An electrical engineer from Texas has developed a method for powering wireless network nodes using small windmills. Via [pcpro.co.uk]

According to Intel, thirteen carriers from around the world are now deploying the world's first fixed WiMAX networks based on Intel's WiMAX technologies, delivering high-speed broadband access to businesses and residences from Germany to Guatemala. Eleven more carriers are preparing to deploy additional Intel-based WiMAX networks by year's end. Via [geekzone.co.nz]

The report concluded that multiple input, multiple output gear--still in early stages--can as much as double the capacity of mobile networks. Via [informationweek.com]

"OfficeServ will be compelling to some business segments because it enables adequate in-office mobility with the benefits of VoIP," said Yankee analyst Nate Dyer. He also warned of competition from wireless substitution and PBX extension-to-mobile services. Via [newsfactor.com]

In a sure sign that certified WiMAX wireless broadband products are close to appearing, vendors have started to tout their interoperability as proven at a "plugfest" that ended this week in Beijing. Via [informationweek.com]

Wireless technology will help visitors at the 2008 Beijing Olympics navigate the city and cope with the language barrier. Via [vnunet.com]

Wireless Facilities, Inc. has been selected to provide network design and deployment services for the City of Temecula's proposed municipal Wi-Fi network. Working together with Wi-Fi mesh network company Tropos Networks, and in coordination with The City of Temecula, WFI will deploy a Wi-Fi network in the Old Town area of the city. The network...

If Mayor Gavin Newsom's proposal to bring low-cost WiFi to the entire city is such a great idea, why is he keeping the details secret? And why, if this is going to benefit anyone other than well-off people who want to use their laptops all over town, is he relying on big Silicon Valley firms...

The recent WiMAX World conference in Boston highlighted many key themes of the emerging market, but none more clearly than the gap between the mobile ambitions of the largest vendors and carriers, and the fixed wireless markets into which the first equipment is launching – a gap that Motorola and others are seeking to bridge...

XO Communications, a telephone company controlled by financier Carl Icahn, will sell its Internet-access unit to Icahn for $700 million to focus on wireless. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

A public official in Westchester County, some 30 miles north of New York, has proposed legislation that would require businesses that collect customer information to apply basic security like firewalls when also offering wireless access to consumers. Via [pcmag.com]

Banc of America Securities analyst Tim Long expects Cisco Systems "to at least meet" his fiscal first-quarter estimate for earnings of 24 cents per share on revenue of $6.58 billion. Via [forbes.com]

Wireless and business and technology consulting firm inCode is taking its predictions global this year, calling for 2006 to be a year of convergence, consolidation and new business models. Via [wirelessweek.com]

The world's first production electric sports car will have a WiMax box inside to make it capable of online communication. Via [vnunet.com]

In another time and place, college students wondering whether the campus cafe has any free seats, or their favorite corner of the library is occupied, would have to risk hoofing it over there. But for today's student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, that kind of information is all just a click away. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]...