MCI will more than triple its footprint of Wi-Fi access points through a partnership with Boingo Wireless, MCI announced Tuesday. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: HotSpots
Wi-Fi Use Lags Deployments
The number of public locations where people with wireless laptops can connect to the Internet is growing dramatically, but actual usage remains stalled, a market research firm said Monday. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile, iPass Sign Wi-Fi Roaming Deal
Leading wireless access operator T-Mobile USA and corporate network service provider iPass have reached an agreement that allows iPass subscribers to access T-Mobile hot spots. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
City To Offer Wireless Web For All
Browsing the Web from this Southern California city may soon become an outdoor sport. Via [cnn.com]… Continue Reading
Network To Bring Wireless Connections To D/FW
The purchase of a new wireless network will make Dallas/Fort Worth Airport the nation’s first major airport to offer clean wireless connections for both voice and data. Via [dfw.com]… Continue Reading
Law Firm Uses WiFi To Help Clients Feel At Home
In what it believes to be a first for the legal profession at least in Canada, law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP has enlisted a commercial wireless hotspot operator to provide WiFi Internet access for its clients in the reception areas, meeting rooms and guest offices of its Toronto facilities. Via [itbusiness.ca]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Buys World’s Fourth Biggest Wi-Fi Provider
T-Mobile’s Austrian subsidiary has acquired Vienna-based Wi-Fi hotspot provider Metronet for an undisclosed sum. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Arrest Highlights Security Dangers
Wireless security for home networks is in the spotlight following an unusual arrest in Canada, where a man stands accused of downloading child pornography over a hijacked Wi-Fi connection. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
A Latte, A Wi-Fi Link And A Hacker
If you have ever connected to the Internet through a wireless hot spot at a Starbucks, McDonald’s or other business, you know how convenient it can be. Unfortunately, the setup is convenient for other people, too — hackers intent on stealing your log-in information for their own use. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Verizon Puts Some N.Y. Hot Spots On Ice
Verizon Communications is cutting in half the number of hot spots it planned to install in New York City by the end of the year. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
Unwired Seeks $100m To Take On Telstra In Wireless Push
Despite the failure of IP1 and Nextgen Networks this year, which sent $1 billion worth of investment down the drain, another telecom start-up is asking the public for $100 million to take on Telstra in Sydney next year. Via [smh.com.au]… Continue Reading
Hotspot Wireless Homing In On $4.5M Investment
Executives from wireless products maker Spirea AB and chip producer Intel Corp. are working with venture capitalists to complete a $4.5 million investment in a Dublin company they formed this year. Via [columbus.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Cincinnati Bell Offering Free WiFi To Subscribers
Cincinnati Bell Inc. said it is offering its ZoomTown high-speed Internet subscribers free and unlimited wireless fidelity service through the end of the year. Via [cincinnati.bizjournals.com]… Continue Reading
Hot Spot Reception Still Lukewarm
Commercial providers still trying to find profit formula for wireless Internet access. Via [globeandmail.com]… Continue Reading
Roaming Bedevils Wi-Fi Value-Add Services
Service providers must come together on roaming agreements to create a future for value-add Wi-Fi hotspot services, experts agree. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading