Category Archives: Deployment

T-Mobile Equips US Uni With Guest Wi-Fi Access

T-Mobile has equipped Washington, DC-based American University with a cross-campus Wi-Fi network for visitors to the institution. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading

Linksys, Boingo Ease Wi-Fi Hot-spot Setup

Small businesses can now turn on Wi-Fi hot spots to compete with better-known rivals without the hassle of setting up the whole service themselves, according to Cisco Systems Inc.’s Linksys division and Boingo Wireless Inc., which on Wednesday announced what they call Hot Spot in a Box. Via [computerworld.com]Continue Reading

Qwest Offers Wi-Fi-capable DSL Modems

Qwest Communications International Inc., a telephone and Internet service provider in Arizona and other western states, Thursday announced that it will offer a Wi-Fi capable DSL modem to all new Qwest consumer and small-business DSL subscribers. Via [phoenix.bizjournals.com]Continue Reading

Train Operators Extend Wi-Fi Trials

GNER and Virgin attempt to woo business users away from planes and cars. Via [vnunet.com]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi Roams Where You Want To

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

Wi-Fi Security, Not Cost, Will Drive Business Take-up, Claims BT Wireless Chief

Cutting the price of Wi-Fi will not encourage more people to use it, claimed BT Group head of Wi-Fi Chris Clark. Via [computerweekly.com]Continue Reading

U.K. Plans Roadside Wireless Network

The U.K. government is planning to upgrade its roadside telematics system with a wireless network designed to blanket the country with low-cost wireless Internet access. Via [eweek.com]Continue Reading

More Americans Will Use Wi-Fi Than 3G By 2007

By 2007, more Americans will access mobile data via Wi-Fi than 2.5-generation or third-generation networks, according to a new report from Pyramid. Via [rcrnews.com]Continue Reading

Intel Launches Wi-Fi Brokering Service

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]Continue Reading

Prepaid Wi-Fi Hits The Web

A new Web site has hit the Internet designed to help consumers find a prepaid Wi-Fi service plan. WiFiMinutes.com gives consumers the ability to compare and contrast several plan options. Via [wirelessweek.com]Continue Reading

Mesh: The Next Step For Wireless

Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi In The Sky: The Boeing Connexion

As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn’t solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I’ll probably never regain theContinue Reading

Starbucks Brings Wi-Fi To 154 UK stores

Over 150 Starbucks UK coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access, the company proudly announced yesterday. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading

Wi-Fi, WiMAX And 802.20 The Disruptive Potential Of Wireless Broadband

WiFi is already radically changing the way in which the internet is accessed in the home, in the office, in public locations and on the move. However wireless LANs are only one part of a much bigger wireless broadband landscape that is now unfolding before us. WiMAX and 802.20 threaten to have just as bigContinue Reading

AMD Faces Legal Action Over ‘Zealous’ Wi-Fi Promotion

AMD has come under fire for its over-zealous attempt to create a company-branded network of Wi-Fi hotspots that may see the chip maker getting into legal hot water. Via [theregister.co.uk]Continue Reading