Vodafone is to offer Taiwanese smart phone maker HTC’s Universal palmtop 3G/Wi-Fi smart phone, along with the manufacturer’s compact PDA-phone, Magician.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
Continue reading ‘Vodafone Preps 3G, Wi-Fi Palmtop Smart Phone’
Archive for February, 2005
After a yearlong hiatus, Cisco Systems Inc. is moving ahead with plans to add Wi-Fi capabilities to its router and switch products.
Via [eweek.com]
Continue reading ‘Cisco Jump-Starts Wi-Fi’
Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland.
Via [reuters.com]
Continue reading ‘WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge To Broadband’
AT&T has expanded its wireless Internet footprint, with the addition of WiFi hotspots around the world, bringing the total to 9,094 sites, 5,770 of them in the United States. Including wired Ethernet access, AT&T now boasts more than 10,000 sites worldwide.
Via [internetweek.com]
Continue reading ‘AT&T Expands Hotspot Network’
Two camps are ready for a showdown over faster wireless LANs following Motorola’s agreement on Thursday to merge its proposal for the IEEE 802.11n standard with that of the World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium.
Via [infoworld.com]
Continue reading ‘Motorola Joins Group On Faster Wi-Fi’
To accelerate the launch of its WiMax SoC, fabless semiconductor provider Sequans Communications reported Tuesday it has received $9 million (7 million euros) in a series B financing round from venture capital firms Add Partners, Vision Capital, SGAM, T-source and Cap Décisif.
Via [reed-electronics.com]
Continue reading ‘WiMax Start Up Gets $9M In Funding’
I-19, the Canamex Interstate Highway, is the home of the “world’s first highway Wi-Fi mobile voice and high speed data network,” from Rio Rico to South of Green Valley, Arizona according to New Zealand based RoamAD, which supplied the Wi-Fi mesh software used in the network’s infrastructure.
Via [extremetech.com]
Continue reading ‘VOIP At 80 MPH: World’s First Wi-Fi Highway’
Over the last 18 months or so, WiMAX has truly achieved a high profile - quite an achievement for a technology that, when it comes down to it, was an existing technology simply given a snappy new name. Fixed wireless access, FWA for short, just does not have the same ring to it.
Via [electronicsweekly.com]
Continue reading ‘Getting A Fix On WiMAX’
Specialty coffee café franchisor Second Cup is offering Rogers wireless fidelity (WiFi) service in select Second Cup locations across Canada.
Via [globetechnology.com]
Continue reading ‘Rogers, Second Cup In WiFi Deal’
Wireless networks like the ones at your local coffee shop or airport are the next frontier for hacking attacks that could disrupt online transactions or steal your personal data, computer security experts say.
Via [msnbc.msn.com]
Continue reading ‘Security Experts Explore Wireless Frontier’
The largely unsolved hurdle of contention for access-point capacity keeps voice-over-wireless systems vulnerable to poor-quality calls, as well as calls marred by dropouts if too many voice or data users are trying to connect to the network simultaneously.
Via [arnnet.com.au]
Continue reading ‘802.11e Adds QoS To Wi-Fi Networks’
Intel has been unable to keep up with demand for Sonoma, its notebook technology introduced in January, according to a company spokesperson.
Via [pcworld.idg.com.au]
Continue reading ‘Intel’s Centrino Update In Short Supply’
The head of BT’s wireless division has said significant price cuts for Wi-Fi users over the next year are unlikely.
Via [computerweekly.com]
Continue reading ‘No Big Price Cuts In Near Future, Says BT Wireless Broadband Chief’
Two US academics have promised to dramatically boost wireless networking security using a revolutionary identity authentication system.
Via [vnunet.com]
Continue reading ‘Security Breakthrough Kills ‘Evil Twins’’
Cisco has invested in wireless hotspot aggregator iPass, along with voice recognition firm Nuance and Lumera, a firm that makes polymers used in wireless antennae, biotech chips and electrical-optical converters.
Via [itweek.co.uk]
Continue reading ‘Wireless Enthusiast Cisco Makes A Pass At iPass’
