Category Archives: Towerstream
I was recently traveling in New York City to speak at the Morgan Joseph Conference. Realizing I hadn’t yet booked a hotel room, I made a pit stop at a coffee shop to refuel and search hotels.com on my 3G-enabled iPad. Generally, I love the freedom associated with making plans on-the-go, thanks to modern technology. [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Broadband, Mobile Devices, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 3G, 4G, Broadband, iPad, jeff thompson, Mobile Devices, new york city, Steve Jobs, Towerstream, Wifi, wireless
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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, Internet, Mobile Devices, Uncategorized, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Tagged 4G, arthur giftakis, jeff thompson, Towerstream, wi-fi, WiMAX, wireless
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This week, I guest blogged for Technically Philly, Philadelphia’s online source for news, people, companies, and events that affect their growing technology community. Towerstream began providing service in Philadelphia in December 2009, and we’re enthusiastic to become more involved in this market, sharing with locals the emerging trends that excite us at Towerstream. This week, I [...]
A couple of weeks ago, Towerstream hosted CNET’s Maggie Reardon on a behind-the-scenes Empire State Building tour of our rooftop technology, which generates a wireless ring in New York City’s sky. Thanks to CNET’s photography, I now invite you to join me at one of Manhattan’s highest points to see how Towerstream powers local businesses every day.
To reach Towerstream’s Empire [...]
Rounding out the week, I wanted to comment on some of the most interesting recent news.
1. Taking WiMAX to the Streets
According to GoingWiMax, Taipei City is implementing 1,000 taxis to be equipped with WiMAX. VMAX Telecom just began providing the free service March 9, 2010. Although I have never been to Taipei, I can [...]
February 2, 2010 – 1:47 pm
I was excited to see that several higher ed institutions have recently hopped on the WiMAX bandwagon – a logical implementation to help schools increase productivity and decrease wireless costs. According to a recent article on Wimax.com, Ball State University (BSU) spearheaded a wireless research and innovation initiative by partnering with our friends at Alvarion [...]
By Jeff
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Also posted in Broadband, FCC, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Tagged Alvarion, Ball State University, BSU, Cisco, Digital Bridge Communications, EBS Spectrum, Towerstream, WiMAX, wireless
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December 4, 2009 – 1:35 pm
As many of you might have seen, this week saw the continued expansion of WiMAX technology across the country, through network launches by Clearwire, Towerstream and Time Warner.
Clearwire announced two new markets – Honolulu and Seattle. As Kevin Fitchard from Telephony notes in an article, this marks the end of the company’s 2009 rollout and [...]
November 19, 2009 – 5:02 pm
Cloud computing is something we talk about a lot here in the Towerstream offices. Although it’s not directly a part of our business, we’re very much aware of the future potential it offers our customers – and all businesses, in fact. The technology will enable businesses to adopt intelligent online services that will benefit both [...]
November 9, 2009 – 2:28 pm
The WSJ’s Jeffrey McCracken and Don Clark reported yesterday that Clearwire has secured an additional $1.5 billion in financing to build out its nationwide WiMAX network.
The article noted, “Sprint would invest $1 billion and its Clearwire joint venture partners, a group which includes Comcast Corp., Intel Corp, Time Warner Cable Inc. and Bright House [...]
September 8, 2009 – 3:26 pm
I wanted to start off today’s post by thanking the organizers of last week’s 4GWE event. I enjoyed giving a keynote about the broadband stimulus and its many elements, from the rules and regulations to the recent submission process. The event was a tremendous success and I am looking forward to the January event in [...]
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