Air travelers generally are finding it easier to check e-mail wirelessly, but big airports are adding Wi-Fi hot spots at a slower pace than are other public places. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
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Vodafone Preps 3G, Wi-Fi Palmtop Smart Phone
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
Cisco Jump-Starts Wi-Fi
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
WiMax May Pose Fresh Challenge To Broadband
Imagine a wireless hotspot the size of Philadelphia or a rural community in the American heartland. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
AT&T Expands Hotspot Network
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
Motorola Joins Group On Faster Wi-Fi
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
WiMax Start Up Gets $9M In Funding
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
VOIP At 80 MPH: World’s First Wi-Fi Highway
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
Getting A Fix On WiMAX
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
Rogers, Second Cup In WiFi Deal
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
Security Experts Explore Wireless Frontier
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
802.11e Adds QoS To Wi-Fi Networks
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
Intel’s Centrino Update In Short Supply
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
No Big Price Cuts In Near Future, Says BT Wireless Broadband Chief
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
Delegates Disagree On Impact Of WiMAX
There was dissension in the ranks over the forthcoming mobile variant of the WiMAX 802.16e wireless access standard at this year’s 3GSM World Congress. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading