U.K. telecommunications giant BT is about to give its mobile customers discounted access to its Wi-Fi network. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Daily Archives: November 22, 2004
Net2Phone Rolls Out Wi-Fi VoIP Service, Handset
Net2Phone announced a new handset that lets users connect by Wi-Fi to the company’s VoiceLine IP telephony service. Via [commweb.com]… Continue Reading
Economic Fears Hold Back Mobile Rollouts
While overall European IT sales have begun to pick up this year, “lingering uncertainty” has prompted essential hardware renewals and infrastructure upgrades rather than mobilisation projects, IDC has reported. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi And WiMax On A Single Chip
This week, TeleCIS Wireless announced a plan to enter the WiMax market by developing System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions that combine both Wi-Fi and WiMax technologies. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Gigabit Wi-Fi Looms Large
Among the factors that have held back enterprise uptake of wireless LANs outside greenfield sites have been security fears and lack of performance compared to wireline Ethernet. The past week has brought little reassurance on the first point, but has highlighted developments pointing to the creation of Gigabit Wi-Fi. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading