Network equipment manufacturers are banking on a pent-up demand for broadband access to drive the market for a new wireless service called WiMAX. Via [gcn.com]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Research
WiFi Set For Landing
Logan International Airport will be hot today — not just with temperatures forecast to be above 80, but with a new web of wireless Internet access hot spots blanketing all four terminals. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Gartner Sees Growing Need For Wireless Security Policies
The escalating use of wireless technology demands formal corporate security policies governing that use, according to users and analysts at a Gartner Inc. security conference here this week. Via [computerworld.com]… Continue Reading
Study: WiMax, MobileFI No Threat To DSL
Consulting firm The Management Network Group (TMNG), has teamed up with financial house Bear, Stearns & Co. to produce a new market study called Wireless Broadband: The Impact of 802 Technology. The study analyzes the potential business effects of 802.16 WiMAX and 802.20 MobileFI and proprietary technologies. Via [forbes.com]… Continue Reading
Virtual Fences To Herd Wi-Fi Cattle
Virtual, moving fences controlled from a laptop could one day herd cattle to fresh fields for grazing, a roboticist told the MobiSys 2004 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Via [newscientist.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Hotspots Simply Too Expensive
Wi-Fi hotspots will only meet the needs of small customer groups and for the majority of hotspots there will be little or no return of investment. So says the Scientific Institute for Communication Services or WIK, Germany’s leading research and advisory institute for communication services. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi May Tempt Train Travellers
A survey found that 72% of business travellers asked said onboard wi-fi web access would make them more likely to choose trains over cars or planes. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]… Continue Reading
QUT Researchers Find WiFi Flaw
Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have discovered an easily-exploited vulnerability which can be used to take down most 802.11 wireless networks. Via [australianit.news.com.au]… Continue Reading
T-Mobile Gets Last Laugh With Wi-Fi
According to Pyramid Research, T-Mobile’s bet on Wi-Fi as a broadband wireless alternative is paying off – while competitors are scrambling to get 3G networks on their feet. Via [infosyncworld.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Security Still Poor
Wireless network protection neglected by more than half of UK businesses. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Purchasing Needs Better Control, Says Report
Although more and more businesses are buying wireless communications technology for their employees, that purchasing could be better managed, a research report out Monday states. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.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
Wi-Fi Device Market Starts To Throb, Swell
By 2008 there will be 176.8 million embedded wi-fi devices, according to a report from market research firm iSuppli. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Signals Turn Up In Some Unexpected Places
Anyone can get their kicks on Route 66 — but on Highway 101, you can get Wi-Fi in 77 places. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Experts Send Out Mixed Messages
Speakers rave about rapid growth but preach against overconfidence at wireless conference. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading