This is a good overview of WAN Technology. Wide Area Networks (WANs) are used to interconnect networks that are not physically close to each other, might be physically separated across the cities, across regions, or even across geography. Currently there are many WAN technologies available. Primary different between WAN technology and LAN technology is about the distance that separates the interconnected networks. WANs use different transmission media, hardware, and protocols. Data transfer rates are typically much lower for WAN communication when compared to LAN rat MORE >
Source: Network And Security | 10/12/2009
Alvarion's Wireless Video Surveillance Solution Used as Part of the Security Network at Largest Ever Presidential Inauguration
President Barack Obama, nation’s top leaders and a large crowd on hand protected during festivities
Mountain View, Calif., Feb. 17, 2009 — While the world’s eyes were on President Barack Obama’s historic inauguration late last month, Alvarion’s wireless video surveillance solutions among others were used by the U.S. government to ensure the safety of top U.S. leaders and a large crowd in presence during the day’s ceremonies. Alvarion® Ltd. (NASDAQ:ALVR), the world’s leading provider of WiMAX™ and wireless broadband solutions, provided a solution that was included as part of the overall wireless video surveillance network built by U.S. government during the inauguration on January 20, 2009, in Washington, D.C. MORE >
Source: Alvarion - Press Release | 08/02/2009
Mobile Citizen offers $10 per month WiMAX service to schools and nonprofits
Mobile Citizen, a provider of broadband for education and non-profits, has announced that it is offering $10 per month WiMAX subscriptions to schools and non-profits in Portland, Las Vegas, Chicago and Philadelphia. Mobile Citizen is the first service provider in the US to offer WiMAX access exclusively to educational institutions and non-profits. They are reselling Clearwire’s WiMAX service. MORE >
Source: Esme Vos - MuniWireless | 08/02/2009
Alvarion and Linkem Build WiMAX Network for World Swimming Championship in Italy
Alvarion and Italian telecommunications company Linkem today announced that they will provide wireless broadband coverage for the 13th annual world swimming championship in Rome from July 17th through August 2nd. Linkem was recently selected to create a wireless network using WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies in both the indoor and outdoor areas of Rome’s Olympic Village. MORE >
Source: WiMAX News | 08/02/2009
WiMAX Forum Hastens to Test 2.3 GHz Products
The WiMAX Forum announced today that it has begun testing 2.3 GHz Mobile WiMAX products in the 5, 10 and 8.75 MHz channels for certification. The WiMAX Forum expects the first group of 2.3 GHz products to be WiMAX Forum Certified by Q4 2009. The testing for this group of 2.3 GHz products was initiated earlier than expected. MORE >
Source: WiMAX News | 08/02/2009
Augere Launches WiMAX in Bangladesh
Augere Wireless Broadband launched WiMAX at the Westin Dhaka in Bangladesh on Tuesday, July 21. The 2.3GHz internet services will be available on trial in the Gulshan and Banani areas of the Dhaka district reports TeleGeography.
Of the launch, Sanjiv Ahuja, chairman and chief executive officer of Augere Holdings, said, “The real internet experience is here.” MORE >
Source: WiMAX News | 08/02/2009
WiMAX investments in Asia Pacific
China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), is readying the launch of WiMAX technology in China. The entry of China into the WiMAX sphere could catapult the market with new investment worth some RMB100 million (US$16.4 billion). SARFT is looking to introduce WiMAX in 30 cities. While SARFT has denied the existence of such a plan, the denial could be an attempt to stall for time while the plan is finalised. MORE >
Source: Paul Budde - Market Research Australia | 08/02/2009
HSPA connections to pass 150 million by September
The number of live HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) connections will pass 150 million globally this summer, the GSM Association said today, while WiMAX has just 3.5 million users, according to a report published by Marvedis this week, putting HSPA firmly ahead of other mobile broadband technologies. MORE >
Growth of 3G wireless broadband illustrates demand for 4G connections
It’s no secret that 4G wireless technology - aka Long Term Evolution and WiMax - is in the works and actually starting to see some deployment. But until then, a 3G technology called High Speed Packet Access, or HSPA, is seeing the big growth numbers around the globe. MORE >
Source: Sam Diaz - ZDNet | 08/02/2009
Digital Nomads Choose Their Tribes
Frank Gruber's workstation at AOL in Dulles could be in any cubicle farm from here to Bangalore -- push-pin board for reminders, computer on Formica desk, stifling fluorescent lighting. It's so drab there's nothing more to say about it, which is why the odds of finding Gruber there are slim. MORE >
Source: Michael S. Rosenwald - Washington Post | 08/02/2009
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