T-Mobile has expanded its initial foothold in the UK’s major airports, extending the reach of its Wi-Fi hotspots to cover the whole of Heathrow, Gatwick and Glasgow airports, along with the international departure lounges at Stansted, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
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ZigBee Alliance Finalizes Spec
Culminating two years of development and interoperability testing by the more than 100 member companies, the ZigBee Alliance said today its members have ratified the first ZigBee specification. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
First IEEE Compliant WiMax Chips Arrive
The emerging WiMax wireless wide area networking technology has received a boost with the arrival of the first integrated circuit to comply with the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Tunable Surfaces Prevent Wi-Fi Leaks
Last year a man in Canada was arrested for downloading child pornography onto his laptop, but he used someone else’s wireless access point to access the illegal material. That same year federal officials accused a man from Michigan of conspiring to steal credit card numbers from the Lowe’s chain of home improvement stores by taking… Continue Reading
Getting Serious About Wi-Fi Management
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 [techworld.com]… Continue Reading
Ericsson Joins WiMax Forum, Announces Plans To Offer WiMax Service
Ericsson announced that its has joined the WiMax Forum and that it plans to offer WiMAX as part of the Public Ethernet, as soon as the technology becomes available. Via [tomshardware.com]… Continue Reading
AT&T Enters R&D Alliance With Intel
AT&T Corp. said Friday it has teamed up with chip giant Intel Corp. to work on research and development and produce products together. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Vendors Push Wi-Fi Intrusion Detection
As the popularity of wireless local-area networks (LANs) continues to grow, vendors are adopting various approaches to help commercial and government systems sniff out and detect hackers and rogue wireless access points. Via [fcw.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Network Could Become Nation’s Largest
Atlanta’s ambitious plan to create the nation’s biggest citywide Wi-Fi network is no longer up in the air. Via [msnbc.msn.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Extensions Should Breathe New Life Into 802.11a
One reason for the relatively slow uptake of 5GHz 802.11a Wi-Fi, compared to its 2.4GHz cousin 802.11g, has been the complexity of licensing regulations affecting the 5GHz band – also an issue for WiMAX in the unlicensed spectrum. Two extensions to the 802.11 standard are easing the situation and should boost the adoption of the… Continue Reading
Vodafone To Offer In-flight Wi-Fi
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
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
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