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The troubles of the municipal Wi-Fi movement in general and Earthlink in particular are well documented, here and elsewhere. It is no great surprise that earlier this week the company notified the city of Philadelphia that it was halting municipal Wi-Fi services to that city on June 13.
The Wi-Fi Networking News’ business is to follow […]

The mobile Internet device (MID) market, at least according to this post at GigaOm, is generating a lot of attention. The post compares MID initiatives from Intel, Qualcomm, Via Technologies and a new entrant from Texas Instruments.
The subtext of the piece, however, is more important than which chip will come out on top. The more […]

It’s interesting to watch the telepresence sector evolve.
Telepresence generally refers to the wildly expensive full-immersion remote participation equipment that has found something of a market among the highest-level executives of big companies. It is distinct from videoconferencing, which essentially is for the rest of us.
Telepresence systems can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy, […]

The common-sense justification for mobile device management (MDM) makes it surprising that the category has not expanded faster and a near certainty that it will be hot as mobility grows.
Indeed, a technology can be tapped as close to a sure thing when there is more than one compelling reason for its existence. This is the […]

Perhaps the most often cited shortcoming of the cable industry’s collective business plan is that it lacks a meaningful wireless component. In big and small ways, the industry confronted that old bugaboo in a trio of moves this month.
The most news was generated by the consummation of the long envisioned WiMax marriage of Sprint and […]