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August 16, 2010
BelAir Bows Combo 3G/Wi-Fi Product Aimed at Cable, Telcos
Glen Dickson, Broadcasting & Cable
BelAir Networks, which makes wireless networking products used by cable operators Cablevision, Comcast and Time Warner Cable and telco AT&T to create Wi-Fi networks in major metropolitan markets like New York and Chicago, has developed a new compact wireless base station that be used to deliver mobile broadband Internet access via both licensed and unlicensed wireless spectrum. [More]
August 16, 2010
BelAir Gets CableLabs Best Product Nod
Mike Farrell, Multichannel News
A compact wireless base station that uses existing broadband infrastructure to deliver mobile broadband Internet via licensed and unlicensed wireless spectrum won the "Best Product Idea" nod at Monday's CableLabs Innovation Showcase.
BelAir Networks' 100SP Strand Picocell (pictured) was selected by attendees in an informal poll of about one dozen start-ups and established vendors at the conference [More]
August 16, 2010
BelAir hanging picocells off of the cable plant
Kevin Fitchard, Connected Planet
BelAir Networks today unveiled a 3G picocell intended not for the networks of wireless operators but for those of cable operators. Its Strand Picocell is designed to hang off of the hybrid fiber/coax infrastructure cable plant on utility poles, in cabinets and even underground. That coax supplies not only the IP backhaul to the wireless operator's network, but the power source necessary to power the radio and its transmitters [More]
August 16, 2010
BelAir Introduces Picocell for Cable Operators
Editor, Converge Network Digest
BelAir Networks introduced a compact wireless base station for delivering mobile broadband Internet via both licensed and unlicensed wireless spectrum. The company said its compact design overcomes challenges in providing power, mounting and backhaul to small, wireless base stations. [More]
August 16, 2010
BelAir launches dual radio picocell
Editor, Mobile Europe
Mobile operators are being offered a new way of building out networks with the launch of a combined cell site/ WiFi access point from BelAir Networks.
The idea of BelAir's 100SP Strand Picocell is that it will sit on the end of cable network infrastructure, allowing operators to take advantage of cable plant's power and locations.
BelAir says that the unit can sit on overhead cable, or on residential pedestals, or in cabinets. It can use AC power from the cable plant and use the cable network for backhaul. [More]
August 5, 2010
AT&T adds WiFi hotzone in Chicago
Lynette Luna, Fierce Broadband
AT&T Mobility (NYSE:T) is again expanding its WiFi hotzone project in hopes it will ease the burden on its 3G mobile broadband network. [More]
May 25, 2010
AT&T Launches Pilot Wi-Fi Project in Times Square
AT&T, www.AT&T.com
AT&T* today announced the launch of an AT&T Wi-Fi "hotzone" in New York City's bustling Times Square, providing coverage for many AT&T customers visiting and residing in New York who use Wi-Fi enabled smartphones, laptops, netbooks and other devices. The new Wi-Fi coverage zone is a pilot deployment to explore the use of Wi-Fi to provide an additional mobile broadband option in areas with consistently high 3G traffic and mobile data use. [More]
May 25, 2010
AT&T Sets Up Free Wi-Fi In Times Square to Ease iPhone Load
NIRAJ SHETH, The Wall Street Journal
In the latest effort to handle the strains of traffic congestion on its wireless network, AT&T Inc. is heading outdoors. [More]
May 25, 2010
AT&T Tries Wi-Fi in Times Square to Offload Data from 3G
Glenn Fleishman, WNN Wi-Fi Net News
The Wall Street Journal quotes AT&T's NY network head as stating this is explicitly to offload data. AT&T had said a year ago that it was considering large-scale hotzones for this purpose. [More]
April 15, 2010
MSO WiFi: Roam (If You Want To)
Jeff Baumgartner, LR Cable News Analysis
Cablevision Systems Corp. (NYSE: CVC), Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA, CMCSK), and Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) have formalized a WiFi roaming deal that allows their cable modem subs to tap into wireless canopies the MSOs have constructed in the New York City metro area. [More]
April 15, 2010
NYC Cable Cos. Let Wi-Fi Roam and Users Get More Free Hotspots
Stacey Higginbotham, GigaOm
The three cable providers in the New York City metro area, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Cablevision have banded together to create a Wi-Fi network that any of the companies' customers can use. [More]
March 29, 2010
Time Warner Cable Launches Wi-Fi
Zacks Equity Research, Yahoo Finance
Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC - News) has started offering Wi-Fi services to its Road Runner cable modem subscribers, which will give them unlimited access to a fast and free wireless Internet connection at several locations in the New York City region. In last December, Time Warner Cable launched its super-fast 4G WiMAX services in the same location under the brand name of "Road Runner Mobile that serves nearly one million customer as of now. [More]
March 25, 2010
Time Warner Cable Flies WiFi in NYC
Jeff Baumgartner, LR Cable News Analysis
WiFi or WiMax? The answer for Time Warner Cable Inc. (NYSE: TWC) is rapidly becoming both after the MSO made a big WiFi move in New York City that makes "free" wireless access available to about 1 million Road Runner cable modem subscribers. (See TWC Launches NYC WiFi Zones.) [More]
March 18, 2010
European cable needs its own Wi-Fi networks
John Moulding, Videonet
European cable operators are deciding whether they need to move into the mobile broadband market and whether owning and operating their own Wi-Fi networks can help increase customer acquisition, reduce churn and deliver an acceptable Return on Investment for the effort. US cable operator Cablevision has already shown what can be achieved with its New York area Wi-Fi network and BelAir Networks , the Ontario, Canada based company that supplies the wireless broadband technology behind that deployment, believes European cable operators can follow suit. [More]
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