Unraveling In-Building Wireless Networks

Start-Up SpiderCloud Promises New System to Supplement Wi-Fi, Cellular Signals

Mobile workers often complain about wireless connections in the office, while cellular carriers are grappling with a rising flood of traffic. Some technology vendors are betting they can address both problems at once.

One Silicon Valley start-up, SpiderCloud Wireless Inc., is introducing technology next week to take over the job of delivering either cellular or Wi-Fi signals to the smart phones or laptops of workers in the office.

The performance improvement is so dramatic, SpiderCloud executives claim, that some customers might choose to dispense with desk phones—letting employees rely on cellphones alone. Read more at online.wsj.com

TECHNOLOGY OCTOBER 8, 2009 FCC Looks to Add to Airwaves for Wireless

The wireless industry has been calling for more spectrum to meet the growing demands on cellular networks, and executives at the convention applauded the move to free up more airwaves. But some said they remained wary of how new regulations could limit their ability to manage the data on their networks.

“There is no need to burden the mobile Internet with onerous new regulations,” said Ralph de la Vega, chief executive of AT&T’s wireless arm. New regulations “could have unforeseen consequences for jobs, investment, innovation, networks, and how the industry structures and prices services to customers,” he said in remarks in San Diego following Mr. Genachowski’s speech. Read more at online.wsj.com