August 31, 2011 – 9:16 am
What a strange few days for those of us living on the East Coast. Although Hurricane Irene didn’t totally cripple all the cities it affected (albeit our thoughts go out to those it did affect), it did leave many cities without power, phone and wireless network coverage. For those who work in an IT [...]
As you get ready to enjoy the long weekend, make sure to pick up a copy of the latest issue of BusinessWeek which features a story by Peter Burrows about the Wi-Fi network Towerstream is preparing to launch in Manhattan. Based on tests conducted earlier this week, the story highlights the elevated data speeds our network [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in iPhone, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, WiFi
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Tagged BusinessWeek, Manhattan, New York, new york city, Smartphones, tablets, Towerstream, wi-fi
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Towerstream’s Chief Operating Officer Mel Yarbrough recently contributed an article to Connect-World: North America 2011 about how 4G networks and Wi-Fi must work together in order for wireless operators to meet increasing mobile broadband capacity. Connect-World is a forum where wireless and telecom industry leaders contribute their views on the most pressing issues in the [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Broadband, iPhone, LTE, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 4G, Apple, Google, mobile backhaul, mobile Internet, wi-fi, wireless, Wireless broadband
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September 24, 2010 – 3:47 pm
What a week in telecom. The FCC opens up white space for Wi-Fi and telecom experts, CEOs, and equipment vendors gathered at the EmTech@MIT conference admit that the networks they are currently upgrading will not keep up with the tidal wave of mobile data. Let’s start with the problem. I offer you some poignant statistics: [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in LTE, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Tagged airwaves, bandwidth, CNET, emtech@MIT, FCC, gigaom, maggie reardon, mobile, Verizon, White Space, whitefi
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The following post has been written by our very own Arthur G. Giftakis, Vice President of Engineering and Network Operations at Towerstream. Arthur has played an extremely important role in designing and implementing our technology over the last 10 years. Arthur will be creating a series of guest blog posts exploring the idea of ‘mobile [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Broadband, Fiber, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Uncategorized, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 4G, arthur giftakis, jeff thompson, Towerstream, wi-fi, WiMAX, wireless
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