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EC launches public consultation on policy for "collective use of spectrum"
Call issued by the EU's Radio Spectrum Policy Group, 10 June 2008: "The Radio Spectrum Policy Group invites all stakeholders to give their written comments and views on the proposed draft RSPG Opinion available below... The consultation will close on 5 September 2008.
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"Chrysler to Offer In-Vehicle Wi-Fi"
by Naomi Graychase, Wi-Fi Planet, 26 June 2008: "...Uconnect web will provide high-speed 'data transfer' by combining Wi-Fi and cellular connectivity within vehicles. According to a Chrysler press release issued today, 'The system transforms the vehicle into a "hot spot" to deliver the Internet directly to the vehicle, for instant access to Web sites, e-mail, personalized music, online gaming, photo albums, and more.' The combo Wi-Fi/cellular in-vehicle hotspot will be created after market by Mopar, the automobile parts and service arm of Chrysler for Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep vehicles..."
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"Swedish Bus Service Offers In-Coach Wi-Fi Coverage"
From Cellular News, 2 July 2008: "Sweden's Swebus Express - the dominant long-distance express bus service - has launched a Wi-Fi service in eighty of its coaches, powered by Moovera Networks. The mobile Wi-Fi hotspot deployment, which is the largest of its kind in Scandinavia, will include routes with stops throughout southern and central Sweden as well as neighboring Norway and Denmark..."
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"Earth's Cries Recorded in Space"
by Robert Roy Britt, Space.com, 1 July 2008: "...The radio waves are blocked by the ionosphere, a charged layer atop our atmosphere, so they do not reach Earth. That's good, because the out-of-this-world radio waves are 10,000 times stronger than even the strongest military signal, the researchers said, and they would overwhelm all radio stations on the planet... The [Auroral Kilometric Radiation] bursts - Mutel and colleagues studied 12,000 of them - originate in spots the size of a large city a few thousand miles above Earth and above the region where the Northern Lights form..."
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"Wi-Fi Alliance now certifying devices for Voice Over Wi-Fi applications"
From a Wi-Fi Alliance press release, 30 June 2008: "...Today, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the Wi-Fi Certified Voice-Personal program as well as some of the first products that have achieved this certification. This groundbreaking new certification program extends beyond interoperability testing to test the performance of products and help ensure that they deliver good voice quality over the Wi-Fi link... Estimates from analyst firms forecast shipments of Wi-Fi/cellular converged phones to number between 250 and 350 million units in 2011... By allowing subscribers to utilize Wi-Fi for voice as well as data on converged phones, carriers can manage licensed spectrum resources better, as subscribers make and receive calls using a combination of licensed and unlicensed Wi-Fi spectrum. Additionally, voice over the Wi-Fi network can mean improved indoor coverage..."
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