Tag: Roaming

Remote access provider iPass is to add Boeing's Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service to its list of aggregated hotspots, the company said today. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Visitors to the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, this week can log in to a local Wi-Fi hotspot and have the session billed to their cell phone bill back home. London-based Quiconnect says it has signed up three wireless carriers in Europe and Asia to facilitate the roaming. Eventually, the company says, it will sign...

The head of BT's wireless division has hinted that Openzone is keen to team up with T-Mobile, giving its customers access to more hot spots. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

After years of resisting, wireless Internet providers are finally striking cell phone-style roaming agreements that could eventually let customers get high-speed access anywhere they go. Via [usatoday.com]

SBC Communications Inc. signed deals with four companies, including Sprint Corp. and Mexican phone giant Telmex, to expand high-speed wireless access to the Internet by allowing its subscribers to roam on other companies' networks. Via [reuters.com]

Mobile business workers could soon have wider access to lots of different Wi-Fi access points as T-Systems and iPass extend their aggregation networks. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

T-Systems, a unit Deutsche Telekom, is linking together 10,000 locations for wireless computer access and aims to connect half of the world's public hotspots to a seamless network, it said on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]

Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan's largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]

If Bob Filka's vision comes true, the day will soon be here when you can take your laptop computer anywhere in Michigan and be able to connect instantly and wirelessly to the Internet, no matter what service provider's coverage area you're traveling through. Via [freep.com]

Kineto Wireless has secured $35 million in third-round funding for its cellular and Wi-Fi integration technology that will provide carriers the ability to enable and control roaming in dual-radio handsets among different networks. Via [commsdesign.com]

Avaya, Motorola and Proxim will introduce what they have dubbed the "enterprise phone", which can easily switch voice phone calls from a wireless Lan to a wide-area cellular network. Via [computerweekly.com]

Several top wireless technology developers are teaming up to offer services and products that support a host of advanced applications such as Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming. Via [channelzone.ziffdavis.com]

Calypso Wireless said Monday that it is negotiating with what it calls a "major" original design manufacturer about its patented technology that enables seamless hand-offs between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Via [crn.com]

Simplified wireless hotspot access offered by new global roaming platform. Via [vnunet.com]

Intel, unhappy with the fragmented nature of the wireless Internet market, has brokered the launch of a new company - RoamPoint - which aims to bring GSM-style roaming to Wi-Fi hotspots. Via [theregister.co.uk]