Rogers Wireless Debuts American First!!!

Following the successful expansion of its revolutionary high-speed network - HSPA - to 25 Canadian markets earlier this month, Rogers Wireless announced it has begun field trials of its 7.2 Mbps wireless data service. The Brampton and Montreal trials utilize 3.5 generation wireless HSPA/UMTS technology, enabling a peak download speed of 7.2 Mbps, by far the fastest in the country.

Rogers Wireless is the first wireless provider in North America to trial peek speeds of 7.2 Mbps and is among the top one percent of GSM carriers worldwide supporting 7.2. The trial launches the next evolution of Rogers GSM network, and represents a significant investment in leading-edge technologies.

Rogers will have spent approximately $500 million over the past two years upgrading its network towards providing Canadians with the fastest and most reliable network. Rogers is continuing on its path of innovation, following the North American introduction of wireless video calling - a feature of Rogers Vision suite of services that runs on Canada's only HSPA network.

With its coast to coast network, which is proven to have the best reliability in Canada, Rogers is well-positioned to continue to offer customers best-in-class and first-to-market technologies and products. Rogers Wireless provides wireless voice and data communications services across Canada to more than 7 million customers under both the Rogers Wireless and Fido brands.

Companies Need To Mix Wireless Internet Services With Fixed Services!!!

Operators looking to profit from wireless internet must focus on enhancing existing internet applications and communities with made for mobile capabilities and multi-channel access, according to an expert panel polled by various messaging companies.

Over two thirds of the panel, comprising of senior executives across the telecoms industry, believed that the most lucrative operator wireless internet strategy lies in augmenting the fixed internet experience with wireless capabilities such as location, immediate access, and unique customer identity.

Asked how operators can avoid price commoditization as a result of flat rate pricing models for wireless internet, the industry experts favored two options. The most popular is to offer differentiated internet packages targeted to individual consumer segments, ranging from basic to premium offerings with specific flat-rate price points.

Almost as popular, delegates thought that wireless internet operators are in a position to charge internet brands for providing an optimized wireless internet experience against assured price levels.

Operators have a golden opportunity to boost revenues with the wireless internet but the right strategy is crucial. A holistic approach will be key. Revenues will come directly from the customer through usage of wireless internet services, but operators can also expect indirect revenues from internet brands that are keen to increase interaction with their users by increasing their offerings of their services.

Alltel Wireless Teams Up With XM Satellite Radio!!!

Alltel Wireless and Motorola have collaborated to offer MOTOROKR Z6m with an exclusive XM Radio Mobile cell. The features of the slider phone include an integrated MP3 player, up to 2GB of optional removable memory that can store up to 1,000 songs, 3.5 mm headset jack, stereo Bluetooth connectivity, and USB 2.0 high speed connectivity for fast file transfers. This is a whole lot different from what cell phones used to be.

The Z6m phone supports a wide-range of audio formats including MP3, AAC, AAC+ and WMA. It also sports a 2 mega pixel camera with video capabilities and TeleNAV GPS Navigator, which delivers a powerful and easy-to-use navigation tool for wireless phones.

This music phone also comes with Alltel’s exclusive award-winning Celltop technology for the user to easily access, manage, and organize a wide range of information that is already available on the phones. Moreover, it also comes pre-loaded with 10 cells including an exclusive XM Radio Mobile cell, which has the ability to stream in 20 channels, with simple controls for navigating through channels.

At present, the MotoRokr Z6m music phone is available at Alltel Wireless retail and online stores for $129.99 after $100 mail-in-rebate for the buyers who sign a contract for a two-year service.

If You Are Not Wireless, Why Not???

Are you tired of wires stretching across your room to connect your desktop or laptop computers to the Internet? Maybe it is time for your home to go wireless. Senior technicians say that someone who is moderately tech savvy can set up his or her own home network.

There are A, B, G and new N-type wireless access points. But do not let that confuse you. All you need to know is the most common type right now because N is not widely supported yet. So, look for a G type access point. Linksys and NetGear are the most common brands of wireless routers and networks. Remember that a wireless network is not recommended unless you have a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).

If your laptop already or desktop already has a wireless card, all you need is a wireless access point or wireless router, and some Ethernet cable. Most DSL modems are also routers, but if you are not sure about your modem, check with your Internet Service Provider (ISP). In the rush to get your wireless network working, critical security issues are often overlooked.

Your wireless router acts as a basic firewall by denying access to your home computers, but once you set up a wireless network, depending on how it is configured, other computers can gain access behind the router firewall. At a minimum, all computers should be password protected and be running their own firewall software. Far too many people just plug the access in, get it working, and leave it at that. When it comes to computer security, you do not want to do that.

There Is A New Wireless Alternative Available For Sprint Wireless Customers!!!

Sprint Wireless has released the Sprint PCS Data Link for Wireless WAN. The service, available to wireless customers, connects end user's business WANs that use wireless technology for primary access. It also acts as a wireless backup.

Sprint PCS Data Link provides wireless remote access for mobile workers. Now, with Sprint PCS Data Link for Wireless WAN, businesses can take advantage of this same technology as a means for primary access or a backup for wireless access. Whether the service is used to replace a 56kbps frame relay connection, as an alternative to DSL, or as a backup, the security, and performance of Sprint's CDMA wireless technology will help meet critical operational needs, said Sprint representatives.

This service establishes wireless connections to multiple WAN solutions, including Sprint Link frame relay or IPSec VPNs. With a Sprint-approved wireless modem, users get average speeds of 50kbps to 70kbps over the Sprint network.

Sprint is upgrading its wireless high-speed data solutions running on the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network with Revision A technology, which reaches more than 206 million people nationwide. The company expects most of that network to be upgraded by the end of 2007. The upgrade to Revision A technology provides faster speeds to enable end users' voice, video and mobile commerce applications.

New Report Helps Along In Understanding Wireless Telematics!!!

Wireless telematics and M2M solutions have been available for some years but their deployment has been patchy and slow, as companies from all industry segments have grappled to understand how to implement both systems and how each system benefits each other.

Now several factors are coming together to promote take-off: demonstrable successful deployments in a number of industry segments, a sustained fall in the cost of enabling wireless communications hardware, end-to-end software platforms offering rapid time to market, preferential service pricing, and business models that enable all parites to gain from speedy, well-planned deployments.

Whatever your market sector, Wireless Automation, Telematics and M2M will help you plan your deployment strategy in the burgeoning automation market though in-depth analysis of the latest technology trends in hardware and software solutions, and the challenges facing keyplayers along the value chain.

Now in its second edition, Wireless Automation, Telematics and M2M strategic report provides a thorough analysis of the wireless telematics, the opportunities and challenges it faces as it develops further. This report is essential reading for a sound understanding of this rapidly developing sector.

The report provides extensive forecasts, roadmaps of developments and a sound appreciation of the cross-section value of many functions, applications, and solutions already available.

Just What Is A Wireless Router???

A wireless router is a device that extracts the destination of a packet it receives, selects the best path to that destination, and forwards data packets to the next device along this path. They connect networks together, a LAN to a WAN for example, to access the Internet. A more precise definition of a router is a computer networking device that interconnects separate logical subnets.

Routers are now available in many types, though all are fundamentally doing the same job. A router is a computer whose software and hardware are usually tailored to the tasks of routing and forwarding, generally containing a specialized operating system. High-end routers contain many processors and specialized Application-specific integrated circuits and do a great deal of parallel processing.

For a more common answer to what a wireless router is, it is a little box separate from the computer that connects to an Internet connection and sends out radio frequencies over a certain distance depending on which kind of router you bought. Your laptop can then pick up these frequencies if they have a wireless receiver installed on it.

Just think of a wireless router as a radio station antenna. The receiver is your little radio box in your house, and the speakers on the radio is like your laptop, where you can view what you are receiving.

Get Connected - Tech Talk - Wireless Internet Tips

Wireless Internet has become a hot topic in the tech world. I want to discuss its advantages because there are a lot of them. First off, wireless Internet allows LAN's to be deployed without cabling for client devices, typically reducing the cost of network deployment and expansion. Spaces where cables cannot be run, such as outdoor areas and historical buildings, can host wireless Internet.

As of 2007, wireless network adapters are built into most modern laptops. The price of chipsets for wireless Internet continues to drop, making it an economical networking option included in ever more devices. Wireless Internet has become widespread in corporate environments, which also helps with the deployment of RFID technology that can piggyback on wireless Internet.

Wireless Internet is widely available in more than 250,000 public hotspots and tens of millions of homes and corporate and university campuses worldwide. Wireless Internet is more suitable for latency-sensitive applications such as voice and video, and power saving mechanisms improves battery operation.

Wireless Internet technologies have gone through several generations since their inception in 1997. Wireless Internet is supported to different extents under Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and open source UNIX and Linux operating systems.