Jeff Goldman

Rajant Corporation was founded in late 2001 immediately following the events of 9/11, with the aim of providing a solution to the problems experienced by first responders at Ground Zero, when different agencies using different radio systems were unable to communicate with each other. The company’s BreadCrumb series of products is designed to create an […]

At their ISP session, Standards of WISP Excellence: SOPs for the WISP Industry, Matt Larsen of Vistabeam and John Scrivner of Mt. Vernon.Net (both board members of WISPA) offered wireless ISPs a wide range of suggestions on how to improve the quality and professionalism of their offerings. Among the many keys to WISP success discussed […]

Broadband wireless solution architecture and integration firm Public Safety Broadband last month announced the creation of the Public Safety Broadband Consortium, a partnership with InfiNet Wireless, Lockheed Martin and WiFi-CityWide LLC to offer a complete solution for the development and implementation of municipal wireless public safety networks. The consortium will offer to cities a wireless […]

Last week, Trinity Convergence announced that Skype had licensed its VeriCall Edge embedded VoIP solution to create a “turnkey software bundle” that makes it easier for OEMs and ODMs to develop PC-free, standalone devices that support Skype. Jeff Schline, Trinity’s director of marketing communications, says discussions with Skype regarding the partnership began over a year […]

Tzero Technologies last week announced a partnership with Analog Devices to create the industry’s first standards-based wireless HDMI (high-definition multimedia interface) solution for wireless video and audio connections between products like HDTVs, DVD players, set-top boxes and game systems. The solution, the companies say, delivers a quality of service virtually identical to that of wired […]

Back in February, we looked at GlobeTel Communications Corporation’s plans to install a $600 million WiMax network in Russia’s 30 largest cities. At the time, we noted that The Motley Fool was citing “open skepticism” among Russian communications analysts, saying the market was too small and competition too significant for GlobeTel’s plans to succeed. Looks […]

Freescale Semiconductor and Wavesat Inc. today announced a collaboration to provide reference designs for WiMax-enabled CPEs targeted at both residential customers and small to medium sized businesses. The two companies will be demonstrating the solutions this week at the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando, Florida. Fawzi Behman, director of Strategic Marketing at Freescale, says the […]

This week at the Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference in San Jose, California, a flurry of announcements and demonstrations heralded the arrival of Certified Wireless USB as a market-ready technology. Two key factors in that readiness include availability of silicon and interoperability between vendors. During the keynote on Wednesday, the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) offered […]

This week at the Certified Wireless USB Developers Conference in San Jose, Staccato Communications is introducing its Team Staccato partner program with a series of demonstrations by partner companies to offer what company Vice President of Business Development and Corporate Marketing Mark Bowles calls “one-stop shopping for everything you need.” Team Staccato is starting, Bowles […]

This week, Wavesat announced the next offering in its WiMax roadmap, a chipset offering basic mobility and portability for laptops and PDAs. Codenamed Shark, the chip is intended to serve as a bridge between fixed (802.16-2004) and mobile (802.16e) WiMax offerings, with key features including subchannelization for indoor applications and hard handover for portability. According […]

Ultrawideband (UWB) semiconductor company Artimi this week announced that it had taped out what it says is the first RF silicon to support both low band (3-5 GHz) and high band (6-9 GHz) UWB in the same device. The aim is to offer a single solution that can remain compliant with all UWB regulations as […]