Remote access provider iPass is to add Boeing’s Connexion in-flight Wi-Fi service to its list of aggregated hotspots, the company said today. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Roaming
Wi-Fi Roaming In Athens
Visitors to the Olympic Games in Athens, Greece, this week can log in to a local Wi-Fi hotspot and have the session billed to their cell phone bill back home. London-based Quiconnect says it has signed up three wireless carriers in Europe and Asia to facilitate the roaming. Eventually, the company says, it will sign… Continue Reading
UK Wi-Fi Operators To Lay Down Their Swords?
The head of BT’s wireless division has hinted that Openzone is keen to team up with T-Mobile, giving its customers access to more hot spots. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Providers Begin To Share Access
After years of resisting, wireless Internet providers are finally striking cell phone-style roaming agreements that could eventually let customers get high-speed access anywhere they go. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
SBC Expands Wi-Fi Access With Sprint, Telmex
SBC Communications Inc. signed deals with four companies, including Sprint Corp. and Mexican phone giant Telmex, to expand high-speed wireless access to the Internet by allowing its subscribers to roam on other companies’ networks. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi: Getting More For Your Money
Mobile business workers could soon have wider access to lots of different Wi-Fi access points as T-Systems and iPass extend their aggregation networks. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
T-Systems Aims To Make WiFi As Easy As Phone Call
T-Systems, a unit Deutsche Telekom, is linking together 10,000 locations for wireless computer access and aims to connect half of the world’s public hotspots to a seamless network, it said on Tuesday. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Softbank To Expand Wi-Fi Access, Roaming
Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan’s largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]… Continue Reading
Kineto Wireless Raises $35 Million; Cellular/Wi-Fi Spec Pending
Kineto Wireless has secured $35 million in third-round funding for its cellular and Wi-Fi integration technology that will provide carriers the ability to enable and control roaming in dual-radio handsets among different networks. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Companies Unveil Combo Wi-Fi Mobile Phone
Avaya, Motorola and Proxim will introduce what they have dubbed the “enterprise phone”, which can easily switch voice phone calls from a wireless Lan to a wide-area cellular network. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
IBM, Symbol Deal Targets Wireless Roaming
Several top wireless technology developers are teaming up to offer services and products that support a host of advanced applications such as Wi-Fi-to-cellular roaming. Via [channelzone.ziffdavis.com]… Continue Reading
Calypso Says Negotiating On Cellular/Wi-Fi Handoff Patent
Calypso Wireless said Monday that it is negotiating with what it calls a “major” original design manufacturer about its patented technology that enables seamless hand-offs between cellular and Wi-Fi networks. Via [crn.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
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
Roaming Wi-Fi? Sounds Great, But Far-fetched
If Bob Filka’s vision comes true, the day will soon be here when you can take your laptop computer anywhere in Michigan and be able to connect instantly and wirelessly to the Internet, no matter what service provider’s coverage area you’re traveling through. Via [freep.com]… Continue Reading