ComScore: Computers Using "Mobile Broadband" Soar 154% in 2007
Mobile broadband employs cellular networks, where users pay subscriptions for access and the connection is made with a PC card, built-in adapter, or connections can be tethered via a cell-phone or PDA, and is different than Wi-Fi access, which is predicated on the availability of short range “hot spots” where access fees often apply incrementally for each connection.
From comScore, March 05, 2008
Intel Seeking Salvation in WiMax
With component prices falling amid weakening computer spending, the giant chipmaker is betting heavily that WiMax is the future of wireless broadband. That's an expensive gamble.
From CNN Money, March 05, 2008
WiMAX Spotlight Shifts to India
From Telephony Online, March 05, 2008
TIA Applauds Markey Bill and Municipal Control Over Broadband
From TMCnet.com, March 04, 2008
EC Commissioner Reding Opposes Closed Fiber Networks
European Commissioner Viviane Reding has sent a very clear message to Europe’s incumbent operators -- there’s no way you’ll get away with building closed FTTH networks.
From Light Reading, March 04, 2008
Azulstar Leaves Winston-Salem Project
Lynda Goff, the executive director of WinstonNet, said the Azulstar "made the decision to leave the partnership" earlier this year.
From JournalNow.com, March 04, 2008
Pittsburgh's Downtown Partnership: New Wi-Fi Provider
AspStation replaces US Wireless Online Inc. as the company responsible for maintaining the system and collecting subscribers' payments. Louisville, Ky.-based US Wireless Online filed for federal Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Oct. 8.
From Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, March 03, 2008
Verizon Promises Massachusetts More DSL, FiOS
Though the company just received the regulatory approval it needs to sell its DSL lines in Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont, Verizon apparently wants to keep the more profitable (and less rural) Massachusetts.
From Broadband Reports, March 03, 2008
WiMAX, Spectrum Opportunity Squandered in S. Carolina
All that's needed to create a statewide super-broadband system is a plan for converting the state's 67 ETV licenses, issued by the Federal Communications Commission, to WiMAX use.
From Myrtle Beach Online, March 03, 2008
Geographer Maps Salt Lake City's 1,739 Hotspots
With the aid of GPS, Torrens mapped 1739 unique access points among 500 000 data samples. His analysis shows access points clustering around dense areas of houses and offices, as well as around the dorms on the University of Utah campus.
From IEEE Spectrum Online, March 03, 2008
