SBC Park, home of the San Francisco Giants, is already a giant wireless hotspot. Next season, the team plans to offer Wi-Fi users instant replays on demand, possibly even of different angles on controversial plays. Via [sfgate.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Deployment
Tropos Nets Major Wi-Fi Mesh Project
Tropos Networks has landed its biggest contract fish yet, netting a deal with Oklahoma City to provide a 400-square-mile Wi-Fi mesh network for the city’s public safety communications. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Sends Train Passengers Rushing To First Class
GNER’s trial of high-speed wireless networks on selected trains has proved popular with mobile business workers, according to early figures released by the railway operator this week. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Sydney To Bridge Harbour With Wi-Fi Ferries
The Australian city is considering providing wireless Internet access on the ferries that move commuters and visitors around the bay. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Hotspot Road Trip
A year ago, I hit the road on a six-week cross-country trip. My theory was that as a writer all I needed was a laptop and a cell phone, and I could work anywhere. As the trip got underway, though, I faced a stark reality check. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Hotels Wire Up For Guests
For executive travelers the hotel room is more than just a place to sleep at night; these days it is also a work zone where the businessperson can get connected to the office. Via [cnn.com]… Continue Reading
Free, Wireless Web Comes To Golden Hill
Drew MacCullough lived a fairly unplugged life in a vintage Golden Hill apartment building known as the Pink Palace. No TV. No home phone. No Internet. Then technology changed his life. Wireless Internet. And it was free. Via [signonsandiego.com]… Continue Reading
Don’t Price Wi-Fi To Death, Operators Warned
Mobile phone networks have been warned not to harm their future revenues with data tariffs designed to give the ailing WLAN hotpot business a death blow. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
College Backs Off Wi-Fi Ban
High-tech tensions at the University of Texas at Dallas are easing, as administrators are curtailing the regulation of private hot spots in campus housing, but problems with interference may continue. Via [news.zdnet.com]… Continue Reading
SA’s Public Internet Access Lags Behind Peer Countries
Too little effort is being made to encourage the proliferation of internet cafes in SA, even though they are an efficient way of taking communication services to remote or impoverished areas. Via [allafrica.com]… Continue Reading
Scavenger Hunts Elevated To A New Level
They’ve been called urban races and modern scavenger hunts, but for players of these trendy new outdoor games, one’s prowess with wireless technology is just as important as a good pair of shoes. Via [globetechnology.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Threatens 3G Profits
In their haste to kick-start 3G revenues some mobile operators are embarking on risky strategies as they try to compete with public wireless local area network (Lan) services, analysts claim. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Airespace Wins IBM Partnership For WiFi Service
Airespace, a Silicon Valley telecom services start-up, won a partnership with International Business Machines Corp. that will help Airespace grab a piece of the growing market for WiFi services, the two companies told Reuters on Wednesday. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi May Be Portable, But Wires Are Reliable
Broadcom and Intel may be pushing Wi-Fi to connect the digital home and Freescale may be pushing ultra wideband — but another company is planning to capture the market by relying on old infrastructure – existing power lines. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Masterplan Delayed By Reshuffle
The unveiling of a government strategy to install wireless hot spots in public areas across Britain has been put on ice until at least October. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading