Category: Deployment

Hans Werner-Braun, a researcher at the San Diego Supercomputer Center and principal investigator for the San Diego County High Performance Wireless Research and Education Network (HPWREN), plans and develops wireless circuits that routinely span miles, including HPWREN's current distance-record holder, a 72-mile-hop installed last month from San Diego to San Clemente Island. Via [computerworld.com]

Hoping people will drop by for free Web access and stay for a sandwich, Schlotzsky's Deli is offering no-cost wireless access at some of its eateries. Via [news.com.com]

T-Mobile USA plans to add so-called Wi-Fi hot spots for high-speed wireless Internet connectivity in about 100 U.S. airport clubs and lounges over the next year through an agreement with Delta Air Lines, United Air Lines, and AMR's American Airlines, the wireless carrier has announced. Via [pcworld.com]

Agere Systems and Proxim Corporation have both entered into strategic partnerships with Swedish mobile solutions provider Ericsson in an effort to push Wi-Fi-based public access hotspots into the mainstream. The goal of the Ericsson Mobile Operator Wireless LAN: to integrate hotspots with mobile 2G and 3G cellular networks and allow roaming between the two types...

The wireless telephone system uses badges on shirt collars rather than handsets, which Vocera says will be useful in warehouses or hospitals. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Wireless LAN sales are rocketing, with shipments expected to grow 73 per cent this year. Even though prices are falling, revenue will grow 26 per cent this year, according to Gartner Dataquest. Via [theregister.co.uk]

The proposed National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace plans to get tough on wireless technology, saying that if secure WLANs don't exist, federal agencies shouldn't use them. Via [eweek.com]

Barnet in North London has much to recommend it but few would associate it with the history of UK technology. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

Wireless Fidelity, or Wi-Fi has obviously generated headlines for months with its rapid growth into homes, businesses, and public hotspots. Few innovations have struck a nerve as much as the CyberShuttle, a Wi-Fi-equipped bus originating from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

The United Kingdom got its first public Wi-Fi hot spots Monday. Via [news.com.com]

A new standards group has emerged, creating a rivalry in the business of roaming between wireless hot spots. Via [news.com.com]

Best Buy Co. has resumed the use of its wireless LAN cash registers, saying it is now using beefed-up security to protect its data. The move comes just over a month after the company shut down the registers after reports on an Internet security list that they were transmitting customer information -- possibly credit card...

The government yesterday duly amended the Wireless Telegraphy Act, opening to flood-gates to commercial providers of public WLAN services on the 2.4GHz spectrum. Via [theregister.co.uk]

EarthLink added Wi-Fi to its arsenal of wireless offerings on Tuesday. Via [news.com.com]

Fast-forward three years: Wireless carriers have completed the build-out of their third-generation networks. Now consumers have "always on" connectivity and can take advantage of high data rates on their handsets or PDAs. Via [news.com.com]