Wireless Networks

Alltel extends EVDO service into new regions

Alltel Wireless announced that it is now providing EVDO-based Axcess Broadband in the South Carolina cities of Columbia and Florence, several cities in East Texas and west Texas, including Lubbock, and the New Mexico cities of Hobbs, Roswell, Artesia and Carlsbad

London ambulances get TETRA radios

Emergency vehicles operated by London’s NHS Ambulance Trusts will receive TETRA mobile radios supplied by Cambridge, England-based Sepura, according to the Department of Health

Community adopts wireless network

Pepperell, Mass., officials chose Proxim Wireless’ Tsunami MP.11 point-to-multipoint base stations and subscriber units for a community-wide network.

ERF Wireless purchases Windstream affiliate

Wireless network provider for the banking industry ERF Wireless recently acquired the wireless broadband assets—including approximately 59 towers—and operations of Windstream Corp. affiliate Southwest Enhanced Network Services.

Companies partner on WLAN technology

Lenovo has integrated Atheros Communications’ XSPAN draft 1.0 802.11n wireless LAN technology into its V100 notebook models. Atheros’ AR5008E-3NX chipset, which supports the 2.4 GHz

Massachusetts college goes wireless

Fitchburg State College in Andover, Mass., deployed Enterasys Networks’ RomaAbout wireless solution for wireless connectivity throughout the college’s 31-acre campus.

Coast Guard deploys Motorola system

The U.S. Coast Guard is using Motorola’s MOTOwi4 fixed solutions for border security. The Coast Guard deployed the company’s point-to-point Ethernet 400 Series Bridges over 23 miles of the south Florida coast line

California town gets municipal wireless network

EarthLink launched a municipal wireless network in Milpitas, Calif., this week. The company currently offers free access to the network until Jan. 19, 2007, when residents and visitors will have to pay a fee to access the Internet.

Retailer purchases wireless system

Specialty apparel retailer Talbots purchased Symbol Technologies’ Mobility Services Platform, which includes mobile computers, bar-code scanners and Wi-Fi network infrastructure

Michigan county upgrades wireless network

CalAmp’s Dataradio operating unit landed a $1.3 million contract to replace Michigan’s Genesee County E-911 Consortium’s existing mobile-data, public-safety network for first responders.

Alltel extends EVDO service into new regions

London ambulances get TETRA radios

Community adopts wireless network

ERF Wireless purchases Windstream affiliate

Companies partner on WLAN technology

Massachusetts college goes wireless

Coast Guard deploys Motorola system

California town gets municipal wireless network

Retailer purchases wireless system

Michigan county upgrades wireless network

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