IEEE Confirms 802.11n Wi-Fi Draft Specification

The IEEE Task Group "N" voted to confirm the proposal for the 802.11n Wi-Fi standard. The draft will now proceed through the IEEE ratification process.The proposed IEEE 802.11n standard supports speeds of up to 600 Mbps and will enable wireless systems to deliver greater range.http://www.enhancedwirelessconsortium.orgIn October 2005, a group of 27 Wi-Fi companies formed an Enhanced Wireless Consortium to accelerate the IEEE 802.11n standard development process. The EWC specification comprises a number of technical elements, including:Mixed-mode...

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LGC Wireless Optimizes Multi-Carrier Cellular Coverage for Atlanta Airport

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, which ranks as the worlds busiest passenger air terminal, has installed LGC Wireless' InterReach Unison system to deliver cellular and public safety wireless coverage throughout the airport's 5.8 million square foot facility. The multi-operator system has been funded by the airport itself, and will provide coverage in its terminal as well as in the underground transportation mall, where a train system links the airport's concourses. The InterReach Unison system will support traffic for all major...

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Sprint Nextel Plans 4G Rollout in 2008

Sprint Nextel plans to leverage its extensive 2.5 GHz Broadband Radio Service (BRS) spectrum holdings with a major rollout of 4G services in 2008, said Len Lauer, COO of Sprint Nextel, speaking at WCA conference in San Jose. Its market strategy will be to deploy the network quickly in top 100 U.S. markets, giving it as much as a two-year lead over its major wireless competitors. Sprint Nextel is currently evaluating a number of different wireless technologies and network architectures, including multicarrier DO (MCDO), f-OFDM, WiMAX, HSPA, TD-CDMA...

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NTT Communications and Telefonica Wholesale Interconnect

NTT Communications Corporation (NTT Com) and Telefonica International Wholesale Services (Telefonica Wholesale) agreed to interconnect their international data networks. The agreement will enable both companies to increase their coverage through a seamless international network covering almost all the Asia Pacific Region, the United States, Latin America and Europe.http://www.ntt.comhttp://www.telefonica...

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France Telecom Reaches 200,000 IPTV Subscribers, Launches "Le Bouquet" MPEG4

France Telecom now has over 200,000 subscribers for its MaLigne TV, a premium IPTV service that was first launched in December 2003. As of 30-Sep-2005, there were 142,000 MaLigne TV customers in France, compared to 116,000 at the end of June. Starting February 1, France Telecom is expanding the offering with the launch of "Le Bouquet TV", featuring free access to a range of general and specialized channels as well as all the free channels available...

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Agere Hits 100 Million Unit Milestone for GSM Chipsets

Agere Systems has shipped in excess of 100 million Global System for Mobile (GSM)-based wireless chipsets for mobile phones. The company began supplying solutions for GPRS mobile phones in limited quantities in 2000, achieving its highest shipment levels over the last two years.http://www.agere.c...

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WiMAX Forum Announces First Certified Products

The WiMAX Forum announced the first fixed wireless broadband network products to achieve the designation of WiMAX Forum Certified. These include:Aperto Networks' PacketMAX 5000 base stationRedline Communications' RedMAX AN-100U base stationSEQUANS Communications' SQN2010 SoC base station solutionWavesat's miniMAX customer premise equipment (CPE) solution.To date, the WiMAX Forum's certification laboratory, Cetecom Spain, has confirmed 26 additional reservations from manufacturers for testing slots for both subscriber and base station equipment...

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Earthlink Signs Motorola and Tropos for Wi-Fi in 5 Cities

Earthlink signed a contract with Motorola for it to provide wireless equipment, design, installation and system integration for the initial five major cities where EarthLink will deploy municipal Wi-Fi Internet access networks. Financial terms were not disclosed.Motorola will provide its MOTOwi4 portfolio of products, including its Canopy high-speed backhaul and Wi-Fi mesh network equipment supplied to Motorola by Tropos Networks.Motorola will also install and provide system integration and support services for the networks operated by EarthLink.The...

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ITV Expands Web Video with Narrowstep

ITV, the UK's top, and Europe's second largest commercial broadcaster, has extended its contract with Narrowstep to broadcast its new local broadband TV service.ITV first signed Narrowstep in October 2005 to test TelVOS, its Television Operating System, in order to offer Brighton and Hastings their local news, weather, community activities, travel and other ITV entertainment. With the expansion of the trial, Narrowstep has increased its services...

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Broadcom Launches "Intensi-fi" Silicon for 802.11n

Broadcom announced the availability of its new "Intensi-fi" WLAN chipsets designed to comply with the IEEE 802.11n draft specification. The chipsets incorporate all mandatory elements of the IEEE 802.11n draft specification and are software upgradable once the standard is finalized. Broadcom said it is working closely with other industry leaders to demonstrate real-world interoperability among brands as draft-802.11n products become available....

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Nielsen//NetRatings: iTunes Reaches 14% of Active Internet Universe,

Traffic to Apple's iTunes Web site and use of the iTunes application has skyrocketed 241% over the past year, from 6.1 million unique visitors in December 2004 to 20.7 million in December 2005, reaching nearly 14 percent of the active Internet population, according to Nielsen//NetRatings.Teens are disproportionately represented among iTunes users; 12 to 17 year olds are nearly twice as likely to visit the iTunes Web site and use the application as the average Internet user. iTunes users are also more likely to be male; the site's traffic is 54...

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Meru Ships its Radio Switch for High Density WLANs

Meru Networks began shipping its new Radio Switch Family, a gigabit-class, wireless LAN infrastructure switch built for high-density data and wireless VoIP applications in pervasive, enterprise WLANs.Meru's Radio Switch family includes the four-radio RS-4000, the eight-radio RS-8000, the twelve-radio RS-12000 and a patent-pending, built-in omni-directional antenna. The system delivers up to 648 Mbps of WLAN bandwidth utilizing 802.11 standard radios,...

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Nortel Hires GE's Dennis Carey

Nortel announced the appointment of Dennis Carey as executive vice president, Corporate Operations. Building on a 25-year career with GE, Carey brings to Nortel an extensive background in general management, business development, corporate operations, strategy, finance, information systems, mergers and acquisitions, auditing, supply chain management and Six Sigma. He also has served as vice president and general manager for Corporate Productivity and M&A for AT&T, and more recently as executive vice president for Business Development, Strategy...

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Scientific-Atlanta Sees Rise in Higher-End STBs and Modems

Scientific-Atlanta reported quarterly sales of $495.2 million. Net income $53.4 million, or $0.34 per share, compared with $58.7 million, or $0.38 per share, in the same period last year. Gross margin in the second quarter was 36.1 percent of sales, down one percentage point from last year. Some highlights:There was a year-to-year increase in sales of subscriber products driven by higher volumes of Explorer digital set-tops and WebSTAR cable modems and a continued mix shift toward higher-end set-top and modem products. <Selling prices for almost...

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