Category — Wireless Broadband

The Associated Press is reporting about a hacker Max Ray Butler, who has been indicted on several counts for hacking, stealing and selling credit card information from financial institutions like the Pentagon Credit Union, Citibank, etc. Max Butler goes by the online alias “Iceman”. He also operated an online forum on buying and selling stolen credit cards. Apparently he would check into hotel rooms and then using high powered antenna would connect to nearby wireless networks. He would then launch his attacks from those wireless networks. [Read more →]

In its most recent press release Sprint announced its ambitious bet on WIMAX, promising to spend $2.5 billion by the end of 2008. It will at that time be able to reach 100 million consumers. Between 2008 and 2011, it hopes to spend another $2.5 billion to extend the WIMAX network depending on demand projections. For all that money spent Sprint is  hoping to make $2 to $2.5 billion from the new WIMAX network starting in 2010. Its not a bad return, if the demand pans out.

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Come September, Pakistan will enjoy the world’s first nationwide wireless broadband service, also known as WIMAX service. It is deploying WIMAX over the 3.5 GHz spectrum that was awarded to three telecom operators. This is a major accomplishment for Pakistan and a smart way to bring internet access to the entire nation. Achieving the same goal using land based infrastructure would have taken decades and cost billions more. Interestingly, Pakistan also has one of the more successful telecom regulatory body in the region - the Pakistan Telecom Authority (PTA).

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Google has erased all doubts about its interest in wireless - not that there were any. Google’s latest 10Q filing has the following statement about its wireless plans.

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Most news stories about internet access are interesting from a technical or business perspectives. But once in a while, you come across a story that gives you the warm fuzzies in boatloads! The story of wireless broadband in Africa is just such a story. One of the great challenges of the digital divide has been the high cost of providing internet access to poor or low demand communities. This challenge is even greater in countries with little telecom infrastructure.

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