Networking firm Linksys today unveiled a range of high-gain antennas designed to boost the effective range of Wi-Fi networks. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
BellSouth Offers Wireless Broadband
At Supercomm 2005 this week, BellSouth announced plans to deploy wireless broadband service to select areas of Athens, Ga., in August and extend it to Florida cities later in the year. Via [networkworld.com]… Continue Reading
802.11n: Already Too Slow?
Is 802.11n, the Wi-Fi technology promising to push wireless traffic to 100Mbps, already outdated? Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
BellSouth Crams For Wireless Broadband Test
BellSouth plans to test-market wireless broadband service in Athens, Ga., this summer with hopes to expand the trials to selected areas of Florida by year’s end. The announcement follows five years of trials of the technology. Via [internetnews.com]… Continue Reading
Nintendo To Create WiFi HotSpots For DS Handheld
Nintendo Co. Ltd. said on Tuesday it would establish 1,000 WiFi hotspots in Japan by the end of 2005 where owners of its DS portable game machines can play games with others online for free. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax? Why Not?
A superfast wireless technology known as WiMax is getting its second wind here in the Windy City. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
Seattle Tops List Of Wireless Web Communities
Maybe it’s the rain that encouraged Seattle’s residents to stay indoors, sipping their lattes and surfing the Web wirelessly, that made the northwest city this year’s most ‘unwired’ city, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Goes A-Roaming
One of the greatest brakes on progress of cellular services was always the slow and painful path to inter-operator roaming. The complex issues surrounding billing, customer ownership and cross-payments continue to plague the roll-out of every new service, including most recently, MMS messaging. If WiMAX is to achieve broad uptake on an international scale, it… Continue Reading
Domestic U.S. Flights To Get Wi-Fi… Eventually
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted permission to United Airlines and Verizon Airfone to build Wi-Fi networks into the airline’s domestic planes for use by passengers while in the air. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
BT Inks New Wi-Fi Roaming Deals
BT has signed international roaming deals with wireless operators in Japan, France and Switzerland taking the number of Wi-Fi hotspots its punters can use to more than 30,000 around the world. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wireless Networks On Verge Of Makeover
The technology behind wireless data networks in homes and businesses is on the verge of a makeover that promises to fix long-standing complaints of spotty coverage, flaky connections and inconsistent speeds. Via [businessweek.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax To Slash Broadband Costs
The introduction of WiMAX wide area wireless networking will offer multiple benefits for businesses and consumers, including lower broadband costs and improved service choice, research published today predicts. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Free Taiwan Wi-Fi System Is Super Duper
We wrote about the City of Taipei’s bold bid to provide free internet access to its citizens some months back. The good news is that it’s here. We’re here, and the network is spreading its tentacles. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
McAfee To Buy Wireless Security
With the acquisition of the privately held company, McAfee will receive additional security software in the consumer space, increase the number of security services it can provide and approach additional service providers such as America Online with services they can in turn offer to its customers, said a source familiar with the companies. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Congressman Proposes National Muni-Wi-Fi Ban
On May 25, 2005, U.S. Representative Pete Sessions (R-Texas) proposed HR 2726, called the “Preserving Innovation in Telecom Act of 2005.” This bill would “prohibit municipal governments from offering telecommunications, information, or cable services except to remedy market failures by private enterprise to provide such services.” Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading