Category: Deployment

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]

Next week, thousands will gather in Boston for the Democratic National Convention, many of them armed with wireless-enabled laptops that could present major security problems, a Boston-area firm said Thursday. Via [internetweek.com]

Rogers Wireless Inc., which announced its EDGE high-speed data service Tuesday, plans to bundle Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) hotspot access with its personal communications service (PCS) rate plans. Via [itbusiness.ca]

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]

'Be afraid, be very afraid' is the attitude of many companies when faced with the prospect of using a wireless network. Via [vnunet.com]

Britain's mobile workers want access to high-speed wireless when on the railways. Broadreach wants to use the fruits of its latest funding round to get train operators moving. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Michael Powell, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, made a phone call Wednesday. But it wasn't just any call. He made it using a broadband connection carried over power lines -- a technology being developed by AT&T that also provides a high-speed Internet connection over power lines. Via [oaklandtribune.com]

Covad is teaming up with Netopia to provide Wi-Fi plus broadband access as part of a single service to people working out of their homes. Via [nwfusion.com]

Alvarion has landed a coup with its uncertified WiMax kit, which will soon be serving broadband blackspots in South America Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Baseball fans who have grown accustomed to stadium seatmates yakking on cellphones may soon have to deal with another technological incursion into the grand old game: laptop-toting fans surfing the Web and sending e-mails. Via [boston.com]

UK Wi-Fi provider The Cloud has secured its latest round of funding, from VCs 3i and Accel Partners, the trio announced today. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Despite a lot of recent attention, the wireless broadband technology WiMax is years away from wide use--and will take root in Europe and Asia before spreading to U.S. shores, according to a report. Via [news.com.com]

As competition for in-flight Wi-Fi slowly heats up, a coalition of airline workers and consumer electronics makers hope to make the use of wireless gadgets by the flying public easier. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Now that 802.11i is an official IEEE standard, paving the way for more secure Wi-Fi products, industry experts predict the business community's interest in the technology will skyrocket in the next year or two. Via [searchsecurity.techtarget.com]

Wireless Internet access is no longer just for first-class passengers - but those with a cheaper ticket will have to pay for their connection. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]