Sprint and Novatel Offer Wi-Fi/PCS Connection Card
Sprint and Novatel Wireless are offering a new PCMCIA that offers seamless always-on connectivity via the Sprint Nationwide PCS Network and Wi-Fi networks. The Sprint PCS Connection Card by Novatel Wireless (Merlin C201) now comes packaged with Sprint PCS Connection Manager Software.
While connected to the enhanced Sprint Nationwide PCS Network that covers 99% of the nation’s largest cities, customers can wirelessly access the Internet and corporate applications at data speeds averaging between 50 and 70 Kbps, with peak speeds up to 144 Kbps prior to bandwidth optimization. The Sprint PCS Wi-Fi Access provides connectivity at up to 11 Mbps. http://www.sprint.com
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Clearwire built WiMAX and wireless broadband network operator. What became of it?
Clearwire brought WiMAX and wireless broadband network operator to Telecom. That work was distinctive enough to lead to its acquisition by Sprint for US$5B. The standalone name now passes into the archive — but the team and technology continue inside Sprint today. One of 430 names here whose work outlived the company.
You just read about Wi-Fi. Here is what it replaced:
Metricom Ricochet served 1994–2001. What ultimately replaced it?
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