Vodafone has agreed to allow its mobile data customers to use Boeing’s Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service, the mobile phone network said last week. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: December 2004
How To Hack The Wireless Fantastic
Here in the States, you can buy a stock Linksys Wireless-G router (WRT54G) for around $50 to $60 when the smoke clears with holiday rebates. You cna maybe even get one for free if you manage to get it thrown in with a broadband service bundle. It’s a nice reliable piece of hardware out of… Continue Reading
iPass Finally Lands BT Wi-Fi Deal
Mobile workers with an iPass subscription can now get access to BT Openzone, as the two companies have finally reached a roaming deal. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Will Give 3G A Hard Time
WiMAX and other high-speed wireless technologies are set to steal over 40 per cent of the wireless broadband market in 2009 according to the first report from US analyst firm TelecomView. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Test Of Wi-Fi On Bremerton Ferry Dropped
Plans to test high-speed wireless Internet – Wi-Fi – service on the Seattle-Bremerton ferry run have been dropped because ferry officials have not been able to secure rights for an antenna in the Blake Island area. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Microsoft Wireless Net Due For Upgrade
When Microsoft began installing its campuswide wireless network five years ago, it was something of a pioneer. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Broadband Wireless Provider Weighs In With WiMAX Platform
Another broadband wireless provider ” nex-G Systems Pte Ltd. ” has weighed in with a WiMAX platform even as the WiMAX Forum labors to finalize specifications for the broadband technology. Via [informationweek.networkingpipeline.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Lans Taking Business By Storm
Wi-Fi is fast moving beyond its initial role as an overlay to traditional wired local area networks (Lans) and becoming an integral business networking technology in its own right. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Comes To Air Travel
Hot spots for wireless Internet links are really taking off, with El Al Israel Airlines currently examining the possibility of operating an infrastructure for wireless Internet connection for airline passengers, Haaretz has learned. El Al officials are checking the technology and receiving proposals from Internet service providers (ISPs) interested in operating the service, which is… Continue Reading
Siemens Claims Wireless Speed Record
German vendor develops experimental system that transmits data at 1 Gbps using a new antenna system and OFDM. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
World’s First ZigBee Phone Unveiled
ZigBee could bring wireless connectivity to billions of electronics devices, but some in the industry believe that the world isn’t ready for a ZigBee handset just yet. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
DSP Group Buys Bermai’s Wi-Fi Chip IP
The DSP Group has bought the bulk of the intellectual property owned by Wi-Fi chip startup Bermai Inc. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines Plans In-flight Live TV Via Wi-Fi
Singapore Airlines will add in-flight Wi-Fi to its Singapore-London route during Q1 2005, the first step in the carrier’s plan to bring live TV to passengers by the middle of next year. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
IDC Report: Too Soon For WiMAX
An IDC report cautions wireless networking and broadband silicon suppliers against being overly optimistic about WiMAX. The high-speed wireless technology presents a potential opportunity, but “it is still too early for communications IC vendors to commit to this technology,” the market research firm said. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
Getting Serious With Wi-Fi
The Radicati Group pegs the penetration of Wi-Fi in the enterprise at 50 percent by 2008. Cut that number in half and it’s still huge. So now that Wi-Fi is becoming a standard part of enterprise infrastructure, it’s time to get serious about security and management. Via [infoworld.com]… Continue Reading