The U.K. government is planning to upgrade its roadside telematics system with a wireless network designed to blanket the country with low-cost wireless Internet access. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: HotSpots
Prepaid Wi-Fi Hits The Web
A new Web site has hit the Internet designed to help consumers find a prepaid Wi-Fi service plan. WiFiMinutes.com gives consumers the ability to compare and contrast several plan options. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi In The Sky: The Boeing Connexion
As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn’t solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I’ll probably never regain the… Continue Reading
Lucent Looks To Provide Mobile Wi-Fi For Trains, Autos, Bbuses
Lucent Technologies Inc. is working to develop a product that would provide users with wireless Internet access on trains, buses and automobiles. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Starbucks Brings Wi-Fi To 154 UK stores
Over 150 Starbucks UK coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access, the company proudly announced yesterday. Via [theregister.co.uk]… 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
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
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
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
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
AMD To Launch Wi-Fi Network
Chip maker AMD has quietly rolled out a network of Wi-Fi hotspots. The company will formally launch the service next quarter. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile USA Releases Free Wi-Fi Locator Ssoftware
T-Mobile USA introduced a free software that makes locating and using its 4,200 HotSpot locations simpler and more convenient. Via [geekzone.co.nz]… Continue Reading
Mesh: The Next Step For Wireless
Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading