Cingular Wireless said today at the CTIA Wireless 2005 expo in New Orleans that it’s offering customers wireless data access via both 3G EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global [or GSM] Evolution) networks and 4,000 Wi-Fi-based hotspots. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
AT&T To Test WiMax High-Speed Wireless Technology
AT&T Corp. said on Monday it would test a much-hyped high-speed wireless technology later this year to see if it can be used to replace traditional data lines to businesses. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Announces Wireless MMX2
Intel Corporation is introducing an enhanced technology to provide mobile handset users with a better multimedia experience, including clearer graphics, faster video, and improved power efficiency. Via [geekzone.co.nz]… Continue Reading
Kyocera Commits To Cellular-Wi-Fi Phones
Mobile phone vendor Kyocera said Monday that it will work with Boingo Wireless to enable its handsets to seamlessly switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks.… Continue Reading
Symbol Sues Intermec Over Wi-Fi Patents
After licensing talks collapsed, Symbol Technologies and Intermec are trading intellectual property lawsuits related to wireless technology. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Nokia Joins WWiSE Consortium To Develop Wi-Fi Standard
The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium, a group of 13 companies developing a complete proposal for the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), has announced that Nokia has joined and supports its proposal. Via [eetuk.com]… Continue Reading
Slim Devices Adds 802.11g To Wireless MP3 Player
Slim Devices will ship the second generation of its Squeezebox wireless music device at the end of the month, the company revealed this week. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Warnings On Woeful Wi-Fi Security
A survey of wi-fi networks in London, Frankfurt, New York and San Francisco by RSA Security found more than a third had basic security features turned off. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Chicago Looking Into City-Wide Wi-Fi
The city government of Chicago took some small steps toward a city-wide wireless Network earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune has reported. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Linksys Introduces Easier Wi-Fi Set-Up
According to Linksys, a division of Cisco, the new Wi-Fi set-up technology eliminates existing hurdles to broad adoption of home Wi-Fi products by delivering ease of use and automated security. Via [cio-today.com]… Continue Reading
Chicago Tries To Sneak Wi-Fi Network Past Illinois
City versus state squabbles over Wi-Fi networks have reached the hilarity zone here in the US, as officials on both sides try to slip networking laws past each other. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless Security Still Lax
More than a third of businesses using wireless networks in the City of London are overlooking basic security, leaving themselves exposed to drive-by hackers. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Municipal Wireless Reaches Japan
Tropos Networks, a start-up that makes equipment for public Wi-Fi networks, announced on Wednesday that NTT Communications has selected its MetroMesh routers to be deployed in military bases, cities and rural areas in Japan. The first deployment will be at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Airspan Unveils “Self-installable” WiMax Products
Airspan Networks Inc. has unveiled what the company said are the world’s first self-installable indoor WiMax products that link desktop PCs, laptops, Internet-ready telephone sets and other broadband devices directly to operator networks. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless In The Spotlight At CeBIT
Visitors to this year’s CeBIT trade fair have been greeted by an array of technological marvels, and wireless firms seem be generating the greatest buzz. The annual week-long event in Hanover, Germany, which this year is expected to draw some 500,000 attendees, has been dominated by cutting-edge wireless technologies and gadgets, with a 7-megpixel digital… Continue Reading