Google’s recent bid to offer free Wi-Fi at 300 kilobits per second across the city of San Francisco struck some as being far outside the company’s area of expertise. So what’s this company up to, anyway? Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
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In A WiFi-friendly City, It’s Hard To Be Hungry, Or Lost
In the high-tech city of Oulu, Finland, anyone with a wireless laptop or mobile device won’t go hungry or stay lost. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Intel Leads Wi-Fi Chipmakers In New Forum
Intel, Broadcom, Marvel and Atheros have sidestepped the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers’ process to work on a draft of the new 802.11n standard, which the vendors plan to submit to the IEEE’s working group for consideration, sources say. Via [zdnet.com.au]… Continue Reading
Airline Hits Logan On Bid To Limit Wi-Fi
American Airlines, the biggest carrier at Logan International Airport, is accusing Logan officials of ”strong-arming” to crush competitive alternatives to the airport’s new high-speed Internet access service. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading
Don’t Forget Fixed WiMax
Although mobile WiMax has captured most of the headlines, and a series of trials by mobile carriers highlights the future of wireless broadband, fixed WiMax “remains the technology’s bread and butter through 2009,†according to a report from Visant Strategies. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading
Nortel Unveils Fixed, Mobile WiMAX Strategy
Nortel has announced plans to offer fixed and mobile WiMAX products based on the latest industry standards, and to work with WiMAX companies Intel and Airspan Networks in bringing these products to market. Via [neasia.nikkeibp.com]… Continue Reading
Cellular Pioneer Tags Broadband Wireless ‘Disruptive’
One of the earliest pioneers of the mobile communications industry, Marty Cooper, warned that the sector still has many disruptions in its wake and warned that participants need to separate the technology from the marketing hype during a session he chaired at the Broadband Worldwide forum here. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
Boingo Wireless, BT Partner For Wi-Fi
Boingo Wireless is adding more muscle to its Boingo Roaming System, thanks to a newly signed deal with British Telecommunications’ (BT) BT Openzone Wi-Fi Internet service provider. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
Japanese Firm Pushes Wi-Fi To 3 Miles
Maspro Denkoh, a Japanese manufacturer of wireless communications equipment, has developed a transmission system that can send Wi-Fi signals as far as three miles. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
Hospitals Install Wireless To Improve Patient Care
Mini-cameras that transmit from inside your body, and drug trolleys that will only dispense tablets to the right patients, are just two of the uses the health service is exploring for wireless technologies. Via [silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Tests Start For First Certified WiMAX Products
With several WiMAX firms crowding the starting gate for formal introduction of the wide area wireless technology, equipment from at least five firms are being evaluated by the WiMAX Forum’s Cetecom Labs in Spain. Via [techweb.com]… Continue Reading
100 People To Trial WiMAX For BT
A hundred people are to take part in WiMAX trials in Belfast and Birmingham as BT tests the water for wireless broadband. Via [theregister.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Covad Acquires NextWeb To Enter Wireless Broadband
Integrated voice and data communications supplier Covad Communications Group Inc. has agreed to acquire NextWeb, Inc., a fixed-wireless Internet provider, for $24.7 million in cash and stock. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Nintendo’s Wi-Fi Dongle Available
Nintendo has revealed its wi-fi to USB connector that allows Nintendo DS owners without the luxury of a wireless router to use their handhelds online. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Winning Municipal Business
For EarthLink, the Philadelphia contract isn’t just about starting a new business line. It’s also about deploying the latest technology. Cole Reinwand is EarthLink’s director of next generation broadband, covering WiMAX, broadband over power lines (BPL), fiber to the home (FTTH), and other technologies. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]… Continue Reading