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The Asia-Pacific region experienced the most dramatic spread of wireless local-area networking hotspots of anywhere in the world in 2003, seeing a more than tenfold increase over 2002, according to BWCS, a market research and consultancy service in the U.K.
Via [commsdesign.com]

BT is installing Openzone Wi-Fi access points in 80 British Airways customer lounges around the world.
Via [vnunet.com]

Last week, we explored the practicalitie of using Wi-Fi in London. As the UK’s most populous area, London was always going to play host to some of the nation’s first public Internet access hotspots. But wireless is all about mobility, and its value is severely limited if you can’t get an Internet connection when you’re travelling. So we wanted to see how well other parts of the country are covered.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Intel plans to integrate Bluetooth onto its next-generation Wi-Fi sub-system, it has emerged.
Via [theregister.co.uk]

Schlotzsky’s says it will expand its program to provide free wireless hotspot access.
Via [informationweek.com]

In a wide-ranging interview, an Intel executive lays out the company’s vision for getting laptops online anywhere – not to mention extending battery life.
Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Watching football on TV doesn’t cut it anymore for John Furrier and his son, Alec, 8. Broadcasters can’t spew enough statistics to satisfy the two. So the Furriers rely on a laptop with wireless Internet, called Wi-Fi, to get the latest data from the living room couch while watching the game.
Via [usatoday.com]

As with the iPod, the hot Airport line of wireless-networking gear shows that ease of use and an eye for coming trends bring outsize gains.
Via [businessweek.com]

Intel Corp.’s R&D group will push for a hybrid approach to what is expected to be a broad and heated debate on next-generation Wi-Fi standards in the IEEE 802.11n group. The proposed 100 Mbit/second version of 802.11 should embrace smart antennas, wider channels and advances in error correction and power efficiency, said James Wilson, a researcher in Intel’s corporate R&D group. A lively debate inside Intel over a .11n proposal has not yet been resolved, he added.
Via [eetimes.com]

It won’t achieve the status it deserves until it overcomes several obstacles — some doozies — now keeping it stuck in a techno-limbo.
Via [businessweek.com]

Thinking of taking the plunge? BW’s Steve Wildstrom has some tips for newbies to the world of the wireless Internet.
Via [businessweek.com]

SBC Chief Technology Officer Ross Ireland says the DSL giant is working on ways to switch seamlessly between Wi-Fi and cellular service.
Via [businessweek.com]

Wi-Fi continues to be embraced by the wireless industry and its consumers. Looking to garner an even larger piece of the Wi-Fi pie, Sprint and Boingo Wireless have forged separate roaming agreements with new partners.
Via [wirelessweek.com]

French mobile phone operator Orange plans to double the number of its WiFi sites in France in 2004 but does not expect strong revenue growth from the technology that allows high speed mobile Internet access in public places.
Via [bizreport.com]

Wireless technologies have spread quickly in recent years and are now widely deployed in corporate environments as well as at home. The human dependency on those technologies has increased to the point where one can find wireless devices almost everywhere, from network devices to laptops, cameras, and so on.
Via [securityfocus.com]