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Articles tagged with: San Francisco
Clearwire Launches Test WiMAX Network in Silicon Valley
US WiMAX network operator, Clearwire has launched a preview developer network in California's Silicon Valley. The developer network, which is a precursor to commercial service planned for the San Francisco Bay Area in 2010, will cover more than 20 square miles in Santa Clara, Mountain View and parts of downtown Palo Alto, California. more
Related Tags: clearwire, wimax, silicon-valley, 4g, USA
45-nanometre chips for ultra-fast Wi-Fi
Powerful new radio technologies that promise blisteringly fast WiFi have been given a boost by a team of European researchers' cutting-edge work on miniscule microchips. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, smart, partner, three, radio
Clearwire Launches WiMAX Network in Las Vegas
Clearwire has formally launched its WiMAX network in the Las Vegas region, covering 1.7 million residents across 638 square miles. In addition to the launch of the Clear service, the company also announced that, starting next month, it will offer the Clear 4G+ mobile USB, a dual-mode 4G/3G modem for customers who travel outside of WiMAX coverage areas that roams onto Sprint's nationwide 3G network. more
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Clearwire Launches WiMAX Service in Atlanta City
US WiMAX operator, Clearwire Communications has expanded its network coverage to include Atlanta City. The city is now home to the largest 4G WiMAX wireless broadband network in the United States with CLEAR service available to nearly three million people across approximately 1,200 square miles. more
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Sprint Outlines WiMAX Expansion Programme
USA network, Sprint Nextel has announced the next markets in its WiMAX network rollout. The network is being folded into the national WiMAX network being built by its joint-partner, Clearwire. Sprint says that it plans to deploy WiMAX in many markets in 2009, including: Atlanta, Honolulu, Charlotte, Las Vegas, Chicago, Philadelphia, DallasFort Worth, Portland and Seattle more
Related Tags: 3g, seattle, atlanta, wimax, cisco, clearwire, sprint-nextel, ovi, iden, usb-modem, sprint, nextel, modem, 4g, USA
San Francisco Public Transport to Get Wi-Fi Coverage
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) has signed a lengthy, 20-year contract with WiFi Rail to provide Wi-Fi services throughout the BART transit system and on all BART commuter trains. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, cisco, ict, mobile-internet, trains, USA
Using Mobile Phones to Monitor Road Traffic Congestion
Drivers in the San Francisco Bay Area with GPS-enabled mobile phones can soon tap into new technology that promises to transform traffic monitoring. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the Nokia Research Center are to release pilot software that turns cellular devices into mobile traffic probes providing real-time information on traffic flow and travel times. more
Related Tags: cisco, encryption, privacy, rural, university-of-california, gps, dell, mobile-internet, berkeley, nokia-research-center, california, USA
Over 400m mobile ticketing users by 2013
New research has forecast that over 400 million mobile subscribers worldwide will use their mobile phones for ticketing by 2013. However, the study concluded that trials and pilots are not being implemented into full mobile ticketing services as quickly as expected for several reasons including bar code reading issues, lack of reader infrastructure and availability of NFC (Near Field Communications) handsets. more
Related Tags: juniper-research, nfc, cisco, o2
BART Riders Embrace Paying with Mobile Phones – NFC Trial a Success
Earlier this year a select group of San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (BART) riders took part in a first-in-the-nation trial to pay for their fares and food, receive discounts and check account balances using just their new mobile phone containing a contactless chip that enables transactions without a traditional plastic card. BART, First Data and ViVOtech has published the results of the trial conducted in the San Francisco area from Jan. 28 to May 30, 2008, which demonstrate high use when both transit fare and retail payments are combined in the same phone. more
Related Tags: nfc, near-field-communication, cisco, ota, sprint, mobile-commerce, USA
CTIA Wireless Show to Focus on Open Network Opportunities
NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The wireless industry will tout the benefits and business opportunities from open networks at this year's CTIA Wireless IT and Entertainment trade show when it starts Wednesday. more
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