Category Archives: Roaming

iPass Extends Wi-Fi Coverage To Stratosphere

Remote access provider iPass is to add Boeing’s Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service to its list of aggregated hotspots, the company said today. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Roaming In Athens

Visitors to the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, this week can log in to a local Wi-Fi hotspot and have the session billed to their cell phone bill back home. London-based Quiconnect says it has signed up three wireless carriers in Europe and Asia to facilitate the roaming. Eventually, the company says, it will signContinue Reading

UK Wi-Fi Operators To Lay Down Their Swords?

The head of BT’s wireless division has hinted that Openzone is keen to team up with T-Mobile, giving its customers access to more hot spots. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Providers Begin To Share Access

After years of resisting, wireless Internet providers are finally striking cell phone-style roaming agreements that could eventually let customers get high-speed access anywhere they go. Via [usatoday.com]Continue Reading

SBC Expands Wi-Fi Access With Sprint, Telmex

SBC Communications Inc. signed deals with four companies, including Sprint Corp. and Mexican phone giant Telmex, to expand high-speed wireless access to the Internet by allowing its subscribers to roam on other companies’ networks. Via [reuters.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi: Getting More For Your Money

Mobile business workers could soon have wider access to lots of different Wi-Fi access points as T-Systems and iPass extend their aggregation networks. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]Continue Reading

T-Systems Aims To Make WiFi As Easy As Phone Call

T-Systems, a unit Deutsche Telekom, is linking together 10,000 locations for wireless computer access and aims to connect half of the world’s public hotspots to a seamless network, it said on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]Continue Reading

Softbank To Expand Wi-Fi Access, Roaming

Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan’s largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]Continue Reading

Roaming Wi-Fi? Sounds Great, But Far-fetched

If Bob Filka’s vision comes true, the day will soon be here when you can take your laptop computer anywhere in Michigan and be able to connect instantly and wirelessly to the Internet, no matter what service provider’s coverage area you’re traveling through. Via [freep.com]Continue Reading

Kineto Wireless Raises $35 Million; Cellular/Wi-Fi Spec Pending

Kineto Wireless has secured $35 million in third-round funding for its cellular and Wi-Fi integration technology that will provide carriers the ability to enable and control roaming in dual-radio handsets among different networks. Via [commsdesign.com]Continue Reading

Companies Unveil Combo Wi-Fi Mobile Phone

Avaya, Motorola and Proxim will introduce what they have dubbed the “enterprise phone”, which can easily switch voice phone calls from a wireless Lan to a wide-area cellular network. Via [computerweekly.com]Continue Reading

IBM, Symbol Deal Targets Wireless Roaming

Several top wireless technology developers are teaming up to offer services and products that support a host of advanced applications such as Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming. Via [channelzone.ziffdavis.com]Continue Reading

Calypso Says Negotiating On Cellular/Wi-Fi Handoff Patent

Calypso Wireless said Monday that it is negotiating with what it calls a “major” original design manufacturer about its patented technology that enables seamless hand-offs between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Via [crn.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Roams Where You Want To

Simplified wireless hotspot access offered by new global roaming platform. Via [vnunet.com]Continue Reading

Intel Launches Wi-Fi Brokering Service

Intel, unhappy with the fragmented nature of the wireless Internet market, has brokered the launch of a new company – RoamPoint – which aims to bring GSM-style roaming to Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading