BT to roll out Wi-Fi hot spots across the UK
News Under current legislation, companies cannot operate commercial public access WLANs, but as ZDNet UK News reported last month, the UK government has been advised to make them legal. BT said on Wednesday that these wireless local area networks (WLANs...
[April 10, 2002, 12:38]
Wi-Fi threat to 3G 'is overstated'
News In a new publication, research organisation The Yankee Group says there are still a number of problems need to be resolved before public access wireless local area networks (WLANs) become a commercial reality.
[July 3, 2002, 14:59]
HiperLAN collapse opens European door to 802.11a
News In the meantime, Intel is shipping a dual-card access point, which will allow users to install 10mbps 802.11b WLANs and upgrade to 802.11a, or run two WLANs alongside each other, when the products are approved for use in the UK.
[December 18, 2001, 15:34]
Amari Raises the Bar for Hospitality Services With Wireless Technology From Cisco
White Papers It combines the best elements of wireless and wired networking to deliver highly secure, scalable WLANs at a low cost of ownership. Amari Hotels and Resorts has upgraded its services with advanced wireless technology from Cisco Systems, providing...
[March 10, 2007, 0:00]
Proxim offers DIY Wi-Fi hot spot
News 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 wireless LANs (WLANs). By 2005, WLANs is predicted to be a $300m to $500m (£192m to £320m) market," said...
[November 19, 2002, 14:05]
Dumb Wi-Fi cleans up cabling
News Analyst opinion agrees that Mobius is a good architecture for enterprise-style WLANs, and public access points, but Symbol's price comparisons are open to question, and the company does not yet have channels into the general office market.
[September 17, 2002, 10:09]
Wireless deployment at enterprise level
News With dual-mode telephone handsets, users can roam between the cellular network and unlicensed Wi-Fi networks — both public hot spots and private WLANs. There is a plethora of products available for providing centralised management of enterprise...
[September 14, 2006, 15:40]
Guerrilla telco pushes broadband 'sub-letting'
News The new routers, made by equipment-maker Accton, are intended to make setup easier, and ship with two WLANs set up, public and private. Although around 90,000 users have registered with Fon, few access points are available, partly because of the...
[September 21, 2006, 17:25]
Faster Wi-Fi hot spots get green light
News There may not be an immediate need for public WLANs running 802.11a, some experts have claimed, as the maximum surfing speeds available will be restricted by the speed of the connection from the hot spot to the Internet.
[January 21, 2003, 8:19]
Keep pace with WLAN security developments
News There are hopes that the wide-scale acceptance of WLANs and the resulting publicity around security issues is making people more aware of the issues and, therefore, less careless. IDC commissioned wireless detection flights over San Francisco and...
[March 25, 2003, 8:06]
Government clears way for public Wi-Fi hot spots
News The government moved on Monday to end commercial restrictions on the deployment of wireless local-area networks (WLANs), opening the door to the introduction of wireless Internet access "hot spots" around the country.
[June 11, 2002, 14:36]
Bluetooth will coexist with WLANs, says Forrester
News There will be ten times as many Bluetooth devices as wireless LAN nodes, according to analyst Lars Godell; but Wireless LAN (WLAN) will dominate for PC access, especially in public "hot spots" like airports and railway stations.
[October 22, 2001, 15:26]
Cisco installs 19 airport hot spots
News In the US, providers include Voicestream and Wayport are putting WLANs into airport lounges and other public places, while in Europe, Megabeam is getting licences for similar sites. Network giant Cisco Systems is putting its Aironet wireless LANs...
[July 12, 2002, 9:20]
