Over 150 Starbucks UK coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access, the company proudly announced yesterday. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi, WiMAX And 802.20 The Disruptive Potential Of Wireless Broadband
WiFi is already radically changing the way in which the internet is accessed in the home, in the office, in public locations and on the move. However wireless LANs are only one part of a much bigger wireless broadband landscape that is now unfolding before us. WiMAX and 802.20 threaten to have just as big… Continue Reading
AMD Faces Legal Action Over ‘Zealous’ Wi-Fi Promotion
AMD has come under fire for its over-zealous attempt to create a company-branded network of Wi-Fi hotspots that may see the chip maker getting into legal hot water. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
TI Announces 802.11 Platform For Mobiles
Texas Instruments today unveiled its third generation 802.11 solution specifically designed for mobile devices such as cell phones, smartphones and PDAs. Via [news.designtechnica.com]… Continue Reading
Asustek Offers Wi-Fi Case For Hard Drives
Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek Computer will launch a hard-drive case that can be accessed over high-speed 802.11g wireless networks, the company announced at CeBIT. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Agere Refocuses On Wi-Fi
Agere is the latest firm to introduce a semi-proprietary, turbocharged Wi-Fi chipset anticipate the 108Mbps standard expected in two years’ time. The company is trying to make up for its recent dormant state in the WLAN business, and is claiming peak rates of 150Mbps. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless Internet Stumbles Ahead
The spread of wi-fi is being hampered by increasing complex and incompatible products, an industry body promoting the technology has said. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile To Charge Wi-Fi Access To Phone Bills
T-Mobile today offered what it claimed was a “simplified” and “standardised” pricing structure for its Wi-Fi hotspots that introduces direct billing for the company’s mobile phone subscribers. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Chill Hits Wi-Fi ‘Hot Spots’
Tom Montalbano seems like an ideal customer for wireless Internet “hot spots” in hotels, restaurants and airports. The 41-year-old insurance investigator travels four days a week, compiling reports from jewelry robberies on his laptop computer. Via [online.wsj.com]… Continue Reading
100Mbps Wi-Fi ‘Just Around The Corner’
The Wi-Fi Alliance has lifted the lid on its wireless roadmap and predicted that kit based on 802.11n will be in the shops by autumn next year. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Military-derived Tech Making A Big Mesh Of Wi-Fi
A company whose emergency-response devices communicate through each other rather than through a centralized hub alone is expanding the technology to work on other kinds of wireless equipment. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Canada Pushes For More Wi-Fi
The Canadian government may soon have to change the official motto of Ontario to “Wireless she began and wireless she remains” as the number of hotspots continues to rise in the area. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
What’s Worse Than No WiFi?
Trapeze Networks’ new chief executive officer, Jim Vogt, thinks a product called Ringmaster is one of his prize assets. I’d agree. I think he ought to give it away. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
UK Train Operators Expand Free Wi-Fi Offers
Virgin has finally launched a wireless Internet access trial on its trains, while GNER’s original three month trial has now been extended and expanded. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Crowd’s Must-Have: Mesh HotZones
If the future of Wi-Fi is complete ubiquity and pervasiveness than it’s likely that Mesh architecture for wireless LANs will play a pivotal role. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading