Tag: Deployment

A Cardiff vicar has addressed the problem of falling congregations by offering his flock a quiet wireless hotspot in which they can seek the meaning of the word salvation on Google while chewing the fat via email with Pope Benny 16. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Westminster City Council has struck a deal with BT to provide wireless internet access through lampposts. Via [vnunet.com]

Challenged to expand an existing Wi-Fi system on North Carolina's Outer Banks, Vivato Inc. and SkyeNet Wireless Communications considered pre-WiMAX equipment, but decided they could do better by installing two of Vivato's phased-array antennas. Via [techweb.com]

UK public WLAN provider The Cloud is to equip 85 railway stations operated by First Great Western (FGW) with Wi-Fi hotspots, the two companies said today. Via [theregister.co.uk]

India's Dishnet Wireless Ltd. said on Wednesday it aims to dominate the nascent WiFi mobile Internet market by rolling out nationwide service in two years. Via [reuters.com]

Speakeasy Inc., a privately owned Internet broadband provider, on Wednesday launched an Internet access service for businesses using new wireless technology that it said was faster and easier to deploy than its current broadband service. Via [reuters.com]

Airpath Wireless is rolling out a new host platform for metro-scale broadband wireless deployments. Via [extremetech.com]

Boston is finally taking a long, hard look at bringing the wireless service across the city, and has scheduled a Wi-Fi Summit for May 19. Via [informationweek.com]

US-based telecomms group Sprint is extending its Wi-Fi presence internationally with the help of virtual network enabler Quiconnect. Via [forbes.com]

Wireless hot spots and services offering mobile access to the Web, e-mail and corporate networks are spreading across Canada faster than mosquitoes in spring -- and for information technology workers, they can be just as pesky. Via [theglobeandmail.com]

Companies are finding themselves forced to roll out Wi-Fi to solve problems caused by frustrated employees who are doing it themselves, anecdotal evidence suggests. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Tech savvy polar bears can now take advantage of wireless networking after two Intel employees on an expedition deployed what is thought to be the world's most northerly Wi-Fi hotspot. Via [vnunet.com]

BMW is to roll out public Wi-Fi Internet access at three of its London showrooms and service centres, the motor manufacturer said today. Via [theregister.co.uk]

San Francisco taxis are getting interactive panels so cab riders can look up local information and news using a touch screen from the backseat. Via [vnunet.com]

Mobile computer users will be able to take advantage of the growing number of wireless 'hotspots', even without wireless capability, under a new plan by Optus. Via [pcworld.idg.com.au]