Unlike AirMagnet’s Enterprise 5.0 and other wireless IDSes (intrusion detection systems), which use location tracking simply to display possible locations of wireless devices on a floor-plan diagram, Newbury Networks’ WiFi Watchdog 4.0 uses location tracking as a core component of MAC (media access control) authentication. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Jerusalem First Israeli City To Provide Free Wireless Internet Network
Jerusalem, the first Israeli city to go live with a free wireless internet network, will join other major cities around the world providing a combination of entertainment and business service, conveniently, easily and at high speed (54 megabytes per second). Every resident and visitor to Unwire Jerusalem WiFi zones will be able to surf the… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Increases Wi-Fi Kit And Zones
T-Mobile has improved its mobile connectivity service by more than tripling the number of Wi-Fi hotspots that can be used by subscribers of its combined 3G, GPRS and Wi-Fi service. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Aiirmesh: Wi-Fi Cities Come Calling
Cities such as Philadelphia and San Francisco, which are investigating large-scale Wi-Fi deployments, have Aiirmesh Communications on speed-dial. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Coffee, Tea Or Wi-Fi?
Wireless broadband access is great when you’re on the road. But sometimes, the only thing that’s hot at a Wi-Fi hot spot is the coffee. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Corporate Wi-Fi Integration, Part 4
Mike Houghton wraps up his four-part series on integrating Wi-Fi with your corporate IT environment by providing a glimpse into the future and some final recommendations for a successful implementation. Via [enterpriseitplanet.com]… Continue Reading
New Mexico City Hopes For Wi-Fi Access By Christmas
“We’re a very tech-savvy community,” said James Palenick, city administrator for Rio Rancho, N.M., explaining why his city of 63,000 was working to provide Wi-Fi access to its citizens. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Regulators, Cities, Business Converge On Wireless Broadband
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has twice in the last month moved to make broadcast spectrum available for advanced wireless services. At the same time, several cities have announced wireless initiatives, and companies have begun to shape themselves to be wireless broadband providers on the model of the cellular telephone industry. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Belkin Out On A Limb With 802.11n?
What exactly provoked the WiFi Alliance to threaten to withdraw its imprimatur from anybody who started announcing 802.11n technology? An obvious suspect has to be whoever it is who is offering “pre-N” technology, eh, Belkin? Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Will Ultra Wideband Survive?
Late September’s Ultrawideband World conference in San Jose, California brought concrete evidence that a new breed of wireless technology will result in real products in 2005. Ultra wideband (UWB) has powerful backers, but it faces substantial challenges from new strains of Wi-Fi technology, especially 802.11n. Via [pcmag.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi For The Marketer
You’ve heard the hype: Wi-Fi is booming. Businesses large and small are partnering with telecommunications and development companies to create Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [clickz.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Pioneer Reflects On Roots, Looks To WiMax
Cell phone pioneer Craig McCaw on Wednesday discussed Cingular Wireless’ acquisition of AT&T’s wireless division, harking back to the 1994 sale of his company to Ma Bell. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Tropos Supports WiMAX Integration
Tropos Networks has unveiled a strategy to integrate open-standard WiMAX into new and existing metro-scale Wi-Fi networks. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
QuickLink Spans Cellular And Wi-Fi Networks
Software-maker Smith Micro on Tuesday announced QuickLink Mobile Enterprise edition, a software tool that promises to give users seamless connectivity over Wi-Fi and mobile data networks. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Why The Wi-Fi Revolution Failed In India
Reams of newsprint have been printed about how Wi-Fi will free us all from the tyranny of being chained to our desks. Let’s be fair, the thought of being able to work anywhere, anytime is tempting. Unforunately the Indian experience has turned out to be far from heavenly. The wireless revolution has run into the… Continue Reading