http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:08:38 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=53&Itemid=99999999 Millions of AT&T Customers to Get Free Wi-Fi Access at Nearly 20,000 U.S. HotspotsAustin, Texas, November 6, 2008AT&T Inc. (NYSE:T) announced today that it has agreed, through one of its subsidiaries, to acquire privately-held Wayport, Inc., a leading provider of managed Wi-Fi services in the United States, for approximately $275 million in cash. The deal adds Wayport's focused capabilities and enterprise customer portfolio with AT&T's leading Internet Protocol (IP) and 3G networks, and broad consumer and business customer bases, to deliver enhanced broadband connectivity at home, in the office, on the road, and virtually anywhere in between.The acquisition expands the AT&T Wi-FiSM footprint to nearly 20,000 domestic hotspots, takes the company's global Wi-Fi presence to more than 80,000 locations*, and creates thousands of new ways for customers worldwide to stay in touch. Millions of AT&T customers — plus millions of other consumers needing to connect on the go — will benefit from access to new hotspot locations served by Wayport. Wayport hotspots are in key locations, including select Wyndham, Marriott Vacation Club and Four Seasons hotels; HealthSouth and Sun Healthcare locations; plus McDonald's restaurants.AT&T's global brand, marketing leadership and extensive enterprise sales force will complement Wayport's expertise in enabling and managing applications over an integrated network. Wayport will also extend AT&T's reach in the hospitality, health care, education and retail sectors."We're seeing exponential growth of Wi-Fi-enabled devices — such as smartphones — combined with a continued dependency on 24/7, anytime, anywhere Internet access across business and consumer market segments," said John Stankey, president and CEO, AT&T Operations. "Now is the right time for AT&T to affirm our commitment to Wi-Fi leadership. By acquiring Wayport, we're giving consumers more ways to stay in touch and building a more robust network management solution for businesses. We're bringing ready access to the nation's leading Wi-Fi, wireless and IP networks — on a global scale."]]> Marisa Sladek Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:26:35 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=52&Itemid=99999999 September 8, 2008 - The 2008 Texas Wireless Summit taking place in Austin, Texas on October 14-16, 2008 today announced the addition of Arun Bhikshesvaran, Vice President of Strategy and CTO North America at Ericsson Inc., as a keynote speaker. Mr. Bhikshesvaran's keynote address will take place on Thursday, October 16 at 12:30 pm.]]> Marisa Sladek Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:10:04 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=51&Itemid=99999999 By Levi ShapiroJim Messer started Transverse (http://www.gotransverse.com/) last year in New York with a cadre of wireless industry veterans. This year, the company relocated to Austin. "We found everything we need in Austin--at happy-hour prices. My commute is 10 minutes and I get double the house I had in San Diego for half the price." The combination of technical talent, creative culture and low costs has made Austin the newest hotbed in the wireless industry.]]> Marisa Sladek Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:07:02 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=50&Itemid=99999999 Mark Louison, President of Nokia Inc., to keynote at 2008 Texas Wireless Summit August 14, 2008 - The Texas Wireless Summit today announced that Mark Louison, President of Nokia Inc.,has been confirmed as a keynote speaker for the 2008 Texas Wireless Summit. Mr. Louison's keynote will take place on Thursday, October 16 at 9:30 am. John Donovan, CTO of AT&T, confirmed for keynote at 2008 Texas Wireless Summit August 11, 2008 - The Texas Wireless Summit today announced that John Donovan, CTO of AT&T, will be featured as a speaker during the event's Keynote Chat on Thursday, October 16 at 3:15 pm. The Keynote Chat is the Summit's grand finale where major network operator executives are given an opportunity to reflect on the topics that have been covered throughout the course of the event. The Keynote Chat is carried out in a "fireside chat" format where an interviewer engages the executives in a highly relevant and insightful conversation. ]]> Marisa Sladek Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:20:06 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=49&Itemid=99999999 The 2008 Texas Wireless Summit announced their "Call for Speakers". The call for keynote and panel speakers for the upcoming TWS on October 15th-16th was sent out to all AWA members and affiliates in late June. If you did not receive this announcement or wish to enter a potential speaker, please email Marisa Sladek at msladek@austinwirelessalliance.org. ]]> Marisa Sladek Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:18:46 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=99999999 MSBA8100 Device Replaces Expensive FPGA or Custom ASIC DevicesORLANDO, Fla. - In a bold move to fundamentally advance next-generation broadband wireless base station design, Freescale Semiconductor has introduced the industry's first multi-standard baseband accelerator device. The first accelerator to support 3G-LTE, the MSBA8100 also supports the emerging wireless WiMAX, HSPA+ and TDD-LTE standards, enabling manufacturers of wireless infrastructure equipment to create substantially lower-cost, differentiated channel cards.]]> Marisa Sladek Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:37:41 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=43&Itemid=99999999 Matt Hamblen, Computerworld Wayport Inc. said last week it has passed the 10,000 mark for network deployments in McDonald's (http://www.computerworld.com/action/inform.do?command=search&searchTerms=McDonald's+Corporation) restaurants, including more than 9,300 locations that provide public access Wi-Fi. ]]> Marisa Sladek Tue, 27 May 2008 01:04:24 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=42&Itemid=99999999 UT engineers receive military research grant $1.2 million funding to aid in development of wireless devices By: Lauren Winchester Posted: 1/14/08 A government defense bill appropriated $1.2 million to a team of UT engineering researchers to develop wireless communication devices with military and civilian uses. ]]> Marisa Sladek Thu, 31 Jan 2008 02:27:37 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=99999999 Motion Computing®, a leader in mobile computing and wireless communications, today delivered a set of strategic enhancements to its U.S. partner program. The recent changes are based on feedback from existing partners and are designed to help a diverse base of resellers and distributors more easily deliver the right Motion(TM) products and services to meet a broad range of mobile computing needs. ]]> Marisa Sladek Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:27:50 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=40&Itemid=99999999 01/02/2008 09:00:03 AM ESTBusiness WireBusiness Editors/High-Tech EditorsSUNNYVALE, Calif. & AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--January 2, 2008--Alereon, Inc., Austin Texas-based provider of advanced WiMedia and wireless USB silicon solutions; and LitePoint Corp., Sunnyvale California-based leader in wireless test-system solutions, will demonstrate at next week's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas today's most advanced wireless USB reference design and a test capability that spans development, device verification, and high-volume production. Alereon's AL5000-based reference design and LitePoint's test system will highlight band-group 6, the only WiMedia band-group currently approved worldwide.While the rest of the market is grappling with partial WiMedia chip solutions, and bolted-together test-instruments for design and verification, Alereon and LitePoint are paving the way for worldwide WiMedia and high-volume production of WiMedia-equipped devices, said Eric Broockman, Alereon's CEO.It's great to finally have a chip family that covers the full WiMedia specifications, added LitePoint CEO, Benny Madsen. Now, we actually have a reference design that supports all six band groups and WiMedia data rates. As a result, we can show our single-box test prototype's ability to support full development and fast, low-cost, high-volume testing." ]]> Marisa Sladek Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:35:51 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=39&Itemid=99999999 Freescale Semiconductor has developed a development platform to speed and simplify the creation of networking equipment for 3G Long Term Evolution (LTE) and other emerging broadband wireless technologies. ]]> Marisa Sladek Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:48:50 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=99999999 WirelessWeek - August 16, 2007 Xohm Is the Name, WiMAX Is the Game By Brad Smith Sprint Nextel went into a lot more detail today about its WiMAX network, which it will brand Xohm. The carrier said it will spend about $5 billion building out the network by 2010, expects there will be 50 million devices for it by then, and will generate revenue of $2 billion to $2.5 billion that year. ]]> Marisa Sladek Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:16:28 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:35:33 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:39:18 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:53:43 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Thu, 04 Jan 2007 16:12:39 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:14:16 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=30&Itemid=99999999 Marisa Sladek Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:25:31 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Wed, 04 Oct 2006 15:25:10 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:28:05 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:42:43 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=24&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:18:42 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=23&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Mon, 25 Sep 2006 01:02:36 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22&Itemid=99999999 Kevin Robinson Sun, 24 Sep 2006 23:55:43 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6&Itemid=99999999 Administrator Fri, 02 Jun 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7&Itemid=99999999 By Kirk Ladendorf Tue, 14 Mar 2006 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.austinwirelessalliance.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8&Itemid=99999999 Administrator Sun, 26 Feb 2006 17:54:06 +0000