Federal regulators on Wednesday set aside a swath of spectrum for a new wireless technology that would let motorists use small display screens to get traffic updates, buy fast food or find a nearby hotel. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2003
MCI Expands Wi-Fi Footprint
MCI will more than triple its footprint of Wi-Fi access points through a partnership with Boingo Wireless, MCI announced Tuesday. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Use Lags Deployments
The number of public locations where people with wireless laptops can connect to the Internet is growing dramatically, but actual usage remains stalled, a market research firm said Monday. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile, iPass Sign Wi-Fi Roaming Deal
Leading wireless access operator T-Mobile USA and corporate network service provider iPass have reached an agreement that allows iPass subscribers to access T-Mobile hot spots. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Intel To Push Centrino In 2004
Intel is making a resolution to convince consumers that Centrino notebooks will be the thing to have in 2004. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Faster, More-Secure WiFi
WiFi wireless networks are an unqualified success both in performance and in acceptance by a skeptical public — they let you share an Internet connection among all the PCs in your home for less than $100 a PC. Via [washingtonpost.com]… Continue Reading
Creative Sound Blaster Wireless Music
Imagine if you could deftly control your PC’s digital audio and direct it to your living room stereo using an iPod-like device. Via [abcnews.go.com]… Continue Reading
City To Offer Wireless Web For All
Browsing the Web from this Southern California city may soon become an outdoor sport. Via [cnn.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless LAN Manager Links Sites
A new wireless LAN access point is designed so that users in remote offices can be managed by a wireless switch in a central site. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Overhauling Wireless Biz
Intel Corp. said Wednesday it would reorganize its communications chip business, less than a week after announcing a surprise $600 million charge due to sluggish prospects for its wireless business. Via [money.cnn.com]… Continue Reading
Vodafone Launches Rival To Wi-Fi
Mobile telecoms giant Vodafone has said it is launching third generation (3G) mobile wireless services in Germany and Italy. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
National Semi Takes on Bluetooth With Low-Power Wi-Fi
A new low-power wireless technology unveiled this week could expand the use of Wi-Fi in devices currently using the Bluetooth standard, National Semiconductor officials said. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi BlackBerry In Works
Research in Motion Ltd. is building BlackBerry messaging devices that run over wireless LANs, company officials confirmed last week. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
2004 Is Crunch Time For Wireless Data
Growing numbers of Wi-Fi enabled laptops, GPRS and 3G mobile handsets will make 2004 a breakthrough year for wireless data use, according to Ovum. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi’s Shape-shifting At EMP: Building Design Poses Challenges
If there’s one place where Wi-Fi makes sense, it may be at Seattle’s cutting-edge Experience Music Project museum. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading