

ORLANDO, Florida—Former Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton on March 29 urged the wireless industry to help create unity and reduce division using wireless communications in innovative ways to help the global economy grow. At the CTIA conference here, President Clinton noted that more than half the world lives on wages that are […]

FRANKFURT, Germany—When the vast airbus a380 super jumbo jet touched its wheels—all 22 of them—to the runway here one March day, it stopped being a part of the sky and instead became a creature of the ground. At the same time, control of this massive jet transferred from the air traffic control system operated by […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—Motorola and AT&T said today that the two companies are teaming to introduce a new mobile device aimed at people who “do actual work.” The new MC35 is designed to be a rugged phone that will support Windows Mobile 5, and that will come with the Good Technology application suite. According to a Motorola […]

ORLANDO, Fla.—FCC Chairman Kevin Martin told attendees at the CTIA trade show here that his top priority as chairman is to see that the auction for spectrum space currently occupied by broadcasters goes off on time. Martin was the opening keynote speaker at the CTIA show that started March 27. Martin said he has a […]

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission is launching an inquiry to determine how broadband providers are behaving in terms of providing access to the Internet to subscribers. The Notice of Inquiry, announced at the March 22 commission meeting here, is intended to seek comments on whether providers are restricting access to sites on the Internet, whether they […]

WASHINGTON—A federal judge has ruled that Vonage Holdings Corp. may not use patents held by Verizon Communications in operating its VOIP phone service. The ruling follows a decision on March 8 in which a federal jury found Vonage was infringing on Verizons patents. Judge Claude Hilton said that he would delay the injunction for two […]

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in Minneapolis has blocked the State of Minnesotas effort to regulate voice over IP telephony provider Vonage. In a decision handed down March 21, the court agreed with Vonage and with the Federal Communications Commission that Vonage and IP phone companies like it are inherently […]

One of the most technologically advanced features of the Hearst Towers converged network is its distributed antenna system. By choosing such a system, Hearst dramatically reduced the complexity of its wireless network. MobileAccess Networks, which provided the distributed system in the new Manhattan high-rise, has delivered a number of distributed antenna systems for large projects. […]