Mobilog

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

MIT Tests Self-Organizing Wireless Network. MIT using rooftop antennas to test how networks can self-organize: It sounds like a form of mesh, but obviously the protocols are less rigid. They're recruiting volunteers across a map of Cambridge who want to mount an antenna on their roof and spend roughly $2 per month in electricity to get intermittent service during the test.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
6:41:56 PM

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AT&T Wireless gears up for 3G launch. The carrier says it has ordered the gear needed to meet part-onwer and partner's deadline for it to launch a 3G network in the United States, or lose $6.2 billion. [CNET News.com]
6:41:41 PM

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Intel Releases Compilers for Wireless Devices. The company's C++ Compiler for Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ marks the first time Intel has released machine language translators for its XScale processors. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
6:41:27 PM

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MIT Technology Review: Don't Break E-Mail To Save It. Vipul Ved Prakash, founder and chief scientist for Cloudmark. My perspective on design of spam filtration solutions is centered around exploitation of the various constraints of the spammer. One thing we don't talk about enough is the fact that spammers have rather serious constraints. [Tomalak's Realm]
6:41:12 PM

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Vuico Supports NEC Phone with Wireless Messaging Software. The wireless software provider will offer its enterprise mobile messaging software for NEC's new high definition cell phone. [allNetDevices Wireless News]
6:40:25 PM

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HP grabs maker of voice portal software. The computing giant acquires Stockholm, Sweden-based PipeBeach in a move to capture a slice of the growing interactive voice market. [CNET News.com]
1:38:49 PM

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Sprint PCS signs $1B cell network upgrade deal with Lucent. The $1 billion network equipment contract with Lucent will allow Sprint PCS to boost average mobile data rates to between 400Kbit/sec. and 80Kbit/sec. [Computerworld Mobile/Wireless News]
12:54:43 PM

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Woz spins Wheels of Zeus. Earlier this year Apple co-founder Steve "Woz" Wozniak announced the launch of a new technology venture called, appropriately enough, Wheels of Zeus, or wOz for short. [InfoWorld: Top News]
12:54:26 PM

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Sprint PCS fires roaming salvo. Mobile workers can choose speed or ubiquity for wireless data, with costs that range from predictable to astronomical. A new deployment by Sprint PCS might limit bills and turn Wi-Fi into the preferred data bursting option. [InfoWorld: Top News]
12:39:35 PM

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Reviving handhelds. Handheld makers beef up their products with new lines, a new chip and price cuts, but will it be enough to jump-start the ailing sector? [CNET News.com]
12:21:36 PM

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The Slow Pace of Fast Cell Data. The real timetable for third-generation CDMA starting to emerge: Yesterday, Verizon Wireless explained that their 1xEvDO (400 to 800 Kbps with peak 2.4 Mbps theoretically) would be tried out in San Diego and Washington, D.C., but they made no promises about national deployment -- yet. They're testing pricing and real-world service. This story above shows that, as Sprint PCS told me yesterday, their 1xEV-DV (data/voice) won't really be deployed for two to three years, but now they're committed to it. This timetable seems much more realistic on several fronts. First, Sprint PCS now has an intermediate plan: unlimited 2.5G plus Wi-Fi. Second, the cost and timetable isn't absurd. They have the spectrum, the equipment exists, and they know how long it might take. Third, the adoption curve for laptops with advanced wireless communication options benefits the two-to-three-year deployment. By that time, Intel and every Wi-Fi maker will have integrated cell/Wi-Fi/other-flavor cards or mini-PCI. Everyone will be primed for 3G. Pricing still remains in question, of course, and Wi-Fi will have primed everyone as well for cheaper high-speed service. If you charge, say, $22 per month for unlimited national hot spot Wi-Fi usage, it becomes hard to charge, say, $250 per month for unlimited slower ubiquitous 3G usage. You've trained your customers to pay less.... [Wi-Fi Networking News]
12:17:37 PM

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