Author: Wayne Slavin

Advocates of Big Broadband took their case against municipal Wi-Fi public on Thursday with a new report from the New Millenium Research Council. Via [eweek.com]

Another area where WiMAX is expected to do well is as a way to provide Point-to-Point (PtP) links. A prime example would be with cellular BTSs that are currently using a leased line to provide a backhaul to the network. Via [itfacts.biz]

Wireless networking is one of those "agony and ecstasy" kind of technologies. Via [extremetech.com]

Siemens may have yet to decide whether it intends to flog off its mobile phone division, but while it ponders such a course, its handset business has to continue touting new product. To that end, the company today revealed a trio of handsets it will show off at CeBIT next month. Via [theregister.co.uk]

In a panel discussion with UK journalists in Helsinki last week, leading figures in Nokia's technology platforms and networks businesses explained that much of the hype associated with WiMax, which in some quarters has been labeled a 3G-killer, arise from some basic misunderstandings about radio technology and the economics of network rollout. Via [cbronline.com]

We shouldn't look a for an 802.11n chip from Broadcom anytime soon, according to Jeff Abramowitz, senior director of marketing for the company's home and wireless networking business unit. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Downstream makers in the Taiwan WLAN industry estimate that, excluding chips used in Intel Centrino WLAN modules, Broadcom led the market with shipments of 20 million WLAN chips last year, for a 45% market share. Atheros came second with 12 million units and a 27% share, the makers said. Via [digitimes.com]

Mauritius, a remote, mountainous island in the South West Indian Ocean, is slated to get a 100-square-mile broadband wireless network from Navini Networks. Via [informationweek.mobilepipeline.com]

The Taipei City government said that free wi-fi access is now available on 30 of its rapid transit stations as part of a push to offer Internet access to all. Via [theinquirer.net]

Companies wanting to take advantage of fixed wireless broadband services built around the WiMax standard won’t now see them until next year. Via [computerweekly.com]

As the federal government considers whether airplane passengers should have inflight wireless Internet access, two University of Missouri-Rolla students are examining the vulnerabilities such networks pose. Via [waynesvilledailyguide.com]

To prove their tech savviness, governments of cities such as Philadelphia and New York have decided, over the past year or so, to start providing wireless broadband services. Philadelphia, for one, is looking to seed all of its 135 square miles with Wi-Fi (wireles fidelity) hot spots. The project, to be funded with public funds,...

A new report says wireless technology is a big force behind renewed telecom industry spending. Via [rcrnews.com]

An analyst firm has warned that increased deployment and aggressive pricing of WiFi wireless LANs could wipe out up to $12bn of profits for US operators. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

A report released Monday predicts that the controversial wireless technology WiMAX is likely to eventually take its place as a major broadband service-providing platform competing vigorously with DSL and cable broadband. Via [informationweek.mobilepipeline.com]