Britain’s first Wimax service, with the potential to offer broadband to mobile devices, is launching in Kent in early 2005. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Deployment
Free WiFi Service To Expand In Washington
The Open Park Project’s free, WiFi hotspot on Capitol Hill has drawn support from members of Congress and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration as the organization begins to raise funds for expansion. Via [gcn.com]… Continue Reading
Kaohsiung Becomes A Wireless City
Claiming to be the nation’s first “real” mobile city, Kaohsiung City yesterday inaugurated wireless Internet connections in parts of the city to provide free access in the public. Via [taipeitimes.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Web Reaches Farmers In Peru
A network of community computer centres, linked by wireless technology, is providing a helping hand for poor farmers in Peru. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Widens UK Airport Wi-Fi Cover
T-Mobile has expanded its initial foothold in the UK’s major airports, extending the reach of its Wi-Fi hotspots to cover the whole of Heathrow, Gatwick and Glasgow airports, along with the international departure lounges at Stansted, Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Southampton. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Vodafone To Offer In-flight Wi-Fi
Vodafone has agreed to allow its mobile data customers to use Boeing’s Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service, the mobile phone network said last week. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Test Of Wi-Fi On Bremerton Ferry Dropped
Plans to test high-speed wireless Internet – Wi-Fi – service on the Seattle-Bremerton ferry run have been dropped because ferry officials have not been able to secure rights for an antenna in the Blake Island area. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Microsoft Wireless Net Due For Upgrade
When Microsoft began installing its campuswide wireless network five years ago, it was something of a pioneer. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines Plans In-flight Live TV Via Wi-Fi
Singapore Airlines will add in-flight Wi-Fi to its Singapore-London route during Q1 2005, the first step in the carrier’s plan to bring live TV to passengers by the middle of next year. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Chicago Public Library Offers Free Wi-Fi
Chicago Public Library Commissioner Mary Dempsey rolled out free wireless Internet connections at the main Harold Washington Library Center and 76 branches. Via [washingtontimes.com]… Continue Reading
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Wi-Fi Bill
The governor of Pennsylvania last week signed into law a controversial bill that includes, among myriad items, a provision giving incumbent carriers the ability to prevent cities from creating and charging for municipal Wi-Fi networks. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi: From The Stone Age To Star Trek
Some companies and industry sectors are finding the use of Wi-Fi to be a helpful way to leap ahead to cutting edge technology while skipping intermediary steps saving time and money. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
WiFi System Streamlines Baggage Handling
Baggage handlers are moving more than your bags at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport these days. They’re also moving megabytes worth of information about them. Via [globetechnology.com]… Continue Reading
Lobbyists Try To Kill Philly Wireless Plan
Philadelphia’s plan to offer inexpensive wireless Internet as a municipal service – the most ambitious yet by a major U.S. city – has collided with commercial interests including the local phone company, Verizon Communications Inc. Via [seattlepi.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Taipei To Cloak City In World’s Largest Wi-Fi Grid
Dennis Tseng is an avid Web surfer who loves to hang out in Taipei’s upmarket Hsinyi district, where wireless Internet access is freely available to all. Via [olympics.reuters.com]… Continue Reading