Eric Griffith

Openairboston.net (OAB), the nonprofit that will run an eventual citywide Wi-Fi network for the city of Boston, today issued a Request for Information (RFI) with the goal of finding a system integrator to build out the eventual network. The nonprofit was first announced in the summer of 2006, saying it wanted to raise $16 to […]

At CTIA 2007 this week, Tropos Networks unveiled its Next Generation product, the MetroMesh NG, which can integrate radios for Wi-Fi, 4.9GHz and WiMax. The company calls it “the world’s first meshed multi-protocol picocell system.” “We’ve looked at a lot of architectures, what people are doing, and the macrocellular architecture used by WiMax and EV-DO […]

Sometimes the wireless space seems to defy the logic of market dynamics, with cost and availability appearing to fluctuate in unexpected ways. A recent example of this phenomenon comes from Pyramid Research, where researchers have been delving into the complexities of WiMax spectrum sales — most WiMax equipment today does not use the unlicensed bands […]

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced at CTIA Wireless 2007 in Orlando, Florida yesterday that the Core Specification for Bluetooth version 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) will soon be made available to vendors, with a couple of enhanced features. And it’s just in time, as a new study says that Bluetooth awareness in […]

Wi-Fi signals going long distances are nothing new — many contests have been held to see how far the signals can be extended, year after year. But this one isn’t a contest: Intel has set up a Wi-Fi link in downtown San Francisco that it claims is capable of reaching 60 miles (100 kilometers). ZDNet […]

PCTEL’s Roaming Client – Voice Enabled (VE) will be the software powering a new prototype handset from Kyocera Wireless, one of the first to try Voice Call Continuity (VCC), which usually covers seamless roaming from one cell network (or 3G network) to another, in the context of Wi-Fi to cellular roaming. “The VCC solution is […]

Sequans Communications today announced that the SQN1130 chip for mobile devices supporting WiMax is ready for customers. This is the third generation of WiMax chips from the company, and the first from them to support the 802.16e Wave 2 mobile WIMAX profile. Wave 2 for 802.16e features some advanced radio features — including 2×2 MIMO […]

Not for the first time, a company has developed what it says is a paint that, when applied to walls, will block out (or, more importantly, keep in) radio signals like those used by Wi-Fi. EM-SEC Technologies of Hampton, Virginia says its EM-SEC Coating System (PDF) is an “electromagnetic barrier for the containment of wireless […]

After years of using pre-WiMax wireless broadband (with Navini Network’s RipWave MX technology since 2005), the Dutch WISP Scarlet B.V. is upgrading its existing network in Curacao to mobile WiMax (802.16e), also from Navini. By the end of 2007, as the network changes and expands, Scarlet expects to serve 10,000 customers on the Caribbean island […]

Municipal wireless has worked out well in St. Cloud, Florida, after a somewhat rocky start just over a year ago. Now, the Cyber Spot network run for the city (which owns and funds everything) by Hewlett-Packard (HP) with mesh equipment from Tropos Networks is considered a major success in the world of free Wi-Fi-based Internet […]

In 2008, 2Wire will be offering a DSL residential gateway with a little more than just the standard home networking functionality. The company will support F/MC by building a miniature cellular base station into its product, better known as a femtocell. Such products allow users to get extended cellular voice and data coverage right in […]

Announced at the last MacWorld Expo, but lost a bit in the hype over the iPhone, the Apple TV set-top box is now shipping. It’s the first consumer electronics product to ship with 802.11n — a Wi-Fi technology not yet ratified, but still making major inroads in new products anyway. Apple describes the product as […]