About 45 percent of all WiMAX subscribers in 2009 will be in the Asia Pacific region of the world, according to a study released Wednesday by market research firm In-Stat. Via [eetimes.com]… Continue Reading
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From iPod Docking Stations To Wi-Fi, Rooms Brim With Tech Delights
No longer happy with just clean sheets and heavy curtains, hotel guests are demanding more from their rooms. Via [usatoday.com]… Continue Reading
ZigBee Wi-Fi Payment Machine – Taking Your Cash Anywhere
Nuritelecom has broken into the wireless market with their ‘ZigBee’ wireless credit card machine, it features embedded electronic signature function to ensure secure payments. Via [mobilemag.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi-To-3G Router Debuts
In an unusual twist, Top Global has introduced a Wi-Fi router/gateway that uses 3G EVDO wireless as a backhaul, for rural areas without access to a wired ISP. Via [extremetech.com]… Continue Reading
3Com Rolls Out WLAN Wares For Branch Offices
3Com this week is expanding its wireless portfolio with a new wireless LAN switch and access point aimed at branch offices. Via [crn.com]… Continue Reading
Global Wi-Fi HotSpot Coverage Approaching 100,000
There will be over 100,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots globally by the end of this year, with Europe and North America beginning to challenge the Asia-Pacific region’s early dominance, according to market research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Via [eet.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax/Wi-Fi Mesh To Roll For Emergency Nets
SkyPilot Networks Inc. is moving broadband mesh into public safety networks by adding 4.9-GHz licensed bands to its product line. The SkyExtender DualBand is a mesh backhaul product supporting both 802.11b/g access services and 4.9-GHz public-safety radio. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Smart Wi-Fi
Wireless access to the Internet via Wi-Fi is increasingly popular, so the technology is being upgraded to ensure that users get prompt, reliable service. Via [sciam.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Network Closes In Finland
With over 150 base stations, the largest Wi-Fi network over in Finland, Wivanet, is to close by Q1 2006. Vantaa Energy has decided to stop maintaining the network. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
Vast Wi-Fi Cloud Stretches Over Fields Of Onions And Thistle
Here in an area spanning 700 square miles, site of a vast wireless Internet cloud, onion farmer Bob Hale can prop open a laptop among the scrub brush and check his e-mail. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]… Continue Reading
Qualcomm Integrates WLAN Functions Into Handsets
Wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. has announced that its Mobile Station Modem chipsets will support Philips’ wireless local area network (WLAN) module. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Cisco Invests In Wi-Fi RFID
Cisco Systems has ploughed an unspecific amount of funding into WiFi-based RFID system maker AeroScout. Via [cbronline.com]… Continue Reading
VoIP Over Wi-Fi Poised To Spread Quickly
VoIP over WiFi networks, like the one now being implemented in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, could soon spread like wildfire to other municipalities, attendees at the VON Fall 2005 conference in Boston were told. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Free Wi-Fi Access Firm Launches
Launched at a London advertising technology conference, the company is signing up advertisers who want to target free users, who will have access at hotspots such as hotels, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Square Off Over Wi-Fi In The Town Square
Hundreds of local governments are building wireless networks– but the telecom industry has taken issue. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading