The NetVanta 3305 router equipped with the NetVanta 3G NIM is ideal for a number of applications including use as a reliable network failover/backup option for large businesses or as a primary connection for smaller businesses. Used in a backup configuration, network traffic can be diverted to the 3G wireless connection in the event of a primary circuit failure, guaranteeing network connectivity. The NetVanta 3G NIM in the NetVanta 3305 router can also be used as a primary connection in applications requiring broadband speeds, rapid deployment or where wireline connections are not readily available.
“The ability to use the NetVanta 3G NIM for wireless service in conjunction with our Automatic Teller Machines (ATMs) has been a great asset to our bank,” said Jeremy Carrigan, network administrator, Citizens National Bank. “The 3G NIM allowed us to service a highly congested tourist area that could not otherwise be accessed via wireline service and it performed flawlessly.”
“We’re delighted to be strengthening our relationship with ADTRAN,” said Michael Schaefer, executive director-mobility solutions, Verizon. “The NetVanta 3G NIM’s introduction will give existing NetVanta 3305 customers the ability to quickly and easily add 3G services with the simple addition of a NIM.”
“The addition of 3G wireless capability to our NetVanta 3305 routers really adds to our options for backing up a failed circuit, in addition to being an attractive primary access selection for applications such as ATMs, lotteries, and kiosks, ” said Tim Saunders, vice president of Product Management, ADTRAN Enterprise Networks Division. “Now, both enterprise and Small and Medium Business (SMB) customers will benefit from the many advantages NetVanta products offer ranging from cost savings and reliability, to ease of use and support.”
The NetVanta 3G NIM is designed for use with a wide range of NetVanta platforms and is currently certified for use in the NetVanta 3305 with Verizon Wireless in conjunction with its BroadbandAccess Wireless Router service. The NetVanta 3G NIM carries a list price of $795 while the NetVanta 3305 has a list price of $1,295 both products are currently shipping. Verizon Wireless service plans are available through Verizon Wireless.
Verizon Wireless announced that the USB760™ Micro Modem is available in business sales channels beginning today. Developed by Novatel Wireless (NASDAQ: NVTL), a leading provider of wireless broadband solutions, the USB760 gives customers a powerful, pocket-sized wireless broadband modem that runs on Verizon Wireless’ high-speed network, which uses Evolution-Data Optimized (EV-DO) Revision A (Rev. A) technology. The USB760 will be available for order in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores on Dec. 1.
Customers can use the included VZAccess Manager™ software on the USB760 for easy connection management and automatic installation on Windows® and Mac systems without the need to install software from a CD. Measuring just more than two inches long and weighing less than an ounce, the USB760 is designed to be extremely durable, and combines a variety of innovative features into its tiny package, including an integrated microSD™ slot, allowing for the seamless storage and transport of up to 8 GB of files, photos or videos on a removable SD storage card (sold separately). Designed to work with any laptop, tablet PC or desktop running Windows, Mac or Linux operating systems and equipped with a Type-A USB port, the USB760 features an internal advanced dual-band diversity antenna, as well as an optional external antenna for enhanced performance on the fringe areas of networks and in highly mobile environments. NovaSpeed™ software helps optimize performance and enables simultaneous uploads and downloads at significantly enhanced speeds.
The USB760 from Verizon Wireless gives customers access to the company’s BroadbandAccess service, which provides fast access to e-mail, corporate data, the Internet and more. With average download speeds of 600 kilobits per second (kbps) to 1.4 megabits per second and average upload speeds of 500-800 kbps, BroadbandAccess from Verizon Wireless allows customers to download a 1 Megabyte e-mail attachment – the equivalent of a small PowerPoint® presentation or a large PDF file – in about eight seconds and upload the same-sized file in less than 13 seconds.
The USB760 is available for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and a new two-year agreement. Customers will receive the rebate in the form of a debit card; upon receipt, they may use the card as cash anywhere debit cards are accepted. Customers can select from one- or two-year BroadbandAccess plans that offer 50 MB data usage for $39.99 monthly access or 5 GB data usage for $59.99 monthly access.
For more information about Verizon Wireless products and services, visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers may contact their Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representatives directly at 1-800-VZW-4BIZ.
First unveiled during CTIA WIRELESS 2008, the Verizon Wireless XV6900 is a stylish, compact and versatile touch-screen smartphone that gives busy professionals the high-speed connectivity of the Verizon Wireless broadband network. In addition to its luxurious white package, the XV6900 includes:
- EV-DO, 1XRTT-capabilities
- Touch technology allows finger and stylus input
- Virtual, all-touch QWERTY keyboard with additional input options
- Five-way ENTER/NAVIGATION button
- 2.0 megapixel camera with auto-focus, zoom and video capture
- Built-in speakerphone
- One-touch access to e-mail, text messages, calendar appointments and contacts, weather conditions and forecasts
- Equipped with Windows Mobile® 6 Professional with access to Microsoft® Office Word Mobile, Excel® Mobile, and PowerPoint® Mobile; Adobe® Reader® LE PDF viewer
- View, edit, create Word and Excel files; view only PowerPoint and PDF files;
- view, extract, create Zip files
- Web browsing with Internet Explorer® Mobile
- Windows Media® Player 10
- Instant Messenger capabilities with AIM®, MSN®, and Yahoo!®
- Bluetooth® v. 2.0 with support for stereo, hands-free, and headset profiles
- microSD™ memory card slot with support up to 8 GB
- Voice command-capable
- Security locking features
- Text, picture and video messaging
- BroadbandAccess Connect-capable
- Wireless Sync-capable
- ActiveSync® (v.4.5) and Windows Mobile Device Center®
- Support for Office Outlook Mobile and Microsoft Exchange® with Direct Push
- 256 MB ROM / 128 MB RAM
- 2.8” TFT-LCD touch-screen with LED backlight: 240 x 320 pixel; 64K color TFT
- 3.98” (l) x 2.35” (w) x 0.56” (d)
- 3.95 ounces
- Battery: 1100mAH standard, and 1880 mAH for XT Battery
Standard battery usage times:
- Usage: 210 minutes
- Standby: 250 hours
- XT battery usage times:
- Usage: 360 minutes
- Standby: 427 hours
- SAR: Head – 1.250 W/kg; Body – 0.457 W/kg
The XV6900 is available for $349.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new two-year customer agreement. An additional $100 credit toward the purchase of the handset is available for customers who sign up for qualifying voice and data plans at the time of purchase.
For more information on the XV6900 and other Verizon Wireless products and services, customers may visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or go to www.verizonwireless.com. Business customers should call 1-800-VZW-4BIZ or contact their Verizon Wireless Business Sales Representative.
SvenOnTech received an e-mail invitation to a Dell event to be held at Macy’s Herald Square in New York where top Dell executives will be announcing, “several new and exciting products that deliver a hi-def entertainment experience, true mobility with broadband connectivity anywhere, and style and self expression.” The “several” part seems to indicate we could be getting laptops with EV-DO filling in the “broadband connectivity anywhere” part while the hi-def mention is most likely just another TV. But it’s well known that Dell wants in on Apple’s game and while it’s MP3 player has really never even caught on, Dell does make some might nice HDTV screens and dropping the ability to play DiVX and other movies into a box on one of these screens may just be what Dell needs. Well see…
Alltel Wireless customers now can access the Internet and corporate networks through their data-card equipped laptops in the nation’s major metropolitan areas, including New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, at broadband speeds.
“Alltel customers now enjoy the unprecedented freedom and power of a truly nationwide wireless broadband network,” said Elisabeth Owen, president of business solutions for Alltel Wireless. “Alltel customers with data-card equipped laptops can stay connected to corporate network and enterprise applications while doing business in the cities that drive the U.S. economy.”
Alltel’s roaming agreements give its customers access to wireless broadband service in the nation’s largest population centers, including Boston, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Atlanta, Miami, St. Louis, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Dallas, Houston and San Francisco.
In 2006, Alltel expanded its own next-generation EVDO (evolution data optimized) network in more than half its markets. The company will continue to aggressively build out its EVDO network in 2007.
Alltel customers have unlimited wireless access to the Internet at speeds comparable to wired broadband connections such as cable modem or DSL. EVDO technology makes it easy for customers to surf the Web, access e-mail and calendars and download large, graphic-rich files while on the go. Using the service, customers can access advanced applications at average speeds of 400 to 700 Kbps with maximum speeds of up to 2.4 Mbps.
To use the wireless data service on their laptops, customers will need a data card, which is available from Alltel with a two-year service agreement. Alltel’s national unlimited data plan is available for $59.99. Where EVDO service is not available, data-card equipped laptops will hand off to 1X service, which delivers speeds up to 144 Kbps.
Alltel is owner and operator of the nation’s largest wireless network and has 12 million wireless customers.
Those lucky enough to have either a Dell Latitude D620, HP Compaq NC6400, or a Lenovo ThinkPad T60 with its built-in EV-DO radio will be happy to know that the faster Revision A (Rev A) has just gone live in Northern California. The cities included are:
- Sacramento
- Chico
- Redding
- Oroville
- Yuba City
- Marysville
- Reno
- Stockton
- Modesto
- Tracy
Obviously if you are in a town near by these listed ones, you now have the super-speedy Rev A, baby! Much (and we mean MUCH) faster than AT&Ts (Cingular) pathetic EDGE (have fun you iPhone users when not near a hotspot next month!) This roll out will allow mobile warriors to get DSL-like speeds in their car, park, office, or anywhere they have a strong EV signal. This is compatible also with the V740 ExpressCard we’re currently testing on our MacBook Pro and we have noticed a way faster surf response. In fact, it really is like we have DSL!
If you have a need for mobile Internet, we highly suggest you contact VZW (1-800-2 JOIN IN) or visit its site and get hooked up now.
I’ve been using the V740 ExpressCard SvenOnTech told you about upon its announcement the day before my birthday for a few days now and I must say, I’m mighty impressed. I just got back from a press meeting in San Mateo and I popped in the ExpressCard into my MacBook Pro while sitting in my Super Duty in the CalTrain parking lot. Within a few seconds, I was online.
I opened Firefox and Tab Mix Plus opened all the tabs from my previous session. The pages started loading and then — ZAP! — lost my connection. I went back up to the menu icon, the one that looks like the signal bars on your phone, and selected Connect from the menu. Again, I was online within a few seconds and I then refreshed the dead tabs. This time, no drop off from my connection.
I spent a good 30 minutes surfing and downloading. I downloaded a 5 and 10 MB file and both came down fairly fast peaking at 170 KB per second. Basically, what I use to get from my cable modem a couple of years ago…which back then I considered very fast. (Today, with a 6 Mb connection, I’m a bit spoiled. 
) Today, on a remote laptop without a Wi-Fi connection around, I consider this very fast, too. In fact, in my surfing, I hit blogs with many pictures, sites with heavy content and graphics, and even pages with Flash video. Everything pretty much downloaded quickly and if you really didn’t pay attention to the downloading of the web page, it really did seem as if I were back in the office on my cable modem. Heck, it felt faster than some DSL connections I’ve seen in the past week! EV-DO is probably the first remote broadband access that is usable, unlike GPRS or EDGE (the narrow pipe that will funnel content to Apple’s iPhone.) No agitation on my part while surfing.
Anyway, I’ll be sporting a full review on this card soon. I will be going to Tucson for business/pleasure soon and will be definitely testing it there and most importantly, on the way there. We’ll see how this card does on the long, lonely, stretch of Interstate 5 of Central California.
Sprint’s exclusive offering of the Treo 700wx has ran out and now competitor Verizon Wireless offers the same Windows Mobile-based smartphone to its customers. With built-in support for dial-up networking, that’s about all the separates the difference between this phone and the 700w is Microsoft’s Windows Mobile 5.0 with Direct Push Technology. No Rev. A for the EV-DO and no other major improvements to write home about. Still, a good phone.
We’ll be putting up our review of the Treo 700w up within the day. So keep your eyes peeled for that and see if the Treo 700w/wx will be worth the big price tag.
If you haven’t performed a Software Update on your MacBook or MacBook Pro recently, then you don’t know about Apple’s update for Cingular’s HSDPA or Sprints and Verizon’s EV-DO Rev. A. The new WWAN Support Update 1.0 will give you native support for various ExpressCards (plus one USB device) that support either HSDPA, EV-DO Rev. 0, or EV-DO Rev. A. Giving Mac users true plug-and-play for the latest in near broadband access anywhere where there is a cellular signal, Apple will let the PC users worry about drivers and compatibility issues at the time of purchase.
Take a look at what ExpressCards and the one USB adapter that are now supported.
Cingular (now AT&T) customers:
•Novatel Merlin XU870 ExpressCard (HSDPA)
Sprint customers:
•Novatel Wireless Merlin EX720 Express Card (EVDO Rev. A)
•Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 USB Modem (USB Adapter, EVDO Rev. A)
Verizon customers:
•Novatel XV620 ExpressCard (EVDO Rev. 0)
•Novatel V740 ExpressCard (EVDO Rev. A)
•Novatel Wireless Ovation U720 (USB Adapter, EVDO Rev. A)
D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, today unveiled a family of 3G mobile broadband wireless routers designed to make it even easier for on-the-go consumers, field technicians and mobile professionals to access and share an Internet connection virtually anywhere by blending Wi-Fi(tm) networking technology and a wireless broadband network.
The D-Link 3G Mobile Wireless Routers allow users to create a 802.11g/b-compatible wireless hotspot anywhere within range of a cellular network.
By plugging a compatible 3G notebook adapter into the D-Link 3G Mobile Router’s built-in card bus slot or a USB-enabled mobile phone, users can get immediate access to EV-DO, UMTS or HSDPA networks. The D-Link router can then share this signal via 802.11g/b Wi-Fi technology to notebooks, PCs or other Wi-Fi-enabled devices. The D-Link routers are available in two versions: the DIR-450 (EV-DO) and DIR-451 (UMTS/HSDPA).
“These routers are ideal in situations where a wired broadband connection, such as T1, cable or DSL, is not available,” said Brian Larsen, associate vice president of product development for D-Link Systems, Inc. “For instance, once users insert a notebook adapter into their D-Link 3G Wireless Mobile Router and create a wireless ‘hotspot’, they can then check their email, browse
the Web, access their company network and share information with colleagues in ‘virtual meetings’. This solution is significant to the market by enabling communications at temporary work sites such as construction or disaster areas, concerts and others.”
For security, both versions support wireless security features to prevent unauthorized access, including WEP, WPA and WPA2 that ensure a secure Wi-Fi network regardless of the connected devices. They also employ dual active firewalls (SPI and NAT) to prevent potential Internet attacks. Read the rest of this entry »