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	FCC report questions wireless competitiveness The FCC's recently released report on the state of wireless competition questions whether the industry is adequately competitive. One reason is the finding that carrier consolidation has increased 32% since 2003. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Addressing Interference on Wireless Networks Learn about the challenge of interference in a shared spectrum, the limitations of standard Wi-Fi chip design, and about Cisco® CleanAir technology. This ASIC-based solution empowers users to proactively managing Wi-Fi networks to support mission-critical and latency-sensitive applications . Read More In this Issue Sprint's WiMAX network helping nab crooks in Maryland The Android surge goes global Palm's online App Catalog goes dark iPad 'halo' effect pushes Mac sales, use, ChangeWave says One Mighty Big Cup o' Froyo Smartphone sales shoot up, benefiting RIM, Apple, Android One in four households now has only mobile phones Aruba Networks reports record quarterly revenues 'Nothing new' on iPhone tethering plans, says AT&T FCC cites industry consolidation in mobile report Google Android 2.2: Questions and Answers FCC frees up 25MHz of wireless spectrum for broadband Motorola offers mobile device management LTE patent pools taking shape My first month using the iPad for business: it's still lacking Just How Many Radios Do You Need, Anyway? List of Android phones getting 2.2 upgrade comes out gradually WEBCAST: Actuate Solve Data Needs: BIRT Defined This webcast will give you a primer on BIRT including the technology and the community. BIRT can help you overcome the challenge of delivering accurate and meaningful data to users while minimizing IT development efforts. Learn more today! Sprint's WiMAX network helping nab crooks in Maryland The Annapolis police department is increasingly relying upon wireless technology to conduct its surveillance operations, including installing a new surveillance camera that transmits data using Sprint and Clearwire's WiMAX network. Read More The Android surge goes global The surge in Android phone adoption isn't just confined to the United States, research firm Gartner has found. Read More Palm's online App Catalog goes dark Palm's online App Catalog suffered outages over the past weekend. But don't bother asking Palm what happened because the handset maker isn't saying.On Saturday 15 May, a two-paragraph post at the official Palm blog told customers "if you've experienced any issues downloading or updating apps from the Palm App Catalog recently, rest assured that Palm is actively working to remedy the situation."The... Read More iPad 'halo' effect pushes Mac sales, use, ChangeWave says Experts used different data today to conclude that strong iPad sales have created a "halo" effect for Apple, boosting the number of Mac computers the company has sold. Read More One Mighty Big Cup o' Froyo Google put out many a hint earlier this year that they were going to cut back to two Android releases per year, versus the eight they shipped in 16 months previously. If today's Google I|O keynote is indicative of the scope of Android advancement per release, those will be very large releases. Read More WHITE PAPER: Aerohive Understand the network impact of 802.11n This paper describes the drawbacks of centralized controller-based approaches and how they will provide unavoidable roadblocks when faced with the increases in bandwidth provided by 802.11n. Read More Smartphone sales shoot up, benefiting RIM, Apple, Android The smartphone's impact on the mobile phone marketplace globally is well-established, but smartphone growth continues its upward trend in fairly astounding degrees, research firm Gartner Inc. said. Read More One in four households now has only mobile phones One in four U.S. households now has only wireless telephone service, a recent U.S. government study has found. Read More Aruba Networks reports record quarterly revenues Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks reported another quarterly loss, slightly smaller than a year ago, but its third-quarter adjusted earnings were slightly better than analysts expected, and it set a record for revenues. Read More 'Nothing new' on iPhone tethering plans, says AT&T AT&T may finally offer tethering on the iPhone, according to multiple reports today about the latest beta of iPhone OS 4, Apple's mobile operating system upgrade. Read More FCC cites industry consolidation in mobile report The U.S. mobile wireless industry has become increasingly concentrated over the past five years, and carriers' network capital investment has not kept pace with their revenue gains, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said Thursday in its annual report on mobile competition. Read More WHITE PAPER: Brocade 802.11n and Higher Education WLAN Opportunities Discover how Brocade Mobility solutions can help higher education institutions overcoming costly and difficult WLAN technical challenges. Learn More Google Android 2.2: Questions and Answers My oh my, the air is smelling sweet today. Read More FCC frees up 25MHz of wireless spectrum for broadband The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has adopted rules that would allow mobile broadband providers to offer services on a 25MHz band of spectrum that's been controversial because of interference concerns from satellite radio provider Sirius XM Radio and other users of nearby spectrum. Read More Motorola offers mobile device management Motorola Inc. today announced two managed services to help companies with limited resources keep mobile devices and wireless LANs up and running. Read More LTE patent pools taking shape Three separate companies are steadily recruiting intellectual property holders into patent pools for LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology, initiatives intended to get more manufacturers building gear for the fast network. Read More My first month using the iPad for business: it's still lacking I have been using my new iPad as a business tool since Interop. While it has been good in some areas, it has also been annoying in others. I love the iPad's flexibility. I can check Web sites, Twitter, LinkedIn and files site at the touch of a button. It is nice to be able to do that when at a conference or at a customer site. I find myself using it more around the office also just to check email... Read More Just How Many Radios Do You Need, Anyway? I recently attended an IEEE Communications Society event that focused on ZigBee, a very interesting set of radios and protocols mostly designed for telemetry and control applications. And during the entire presentation, my mind wandered back to a fundamental question - how many radios do we really need in a handset? ZigBee isn't yet big in the home, but imagine a residential-automation system using... Read More List of Android phones getting 2.2 upgrade comes out gradually Android phones that likely will get the faster-performing Android 2.2 upgrade include the Motorola Droid, Google's Nexus One and several phones from HTC, including the Droid Incredible. Read More
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