Posts Tagged ‘ WCAI ’

Update on Mobile WiMAX- is it really mobile (or only for wireless fixed line access)?

December 2, 2008
By Alan Weissberger

Over one year ago, I wrote an article titled: Will the real mobile WiMAX please stand up: http://www.viodi.com/newsletter/061000/article2.pdf The claim then was that IEEE 802.16e (AKA Mobile WiMAX) would be primarily used for fixed line BWA. Not much has changed in the last 18 months. Recently, there’ve been some encouraging announcements from Clearwire, Digital...
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Android: An Open Handset Alliance (OHA) Project

November 19, 2008
By Alan Weissberger

Android promises to be the first complete, open and free mobile broadband platform. In this WCAI session, Google and Motorola described how Android will break down barriers to building innovative applications and thereby offer consumers a richer wireless experience. The main message was that the Android "open mobile ecosystem" will encourage software development of...
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Google’s Larry Page and FCC’s Kevin Martin Laud White Spaces for unlicensed BWA

November 19, 2008
By Alan Weissberger

Google co-founder Larry Page was very encouraged about the FCC’s November 4th decision to open up white spaces (the unused portions of the new digital TV frequency bands- up to 700 MHz) for unlicensed Broadband Wireless Access (BWA). "White spaces are very important for the future of wireless broadband," Page said in his openning...
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