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IEEE's 802.11g WLAN standard seems doomed
News However, Intel, Agere and other WLAN providers are shipping dual-card base stations which can hold both 802.11a and 802.11b cards, giving users enough compatibility between fast and slow WLANs. Although 54mbps products in the 2.4GHz band will be...
[December 18, 2001, 15:56]
Mobile broadband speeds explained
Blog Number of mobile broadband users in a cell (although this can be mitigated by splitting the cell, using second and third frequencies, or adding more base stations) First off, here's those maximum line rates vs the maximum possible user rates that...
[May 13, 2008, 17:26]
Schools alerted to mobile phone dangers
News The IEGMP report, however, decided no ban on base stations on school premises was necessary. Under its precautionary approach it simply recommends that "the beam of greatest intensity" from a base station's antenna should not fall on any part of...
[July 28, 2000, 15:29]
Westminster businesses get WiMax broadband
News It is starting slowly, though — its first base station will be installed in Westminster next week, and it believes it will need just three base stations to serve businesses in the Westminster area. It's likely that connection speeds would be much...
[March 21, 2006, 13:55]
First public demo of 'disruptive' wireless broadband
News This simultaneously detects the single cycle modulated signals while rejecting transmissions from other sources — so simple and efficient, says the company, that xMax could cover Fort Lauderdale's 1,200 square miles to 10 percent market...
[November 4, 2005, 11:10]
Tuesday
Blog By forcing them to use base stations further away, the parents are irradiating their beloved offspring more than ever. The chance is very small, and could be minimised by the simple inclusion of a small base station on the aircraft itself.
[August 30, 2002, 17:27]
Echelon: How it works
News These can listen directly to mobile phones, or the microwave links that connect base stations to the central network, as well as to the microwave networks that many countries still maintain as part of their basic infrastructure.
[June 29, 2000, 11:09]
Apple laptop gets jumbo screen
News New AirPort Extreme features include support for 50 users, bridging between base stations, and USB (universal serial bus) printer sharing. Apple also introduced a new version of its AirPort wireless base station, which supports 802.11g and can...
[January 7, 2003, 19:51]
Chipmaker gets a jump on safer wireless
News And 802.11a can use more base stations than 802.11g, except in the UK and the Netherlands, the only two European countries permitting 802.11a, where a restriction on base station count is one of the compromises made to allow its use.g will suffer...
[March 12, 2002, 17:09]
Ericsson takes office apps mobile
News It turned out that mobile operators did not want to install hardware in user sites, said Boone, so the product has been replaced by a virtual version, which provides the same services using mobile operators existing network base stations.
[December 2, 2002, 8:02]
Microsoft puts its weight behind Bluetooth
News Meanwhile, Fujitsu, NEC, Panasonic and Sotec will make their PCs act as Mira base stations, Microsoft said. One of those devices is Mira, a portable touch screen that relies on a wireless connection to a PC "base station" that stores files and...
[April 18, 2002, 14:30]
Motorola backtracks on GPRS safety concerns
News This is roughly the same as an analogue phone used for a single voice call, but as with GSM the power levels will often be lower than the maximum especially in areas with a high density of base stations or a low density of buildings.
[October 27, 2000, 11:13]
Dongle power users to get 4G first
News The company is conducting LTE trials with multiple operators but has also been working with WiMax for several years, and Steinberg says the ultimate aim is to have common kit at base stations: "When we set out to build LTE… we will have actually a...
[February 9, 2009, 8:37]
Week in review: Copy-protection drama, scary robots and faster wireless
News The new base stations can rebroadcast signals from Internet-connected hubs, meaning that you could cover a pretty wide area without needing more than a single physical point of connection. One of the key bits of gear was a new wireless networking...
[January 10, 2003, 16:37]
Frenchelon - France has nothing to envy in Echelon
News Furthermore, an agreement with the United Arab Emirates authorised the installation of surveillance stations in that region of the Gulf. Air: The same sources also suggest that surveillance stations are being airlifted by the "electronic...
[June 30, 2000, 9:30]
Space: The final vacation
News Geode station would be the base station and fuel storage container for the construction of other Space Island stations. The basic building block for the Space Island Group's proposed commercial space stations is the main fuel tank used by NASA's...
[March 21, 2001, 10:32]
BT's Wi-Fi adventure snubs 3G
News A total of 27 Welcome Break service stations will also get Openzone hot spots, with two -- Corley and South Mimms -- already active. It also hopes to sign up many more partners, and expects to make its service available at railway stations -- a...
[January 29, 2003, 15:39]
I Don't Like IKE.
Blog One item on the local television stations though was somewhat ironic. I've been getting streaming video and audio from one of the local television stations. One of the traffic lights on the seawall street was lit up red and remained stuck there...
[September 13, 2008, 8:03]
Google-backed project bringing net access to billions
News The satellites will link with ground stations such as cell towers or WiMax stations that reach the customers. Google has aggressively pushed for more widespread internet access, including municipal Wi-Fi and other wireless networking, which the...
[September 10, 2008, 9:08]
Toshiba Satellite 5200-701 review
Reviews There’s no expansion bus, which Toshiba says is because this is a consumer product and people don’t want port replicators and docking stations. A woofer tucked away in the base of the machine provided a noticeable and welcome boost to the lower...
[November 25, 2002, 10:36]
