Category Archives: Wireless broadband
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, Towerstream
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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, Towerstream, Uncategorized, WiMAX
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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 [...]
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 25, 2010 – 4:29 pm
Last week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona spurred the industry’s usual flurry of excitement over the latest mobile handsets. While I didn’t attend myself, it was interesting to watch the chatter around all sectors of the conference, especially this year’s focus on software. The mobile operating systems introduced, such as Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 Series and Symbian 3, prove [...]
February 16, 2010 – 7:09 pm
In 2010, all signs point to record numbers of consumers using mobile devices, from smartphones to e-readers. With Apple’s release of the iPad, it is clear that the applicability of the mobile device is going to continue to cross boundaries between personal and professional use, from email to video viewing and beyond.
CNET reported last week [...]
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, Towerstream, WiMAX
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Tagged Alvarion, Ball State University, BSU, Cisco, Digital Bridge Communications, EBS Spectrum, Towerstream, WiMAX, wireless
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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 [...]
I was in New York City recently for a few meetings and learned that the broadband gap I discussed a few weeks ago in Brooklyn also exists in Harlem.
While I was at lunch with a couple business associates we overheard a group of people complaining about their Internet service. Thinking I could help out, I [...]
This week, Motorola announced plans to sell wireless broadband modules that can be used in consumer electronics to provide wireless broadband connectivity. These devices will include everything from laptops and netbooks to mp3 players and digital cameras. As CNet’s Marguerite Reardon said in a piece on the news its basically any devices that, “can connect to [...]
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