- Voice-over-broadband SOCs: a smarter way to slice the pie
A growing number of businesses and households already enjoy high-speed Internet connections using cable or DSL (digital-subscriber-line) modems. To meet the demand for such services, semiconductor companies have been quick to provide broadband SOC (system-on-chip) devices at an increasing level of integration. This approach has been somewhat effective in driving ......
- Philips Chipset Puts 802.11b into the Home
Philips Electronics is offering its first wireless broadband residential gateway semiconductor reference design that supports both 802.11b wireless LAN and DECT cordless phone standards. The PTD2754 reference design is intended to support development of broadband routers and gateways for use in the home and small offices providing wireless data communications ......
- Our broadband fiasco: high-speed connectivity in the
U.S. is rolling out in slow motion. Whose fault is
it?
Dianah Neff, Philadelphia's chief information officer, bristled in frustration when she reviewed the broadband penetration rates for her 135-square-mile city. Broadband, or high-speed Internet, was reaching only 58 percent of the City of Brotherly Love in total, although 90 percent of nearby affluent neighborhoods had been linked. The reason? Local ......
- Our Broadband Fiasco
HEADNOTE High-speed connectivity in the U.S. is rolling out in slow motion. Whose fault is it? IMAGE ILLUSTRATION 1 Dianah Neff, Philadelphia's chief information officer, bristled in frustration when she reviewed the broadband penetration rates for her 135-square-mile city. Broadband, or high-speed Internet, was reaching only 58 percent of the ......
- Who's Who in Northeast Pennsylvanie 2005: PenTeleData
This year, PenTeleData has unleashed the power of broadband Internet access with a new wireless "hot spot" Internet service called ProLog Unleashed. ProLog Unleashed will give ProLog Express broadband customers in the PenTeleData partnership the unique opportunity to connect to the Internet for FREE via wireless technology at various locations ......
- Intel Joins WiMax Broadband Group
Intel Corp. has joined the likes Fujitsu Microelectronics, Nokia and Proxim Corp., as it today announced its membership in WiMax, a non-profit group that aims to promote and certify the compatibility and interoperability of broadband wireless access equipment. Other WiMax members include Airspan Networks, Alvarion Ltd., Aperto Networks, Ensemble Communications ......
- Infineon Extends Reach into Home Networking, SOHO Markets
Aimed at OEMs developing cost-effective set-top boxes, DSL modems, routers and other broadband home gateways, Infineon Technologies AG is now offering two new solutions, the Amazon ADSL2/2+ CPE and the WildCard 802.11a/b/g WLAN. The home-networking market segment is expected to grow 35 percent per year for the next five years ......