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The article focuses on the efforts of cities in the U.S. to build broadband networks using the Wi-Fi wireless technology. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania started its network to bring broadband into the homes of its poorest residents. Some remote communities view Wi-Fi as an economic development tool to attract and keep industry. Corpus Christi, Texas has embraced Wi-Fi as a platform for city services, running public safety data networks and municipal applications. Details of how municipal Wi-Fi works are also presented.

Discusses the features and applications of voice-over Internet protocol (VoIP). Provision of seamless communications from the desktop to the wireless service; Primary benefit of VoIP; Ability of VoIP to converge networks; Incentive for the telecommunication industry to sell VoIP applications.

Discuses specific solutions for specific services by test communication service providers in the wake of the increasing availability of applications over wireless and wireline networks. Importance of service quality to establish a substantial customer base; Development of niche applications by test companies to measure service and voice quality in Internet-protocol-based and wireless networks; Implementation of a common architecture for mobile network management; Reduction of the complexity of integrating network equipment and management systems from multiple vendors.

Reports on benefits of WiMAX to the licensed bands. Use for broadband wireless access; Problems with the licensed frequencies; Variation in broadband wireless spectrum.

Focuses on efforts to improve the WiMAX 802.16a standard. Functions of the WiMAX Forum; Targeting end users with the support of intel and other semiconductor developers; Advantages over Wi-Fi.

Focuses on the efforts of wireless solutions provider Spectralink to venture into the international market of 802.11 standard and Wi-Fi technologies. Reason for the move; Other vertical markets in which the company has expanded; Challenges posed by Cisco Systems in the wireless local area network telephony sector; Reaction of Guderian to the threat.

Describes the emergence of deploying wireless local area networks (LAN) based on the 802.11b Wi-Fi standard in the U.S. Decrease in the selling price of a wireless LAN card modem; Plan of Seattle Wireless to group together Wi-Fi hot spots to build an alternative local loop wireless data infrastructure for the Seattle area in Washington to be offered for free; Variation in Wi-Fi hot spots in terms of pricing, customer service and service quality.

Reports that the market for cellular digital packet data (CDPD), which was developed from wireless data technology, is a long-term asset. Aims of the CDPD Forum; Information on a study by Northern Business Information; Comments from Dave Coverdale, managing director of the CDPD Forum.

Compares the intelligent networks against the Internet protocol (IP) telephony. Use of intelligent networks in the wireless communications industry; Popularity of IP telephony in the telecommunications industry; Advantages offered by IP telephony as compared to intelligent networks; Description of a phone-to-phone IP communications; International Telecommunications Union's standard for multimedia communications.

The article offers information related to the downfall of wireless fidelity (wi-fi) technology market in the U.S., particularly in the rural areas. It is stated that wi-fi loses favor in some big cities as the business case implodes. In the wireless technology, WiMAX is the favorable option of the municipalities and rural operators.

This article focuses on the emerging popularity of wireless high-speed Internet access (HSIA), using 802.11b protocol, within hotel chains in the U.S. Major chains such as Hyatt and Marriott have installed wireless technology in public spaces and smaller brands like U.S. Franchise Systems' Microtel touting wireless in all its construction. According to Steve Myers, senior product manager for Sprint, a unique feature of 802.11 space is its ability to log on from anywhere. That means that no matter the location, a password connected the network will let the user onto the Internet. Most hotels did not put CAT 5 cabling into every room to facilitate the Ethernet framework required for wired and wireless Internet. A multistory and concrete building requires more wireless access points than a low-rise and budget hotel. In any case, wireless is becoming routine, at least in public spaces. Firms offering turnkey services include Sprint, Coax Media, Time Warner Cable broadband division Road Runner, and the more established Wayport, STSN and StayOnline. Developers realize the significance of building HSIA-capable wiring into their hotels. A service provider should build a network that accommodates corporate virtual private networks. INSET: THE BIG IDEAS.

Highlights the effort of the WiMax Forum to revive broadband wireless through the promotion of the WiMax or the 802.16 computer network protocol from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Characteristics of the WiMax specification; Difference between WiMax and point-to-multipoint fixed wireless technology; Assessment of the adoption of broadband technology.

Comments on fault tolerance in wireless networks. Attitude of users toward network faults; Challenge for data reliability; Effect of the transition to Internet Protocol-based 2.5G and 3G data and Internet services; Factors that led to improved fault tolerance.

Focuses on quality of service (QoS) mechanisms in Internet Protocol (IP)-based wireless communications networks. Discussion on setting traffic priorities; Factors that need be considered in providing end-to-end QoS for wireless and terrestrial IP networks; Implementation of QoS; Challenges in billing and peering.

Provides information on the Simple Network Management Protocol in wireless communications. Features and capabilities; Its application; Description on the signal transfer point.

Deals with Internet Protocol (IP) network development. How IP will enable wireless carriers to handle data in the future; IP telephony; Other IP connections.

Discusses the interconnection among WIN specification, advanced intelligent network (AIN) and Internet protocol (IP) in the wireline and wireless networks. Significance of IP version 6; Information on the WIN effect; Issue of complete interoperability.

Focuses on the increase in the popularity of mobile Internet protocol (MIP) in wireless network. Concept of cellular telephony used by MIP; Basic problems with MIP; Description of a MIP operation; Background on the development of MIP specifications. INSET: The IETF's role..

The article features the Meru Controller from Meru Networks which is considered useful for the 802.11b wireless standard and has the capability of solving Wi-Fi problems, namely, channel limitations and poor performance. It has a multilayer security approach, cellular coordination for access points and integration with existing infrastructure.

The article focuses on Nextel Communications Inc.'s new WiFi HotSpot service and teaming with wireless ISPs Boingo Wireless and Wayport. Nextel hopes to leverage its weight among corporate users by delivering high-speed wireless access to hotels, airports, convention centers and other common stops on the business traveler's itinerary. Nextel enters a Wi-Fi market populated by rival mobile carriers touting wireless Internet services at roughly the same $40 monthly price, although wireline carriers like SBC Communications make their Wi-Fi services available for as little as $19.95 per month.

Reports on opportunities provided by WiMAX in delivering broadband services. Evolution to a standards-based, carrier class solution; Benefits of WiMAX to service providers; Functions of WiMAX Forum.

Focuses on the presentation of products based on WiMAX, the 802.16 wireless standard, at the 2004 Supercomm event in Chicago, Illinois. Advantages over Wi-Fi, the high-speed access technology; Objectives of the WiMAX Forum which will exhibit in the Mobility Pavilion; Broadband wireless equipment vendors scheduled to exhibit Supercomm.

Focuses on the collaboration of ADC and wireless networking developer Colubris Networks to develop Loopstar, a Wi-Fi solution that lets carriers remotely power hot spots over the same copper pairs that they use for backhaul. Opportunities from the Wi-Fi market; Features of the Loopstar solution; Benefits of the partnership.

Focuses on the installation of wireless Internet in parks in the U.S. aimed at recreational vehicles (RV) with Wi-Fi wireless computer network protocol. Advantages of the wireless Internet to RV owners; Services provided by LinkSpot and Transaction Network Services to customers; Remarks from LinkSpot president and CEO Alan Kobran regarding the services.

Focuses on the use of Wi-Fi standards by wireless companies in the U.S. Integration of Wi-Fi into the basic infrastructure of wide area wireless networks; Partnership between Mobility and Nortel Networks; Development of a Wi-Fi/Global System for Mobile-General Packet Radio Service network infrastructure.

Reports on Dubbed PacketSteering, a Wi-Fi switching technology developed by Vivato. Concept behind the technology; Type of businesses that will be targeted by the technology; Strategy of the company in marketing the technology.

Focuses on the development of the wireless industry towards third generation technology as of March 2002. Opinion on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF); Facts on the session initiation protocol advocated by the IETF; Insights on the development of standards in wireless technology.

Focuses on the use of network address translation (NAT) system by wireless communication carriers when dealing with Internet Protocol addresses. Information on how NAT works; Use of NAT for Nextel; Problems associated with the use of the NAT system.

Deals with the participants in the third generation technology competition in December 2001. List of major American National Standards Institute-136 carriers; Demand for text-based electronic mail systems; Service that can guarantee customer satisfaction; Effect of the computer protocol 802.11 on third generation technology.

Reports on the delay in the implementation of the Bluetooth computer network protocol in 2002. Challenges faced by the technology; Type of equipment used for preventing interference; Features of next-generation third generation communication networks; Aim of a partnership between Ericsson and Telenor Mobile. INSET: Bluetooth Vs. 802.11.

Discusses general packet radio services (GPRS) roaming exchange (GRX), an Internet Protocol routing network for interconnecting GPRS and universal mobile telecommunication systems. Performance and cost-limitations of traditional global roaming models; Features of GRX; Details of the GRX-based GPRS roaming implementation completed by Sonera and Nokia.

Focuses on the development of session-initiation protocol (SIP) for wireless applications. Uses of SIP; Example of a SIP operations/service scenario; Advantages of implementing SIP in a network.

Provides information on WIN Phase II standard TIA/EIA/IS-826 for prepaid wireless applications. Problems regarding prepaid systems; How WIN Phase II works; Advantages of WIN Phase II.

Focuses on backhauls which remains the primary cause of outages in wireless networks. Problem with backhauls; Companies that offer fault-management solutions which can obliterate, if not compensate for, trouble on the line; Description on backhaul complications in the Internet protocol-based environment.

Discusses the influence of Internet protocol (IP) on the wireless communication industry. Emergence of IP as dominant packet transport protocol; Features of traditional multipoint architectures; Key to the success of the wireless IP data market.

Discusses the adoption of wireless data systems on Internet Protocol (IP). Growth of the markets for data networking and wireless equipment; First steps of wireless data services toward the mass market; Obstacles facing carriers in meeting market expectations.

The article reports on the move of Chaska, Minnesota to outsource the administration of its citywide wireless broadband network. By paying a contractor to support and manage the service, city staff can focus on other tasks, including expanding the network subscriber base, while the contractor improves reliability and customer service.

Reports that SkyPilot Networks, a broadband wireless equipment vendor, has chosen Fujitsu Microelectronics America Inc.'s WiMAX system-on-a-chip to power its WiMAX mesh for a planned launch in 2006 in the United States. Launch of the SkyExtender DualBand, a dual-band radio mesh architecture based on SkyPilot's synchronous mesh protocol, in the burgeoning market for municipal wireless mesh networking; Cost of deployment per node; Frequencies of the band to avoid interference with the backhaul.

Cites figures pertinent to Ultra Wideband Medium Access (UMA) Protocol. Number of firms listed as UMA participating companies; Number of voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) phones expected to be on the market by 2009; Number of VoWLAN phones in 2009 that are expected to be equipped with UMA technology.

Focuses on the commencement of the 802.16-2004 product certification testing for Internet telephony under the WiMAX Forum-certified equipment program in the U.S. Impact of such certifications on the rest of the broadband wireless market; Claim of the Telecommunications Industry Association's 2005 Telecommunications Market Review and Forecast that the WiMAX market will grow annually through 2008.

Offers a look at the development of Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) chipsets in the U.S. as of June 2005. Concerns over chipset prices; Launching of chipsets made by Intel and Fujitsu Microelectronics; Plan of TeleCIS to create a multi-protocol system-on-a-chip that supports both WiMAX and Wi-Fi technology.

The article reports that the Wi-Fi hot spots are by no means the technological equivalent of a cop there usually is one around when you need one. Of course, there are still areas of the world so remote and far-flung that there's no need for Wi-Fi in the first place. At least not most of the time, that is. When those circumstances change, that's where wireless ISP WanderPort's WanderPod--a totally self-contained Wi-Fi hot spot on wheels--comes in. The WanderPod made its public debut last October when it provided connectivity for competitors, spectators and media in attendance at the Ansari X Prize contest in Mojave, California.

The article focuses on the usage of alphabet abbreviations and acronyms in relation to wireless communications in the airline industry. It states that not that everything is immediately clear as the breadth of technologies and disciplines that make up the modern airline world is so incredibly broad that few could stay current with its entirety. But when new terms are encountered, it usually is in ones or twos here or there and one asks and gets an explanation and everything's cool again, equilibrium reestablished.

Cites the series of applications exhibited by tekVision during the voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) market during the VON conference held in Boston in October 2004. Promotion by company solutions engineering vice-president Tracy Venters of corporate ability to create alternative applications; Offer of a digital retail kiosk for locating shopping items and making video call to technical experts; Exhibition of the residential set-up with a home portal; Expectation for the services to be given away free due to its legal impediments and implications.

Reports on the latest software release from different companies in the U.S. in 2004. Benefits of the access point software released by Proxim to business enterprises; Information on Seven.Five drive test and in-building test system for EV-DO network operators launched by Comarco Wireless Test Solutions; Features of WinLink 1000 non-line-of-sight broadband wireless system from RADWIN.

Reports on members of the editorial and publishing staff of "Telephony" magazine's discussions with representatives from the broadband wireless sector about the industry's perceptions about WiMAX, at the Broadband Wireless World Forum. Features of WiMAX; Potential benefits for service providers; Technological strengths.

Deals with the Wi-Fi community network set up by Larry Brilliant of Cometa Networks, called The Well. Purpose of The Well; Reputation of Brilliant in the telecommunication industry.

Presents information on an Internet protocol mobility solution called SONaccess developed by Green Packet. Benefits of mobile operators from SONaccess; Agreement between WiFi Metro and Green Packet; Claims of CC Puan, president of Green Packet.

Discusses the concept of wireless data technology standard 802.11. Comparison of the operation of 802.11g with 802.11b Wi-Fi and Bluetooth; Speed of 801.11b which can be increased by 802.11g and 802.11a; Views of companies Proxim and Texas Instruments on 802.11; Time when the 802.11g will be ratified by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

Reports on the use of 802.11 Wi-Fi standard wireless local area networks. Facts on a solution proposed by Nokia Corp. for using Wi-Fi; Number of areas that carry the 802.11 standard built by the company Somera; Plans of Somera for the 802.11 standard.