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Femto vs. WiFi? Does it Matter?
I see that the debate between Femtocells and WiFi in the home rages on (http://gigaom.com/2009/11/02/who-needs-femtocells-if-we-have-wi-fi/) The basic argument against Femto's is that they are just offloading traffic from the carriers network and WiFi can do this just as easily. To... Full Story
Posted on November 5, 2009 7:12 PM
Zigbee creating the Home Swarm
Zigbee, the wireless sensor networking technology based on IEEE 802.15.4 is becoming the network of choice for control and monitoring in the home. (http://everythingwireless.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/zigbees-value-to-personal-health-care/) This includes applications in healthcare like glucose monitoring for remote patients and in energy like demand... Full Story
Posted on October 28, 2009 11:08 PM
Human Networks as Digital Swarms
Researchers in Australia and Singapore are working on a free ad-hoc mesh networking approach using the cellphones of users, http://itnews.com.au/News/157220,researchers-developing-free-mobile-mesh-network.aspx This will use Peer to Peer WiFi and Bluetooth connections to assemble networks that can easily move data and content... Full Story
Posted on October 11, 2009 5:07 PM
Are Satellites back in the game?
The recent announcement from A&T and Terrastar on National roaming ( http://www.wirelessweek.com/News/2009/09/ATT-TerreStar-Plans-Dual-Mode-Phone/ )raises the discussion on the relative merits of satellites for wireless services again. While this may fill in some gaps in AT&T's coverage, it is certainly not a viable long... Full Story
Posted on September 30, 2009 9:07 PM
User Anthropologists and 4G
I came across an article from last year in the NY Times that documented some of the travels of User Anthrologist for Nokia, "Can the Cellphone Help End Global Poverty?" http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/13/magazine/13anthropology-t.html?ref=magazineThe article confirmed many of the things we hear anectdotaly... Full Story
Posted on September 20, 2009 7:57 PM
Can Android lead us to 4G?
Strategy Analytics recently predicted Android Smartphone sales to increase by 900% in 2009. Putting aside the fact that 900% of a small number if still a small number, but the reality is that Android has some real advantages when thinking... Full Story
Posted on September 8, 2009 8:15 PM
4G in your eyes?
Reading the recent article in IEEE spectrum on smart contact lenses (http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/bionics/augmented-reality-in-a-contact-lens) made me think about the possibilities of improving our daily lives with small connected objects and 4G. These lenses would allow users to see heads up display type... Full Story
Posted on September 4, 2009 11:40 PM
The iPhone Wave Hits China
The recent announcement by China Unicom that they will offer iPhones in China (http://wirelessweek.com/News/2009/08/China-to-Get-iPhone/) is evidence of the surging demand for smartphones among the masses. Unfortunately, the Chinese government requires them to disable the WiFi capability on the device which... Full Story
Posted on August 30, 2009 9:52 AM
4G is about more than just Bandwidth
While people obsess over the bandwidth that will be available in 4G networks like WiMax and LTE (and 100Mbps+ is pretty incredible), 4G is about much more than just speed. Just as powerful is the interconnection of different network types including... Full Story
Posted on August 25, 2009 10:59 PM
Examples of 4G and Digital Swarms
This is hopefully the first of many entries on early examples of Digital Swarms enabled by 4G wireless technology. In my book, The New World of Wireless: How to Compete in the 4G Revolution (Wharton School Publishing, Amazon), I define... Full Story
Posted on August 22, 2009 9:23 PM
