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Europe to take Wi-Fi crown from US
News America will be jostled off the top of the Wi-Fi heap within four years, researchers have predicted, as businesses and users in Western Europe and Asia rush to embrace high-speed wireless networking. Analysts at The Radicati Group have forecast...
[November 27, 2003, 15:40]
Understanding Wi-Fi Security Vulnerabilities and Ways of Mitigating Them
White Papers This webcast discusses on important Wi-Fi security issues and the solutions available to address them. Enterprises which need to secure their networks from Wi-Fi threats in order to protect their information assets, prevent unauthorized use of...
[October 1, 2009, 1:24]
Oxford Tube goes Wi-Fi
Blog The Oxford Tube - aka the coach between London and Oxford - is now Wi-Fi-enabled. His 3G connection was notoriously patchy (especially for our VPN) - let's hope Wi-Fi does the trick. I can't help thinking that our former news editor, Graeme Wearden...
[April 24, 2007, 9:31]
GNER steams ahead with Wi-Fi train
News Train operator GNER is offering free wireless high-speed Internet access from Monday to passengers as part of a three-month trial on one Wi-Fi-enabled train running from London Kings Cross to Scotland.
[December 1, 2003, 15:20]
Cisco Wi-Fi access point flaw lets snoopers in
News Cisco Systems is warning of a vulnerability in some of its Aironet Wi-Fi access points that could allow attackers to snoop on corporate networks. With the keys, an attacker could easily break the encryption protecting Wi-Fi transmissions.
[December 4, 2003, 11:25]
BlackBerry tunes into Wi-Fi
News Research In Motion is working to allow its BlackBerry devices to connect to Wi-Fi wireless networks, anticipating demand for the feature from its target corporate customers. With the gradually growing number of Wi-Fi wireless network installations...
[December 9, 2003, 8:00]
Combo chips to upsize Wi-Fi
News For Wi-Fi start-ups, the road to success might be paved with a combination chip. Sychip and other Wi-Fi semiconductor manufacturers are trying to woo customers by integrating radio functions into a single chip or package, company executives said at...
[December 11, 2003, 9:10]
MCI spreads Wi-Fi roaming with Boingo deal
News MCI will more than triple its footprint of Wi-Fi access points through a partnership with Boingo Wireless, MCI announced on Tuesday. The roaming agreement not only gives MCI an international presence with its Wi-Fi locations but also keeps the...
[December 17, 2003, 11:40]
Mobile Wi-Fi battery issues 'solved'
News Shortened battery life in phones using Wi-Fi is an issue that has been "solved" in the latest generation of smartphones, the founder of internet telephony company Truphone has claimed. Truphone founder and chief executive James Tagg says that the...
[March 12, 2007, 15:58]
BT lures consumers with free Wi-Fi
News BT is hoping to tempt more people into using its Wi-Fi services by reducing the cost of setting up a hot spot and offering free Wi-Fi access during the last week of January. Openzone-in-a-Box includes everything required by a broadband-equipped...
[January 5, 2004, 13:55]
Wi-Fi connections tipped to fly
News An estimated 50 million homes in Europe, the United States and Asia will have Wi-Fi connections by 2007, according to new data released on Wednesday. Wi-Fi, or wireless fidelity, which refers to wireless local area networks that use one of several...
[January 8, 2004, 13:55]
Hundreds of Wi-Fi products fail tests
News At least one in every four Wi-Fi products examined by the Wi-Fi Alliance has failed its certification test -- a sign that many pieces of wireless equipment on the market are incapable of working as well as users might expect.
[January 12, 2004, 14:10]
Wi-Fi to become common mobile feature
News Converged Wi-Fi and VoIP phones are still a drop in the handset ocean this year - but don't rule them out as the next big thing yet, a new report has suggested. Revenue from Wi-Fi/VoIP handsets totalled $54.7m (£31.1m) last year with 130,000 units...
[July 21, 2005, 17:00]
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. We are delighted to partner with SMC Networks and extend the service we provide today with Skype to Wi-Fi enabled handsets...
[October 11, 2006, 12:15]
Britain's biggest Wi-Fi hot spot rides the waves
News Britain's largest area of Wi-Fi coverage is being created in Hampshire, but wireless enthusiasts will need a boat in order to get the best use out of it. Square Mile International, a Wi-Fi service provider, is currently building a wireless "hot...
[January 13, 2004, 14:45]
Wi-Fi users warned of bandwidth bandits
News AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated movie over the Internet, the company's spokeswoman said.
[August 1, 2002, 9:25]
Wi-Fi market marches ahead
News The Wi-Fi gear market continued to pick up pace last year, with shipments and revenue rising exponentially as prices fell and customers adopted new technology, according to a new report. Wi-Fi was one of the few bright spots in the technology...
[January 15, 2004, 14:50]
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]
Wi-Fi phone promises seamless switching
Talkback Is there any providers of just Wi-Fi phones without any of the complications of having to deal with the GSM interface at the handset level? I have a very large application for such a device. Oscar oscar@worlddata.com
[July 30, 2004, 13:55]
Intel plugs Centrino into Wi-Fi
News Chipmaker Intel is making new Wi-Fi parts available in its Centrino bundle of chips so that PC makers can use the latest Wi-Fi standard in their notebooks. Intel has placed big bets on Wi-Fi wireless networking and its Centrino package as it...
[January 16, 2004, 8:00]
