I’ve learned from BlogTelecom that there is a new organization (it isn’t a company) which is installing wimax aerials in Spanish cities. It is called stbnet and it is installing hotspots in Alicante. It aims at offering both broadband Internet access and IP phone services. The domain is under Stephan Bergmann’s name, who, according to Google, is also linked to OWS (Orange Web Services), an Internet supplier in Crevillent (Alicante).
Cetecom is not in the spotlight of debates, even though it is the laboratory in charge of certifying wimax units and it is settled in Malaga. That’s why I was delighted when I learned that Cinco Días had interviewed Luis Fernando Martínez, Cetecom’s director, who says that he feels very optimistic about the future of this technology.
The French railway company, SNCF, has tendered a project to install wi-fi in all high-speed trains, either Thalys or TGV. The connection is based on a satellite that uploads and downloads data and sends it to each coach via wi-fi.
The North American operator Bellsouth has launched a wimax offer in Florida and Georgia, that arises as a backup for ADSL connections. If the regular access to the Internet failed, companies would still have the opportunity of using the wireless connection.
The North American operator Bellsouth has launched a wimax offer in Florida and Georgia, that arises as a backup for ADSL connections. If the regular access to the Internet failed, companies would still have the opportunity of using the wireless connection.
Vodafone announced today the commercial launch of its Mobile Broadband offering, supported by Ericsson’s HSDPA solution. HSDPA will be available first in the German cities Hannover, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf and Munich and eventually throughout the entire WCDMA network, which today covers more than 70 percent of the population. Vodafone will promote HSDPA as “UMTS Broadband” to their German customers.
Free, France’s second Internet supplier, has announced that it will offer Internet connection through wimax.It is an iterating service,that works in different points of the French geography. This is all the information that we have yet. Free belongs to Iliad, which was recently bought by Altitude Telecom. This operator has licenses to offer connections via wimax in France.
The interest towards wi-fi, as a means to give Internet access to any kind of service is growing. Digital cameras, TVs and mobile phones are starting to be equipped with wireless connections. But the best is still to come. Some of the most interested professionals are console makers; they see in wi-fi their solution to put their games’ users in contact.
This is an interesting article published in the New York Times that deals with the problems suffered by those who leave wi-fi unprotected. It seems that more and more people take advantage of this situation to “steal”broadband. This practise has already been baptized: it is called ‘piggybacking’.
Wi-fi is God. Soon it will be everywhere and, thanks to it, the ‘big brother’ will keep his eye on us all.A goog example are Scottsdale(Arizona) school students: in no time their school buses will be equipped with CCTV cameras connected via wi-fi; they will make thesurveillance inside the buses possible.