Category Archives: Deployment

Boulder Gets Solar-Powered Wi-Fi

Things have suddenly gotten very busy at Lumin Innovative Products in Boulder, Colorado. On July 15th, 18 months after the company formed around co-founder Ben Adams’s concept for solar-powered Wi-Fi networks, Lumin deployed its first access points at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. Since that successful launch, the four-person staff has been deluged withContinue Reading

Wide Area Wi-Fi Tested In Michigan Towns

In another demonstration of Wi-Fi for a wide area, the service is being rolled out in several hotspot demo areas in Kentwood and Grand Rapids, Mich. Via [internetweek.com]Continue Reading

U.S. Airlines Are Laggards On Wireless

Many international carriers offer Internet access, a service not yet offered by domestic carriers. But United plans Wi-Fi for next year, and others are showing interest. Via [informationweek.com]Continue Reading

Boston Airport Tries To Kill Free Wi-Fi Node

Boston’s Logan International Airport is attempting to pull the plug on Continental Airlines’ free Wi-Fi node, which competes with the airport’s $7.95-a-day pay service. Via [news.zdnet.com]Continue Reading

Boeing, Intel Partner On In-Flight Wi-Fi

Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company, and Intel have announced plans to promote high-speed, in-flight wireless Internet services, and say they have successfully finished compatibility tests with laptops that use Intel’s Centrino mobile technology. Via [pcworld.com]Continue Reading

Shopping Mall Boasts Massive Wi-Fi Network

West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, offers visitors a Wi-Fi network the size of 48 city blocks. Via [informationweek.com]Continue Reading

BellSouth Launches Wireless Broadband Service

BellSouth announced on Monday that is now offering a wireless broadband service to customers in Athens, Ga. Via [news.zdnet.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi At The War Office

In the big-money world of U.S. military spending on information technology, Wi-Fi is hot, hot, hot. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi In The Sky

Wi-Fi on airplanes just got a lot more entertaining. Boeing this week launched a streaming television delivered straight to your laptop as part of its Connexion by Boeing high-speed Internet service. The video service will debut on Singapore Airlines, and lets passengers watch CNBC, BBC, Eurosport News, and either MSNBC (if you’re flying in theContinue Reading

Philly Wi-Fi Finalists Named

The consortium putting together a plan for a city-wide Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia has named three finalists in the race for the contract. Via [wirelessweek.com]Continue Reading

Feds Want To Tap In-Flight Internet Communications

Online WiFi service was first tested in 2003 by Boeing aboard a Lufthansa flight from Germany, and United Airlines was the first American carrier to move forward with in-flight WiFi. On board, the planes are equipped with wireless routers, making them WiFi hotspots, like a coffee house or a copy shop on the ground. ViaContinue Reading

Wi-Fi Provider Pitches Skype Users

US Wi-Fi hotspot aggregator Boingo will today hop on the Skype bandwagon and begin promoting its wireless Internet access sites as VoIP locations. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Installation Covers Entire Native American Reservation

One demonstration convinced the Coeur d’Alene tribe to install broadband Internet access throughout its reservation in Idaho. Via [informationweek.com]Continue Reading

Iowa Non-Profit Organization To Offer Free Wi-Fi

A non-profit group aimed at community development will oversee development of a three-city wireless network. Via [informationweek.com]Continue Reading

Bard’s Home Town Goes Wireless

Visitors to Shakespeare’s birthplace town of Stratford-upon-Avon can now get a virtual guide to show them around. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]Continue Reading