Every two weeks, Emerging Wireless Technology editor Mark Hazen brings you the latest emerging wireless technology news. The following is a collection of Mark's lead stories. (click to receive EWT news by email.)
Wi-Fi hotspots to stay hot in 2008!
Jul 22, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Wi-Fi hotspots are continuing their torrid growth in 2008. According to ABI Research’s WI-FI Hotspots Forecasts, by the end of this year global hotspots will grow by 40% over 2007. ...
First Certified MIMO 2.5-GHz Mobile WiMAX Products Announced
Jun 24, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor The WiMAX Forum announced the first ten Mobile WiMAX products received the WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval for the 2.5-GHz profile (titled MP05) at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam. ...
WiMAX deemed solution for rural Asia
Jun 10, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Frost and Sullivan reports that WiMAX holds promising potential as an alternative technology to connect under-served rural areas that will never realistically receive fixed-line services. ...
Sprint and Samsung declare Mobile WiMAX technology ready for commercial service
May 27, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Sprint and Samsung Electronics Corporation Ltd. announced that a new broadband wireless network offering the speed and mobility of WiMAX has met Sprint’s rigorous commercial acceptance criteria including overall performance, handoff performance and handoff delay. ...
First 8 Mobile WiMAX products receive WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval
Apr 21, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor At WiMAX Forum Asia Congress 2008 (April 9-10), the WiMAX Forum announced that the first eight Mobile WiMAX products received the WiMAX Forum Certified Seal of Approval following rigorous testing to ensure that each product meets strict interoperability and conformance to standards.
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WiMAX infrastructure gift-wrapped with a pretty bow
Apr 7, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor With the right combination of resources a complete WiMAX infrastructure can be boxed and wrapped with a pretty bow to make mature deployments easy. ...
Giants collaborate to develop next-generation WiMAX broadcast solution
Mar 25, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Giants NextWave Wireless Inc. and Alcatel-Lucent announced that they have entered into a strategic agreement to develop advanced WiMAX broadcast solutions for mobile operators worldwide.
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Major retailers demand RFID-tagged products
Mar 11, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Several major retailers including Wal-Mart, Target, Albertson’s and most recently, Sam’s Club, are calling for suppliers to provide RFID-tagged products to gain better inventory visibility and increase on-shelf product availability, as well as improve security and assure less shrinkage. ...
Exmocare rides industry growth with Bluetooth wristwatch vital signs monitor
Feb 26, 2008
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Exmocare is set to unveil the BT2 on March 14, a new and improved Bluetooth human-diagnostic/human-tracking wristwatch with onboard display, better accuracy and smaller form factor. ...
Back to the classroom for Wi-Fi
Jan 21, 2008
by Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor We often talk about using Wi-Fi to create hot spots, but here we talk about finding a new ‘hot spot’ for Wi-Fi. ...
Bringing digital satellite radio to myriad audio devices
Jan 8, 2008
By Ashok Bindra This week at the International CES show in Las Vegas, NV, UK’s digital audio semiconductor supplier Frontier Silicon is demonstrating a multistandard receiver module Venice 6. ...
While some doors close, others open for WiMAX
Nov 26, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor The recent news that Sprint Nextel and Clearwire cancelled their plans to collaborate for the deployment of a U.S. nationwide WiMAX network left many analysts digging for reasons – some stating that the risks are high and business models are not yet proven. But alas, behind the announcement we see that Clearwire is pressing forward and Sprint Nextel may only be delaying their efforts....
Freescale focuses on entertainment automation
Nov 13, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor I recently had a very interesting conversation with Brett Black, Freescales Wireless Connectivity Operations Manager. ...
Slide over ZigBee and Z-Wave – Wavenis wants some air time
Oct 23, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor One of my readers, John Rouse, was eager to draw my attention to Coronis Systems, which has developed an ultra-low-power wireless meshed network technology called Wavenis....
Zigbee vs Z-Wave battle continues
Oct 8, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen,EWT Editor This column has addressed both technologies in the past, but it is time to take another look as remote monitoring and control applications heat up and the battle between Zigbee and Z-Wave continues....
Intel to combine WiMAX and mobile devices to shape future wireless
Sep 25, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Intel Corporation executives promised that their pending rollout of WiMAX will usher in a new era of reliable broadband-connected wireless computing starting next year....
Wi-Fi mesh networking faces growth decline starting 2009
Sep 11, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor In-Stat said thatstrong growth in the Wi-Fi mesh networking equipment market will continue for Wi-Fi mesh access points for the next several years. Most of that growth, however, will come between 2006 and 2008, with growth rates rapidly declining starting in 2009....
Bluetooth marketing offers free ad-related multimedia content
Aug 28, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Zoom Media & Marketing announced the launch of a fixed indoor Bluetooth advertising network in over 100 bars and restaurants throughout New York, Chicago and Los Angeles....
Bluetooth rising! Full steam ahead!
Aug 14, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor According to recent research reports by Strategy Analytics and In-Stat automotive applications are now contributing to the rise of Bluetooth sales. Poorly advertised manufacturer entries and aftermarket products are gaining momentum....
Big news! First nationwide WiMAX mobile broadband network announced
Jul 24, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor Sprint Nextel and Clearwire plan to jointly construct the first nationwide mobile broadband network using WiMAX technology, and promote the global development of WiMAX-based services....
Unlimited calling over Wi-Fi--dual-mode turned on
Jul 10, 2007
By Mark E. Hazen, EWT Editor With Dual-mode cellular + Wi-Fi phones actually starting to roll out, I thought it would be interesting to examine T-Mobile's new HotSpot @Home service that uses these dual-mode phones....
