For most people here in North America, Tuesday February 14th was Valentines Day. This Tuesday however holds additional significance for everyone interested in a future of life without wires.™ In particular, Tuesday was the fourth anniversary of the approval by the FCC for rules governing the deployment of ultrawideband (UWB) systems in the United States. […]

In the cellular market, watching TV on your cell phone is now the latest rage. You may have recently seen a series of announcements and partnerships on cell phone TV, as well as national ads for subscribing to the service. So, what is it all about? At its core, of course, it is about the […]

IBM announced its 60GHz transceiver at the ISSCC conference in San Francisco this week[check out mmWave at ExtremeTech or ZDnet], also mentioning the company has demonstrated sending high speed data over a range of 10 meters. This work has also been presented to the IEEE 802.15.3c group looking to standardize on a PHY (physical layer) […]

A recent AP news wire story ran with a headline that read something like, “Format war looms for new ultra-wideband wireless standard.” To me this is a red flag in misunderstanding the state of the industry. The story went on to discuss the UWB Forum going into battle against the WiMedia Alliance, as if the […]