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Air Force field testers concluded in a draft report that a new wide-area surveillance system for use with remotely piloted aircraft is "not operationally effective" and should not be fielded, but Air Force officials said Monday they expect the system will still be deployed by late winter in Afghanistan.

Air Force's new surveillance system for aerial drones not working as hoped Ellen Nakashima 2011

In fact, some experts say, Gorgon Stare's wide-area surveillance technology is not as promising as other technologies, including one being fielded by the Army in Afghanistan.

Air Force's new surveillance system for aerial drones not working as hoped Ellen Nakashima 2011

But over time, wide-area wireless is going to kill hotel Internet as surely as mobile phones have killed exhorbitantly priced hotel phone service.

Why Can’t Hotels Get Tech Right? « Steve Wildstrom on Tech 2009

Your plan doesn't even begin to recognize, let alone address, the needs of customers looking for a wide-area mobile Internet device.

My comment to (Jolly) Rogers superversive 2008

You also can de-dupe data across the wide-area network, so you only send unique data across it and conserve bandwidth.

A Better Way To Store Data 2010

While mobile broadband offers tremendous opportunities for consumers, today's most powerful wide-area wireless networks have significantly less capacity than today's wireline networks.

Jonathan Spalter: Walking the Talk on Net Neutrality: An Engineering Perspective 2010

The touch has been a successful companion to the iPhone: users can get most of the the same functions and features, except for cellular voice calls and wide-area wireless connectivity.

Apple unveils new iPod touch, with high-res screen 2010

The Cupertino, Calif., company said it will first begin selling a version of the iPad that uses Wi-Fi to access the Internet on April 3 in the U.S., while a model that hops online through wide-area 3G networks operated by wireless carriers will go on sale later that month.

Apple Sets April 3 for iPad Debut Nick Wingfield 2010

Instead, he looked for a way to stretch the available bandwidth, using wide-area network optimization appliances from Riverbed Technology

Organization That Fights Slavery Stretches Its Network 2010

Third-generation, or 3G, networks enable faster data transmission and advanced services such as wide-area wireless calls, web surfing and video.

Billions at stake as China issues 3G licences 2009