16. June 2009 by admin.

Fixed Wireless Terminals are NOT … (necessarily stuck in a “fixed location”.) 

Fixed Wireless Terminals (FWT’s) also sometimes called Fixed Cellular Terminals (FWC’s) are not “Fixed”. I think those names are legacy from earlier applications of what is now called Mobile Broadband Router for WCDMA/HSPA Mobile Networks. Maybe they could also be called Mobile Wireless Terminals (MWT’s) or Mobile Cellular Terminals (FCT’s) but I think we’ve got enough fancy or confusing names and abbreviations not to mention acronyms and technologies that a lot of people just don’t understand. And I think the marketing departments finally caught up with what these things were being used More and More for… Mobile Internet and Mobile Office-like Voice Services. I ran into them first on Motor Yachts around the year 2004 - back then they weren’t really broadband as they did GPRS (around 50-60 Kb/s) or Edge (around 100-130 Kb/s).

So what is a Mobile Broadband Cellular Router (now we’re talking: MBCR’s) ?

A Mobile Broadband Cellular is an expanded use of something that I believe was initially expected to be used in offices or homes as landline voice telephone replacement and as Internet became available over cellular … then why not add Internet to them. As technology evolved from Circuit Switched Data over Cellular (like Dial up modem over cellular) to 2G (see GPRS and Edge above) and then on to 3G (now we’re talking UMTS - WCDMA - HSPA) they become more and more popular not only as the old “fixed location” landline and Internet replacement, but as an Internet and Voice Router that you can install on a moving vehicle.

Its not new to have Cellular 2G and 3G Internet shared by routers. Others have done it for laptop style Internet cards. But where the Ericsson gear excels is in doing it all in one box - only needing a sim card for service - and converting cellular voice to analog voice for PBX systems or standard POTS telephone equipment. That means plain old desk telephones or Office Phone Extension Systems. That’s what I believe made them popular in the marine / yachting industry. That and the fact that they are an unlocked device so you can get a sim card and put it on anybodies cellular network worldwide.

So… this can make for a very nice portable / mobile office - in many types of vehicles. I had someone call wanting to put one in a bus the other day. That can provide Internet to the passengers. It can also provide an office style telephone connection for the driver or other operator/employee of such a transit vehicle. And a permanent phone number that can be called from any phone should dispatch need to reach them (say radio communications, if used, goes down.)

On yachts it’s critical to be able to have a telephone line and telephone number in as many places as possible. These units provide that wirelessly (cellular voice) to their phone sets onboard or extensions via their PBX system, as well as providing 3G Internet on board as well.

These units are pretty SUPER boxes. And they now look even better with the new Ericsson W35. I’ve been saying that some users may not want to hide them in the doghouse (or communications compartment) - but may think they look good enough to display out in the open.

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35

+1 954 683 3426

communications@marinetelecom.net

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16. June 2009 by admin.

Milestones….

1st 2 Ericsson W35’s shipped into the U.S. for Customers by Alan Spicer

1st Ericsson W35 installed onboard a Motor Yacht by Alan Spicer

The Product Brochure is available here:

http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35/AlanSpicer-Ericsson_W35_Brochure.pdf

The Ericsson W35 Mobile Broadband Router provides Voice to Analog Telephone Devices and PBX Systems, and 3G HSPA (both HSDPA and HSUPA for both High Speed on Download and High Speed on Upload.)

The Ericsson W35 can run on 10-28vDC or the included 110vAC power adaptor. This allows it to be installed in motor vehicles, on land / temporary locations, and on marine vessels such as sailing and motor yachts.

On board smaller vehicles or marine vessels the built-in wireless access point can very likely cover your entire vehicle or vessel. On larger vehicles or vessels it is very expandable to allow adding network cabling and additional wireless access points to increase your coverage.

Call and ask for a discount off of my published online price. I’m sure I can help you out. Assistance with antenna systems and coax cables and adaptors is available.

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Alan Spicer Telecom / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1 954 683 3426

communications@marinetelecom.net

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1. June 2009 by admin.

Wireless Cars by 2012?

Joshua Gliddon, Computerworld Australia

May 30, 2009 4:01 pm

http://www.pcworld.com:80/article/165804/wireless_cars_by_2012.html?tk=nl_dnx_h_crawl

As environmental concerns come to the fore, car makers will increasingly turn away from performance and towards in-car electronics and connectivity as a way of differentiating their vehicles, said Gartner analyst Thilo Koslowski.(See more at the article link above…)

* But you don’t have to wait that long. Alan Spicer Communications (Telecom) has been providing WiFi and Cellular 2G and 3G wireless systems for 5 years in the marine market as well as working with traditional land based businesses.

Alan Spicer knows how to build networks on a mobile platform and knows how to connect and integrate wireless systems. The same 3G cellular gear and even the WiFi Hotspot Sharing gear that we deploy on yachts - can also be deployed in cars. The Ericsson 3G HSPA voice and Internet “mobile broadband router” gear can be powered just as easily on 110vAC (adaptor included) or 10 - 28 volts D.C. That includes the typical 12vDC of car and other automobile electrical systems.

Mobile automotive 3G Antenna systems are already available. So this makes it easy to kit up a system with an automobile rooftop antenna, flexible coax cabling, and install Ericsson W25 or Ericsson W35 into a car, truck or other vehicle.

This would allow you to access Internet content … if other car electronics, for example, can take Internet Radio - then Ericsson can provide that connection for your vehicle. The built-in WiFi Access Point in the Ericsson gear can provide you and your passengers wireless access to your vehicles Ericsson Internet System. The 4 port broadband router also allows devices that need a wired (CAT5/CAT6, Fast Ethernet) connection to be connected with the system as well. The Ericsson systems can also share USB hard drives and USB memory sticks with everyone aboard your vehicle. Let’s say that you want everyone to be able to view some pictures, or an important presentation… just place them on a USB memory stick or USB external hard drive - and everyone can access it.

You could also allow sharing of music and perhaps movie clips to your guests / passengers.

* These systems could also be used for work and commercial purposes. Contractor vehicles such as SUV and Pickup truck - can provide voice and Internet to the vehicle owner and to others that he/she chooses to give the security code for secure access to Internet and the vehicles onboard network. Mobile platforms or moving construction platforms can use this … as the Ericsson gear can move right along with the construction site (or vehicle) movement.) Temporary or Emergency sites and such can also quickly set up Fast Internet and Office-like Telephone Service anywhere that cellular 3G is available.

* So don’t wait till 2012 to put Wireless 3G Internet and Voice in your vehicle. You can have it now. (Installation not included. Most local auto alarm, two way radio, or cellular dealers should be able to install for you - if you don’t want to do it yourself.)

(Special Note: If needed - inverter boxes that convert 12vDC to 110vAC have been available for quite some time to consumers to provide those often needed AC Electrical Outlets to charge laptop batteries and run laptops, and other gear such as external hard drives that need 110vAC electrical power.)

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Alan Spicer Communications (Telecom) / Alan Spicer Marine Telecom

+1 954 683 3426

http://www.mobilebroadbandrouter.biz/

http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W35

http://www.marinetelecom.net/Ericsson_W25

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