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UK poised to legalise faster Wi-Fi hot spots
News The UK government is poised to amend the regulations governing wireless spectrum -- a move that would legalise the rollout of faster Wi-Fi hot spots across Britain. By deregulating 5GHz, the government will make it legal for operators to run hot...
[January 17, 2003, 16:45]
Finding Wi-Fi hot spots just got easier
News Connecting to the Internet while away from the office got easier this week as ZDNet UK's map of Wi-Fi hot spots relaunched with a major upgrade. From the Ramada Jarvis hotel in Inverness to the BT Kiosk on Plymouth's Union Street, the ZDNet UK Wi...
[October 30, 2003, 13:40]
Government clears way for public Wi-Fi hot spots
News The most immediate effect of the regulatory changes, set to go into effect on 31 July, will be to allow Internet service providers to set up hot spots in public areas such as airports and coffee shops, through which anyone with a Wi-Fi-enabled...
[June 11, 2002, 14:36]
US airports to get Wi-Fi hot spots
News T-Mobile USA said on Wednesday that it would set up wireless "hot spots" for business travellers in airport lounges across the United States. Availability of a reliable, fast connection in prime airline locations hits the 'sweet spots' for the...
[October 30, 2002, 15:54]
Welcome can be lukewarm at Wi-Fi hot spots
News Many of the UK's commercial Wi-Fi hot spots suffer from a lack of trained staff to help users to get connected, according to the findings of a ZDNet UK investigation. Coffee chain Starbucks is at the forefront of the drive to roll out Wi-Fi hot...
[September 1, 2003, 17:55]
Thousands more Wi-Fi hot spots for UK
News Earlier this year, The Cloud signed a deal to operate Wi-Fi hot spots at thousands of Britain's pubs and bars. To date, The Cloud has more than 1,800 UK hot spots up and running. The proliferation of wireless networks across the UK received another...
[September 8, 2003, 17:30]
UK gets more Wi-Fi hot spots as T-Mobile expands Starbucks deal
News Mobile phone network operator T-Mobile will roll out its first Wi-Fi services with hot spots at 56 Starbucks branches across the UK. The popularity of Wi-Fi hot spots is increasing. Click here to see a map of the UK's Wi-Fi hot spots.
[March 6, 2003, 13:41]
Library trial puts Wi-Fi hot spots on the books
News The DTI has put its plan to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots to libraries across the UK into action. Timms said that if the trial is a success, he would like to see Wi-Fi hot spots available at libraries across the country.
[June 16, 2004, 13:25]
US Wi-Fi hot spots to get seal of approval
News Through its new Wi-Fi Zone programme, the nonprofit Wi-Fi Alliance aims to bring some law to a varied collection of about 4,000 hot spots in the United States, all offering different experiences for users, chairman Dennis Eaton said on Thursday.
[January 10, 2003, 11:22]
Faster Wi-Fi hot spots get green light
News As ZDNet UK reported last week, the move will allow commercial network operators to run Wi-Fi hot spots based on 802.11a. The 802.11a standard is significantly faster than 802.11b, which existing hot spots are based on.
[January 21, 2003, 8:19]
Wi-Fi hot spots to hit UK
News If implemented, this would allow British companies to operate "Wi-Fi hot spots" in areas such as airports and cafes. The government has been advised to end the restrictions that prevent the commercial use of the 2.4GHz spectrum band that is used by...
[March 7, 2002, 15:04]
Secure Wi-Fi hot spots rolled out
News IBahn claims it is the first wireless operator to install WPA at all its wireless hot spots, although T-Mobile announced last year that it was making a similar move. We have more than 900 wireless hot spots, each with between one and 80 access...
[October 5, 2005, 13:05]
BT to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots across the UK
News Thousands of public places will be turned into wireless broadband hot spots over the next few years as part of BT's move to dominate the mobile data market. The first 20 BT WLAN hot spots should launch this June, and BT has said that is in...
[April 10, 2002, 12:38]
Proxim offers DIY Wi-Fi hot spot
News Proxim has launched an all-in-one product for public Wi-Fi hot spots and enterprise guest networks. The AP-2500 combines Proxim's AP-2000 Wi-Fi access point with the Nomadix gateway software, which is commonly used to control access to public...
[November 19, 2002, 14:05]
Massive free Wi-Fi hot spot lands on Paris
News The network, which is being deployed by Wi-Fi operator SFR using Alcatel kit, will incorporate 30 separate 802.11b hot spots into a single cloud of coverage. But the largest Wi-Fi zone on record is thought to be that deployed by the University of...
[July 28, 2004, 17:40]
Microsoft puts handhelds in the Wi-Fi hot seat
News Click here to see a map of the UK's Wi-Fi hot spots. Combined, the three wireless ISPs (Internet service providers) have about 3,500 hot spot locations -- areas where Wi-Fi wireless networks deliver pay-as-you-surf Web access.
[June 24, 2003, 9:47]
Wi-Fi market gets Divine intervention
News A former chief executive of O2 has founded a company that aims to aggregate the UK's Wi-Fi hot spots. Thousands of mobile workers use Wi-Fi hot spots for internet connectivity, but because hot spots are owned by a vast range of companies, access...
[December 21, 2006, 15:34]
Wi-Fi to arrive at UK's railway stations
News Megabeam, a European wireless ISP, said on Monday it has reached agreement with Railtrack -- which currently owns the UK's railway infrastructure -- to install Wi-Fi hot spots based on 802.11b at nine London terminals and six regional stations.
[July 16, 2002, 10:35]
Cable companies cracking down on Wi-Fi
News After being introduced just a couple years ago, so-called Wi-Fi "hot spots" that tap into cable or digital subscriber lines (DSL) are now in at least 15 million homes and offices. For now, Time Warner Cable and AT&T Broadband appear to be targeting...
[July 9, 2002, 13:11]
Skype lands deal with Wi-Fi operator
News Users will soon be able to access Skype at The Cloud's Wi-Fi hot spots across Europe, the two companies announced on Tuesday. Wi-Fi hot spots are available in a range of retail outlets, hotels and airports.
[October 11, 2006, 12:15]
