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BT to create wireless cities
News BT has begun rolling out wireless infrastructure in six UK cities as the first phase of a wider project, the company said on Wednesday. The first phase of the "12 Wireless Cities" plan is expected to be up and running by February 2007.
[May 17, 2006, 13:00]
An Analysis of Various Models for Wireless Cities
White Papers As "Wireless Cities" are booming in the world, a wide variety of business models are deployed. From a government's perspective, this paper compares the advantages and disadvantages of different models and derives a model that is most suitable for...
[November 26, 2009, 23:00]
BT expands Wireless Cities
News BT has expanded its Wireless Cities programme, which provides Wi-Fi connectivity in town centres across the UK. The telco's Wireless Cities initiative aims to install Wi-Fi connectivity in large outdoor urban areas.
[September 11, 2007, 17:25]
BT sets wireless cities deadline
News BT has committed to completing its Wireless Cities project within three months. By March 2007, the telco will have Wi-Fi-enabled 12 city centres, including Birmingham, Liverpool, Westminster and Edinburgh.
[January 8, 2007, 14:33]
BT Fusion gets Wi-Fi upgrade
News Instead of it just giving you a cheap rate call at home, it can now give you a cheaper call at all the 2,000 BT Openzone hot spots and all the Wireless Cities that we're developing as well," the spokesperson said.
[December 14, 2006, 12:49]
Tech giants push for digital cities
News Intel and several corporate partners launched a program on Thursday aimed at helping cities use wireless networks to better serve their citizens — and perhaps make a little cash on the side. Its goal is to give cities technical resources and...
[August 19, 2005, 9:50]
Finns get city-wide mesh network
News This is a good example of an innovative public and private partnership that can be established to enable large-scale wireless access networks and bring entire cities online," said Jim Mooreland, vice president of worldwide sales for Strix, on...
[February 22, 2007, 16:24]
US pushes ahead with citywide Wi-Fi
News Cities that have seen early success have been able to articulate very clearly to politicians and citizens how the network will be used and how it will benefit people," said Craig Settles, an independent wireless consultant.
[September 26, 2007, 17:59]
Verizon completes initial 4G wireless test
News Using Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology, Verizon was able to successfully complete data calls in Boston and Seattle, the first two cities where the company will deploy its service. Verizon first mentioned Boston and Seattle as the first two...
[August 17, 2009, 11:25]
Intel's wireless future
News ZDNet UK caught up with Graylish at the Wireless Cities event in Cannes to discuss some of the issues facing the chipmaker, including battery life, the state of UK research and development and Intel's ongoing antitrust problems in Europe.
[December 4, 2006, 12:53]
Jumping from satellite to mobile and back
News A quick new wireless data service combines the worldwide reach of satellite networks with a mobile setup ability to steer signals through the architectural canyons of big cities. Satellite phones work virtually anywhere in the world, but the...
[November 21, 2002, 9:20]
DIY kit powers WiMax rollout
News By December this year, Tokyo-dwellers will be able to get multi-megabit broadband wherever they live or work in the city when a WiMax router goes on sale and other cities are tipped to follow suit. We are looking to repeat this with other partners...
[March 15, 2005, 14:35]
City-wide wireless broadband coming to the UK?
News Tropos Networks is in discussions with council members in Birmingham, and other unnamed cities, about putting access points in lampposts to provide Wi-Fi throughout cities and suburban areas, the company revealed on Thursday.
[April 21, 2005, 16:10]
Palmary Clock Wireless
Downloads FeaturesWeather Forecast for 58000 cities (provided by CustomWeather, Inc)Currency ConverterAtomic Time SyncronizationWireless autoupdateAn ability to specify the button to switch on the device and automatically start PalmaryClock.An ability to...
[December 7, 2005, 7:00]
Heard of drive-by hacking? Meet drive-by spamming
News This has already led to the practice of wardriving, where people drive around cities looking for insecure wireless LANs, and warchalking, where hackers drawing a chalk symbol on a wall or pavement to indicate the presence of a wireless networking...
[September 5, 2002, 16:54]
BT creates nationwide Wi-Fi sharing community
News We have built a public Wi-Fi network and 12 wireless cities already, but today we are saying to customers: let's build a Wi-Fi community together, which covers everywhere and serves everyone," said Patterson.
[October 4, 2007, 10:49]
Intel: Wi-Fi could have emergency role
News It works well in rural areas but suffers in cities, where a satellite signal gets lost among the steel and concrete buildings. EOTD performs well in cities, where cell antennas are plentiful, but not in rural areas.
[September 12, 2002, 14:34]
Nextel turns its back on WiMax
News Nextel will also be competing with AT&T Wireless, which has a wireless broadband network in six cities and Sprint, which intends to launch high-speed Net services in two Midwest cities by year's end. Nextel says it no longer considers wireless...
[December 1, 2004, 7:55]
Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA PC Card
Blog Swisscom has HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) available in most of the country now (except for the tiny village where I live.and is just starting to roll out HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access) in the large cities.
[January 22, 2008, 12:37]
Swindon promises city-wide Wi-Fi mesh network
News Hunt told ZDNet UK on Tuesday that Digital City UK intends to set up other similar partnerships in cities and towns across the UK, with the relevant local authority holding a 35 percent stake in each case.
[November 17, 2009, 15:46]
