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Top 10 IT headlines for May 13 -- Microsoft looking post-PC, counterfeit Cisco routers from China, Sprint nosedive continues
Top 10 IT headlines Microsoft desperately trying to break free of the PC TechRepublic FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion" (ZDNet Microsoft adding 10,000 new data center servers a month ZDNet Sprint Nextel continues to bleed customers CNET Technology helps woman find...
Tags: CBS Corp., Cisco Router, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Data Management, Hardware, Information Technology, Jason Hiner, Management, Microsoft Corp., Router, Sprint Communications, Storage, Strategy, TechRepublic Inc.
Blog posts 2008-05-13
The new Clearwire: Mobile WiMAX in the U.S. gets major cash infusion
Sprint has finalized a groundbreaking deal to spin off its nascent U.S. WiMAX network into a joint venture partnership with Clearwire that will be funded by Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. Sprint has been building out its Xohm WiMAX into a nationwide...
Tags: Mobile, Network, Clearwire Corp., Broadband, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-05-07
WiMAX's slow rollout may be technical
There have been all sorts of possible explanations as to why WiMAX is not readily available. Most refer to business plans and political issues. Some recent news may very well point to the real reason for the slow rollout. Quite simply, providers are having problems trying to get "big enough...
Tags: Bandwidth, Microwave, T3, Sprint Communications, Cell, Fiber, WiMAX, Network Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2008-04-04
Sprint CEO stays the course on WiMAX, but launch won't happen in April
When Sprint CEO Dan Hesse right headlined CTIA Wireless 2008 this week as a keynote speaker, one of the most anticipated nuggets of information -- in addition to Hesse's plans to turn around the company's cellular business -- was to hear if Hesse had made a final determination on what...
Tags: CTIA, Jason Hiner, Sprint Communications, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless
Blog posts 2008-04-03
CTIA Wireless 2008: Less regulation, open networks, and a growing demand for data
I'm in Las Vegas this week covering CTIA Wireless 2008, which runs April 1-3 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. During the Day 1 keynotes, speakers discussed the wireless industries top concerns and current trends. Open networks and calls for less government regulation During his keynote, Lowell McAdam,...
Tags: Bill Detwiler, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, CTIA, Management, Martin, Network, Personal Technology, Regulation, Sprint Communications, Sprint Nextel Corp., Strategy, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Wireless, Wireless Industry
Blog posts 2008-04-02
Strata8 followup, part 2
In Part 1 of Strata8 Followup, I discussed some issues and concerns that I raised in my original article on Strata8 - Strata8 - new approach to in-building wireless telephone usage. In Part 2, I'll conclude with discussion of the bigger picture of Strata8 that I gained from a frank...
Tags: SIP, Phone, Network, Wireless Phone, Health Care, Sprint Communications, Spectrum, Strata8, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Wireless, Emerging Technologies, Steve Stroh
Blog posts 2008-03-05
Strata8 Followup - Part 1
In my article Strata8 - new approach to in-building wireless telephone usage, I expressed some skepticism about Strata8's approach to the "problem" of enterprise users using their cellular phones while on the premises of the enterprise - totally bypassing the expensive and extensive investments by the enterprise to insure lowest-cost...
Tags: Phone, PBX, Sprint Communications, Strata8 Followup, Desk Phone, Telecom & Utilities, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Steve Stroh
Blog posts 2008-02-29
Sprint will make WiMAX an open platform with an SDK and open APIs
From its conception, WiMAX has been engineered to be an open platform for mobile broadband Internet. When you talk to any of the executives and business professionals from the big vendors in the WiMAX ecosystem, they all sing a similar tune about open standards, open access, and device agnosticism. If...
Tags: API, SDK, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-02-21
Sprint's wireless woes may derail WiMAX
Sprint Nextel announced plans to lay off 4,000 workers, close 125 company-owned stores, and sever relations with 4,000 resellers. This news comes after losing 1.2 million subscribers in 2007. From Bloomberg: The subscriber slump brings defections to 1.2 million in 2007, forcing Chief Executive Officer...
Tags: Sprint Nextel Corp., Sprint Communications, Spectrum, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Tricia Liebert
Blog posts 2008-01-18
Sanity check: The 10 most influential leaders in business technology in 2007
10. Padmasree Warrior, Cisco CTO Last week, Padmasree Warrior -- one of the few non-CEOs on this list -- stepped down as the CTO of Motorola and was introduced as the new CTO of Cisco. This was a huge coup for Cisco, since Warrior has been a driving force...
Tags: Software, John Chambers, Apple Macintosh, Hewlett-Packard Co., CTO, Mobile, Leader, Ray Ozzie, Server, Apple Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., CEO, Steve, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-12-10
Sprint should thumb its nose at Wall Street and proceed with WiMAX
The commotion swirling around wireless giant Sprint provides a great example of the atmosphere of reckless impatience that currently characterizes Wall Street. Sprint, which has taken a visionary leap in next-generation broadband Internet by building out a WiMAX network that will help transform...
Tags: Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Wall, Wall Street, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-12-05
adapting Westell 327W to Sprint (cancelled bellsouth)
Hi, I just added mobile broadband utilizing Novatel Wireless U727 for my desktop through sprint. can I adapt my westell gateway to connect wirelessly to my laptop? (original config is bellsouth dsl which is not available.) i think i can access the gateway settings, but I do not know what...
Tags: jtrudo@..., Sprint Communications
Discussion threads 2007-10-15
Sanity check: Can WiMAX remain an open platform or will it be hijacked by big telecoms?
When you talk to the players in the WiMAX arena, you hear a surprisingly large number of references to things like "open architecture" and "open platform" and "interoperability testing," and you hear surprisingly few of the little digs against competitors that are such a common practice in most segments of...
Tags: Nokia Corp., Network, Platform, Nortel Networks Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Telecommunications, Sprint Communications, Hardware, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-10-14
Sanity check: Will WiMAX be a 3G killer, or is it vice versa?
Fierce competition can bring out the best and the worst in businesses, and it also makes for great theater. In the technology world over the past three decades, we have watched commercial empires rise and fall with amazing swiftness and drama. New competitors have arisen out of nowhere and trumped...
Tags: VoIP, Mobile, Network, 3G, Ericsson Inc., Sprint Communications, Verizon Wireless, HSPA, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-10-07
Sanity check: Is WiMAX almost here and will it unlock the next stage of the Internet?
To cut through the haze of WiMAX buzz and hype, I went to Chicago on September 25-27 for WiMAX World 2007 to see how close WiMAX is to being widely available and to get a clear view of what the services are going to look like when they go live....
Tags: Internet, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Sprint Communications, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-09-28
WiMAX on your mobile phone by next year
If you are one of those eagerly waiting for WiMAX, you might be interested to know that Motorola, the handset maker, has announced its own WiMAX chipset on Tuesday. In facts, plans are in the pipeline to start including WiMAX capabilities in mobile phones starting from next year. ...
Tags: Phone, Mobile, Cell Phone, Sprint Communications, Motorola Inc., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-25
Sprint starts Femtocell rollout in two US cities
In a previous blog post, "Take advantage of Femtocells, the new cellular hotspots," I mentioned that Sprint was close to beginning trials of a femtocell modem. According to this September 19, 2007, NetworkWorld article, Sprint is now testing its femtocell devices with consumers in parts of Denver and Indianapolis. ...
Tags: Sprint Communications, Airave, Modems, Blogging, Broadband Internet, Wireless, Wi-Fi, Networking, Hardware, Components, Internet, Telecommunications, Michael Kassner
Blog posts 2007-09-25
pc and mac sharing a mobile broadband connection
I have a Windows XP desktop and an iBook G4 wireless laptop that currently share an internet connection via Lynksys WRT54G.We are going on the road for about a year, and want to go mobile with our Internet. Sprint offered me a Linksys WRT54G3G-ST router with a PC...
Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, Desktops, NETWORKING, jb97link@..., broadband, mobile, router, Sprint Communications, PC, USB, Internet, card
Discussion threads 2007-09-11
T9/Suretype equivalent third party apps for Sprint Blackberry 8830
Anyone know of a a great predictive text program for the Sprint Blackberry 8830?
Tags: stereo19@..., Sprint Blackberry 8830, Sprint BlackBerry, Sprint Communications
Discussion threads 2007-08-20
wireless internet card networking
I am interested in setting up a sharing network using a sprint wireless card. Sprint says that I can buy a router with either a pcmcia card or a usb wirless card either one will work depending on the router. Now here is my question, I have seven networked cables...
Tags: Routers & switches, Wireless LANs, Network technology, NETWORKING, WIRELESS, network, csrranch@..., router, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi access point, access point, HUB/switch, USB
Discussion threads 2007-07-28


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