Fixed Wirless News Archives

2001

Building Wi-Fi Real Estate ISP-Planet Staff
[December 19, 2001] JNS Enterprises, Inc., has opened for business in Tuxedo, New York. The company plans to build and operate towers for city governments.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[December 11, 2001] New Wi-Fi security enhancements abound, more and more college campuses are going wireless, and GRIC successfully completes beta testing of its Wi-Fi-based broadband wireless network.

Wi-Fi Bridge In A Box ISP-Planet Staff
[December 6, 2001] The new Agere ORiNOCO Point-to-Point wireless kits include access points, cabling, antennas, and safety gear.

Wireless Access News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[December 4, 2001] Another small regional company launches Wi-Fi services—this time in upstate New York. Wi-LAN Inc. gets happy and BIFS Technologies Corp. picks up two new partners.

IBM Details WLAN Applications Bob Liu
[November 30, 2001] Usability and applications are the real stumbling blocks for rapid deployment of WLANs.

What Makes Wi-Fi So Compelling? Bob Liu
[November 29, 2001] Allan Scott of Agere describes his vision of the past, present, and its bright future of 802.11b wireless Internet service.

WaveRider Signs Distribution Agreement ISP-Planet Staff
[November 29, 2001] WaveRider's latest 2.4 GHz wireless bridge-and-router combo is added to the product list of an English distributor.

Juniper, Nokia Ready For IPv6 internetnews.com Staff
[November 29, 2001] Juniper Networks' latest products are IPv6-ready on the same day that France Telecom hires Nokia to help it migrate to IPv6.

Motient Sells Some Assets Roy Mark
[November 29, 2001] Motient, minority investor in a satellite joint venture, gained some much-needed cash when the joint venture spun free.

Is 802.11g Doomed? Bob Liu
[November 16, 2001] Months of contention as well as delays caused by Sept. 11 have apparently taken their toll on the next-generation standard for WLAN chip sets, and the IEEE is considering scrapping it altogether.

Cisco Boosts Wireless Presence Jim Wagner
[November 15, 2001] The manufacturer strikes a deal with IBM and embraces 802.11x as the standard for enterprise-class wireless communication equipment.

Wireless Access News Briefs Matthew Peretz
[November 13, 2001] Agere has an upgrade for WEP, Intel has new 802.11a products, and the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) has a new standard called Wi-Fi5.

VoiceStream Catches A Falling MobileStar Bob Liu
[November 13, 2001] The deal provides both parties with a good strategic fit and represents a logical extension of the 802.11b technology from personal to wide area networks.

Motient Targets SMBs Roy Mark
[November 12, 2001] Motient is teaming up with Airespring to sell wireless e-mail services through Airespring's Office To Go hosted solution. Motient says the partnership could yield over 40,000 new users.

FCC Puts an End to Wireless Caps Jim Wagner
[November 9, 2001] In a move that has big wireless carriers cheering, regulators voted to bump up the cap immediately and eliminate it at the end of 2002. The dissenter said it would enable big corporate mergers.

Wireless Access News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[November 6, 2001] It's a topsy-turvy world in the Wi-Fi biz. AT&T pulled the plug on its offering, but little guys keep stepping up to the plate. Meanwhile, the red ink continues to gush in the manufacturing sector.

Cisco's Mobile IP Roaming Software Michael Singer
[October 31, 2001] Cell phone roaming rocks. The technology automatically picks up your signal as you move from one coverage area to another. Cisco aims to do the same for any mobile device on an IP network.

MobileStar Faded, Not Fallen Bob Liu
[October 29, 2001] The fact that MobileStar's network has not been shut down means certain customers can still utilize the service at Starbucks locations that have installed 802.11b equipment.

AT&T Wireless Drops Fixed Wireless Jim Wagner
[October 24, 2001] Fixed wireless technology isn't so popular with AT&T. A high-speed alternative to DSL and cable Internet services for most, AT&T never utilized fixed wireless technology for access to the Internet.

Microsoft Touts Native XP Support For Wi-Fi Thor Olavsrud
[October 23, 2001] Windows XP support of IEEE 802.1x standards complement what many regard as the future direction of wireless LAN security. WECA endorses Microsoft's Wi-Fi efforts.

Microsoft, Wayport Claim Success In 802.1x Trial Thor Olavsrud
[October 18, 2001] Microsoft Corp. and Wayport Inc. this week claimed success in a pilot of the 802.1x security standard on Windows XP at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

AT&T Wireless Gets Googled Michael Singer
[October 16, 2001] The wireless arm of AT&T secures its latest in a string of content deals with Google. Gives users access to more than 1.6 billion search results over handheld devices.

Star-Crossed Fate For MobileStar Bob Liu
[October 15, 2001] What does the potential demise of a fixed wireless ISP mean for the nascent 802.11 technology? Experts aren't predicting gloom and doom, but the industry does not remain unaffected.

VoiceStream Invests $300 Million In Upgrades Jim Wagner
[September 28, 2001] Officials at wireless digital phone company VoiceStream announcetheir decision to beef up its 3G network with a $300 million equipment upgrade courtesy of Nortel Networks.

FCC Adds Mobile to 2500-2690 MHz Band Thor Olavsrud
[September 25, 2001] Federal regulators moved to allocate frequency bands below 3GHz to support the introduction of advanced wireless services, including so-called "Third Generation" broadband access in the U.S.

C&W Expands Wireless Services ISP-Planet Staff
[September 21, 2001] Cable & Wireless this week stepped boldly into developing real wire-free offerings on a global scale. Now, if they could only add cable services, its corporate moniker would finally fit the firm.

Plaintree Acquires LaserWireless ISP-Planet Staff
[September 21, 2001] Plaintree Systems Inc., a manufacturer of Free Space Optics (FSO) equipment, is acquiring a development stage company called LaserWireless.

Dobson's Bad News Is Verizon's Good News Jim Wagner
[September 19, 2001] With its purchase of Dobson wireless POPs in Arizona, California, Georgia, Ohio and Tennessee, Verizon Wireless brings another 1.5 million Americans under its wire-free wing.

FCC Tries To Clear The Air ISP-Planet Staff
[September 18, 2001] In a surprising move federal regulators adjust the rules guiding television broadcasters access to spectrum in order to hurry their exit of valuable spectrum.

Radio Technology Firm Gets Funding Roy Mark
[September 11, 2001] e-tenna corp. secured an additional $10.7 million as it continues to develop software programmable flexible antenna technologies for a future market that will have more available spectrum.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[August 31, 2001] WISP adopts MMDS technology through Hybrid, NextNet introduces NLOS gear for residential MMDS use, Spectrum Wireless sticks with 2.4 GHz unlicensed spectrum, and other wires untangled.

Airport WLAN Access Expands in U.S. Matthew A. Peretz
[August 30, 2001] Wayport has landed on Laptop Lane as the WiFi provider continues to extend its services across the U.S. Looks like Wayport could be in your port of call soon.

Air Force Harvests Blackberries dc.internet.com Staff
[August 28, 2001] The U.S. Air Force is using Aether Systems' technology to provide its staff with remote access to e-mail and scheduling software while on the road.

MMDS Channel-Sharing Patent Awarded internetnews.com Staff
[August 27, 2001] Broadband wireless equipment maker Hybrid Networks scored the exclusive rights to its "method of sharing communication channels using contention and polling schemes."

MobileStar Cuts the Wires Thor Olavsrud
[August 20, 2001] InternetNews correspondent Thor Olavsrud works out of a Starbucks, sipping coffee, taunting his colleagues—enjoying the freedom of coffee shop 802.11b Wi-Fi Internet access.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[August 9, 2001] It's easier than ever to configure Agere ORiNOCO Wi-Fi LAN clients, 3Com's new WLAN access point is fully featured, and Wayport launches a hotel-and-airport wireless national roaming plan.

Securing WLAN Of Greater Concern Than 802.11 Migration Bob Liu
[Aug. 6, 2001] Embedded Wireless Devices recently grabbing headlines by outlining the developmental roadmap for the 802.11, the future of WLAN has seemingly been reassured.

3Com Lends Wireless Hand To Nursing Homes Michael Singer
[July 30, 2001] Networking device maker 3Com Corp. last week said it is working with a Midwestern skilled nursing home provider to give some needy seniors a wireless way to access their medical charts.

IEEE Makes No Decision on 802.11g Bob Liu
[July 13, 2001] However, modulation proponents believe that Intersil's OFDM will become the specification for 802.11g by September when IEEE convenes again in Seattle. 802.11g should provide data at over 20 Mbps.

Canadians in China's Wireless Market Matthew Peretz
[July 9, 2001] Wi-Lan inc. of Calgary enters China with the help of its channel partner Wincomm, which is headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The two Canadian companies are bullish about the Chinese wireless market.

BB2W Bankrupt in Three Months boston.internet.com Staff
[July 9, 2001] This fixed wireless broadband Internet operator shut down its service after only three months. Boston-based Broadband2Wireless Inc. will auction off its assets and close down.

WLAN News & Notes Gerry Blackwell
[July 5, 2001] Learn about an all-wireless hotel solution, Wi-Fi roaming overseas, and how game-bound LA Lakers fans can get updated team statistics while ordering food and drinks on Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[June 28, 2001] Look on the bright side, more non-line-of-sight wireless technology, Airspan networks gets there from here, and a new 5.8 GHz U-NII (Unlicensed National Information Infrastructure) point-to-point radio from Adaptive Broadband.

Fixed Wireless Website and Trade Show Internetnews.com Staff
[June 27, 2001] CEO Alan Meckler and the team that built Internet World return to the trade show space with the 802.11 PLANET trade show and website, both focusing on IEEE's 802.11 wireless standard (a.k.a Wi-Fi).

HomeRF Gets Boost from Motorola Clint Boulton
[June 12, 2001] Proxim, Inc. announced a promise of continued support from Motorola Broadband Communications Sector, but HomeRF is now considered by many analysts to be a standard that is falling by the wayside.

AT&T Sets Date for Wireless Spin-Off Thor Olavsrud
[June 11, 2001] AT&T Corporation's Board of Directors voted last week to spin off AT&T Wireless as a separate independent company on July 9—perhaps the 4th was a bit too busy for more fireworks?

WI-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[June 7, 2001] MobileStar and HP have Wi-Fi-enabled notebooks to go, Compaq to use Intersil's Prism WLAN chip for it multi-port sets getting ready to go, and IEEE 802.11b certification program is still going strong.

YDI Shows WISP Know-How Jim Wagner
[June 5, 2001] After an all-things-wireless convention canceled its spring show due to a lack of interest, one wireless equipment company steps in to fill the information gap for ISPs aspiring to be wire-free.

TI Builds on 802.11b Market with New Chipset Bob Liu
[June 5, 2001] Blocked out of the race to provide wireless networking connectivity under new IEEE 802.11g specifications, TI charges full-speed ahead with its rollout of products to support the existing b-standards.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[June 1, 2001] Wi-Fi meeting of the clans in Boston to banter about wireless services, WISPs should take note of what AT&T Wireless is doing in the wire-free realm, and Sonik goes both ways over 2.4 GHz gear.

Compaq Supports Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Bob Liu
[May 25, 2001] Compaq's new Evo line of workstations and notebooks is armed with MultiPort, an antenna-less wireless solution that is compatible with different wireless standards depending on which module is plugged into it.

Strange Bedfellows? Jim Wagner
[May 24, 2001] Looking to do a little empire building, YDI spent some of its hard-earned cash reserves on a floundering industrial wireless networking manufacturer this week that specializes in FHSS technology.

IEEE Unable to Agree on 802.11g Standards Bob Liu
[May 18, 2001] Internet Engineers this week adjourned their meeting without reaching a consensus on specifications for use on chipsets for all next-generation 802.11g products which can transmit data at 20 Mbps.

Compex Accepts Proxim's Wi-Fi Licensing Deal Christine Gordon
[May 11, 2001] Score one for wireless broadband company Proxim Inc. as it continues its mission to charge companies for selling wi-fi wireless networking products that it says closely resemble its own.

Wi-Fi News Briefs Gerry Blackwell
[May 8, 2001] Not to worry, Wi-Fi future looks bright for those that remain. AIR2LAN connects wireless broadband VPN in MS, BreezeCOM and SPEEDCOM present strong dot-com results.

Proxim Supports Wireless Standard 802.11a Christine Gordon
[May 8, 2001] Proxim, Inc. announced its strategy and new products that will help companies migrate to the emerging 54 Mbps wireless networking standard, IEEE 802.11a.

Why Wi-Fi Certify? ISP-Planet Staff
[April 23, 2001] Interoperability remains a barrier for Fixed Wireless equipment makers, but one San Jose-based group is working to leap past the issue and establish a global wireless LAN standard.

Sprint Spreads Spread Spectrum ISP-Planet Staff
[April 13, 2001] Sprint broadened its spectrum portfolio last week through agreements with other license holders. Since the FCC allowed spectrum to be used for data access, it has intensified negotiations with license holders.

ISP-Planet Wireless News Briefs—April 10, 2001 Gerry Blackwell
· Wireless broadband set to soar
· Early unlicensed lead ... But troubles ahead?
· Line of Sight—who needs it?

BreezeCOM Merges With Floware Ahron Shapiro
[April 10, 2001] Two major NASDAQ-listed Israeli fixed wireless access developers, BreezeCOM and Floware Wireless Systems, announced they will merge. The new company will take another name.

ISPCON Conclusions Jim Wagner
[April 7, 2001] At ISPCON, wireless technologies that could enable companies to serve Internet without the baby bells drew big crowds, while technologies like DSL that depend on the baby bells were unpopular.

Spring ISPCON 2001 Fixed Wireless News Patricia Fusco
[April 5, 2001] Fixed wireless equipment makers showed up en masse in Baltimore to tout new products and alliances to the crowds at ISPCON. Find out the latest in this breaking news report.

Wi-Fi Rules Retail Sales In 2000 ISP-Planet Staff
[March 20, 2001] One Ethernet compatibility group proclaims that the battle in the long-contested retail fixed wireless LAN market appears to be over with 802.11b the quintessential victor.

HP Spikes Management Platform ISP-Planet Staff
[March 19, 2001] HP OpenView management platform imbibes with Spike, offers service providers seamless network manageability and the ability to create a wholly integrated connections between wired and wireless systems.

Sprint Wireless Broadband Installs Accelerate with BroadJump
[March 12, 2001] BroadJump's "Virtual Trucks" will be rolling to deploy Sprint's fixed wireless broadband services in a dozen U.S. markets nationwide.

No Strings For This Kite Jim Wagner
[February 28, 2001] How does a small fixed wireless company compete against the likes of Sprint? One startup is looking to beat them in their own backyard using a combination of better technology and service.

Is Sprint's Third Pipe Providing Third-rate Access? Jim Wagner
[January 25, 2001] Quick installations and speedy technical support have earned Sprint broadband service many fans, but needy customers complain about speedbumps obstructing wireless network traffic to the Net.

Cisco Unveils Its Fixed Wireless POP Jim Wagner
[January 16, 2001] Banking on its ability to get past the line-of-sight issues of many fixed wireless products, the network equipment manufacturer is confident its Cisco WT-2750 is the solution for robust fixed wireless business services.

U.S. Robotics Enters Fixed Wireless Market Randy Scasny
[January 11, 2001] Modem maker sets its sights on connecting with the next big growth segment in wire-free broadband access—fixed wireless peer-to-peer products.

Wireless Auctions Restart ISP-Planet Staff
[January 4, 2001] Goldman, Sachs & Co. analysts expect bids for spectrum to surge upward today as the FCC auctions continue. Verizon is making a move to be the dominant player in wireless space.

ISP-Planet Wireless News Briefs—January 2, 2001 Gerry Blackwell
· A sign of the times?
· Service providers get a say
· Surf's up in Illinois