Ruckus Wirelesstoday announced a major initiative with the City and County of San Francisco, the City of San José and Global Reach Technology to create the first large-scale municipal Hotspot 2.0 service that allows millions of visitors and residents to automatically and securely connect to and seamlessly roam using San José and San Francisco free […]
The WiMAX Forum, the global body that certifies and promotes products based on the 802.16 standard, is urging the FCC not to include the 3.65-3.7 GHz spectrum band in the anticipated 3.55-3.65 GHz Citizens Broadband Radio Service (CBRS). The 3.5G industry has already matured with 11 commercial networks globally, such as Relish in London, and […]
Level 3 Communications said on Monday that it had agreed to buy TW Telecom, a provider of business Internet connections, for about $5.68 billion, reports the NY Times. Level 3 is one of the country’s biggest providers of back-end Internet services. The company’s network of fiber optic cables is used by the likes of Google […]
UK broadband providers are getting competition from a new company, Relish, using 3.5-3.8 GHz (Bands 42/43) to deliver fixed wireless service in densely-populated areas. Relish service is only available in specific regions in London, notes Engadget, and doesn’t offer voice. Just data. Monthly contracts start at £20, but you have to buy the router for […]
Amtrak plans to upgrade its WiFI along the Northeast Corridor, according to Railway Age, and has issued a Request for Proposals to implement it. Amtrak plans to build its wireless network, at first offering Internet speed as fast as 25 Mbps per car, improving to 100 Mbps by 2019, according to the National Association of […]
Ruckus Wireless today announced the expansion of its partnership with the City of San José with the extension of their Wi-Fi network throughout Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) and the San José McEnery Convention Center. These two new extensions of the network provide visitors with a single, reliable, free, high-performance public Wi-Fi network throughout […]
