Vendor claims its Wi-Fi positioning system is less expensive and more reliable in urban areas for applications including fleet management and location-based advertising. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Campus Wi-Fi Network Keeps Costs Low, Security High
Like many admins, Rodney Kluever recently faced a daunting task: find a way to use Wi-Fi to satisfy the connectivity requirements of a distributed organization while ensuring his expansive network stayed safe. Via [searchsecurity.techtarget.com]… Continue Reading
Mauritius Curries Favour With The Wi-Fi Crowd
A little island off the east coast of Africa is planning to become one of the best wi-fi covered countries in the world. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Notebook Makers Cautiously Await MIMO For Wireless Boost
Notebook PC makers are beginning to make room for MIMO. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Sunday In The Park With Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Salon, a New York City start-up, is taking an aggressive, grassroots approach to the substantial—and as yet mostly unclaimed—NYC wireless market. With a strategy that mirrors nonprofit endeavors in all but one regard—the generation of revenue streams as a method of sustainability and scalability—Wi-Fi Salon intends to make New York the “Wi-Fi Capital of… Continue Reading
Intel In South Korean Mobile Broadband Push
Intel has teamed up with South Korea’s top fixed-line and broadband operator KT Corp to introduce mobile broadband services into the home market. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Impact Of WiMax Adoption May Take Awhile
Several vendors have launched WiMax products recently, but the real effects won’t be felt until products based on IEEE 802.16e begin to become available, probably after 2007. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Security Wakes Up To Reality
If a company can’t migrate to AES encryption, which requires faster processors in the access point, then the company should consider using a virtual private network (VPN) in house for its Wi-Fi network, says Roger Sands, vice president of enterprise development at Colubris Networks. Via [newsfactor.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Talks Up Universal Wireless Networking
Intel has promised to unveil technology that automatically switches between radio networks, providing always-on wireless network connectivity for mobile devices. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
BT Planning Fusion Phone For Business
The telco claims the business version of its Fusion fixed and mobile handset will be based around Wi-Fi. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Intel Hits Number One In Wi-Fi IC Shipments
The volume of laptops sold every year is growing rapidly. The penetration of Wi-Fi into the laptop market is on a similar upward curve. Add the essential ingredient of an 802.11 a/g Mini-PCI solution, mix in a big dose of marketing clout, and the result is that Intel has, in recent months, been steadily taking… Continue Reading
Wave Of Consolidation Sweeps Maturing Wi-Fi Field
The wireless Internet, or Wi-Fi, industry is finally consolidating after sparking dozens of start-ups. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Carnival Cruise Woos Biz Travelers With Wi-Fi
People often think of cruise ships as romantic places where guests leave the telephone, the computer and even the alarm clock behind: luxurious vacationlands where time stands still. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Voice Over Wi-Fi On The Way
Wi-Fi, despite opposition from vendors of competing technologies, will grow and add new capabilities, with voice over Wi-Fi services available in about two years, according to speakers at this week’s WiFi/VoWiFi Planet Conference and Expo. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Here Comes WiMAX World
The new wireless standard — just imagine WiFi on steroids — is quickly gaining traction among the big technology players. Via [businessweek.com]… Continue Reading