News of Note – Black Hat Edition

With the Black Hat Conference under way, plenty of security risks will be exposed.

Also, the Wall Street Journal calls FiOS “pretty small” and the federal government has re-funded a portion of the broadband stimulus that was previously de-funded.

How Databases Could Free Up Spectrum

Peter Stanforth, CTO and co-founder of Spectrum Bridge, explained how the TV white spaces process could forever change the way we use spectrum.

The database process could open up spectrum that is currently seen as occupied without interfering with those who are already using it.

Spectrum Database Solution Enables Access to 5GHz Spectrum Previously Unavailable Due to Interference Issues

The Wireless Internet Service Providers Association and Spectrum Bridge Inc., Demonstrate How Database Technologies Can Be Used to Increase Efficient Use of Spectrum While Mitigating Interference.
Lake Mary, FL – July 27, 2010 – Spectrum Bridge, Inc., in partnership with the Wireless Internet Service Providers Association (WISPA) today announced the release of U-NII Device Interference Advisor [...]

Wireless Industry Pioneers Urge WISPA Members to Innovate

Wireless industry pioneers urged WISPA members to think outside the box created by the FCC around the fixed wireless broadband industry.

Speaking at WISPA’s regional meeting in St. Louis, they challenged WISPA members to challenge limits and to share successes.

Regional Meeting Keynote: Spectrum

Michael Calabrese, director of the wireless futures program at the New America Foundation, a WISPA ally in Washington, D.C., talked about issues of shared concern as the FCC makes significant decisions while pursuing the goal of freeing up 500 MHz of spectrum for broadband, a key project of the national broadband plan.

GreenWay Proves that Mobile WiMAX is an Ideal Solution for Rural Operators

Delivering broadband speeds at up to 12 miles, NLOS in rural Iowa
Mountain View, CA, July 20, 2010 ― PureWave Networks, the developer of high performance, compact outdoor Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) base stations announced today that it has been selected by Greenway as the carrier’s exclusive provider of Mobile WiMAX equipment.
“We have been testing WiMAX gear [...]

WISPA 2010-2011 Board Election Opens

The Election process for the 2010-2011 WISPA Board is now open.  Members are requested to go to http://vote.wispa.org to register their vote.  Member companies are allowed one vote per company.  WISPA login credentials are required to register your vote.  Those who need assistance with login credentials can email billing@wispa.org.  There are 13 candidates for this [...]

WISPA 2010-2011 Board Candidates Released

The WISPA Board Candidates for the 2010-2011 Term have been released today.  The candidates and links to their applications are below as well as the Election Schedule.  The campaign period has begun and will terminate on July 14th when the election process commences.
Candidates for the 2010 Election are:
Alex Phillips
Dennis Burgess
Forbes Mercy
Jack Unger
Larry Schriver
L. Elizabeth Bowles
Marlon [...]

Teletronics Releases New Product: EZMIMO

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Teletronics International, Inc. (Teletronics) announced today the release of its latest wireless outdoor bridge packaging, the EZMIMO®. It uses the latest 802.11n WiFi technology which pushes the wireless throughput to a new horizon. While all 802.11n products make 300 Mbps claim but few can substantiate a 60 Mbps in real throughput testing, [...]

Purewave Announces RUS Acceptance for its PureWave Quantum Base Stations

Mountain View, CA, June 15, 2010 – PureWave Networks, the developer of high performance, compact, all-outdoor Mobile WiMAX (802.16e) base stations announced today that its PureWave Quantum base stations have been accepted by the Rural Utility Service (RUS).
“PureWave Quantum base stations [...]