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Barrett Xplore rolls out mobile WiMAX with Alvarion
New Brunswick-based rural fixed-wireless broadband provider Barrett Xplore (Xplornet) has announced that it has begun upgrading its pre-WiMAX wireless broadband network to mobile WiMAX 802.16e standard using equipment from Alvarion. The deal with Alvarion is valued at CAD75 million (USD74 million) and will see Barrett upgrade or install 1,200 towers across the country to initially deliver speeds over 40Mbps under ideal conditions, the company said; during 2011 speeds will be boosted to over 100Mbps. Service will start in southwestern Ontario and Quebec by the end of the year. Barrett’s existing network is a combination of fixed and satellite services serving over 130,000 customers, and it has also announced that it will add a new generation of satellites starting next year, with the launch of Viasat 1 in April and a second orbiter to be launched by Hughes Network Systems in 2012. The satellites will offer customers in remote areas speeds up to 25Mbps.
Satellite Internet plan could threaten GPS
Small, inexpensive GPS jammers carried by truckers have caused the occasional shutdown of the Laas test installation at Newark Airport.
Telecom Argentina profit up on growing mobile, broadband sales
Argentine incumbent fixed line operator Telecom Argentina has announced that its net profit for the fourth quarter of 2010 rose 28% year-on-year to ARS512 million (USD127 million), on the back of increasing revenue from broadband internet and mobile services.
Telcos battle tech, bank titans for mobile payments
BARCELONA: Paying for your morning coffee and newspaper by swiping your mobile phone instead of fumbling for cash or debit card could be just around the corner.
