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- Sprint, Google and others partner on 'geobrowsing' for WiMax
- Sprint unveiled 'geobrowsing' services that will give its XOHM WiMax users the ability to quickly look up local information based on automatic detection of the user's location when connected to WiMax. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: Google Inc., Sprint Xohm, Privacy, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Mobile WiMax arrives in the U.S., but are buyers ready for it?
- Sprint and its Xohm unit have finally made WiMax a reality. Now it will be very interesting to see who buys the service. by Larry Dignan
- Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-29
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- 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
- 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
- Sanity check: The 10 most important business technology products of 2007
- Technology product developments came at a blistering pace in 2007, including big moves from major vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, and Apple, as well as exciting innovations from several upstarts. Here's my list of the 10 most important business technology products of the year. 10. i-Mate smartphones Decades from...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Desktop, LinkedIn, Smart Phone, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., User, OQO, Business Technology Product, Sprint Xohm Xohm, Zoho, Zoho Suite, Smart Phones, Microsoft Outlook, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-11-21
- Sprint will make WiMAX an open platform with an SDK and open APIs
- Can Sprint change the U.S. wireless market by going open with WiMAX?Here's the story:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=578How do you think Sprint's open WiMAX platform will affect the U.S. wireless market?RE: Sprint will make WiMAX an open platform with an SDK and open APIsSprint is jumping on the open WiMAX solution because they realize...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, API, WiMAX, Sprint Communications, SDK
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Take advantage of Femtocells, the new cellular hotspots
- Cellular providers and businesses are showing increasing interest in Femtocell technology. The Femtocell's design and method of operation is very similar to a Wi-Fi access point, including the Ethernet connection. Instead of using the cellular network for backhaul, the Femtocell routes signaling and call traffic through an existing broadband connection....
- Tags: HotSpot, Phone, Wi-Fi, Cellular Network, Michael Kassner
- Blog posts 2007-08-23
- 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
- Sanity check: The top developments in business technology from CES 2008
- What were the top developments in business technology at CES 2008?Here's my list:http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=587Is there anything else that you heard about from CES that you think should be on this list?RE: Sanity check: The top developments in business technology from CES 2008Thanks allot!You always keep us update with new tech.Surprised that...
- Tags: PDAs, Keyboards, Monitors & displays, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, top development, operating system, business technology, monitor, DisplayLink
- Discussion threads 2008-01-13
- U.S. cities are jumping off the municipal wireless bandwagon
- When the municipal Wi-Fi craze started a couple years ago, I was skeptical about both the technology and the economics of what was being planned, even though I liked the idea of ubiquitous wireless Internet access and making it free at reduced speeds. At Interop Las Vegas this spring, I...
- Tags: EarthLink Inc., WiMAX, Municipal Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-09-12
- Sanity check: The four trends that will change PCs and computing over the next two years
- If there's one thing you can count on from the annual Intel Developer Forum, it's that you won't be bombarded with the kind of pipe dreams and vaporware you get at most of the events that cover "emerging technologies." In the 10 years since IDF began in 1997, the conference...
- Tags: Device, PC, Broadband, Computing, Technology, Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., One Laptop Per Child Machine, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2007-09-21
- 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
- WiMAX pioneer blasts the technology, but should the finger be pointed at him and his IT department?
- A lot of tech news writers latched onto the words of Australian broadband executive Garth Freeman last week when he said that WiMAX was a "disaster" and it that "failed miserably." Several reporters and bloggers took Freeman's words to imply that WiMAX was doomed as a technology. Unfortunately, most of...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Airspan, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- Sanity check: The top developments in business technology from CES 2008
- While CES is primarily a consumer technology event, many of the products and announcements at the show also have important implications for business and IT. Here's my list of the top developments in business technology from CES 2008. NETGEAR introduces one-touch wireless security NETGEAR unveiled the new RangeMax...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Consumer Electronics Show, Device, Hewlett-Packard Co., NetGear, Intel Corp., Intel MID, DisplayLink, HP Tablet PC, WiMAX, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Notebooks, Home Networking, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Personal Technology, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-01-13
- Top IT news for April 23: Microsoft centers itself on Web, Yahoo reports good first quarter, Google sued over ads
- Top five headlines Microsoft: Web at the center, not PC Yahoo's first quarter good; Not good enough for a higher Microsoft bid; Yang wants more Google sued over advertising program AT&T first quarter on target; Wireless data access revenue strong; iPhone demand solid ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Open Source, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Enterprise 2.0 Industry, WiMAX, Strategy, Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Management, Marketing, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-23
- Top IT news for May 1: Windows service packs sidelined again, Microsoft might raise Yahoo bid, Psystar arrives
- Top five headlines Incompatibility sidelines service packs as Microsoft tries to find a Vista strategy Microsoft: We'll raise our bid for Yahoo, but can't make up our mind yet Psystar's Open Computer arrives at CNET HP makes memory from a once theoretical circuit ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
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