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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Posted in Broadband, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Wireless broadband
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Also tagged 3G, 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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Posted in Broadband, Fiber, Internet, Mobile Devices, Towerstream, Uncategorized, WiMAX, Wireless broadband
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Also tagged arthur giftakis, jeff thompson, Towerstream, wi-fi, WiMAX, wireless
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It’s been a big few weeks for tech with the launch of the game-changing Apple iPad and the debate is raging whether it will effectively kill the netbook, revitalize the publishing industry, and/or increase carpal tunnel syndrome.
I couldn’t resist and bought an iPad a few weeks ago and I’m [...]
October 12, 2009 – 6:18 pm
Hello everyone and Happy Columbus Day.
There was some interesting WiMAX news recently out of Russia that I wanted to take a closer look at today. According to FierceTelecom, Russian WiMAX carrier, Yota, said it will be offering WiMAX devices that can make VoIP calls and allow users to roam onto GSM networks when the user [...]
October 7, 2009 – 6:12 pm
This week kicks off the International CTIA Wireless I.T. & Entertainment 2009 show, being held in San Diego. I love this time of year. CTIA never fails to bring together a who’s who of the wireless world, discussing their company’s news and product launches as well as the industry’s latest and greatest.
Over the past [...]
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 [...]
According to a recent FierceBroadbandWireless article by Lynette Luna, AT&T and other wireless service providers aren’t ready for “the onslaught of data traffic coming from smartphones, and that the deluge is beginning to clog their networks.”
This isn’t a huge surprise to me. Legacy networks were never built with the intention of hauling massive amounts of [...]
September 14, 2008 – 12:00 pm
Hello from San Francisco!
It’s been a crazy few days here at CTIA, but I wanted to take a few minutes to blog about what I’ve seen on the show floor before my flight home takes off.
CTIA tends to focus on applications, software development, and network architecture, and the show this year was home to some [...]
By Jeff
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Posted in BlackBerry, CTIA, Clearwire, Mobile Devices, Sprint, Towerstream, WiMAX
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Also tagged Clearwire, CTIA, Sprint, TiVo, Towerstream, WiMAX
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