Saturday, January 13, 2007

For Now, a Cingular Sensation

The sleek new iPhone being developed by Apple is getting early rave reviews for its innovation, elegance and all-around coolness. Analysts say it potentially could become a breakthrough product that thrusts pricey "smart phones" -- now primarily a tool of business people -- deep into the American mainstream, blurring the lines between handheld devices designed mainly for work and not entertainment. But the iPhone has considerable hurdles to clear before claiming a spot in the technology pantheon alongside its cousins -- the Mac computer and the iPod -- according to analysts, consumers and corporate rivals. Chief among them are its relatively high cost, unproven durability, complications involving a trademark lawsuit and long-term marriage to a single wireless provider with a mixed record of service.

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Horizon Wi-Com Selects Navini for Its Wireless Broadband Deployment

RICHARDSON, Texas, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Wi-Com is launching its high-speed wireless broadband service in the Northeast US region using WiMAX 802.16e equipment from Navini Networks, the global leader(1) in providing plug-n-play broadband wireless access solutions with the most experience in commercial deployments. The FCC recently approved Horizon's purchase of the WCS A Block spectrum previously owned by Verizon. Phase I of the deployment will implement service in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Richmond, and Cincinnati. "We selected Navini due to their experience, customer base and proven technology," said Ron Olexa. "Our objective is to provide wireless last mile access to residential, business and emergency restoration markets.

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Verizon Wireless Brings Wireless Broadband Network to Greater ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Wireless announced today it is bringing its wide-area wireless broadband service to the Greater Tuscaloosa area and the University of Alabama, giving local customers access to the latest high-speed business and entertainment services on their wireless phones, laptop computers and other wireless devices. Tuscaloosa joins Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile and Montgomery in the company's coast-to-coast broadband network. With this launch, Verizon Wireless customers in the greater Tuscaloosa area are able to access the company's two wireless broadband services -- BroadbandAccess and V CAST -- while traveling throughout the city. BroadbandAccess is the company's high-speed wireless broadband network geared toward mobile professionals and business customers.

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