Category: Deployment

Worldwide revenue from wireless network services will more than triple over the next four years, according to a report released Tuesday by In-Stat. Via [news.zdnet.com]

China’s ZTE Corp. said Monday it would launch a trial run in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, of its beta equipment for the fixed wireless service. The trial will begin next month, through local provider Telecard, and include an installation of one six-sector base transceiver station and 17 receivers. Via [eet.com]

Air travelers who want to surf the Net at O'Hare and Midway airports will be able to pay $6.95 a day for the privilege under a long-stalled agreement that will make millions for a politically connected contractor. Via [suntimes.com]

Rogers Communications and Bell Canada, which compete for telephone and cable customers, plan to build a Canada-wide wireless broadband network with the help of Kirkland-based Clearwire. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Trust has installed a 7,000-user wireless network as part of a project to replace paper processes with electronic patient records (EPR). Via [vnunet.com]

The wireless network is aimed at entertaining passengers and enabling real-time security surveillance on the buses. Via [informationweek.com]

In one of the largest public trials of WiMAX, Italy’s Marconi Corp. and its U.S. partner, Airspan Networks Inc. are rolling out tests of the wireless technology in three regions of Italy. Via [commsdesign.com]

Wireless ISP airBand Communications said Monday it has launched pre-WiMAX wireless broadband service aimed at small and medium-sized businesses in Philadelphia. Via [commsdesign.com]

WiMAX is coming to Kenya and Alvarion Ltd, an Israeli based wireless broadband provider, has been awarded the tender. Via [mybroadband.co.za]

"It's a wonderful technology on paper, but in reality you need the service providers -- the Vodafones, the Cingulars around the world -- to do something," said Michel Mayer, chief executive of Freescale Semiconductor, which was spun off last year from cell phone maker Motorola. Via [technewsworld.com]

Adaptix will launch a trial of its OFDMA-TDD pre-WiMAX system with the help of NY3G Partnership. Via [wirelessweek.com]

The annual report of India’s ministry of information technology for 2004 to 2005 has disclosed research and development programs not in the public eye, focusing largely on affordable computing and next-generation wireless communications. Via [eet.com]

A five-month trial began Wednesday that provides Wi-Fi access to passengers on some Seattle buses, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday. Via [commsdesign.com]

Only a quarter of U.S. business travelers are using Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and jetliners, despite the growing availability of the high-speed, wireless connections, a research firm said Tuesday. Via [internetweek.com]

It probably caught some by surprise to see Hewlett-Packard (HP) listed as one of the two final candidates for system integrator of the Wireless Philadelphia project (the other contender is ISP EarthLink). After all, HP isn't well known for installing and running metropolitan wireless networks, right? Via [wi-fiplanet.com]