Wireless Home Network News

'Starting in December 2006, Philadelphia Began Its Proof of Concept Trials of Its Broadband Wireless Mesh Network - (Broadcast Newsroom)
DUBLIN, Ireland, BUSINESS WIRE -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46462) has announced the addition of Municipal Wireless Mesh Networks for City-Wide Broadband Internet Coverage to their offering.

'Alltel Wireless Offers Largest Wireless Broadband Footprint in Phoenix Area (Broadcast Newsroom)
PHOENIX, BUSINESS WIRE -- Alltel Wireless (NYSE: AT), America's largest network, now offers the largest wireless broadband coverage area in Phoenix.

'It's The Network: At The Three Year Mark of Local Number Portability, Verizon Wireless Leads in Customer Loyalty (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
When the Federal Communications Commission mandate for Local Number Portability went into effect nationwide three years ago, millions of consumers changed wireless carriers taking their phone number with them.

'Alltel Wireless Offers Largest Wireless Broadband Footprint in Phoenix Area (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
PHOENIX----Alltel Wireless , America's largest network, now offers the largest wireless broadband coverage area in Phoenix. No other wireless carrier matches the Axcess Broadband footprint, which extends from north of Flagstaff to south of Eloy.

'AT&T: We don't need fiber-to-the-home network (ZDNet)
Phone company shrugs off competition concerns over Verizon's Fios network, saying existing copper is doing the bandwidth trick.

'Perfisans Holdings, Inc. Unveils Its Next-Generation Wireless Network Product Strategy At the Innovation & Design Expo (PrimeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 5, 2006 -- Perfisans Holdings, Inc. , a next-generation semiconductor designer focused on the burgeoning Gigabit Ethernet and Wireless Broadband Access market, announced today that it will briefly unveil its next-generation wireless network product strategy for wireless broadband access applications.

'Linktone to Partner With China Health Media for Wireless Interactive Programming (SYS-CON Media)
Linktone Ltd. , a leading provider of wireless interactive entertainment products and services to consumers in China, announced today that on October 23, 2006, the Company signed an exclusive partnership with China Health Media (CHM), an out- of-home advertising provider. China Health Media exclusively operates a network of audiovisual television displays in to Chinese health care facilities,