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Nortel touts secure Wi-Fi for enterprise
News Future versions of this function will extend it to include roaming between GSM, 3G and Wi-Fi networks, said Dearing, all part of Nortel's efforts to make the products suitable for service providers running hotspots as well as enterprise IT managers.
[March 31, 2003, 17:15]
Wi-Fi firms put onus on users for hotspot security
News Wi-Fi hotspot operators have said security is the responsibility of their customers, after the BBC demonstrated a hack of users' email at public open-access hotspots. BT Openzone responded to the demonstrated breach by saying that people using...
[November 2, 2009, 14:06]
Belkin does deal with Airgo for Wi-Fi speed
News Peripherals maker Belkin will use Airgo Networks' wireless-networking technology in some of its consumer Wi-Fi products, as it looks to give customers what they want: more speed. Airgo's technology is compatible with Wi-Fi standards, such as...
[August 9, 2004, 9:05]
Wi-Fi anonymity tempts pirates
News Most commercial Wi-Fi points are run as pay services by companies such as T-Mobile USA or Boingo, typically requiring computer users to pay for their time, usually with a credit card, and log in to their account while online.
[July 16, 2003, 13:22]
Wi-Fi Alliance tough talk is good news
Leader With a flurry of press releases, Belkin -- whom we must not call the cable people -- has announced "Pre-N" Wi-Fi kit. At the same time, the Wi-Fi Alliance issued a strong public warning to its vendors that any attempt to release wireless networking...
[October 13, 2004, 12:30]
Starbucks keeps up Wi-Fi rollout
News Coffee retailer Starbucks announced on Tuesday that it has increased its rollout of Wi-Fi hot spots. Back in August last year, Starbucks set up its first two UK Wi-Fi hot spots, both in London. In rolling out a Wi-Fi network, Starbucks and its...
[January 21, 2003, 16:39]
Fear and laziness stunt Wi-Fi growth
News The need for end-to-end security and users' laziness are the key obstacles blocking widespread adoption of Wi-Fi wireless LAN -- but they are being overcome. There is always a trade-off between security and convenience in any network set-up...
[March 26, 2003, 16:28]
BT's Wi-Fi adventure snubs 3G
News BT announced on Wednesday that it has made deals with BAA, Welcome Break and Hilton that should help it to reach its target of 400 Wi-Fi hot spots by this summer, and 4,000 by June 2005, as it aims to dominate Britain's commercial Wi-Fi market.
[January 29, 2003, 15:39]
Vista users get free Wi-Fi access
News Early adopters of Windows Vista will be able to get three months' free Wi-Fi access with hotzone operator The Cloud. Microsoft] chose us because of the extensive network coverage we have in the UK, which is numerically far greater than some of the...
[February 1, 2007, 12:38]
BT keeps quiet on Wi-Fi sharing talks
News BT is refusing to comment on reports that it is in talks with the Spanish Wi-Fi sharing network FON. The telco has recently started promoting the use of Wi-Fi as part of its Fusion fixed/mobile broadband and mobile package.
[February 5, 2007, 12:46]
US defence department reaches Wi-Fi pact
News The two sides said Friday that they had reached a resolution that establishes a new radio frequency threshold for products using unlicensed radio spectrum -- primarily Wi-Fi products. Wi-Fi is a technology that lets devices located within a 300...
[February 3, 2003, 8:57]
Hippies, Wi-Fi and Martin Luther King Jr.
Blog Such as the "electrosensitivity" brigade and their charges against Wi-Fi. Certain residents of Glastonbury have hit the news in recent days, claiming that the town's public Wi-Fi network is mucking with their chakras.
[December 31, 2008, 10:59]
Railways set for Wi-Fi showdown
News The UK's two leading Wi-Fi operators are on course for their first territorial clash, and the scene of battle is Britain's largest railway stations. BT Openzone, the pace-setter in the rollout of 802.11b, or Wi-Fi, hot spots across the UK, said...
[February 3, 2003, 14:37]
UK pubs get Wi-Fi
News A company best-known for connecting machines in bingo halls, motorway service stations and bookies is launching a 3,000-site Wi-Fi network in the UK, the biggest roll out of the wireless LAN technology so far in Europe.
[March 6, 2003, 15:38]
Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi growth outstrips US
News There are some big projections coming out of Asia for Wi-Fi," he said. We have momentum in home networking and enterprise Wi-Fi. Click here to see a map of the UK's Wi-Fi hot spots. Discover the latest developments in Wi-Fi, 3G, GPRS and other...
[July 17, 2003, 9:32]
Phone giants dial up Wi-Fi mobile
News The companies have formed the Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance in order to speed up development of devices such as the Wi-Fi cellphone. The expensive and difficult-to-find device uses both a cellphone network and -- through the use of voice over...
[July 15, 2004, 10:35]
Wi-Fi spreads through the home
News Manufacturers are adding Wi-Fi wireless connections to media adapters that let home-electronics equipment play music or show photos stored on personal computers. Both Cisco Systems' Wireless-B Media Adapter, introduced on Monday, and Sony's...
[July 15, 2003, 12:02]
Lacks built-in Wi-Fi
Member Review An SD Wi-Fi card is around £100 in the market now. So it will cost around £450 for someone like me who needs Wi-Fi support (and don't forget there still a monthly line rental charge from O2! This product already cost £350 with O2 voice + data tariff.
[November 21, 2003, 9:09]
Atheros Wi-Fi drivers go open source
Blog Good news from the leading Wi-Fi silicon maker - it's opened up, so its hardware will fully supported upstream in Linux. Linux Wi-Fi support has been getting much better of late, but Atheros has been mistrustful in the past.
[December 2, 2008, 10:50]
US telcos weigh Wi-Fi roaming
News Sprint PCS and AT&T Wireless are negotiating on whether to let each other's Wi-Fi subscribers roam between their two networks, a Sprint PCS executive said on Monday. The partnership would allow subscribers of AT&T Wireless Wi-Fi service to use the...
[July 22, 2003, 8:09]
