Daily Archives: January 19, 2006

MPs Demand Wi-Fi Access In Houses Of Parliament

Wireless internet access should be installed in parts of the Houses of Parliament to allow MPs access to information on the move. Via [silicon.com]Continue Reading

Airport Seeks Ban On Free Airline Wi-Fi

In their efforts to ban airlines from offering free Wi-Fi services in their lounges, officials representing Boston’s Logan Airport continue to insist that it’s not about money, but rather about public safety and management. Via [eweek.com]Continue Reading

DirecTV ‘Close To Wireless Strategy’

Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive of News Corp, said on Monday the group’s DirecTV satellite television arm was close to deciding a strategy on how to enter the wireless high-speed internet market, with a plan due within two months. Via [news.moneycentral.msn.com]Continue Reading

Yahoo Brings Free Wi-Fi To Sheraton Hotels

Sick of paying an extra $10 or so for hotel broadband Internet access? Yahoo and Sheraton’s parent company, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., are pairing up to bring free hotel wifi to patrons. The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo and Sheraton are testing some wifi lounges at the hotels, dubbed Yahoo Link@Sheraton. ViaContinue Reading

Cisco: Zensys Investment Stymies ZigBee’s Progress

Cisco Systems has revealed that it is making an undisclosed investment in Zensys, developer of the Z-Wave wireless mesh networking technology. While this move is a huge fillip for Zensys, it constitutes a setback for the development of the standards-based ZigBee protocol to which Z-Wave is an alternative. Via [cbronline.com]Continue Reading