A silicon collaboration between fabless firms picoChip and Wintegra has resulted in a wireless system development platform for WiMAX basestations. Via [electronicsweekly.com]
How do you know when you're doing wireless ex-Soviet style? Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
Traditional broadband players and mobile operators will be giving WiMax a wide berth for the years to come, new research predicts. Via [networks.silicon.com]
The port city of Corpus Christi, Texas, has attached 300 wireless access points to traffic signals, streetlights, water and radio towers, and buildings to provide a blanket of IP network access across 24 square miles. Within five years, city officials plan to expand that to 1,600 wireless access points spread across 147 square miles. Via...
Signal strength, capacity, and efforts by telecom vendors to stop cheap municipal wireless could threaten deployments from San Francisco to Chicago. Via [informationweek.com]
For $12 a month, a Taipei resident can tote a laptop computer to the park and watch cable television. Via [msnbc.msn.com]
A proposal from Internet service provider EarthLink Inc. to unwire Boston would deliver cheap broadband access to residents at no cost to the city, according to an EarthLink blueprint circulating among city officials. Via [business.bostonherald.com]
Okay, today's brain teaser, no peeking: What represents the fastest growing segment of Wi-Fi hotspots? Via [news.tmcnet.com]
The cable industry is mulling a big wireless push through a ‘CableRoam’ initiative, according to internal documents. Via [redherring.com]
A report released this week by visiongain says wireless venture capital has seen steady growth since 2000 and is poised to hit an all-time high this year. Via [wirelessweek.com]
Wireless broadband provider, Alvarion Ltd. has gained traction in the African market with recent deals in Ghana and Madagascar. Via [eetimes.com]
Chief executive officers of some leading tech companies plan to call on Thursday for the U.S. government to allocate more wireless airspace for new applications as they emerge. Via [news.com.com]
Fiberlink Communications and T-Mobile announced a partnership that will allow mobile workers to access the T-Mobile HotSpot network via Fiberlink’s mobile access software, Extend360. Via [wirelessweek.com]
Six proposals, six very different ways to provide a city-wide wireless Internet network for San Francisco. Via [mercurynews.com]
The country's biggest Wi-Fi network has been launched in London. Thames Online will provide about 12km of seamless coverage - from Westminster to Greenwich - along the river. Via [theregister.co.uk]