SBC Communications is moving full speed ahead with its plan to have more than 20,000 Wi-Fi hot spots available to its FreedomLink customers by the end of 2006. The latest: The company is rolling out wireless access in 85 state parks in California. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Certification Delayed At Least Six Months
Once expected to start this month, officials confirm that certification testing won’t begin until early summer with product launches delayed until the end of the year. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Verizon To Sell Wi-Fi Hotspot Phone From Westell
Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday it signed a multiyear deal with Westell Technologies to sell a phone that integrates a high-speed Internet modem and wireless networking. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Golf Courses Put Wi-Fi To Work
What began as a GPS (global positioning satellite) tool to help golfers improve their games has evolved into a fixed wireless management system that is turning golf courses into community hot spots. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Europe Leads Wireless Race
2005 looks set to be Europe’s “year of mobility†with the region leading the world in the race for wireless connectivity, says market research company, International Data Corporation (IDC). Via [itweb.co.za]… Continue Reading
55 Million Will Go For Wi-Fi And Mobile Convergence
Wi-Fi and mobile are set to make even close bedfellows in the coming months, new research has found. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
BelAir, Lucent Partner For Wireless Routers
BelAir Networks has started partnering with a number of companies for its range of carrier-grade wireless switch routers, with Lucent Techologies becoming the first company licensed to sell the products to service providers, enterprises and government accounts. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
New Mexico Village Gets Wi-Fi Coverage
The village of Los Lunas, New Mexico, is the latest municipality to deploy wide-area Wi-Fi coverage, and the community has ambitions to leverage the wireless technology to eventually provide VoIP service. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Takes Over In Homes
Wi-Fi now rules the roost, according to a new research report concluding that wireless technology has gained a slight edge over Ethernet cables in home networks. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Shan’t!
Telecommunications used to be a closed game, from the copper and fibre that carried the messages, to the phones themselves. Now, openness reigns in the world of wires. Networks must interconnect with those of competitors, and users can plug in their own devices as they will. One result of this openness has been a lot… Continue Reading
WiMax Threatened By Delays
WiMax testing and certification delays may impact the technology’s short term success. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
‘Evil Twin’ Fear For Wireless Net
People using wireless high-speed net (wi-fi) are being warned about fake hotspots, or access points. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Savvis, Panera Bread Team Up On Wi-Fi Services At Restaurants
Savvis Communications Corp. will provide networking services to Panera Bread Co. to support the chain’s wireless Internet access at more than 600 of its bakery-cafés, the company said Monday. Via [stlouis.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Qualcomm Bolsters TGn Sync Group’s 802.11n Proposal
Qualcomm is joining TGn Sync, one of the cross-industry groups developing specifications for the IEEE 802.11n standard proposal for WLANs operating at data rates of up to 100Mbit/s. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Price War Looms In Wireless Routers
Wireless connectivity products are springing up in Singapore and across key countries in the Asia-Pacific, as demand is fuelled by a surge in the number of notebook computer users and the need to connect to the Internet and corporate intranets wirelessly. Via [it.asia1.com.sg]… Continue Reading