Tag: Deployment

T-Mobile has laid out its group strategy for 3G communications and immediately proclaimed the technology insufficient by itself - the operator is touting a mix of advanced cellular services and broadband local-area connectivity using Wi-Fi. Via [silicon.com]

T-Mobile, Cisco, IBM and Intel today used 3GSM in Cannes to announce an initiative to roll out broadband WLAN and mobile networks across European university campuses. The plan will enable students to work and communicate wirelessly and off-campus, using either WLAN, UMTS or GPRS. Via [theregister.co.uk]

The Asia-Pacific region experienced the most dramatic spread of wireless local-area networking hotspots of anywhere in the world in 2003, seeing a more than tenfold increase over 2002, according to BWCS, a market research and consultancy service in the U.K. Via [commsdesign.com]

BT is installing Openzone Wi-Fi access points in 80 British Airways customer lounges around the world. Via [vnunet.com]

Schlotzsky's says it will expand its program to provide free wireless hotspot access. Via [informationweek.com]

Wi-Fi continues to be embraced by the wireless industry and its consumers. Looking to garner an even larger piece of the Wi-Fi pie, Sprint and Boingo Wireless have forged separate roaming agreements with new partners. Via [wirelessweek.com]

French mobile phone operator Orange plans to double the number of its WiFi sites in France in 2004 but does not expect strong revenue growth from the technology that allows high speed mobile Internet access in public places. Via [bizreport.com]

Many wireless protocols are open to "man-in-the middle" attacks which could allow the voting results to be changed by an intruder pretending to be a voting machine. Recently we have seen that the part of 802.1x, the replacement for WEP was vulnerable to this kind of an attack if not properly implemented.

Train operator Eurostar is set to begin testing wireless Internet access on its cross-channel services later this year, joining operators such as GNER and Virgin Trains that are already experimenting with the service. Via [news.com.com]

In the wake of President Bush's recent call for a manned Mars mission, we may someday see astronauts walking on the red planet. And, thanks to some new technology NASA has been testing, it's quite likely those space explorers may be carting around Wi-Fi-enabled PCs. Via [wired.com]

Will we see the economics of the cellular industry appear in the fast growing national WiFi HotSpot expansion? If so, when?

If Schlotzsky's experience with free Wi-Fi is any indication, this phenomenon will likely spread. Via [entrepreneur.com]

Amtrak is expanding its Wi-Fi service to six Northeastern U.S. train stations, in a move to attract more business travelers. Via [news.com.com]

Intel Capital, the venture capital arm of semiconductor chip-maker Intel Corp., has invested in a Tokyo-based mobile virtual network operator that is offering nationwide fixed-price wireless access through both wireless LAN and mobile telephone networks. Via [infoworld.com]

BT Openzone today said it will roll out Wi-Fi hotspots at 15 railway stations in the UK. Via [theregister.co.uk]