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UK Gets 'virtually' Free Wireless Hot Spots
News Sandwich bar chain Benugo has established wireless hot spots at two of its London stores, in partnership with wireless communications firm Broadscape. The hot spots will give Benugo customers free high-speed Internet access, if they have a laptop...
[February 17, 2003, 13:58]
Ts-PWLAN: A Value-Add System For Providing Tiered Wireless Services In Public Hot-Spots
White Papers Access to data services via wireless LANs at private (e.g.corporations or home) and public "hot-spot" (e.g.hotels and airports) settings is becoming commonplace daily. Data access via (for profit) public wireless LAN (PWLAN) installations is...
[March 30, 2005, 3:00]
Bluetooth Based Wireless Internet Applications For Indoor Hot Spots
White Papers Wireless Internet access based on wireless LAN or Bluetooth networks will become popular within the next few years. New services will be offered that make use of location and personal profiles to filter Internet access.
[December 5, 2003, 5:09]
AirConn: A Framework For Tiered Services In Public Wireless LAN Hot-Spots
White Papers Continuous Integrated Testing (CIT) is a new approach for cost-effectively increasing both the number of testing cycles and the resulting application quality while decreasing the amount of time it takes to find problems and the cost to fix them.
[August 4, 2006, 1:00]
Bluetooth Based Wireless Internet Applications For Indoor Hot Spots: Experience Of A Successful Experiment During CeBIT 2001
White Papers The CeBIT project began in October 2000. A fully developed off-line fairguide had to be delivered and a field test of a Bluetooth based on-line guide was to be performed. The team succeeded in achieving both goals.
[August 9, 2005, 6:00]
Wi-Fi Roams Into Standards Battle
News A new standards group has emerged, creating a rivalry in the business of roaming between wireless hot spots. These companies have crafted partnerships with most of the public hot spots in the United States.
[June 24, 2002, 12:09]
Asia-Pacific Wi-Fi Growth Outstrips US
News Hot spots -- zones of wireless LAN coverage in a public area -- are being eyed by many service providers as a key area of revenue and together with 3G (third generation) cellular networks, will form the fabric of anywhere, anytime personal computing.
[July 17, 2003, 9:32]
Is The Wi-Fi Bandwagon Safe?
News Companies are racing to set up commercial wireless Internet hot spots, but high start-up costs, as well as uncertainties in demand and pricing, are threatening to put a chill on profits. Hot spots are areas where wireless Internet access is...
[March 12, 2003, 13:16]
Wireless Is The Word At TechXNY
News PC makers at the TechXNY expo this week in New York will paint a picture of a wireless utopia, with public "hot spots" providing wireless Internet access in locations ranging from airports to sports stadiums.
[June 24, 2002, 8:59]
Britain Hottest In Europe For Wi-Fi
News Britain is leading Europe's boom in the deployment of wireless Internet hot spots, according to a report published on Wednesday, even though many industry observers agree that the technology does not yet have a satisfactory business model to back...
[August 13, 2003, 12:50]
Analysts Predict Wi-Fi Crash
News Most of the money that is being spent creating public wireless hot spots is being wasted, according to research published on Thursday. With all the hype today about the rollout of WLAN public hot spots, it's as if the dot-com boom and bust never...
[June 19, 2003, 16:26]
US Wi-Fi Hot Spots To Get Seal Of Approval
News A group whose certification mark for wireless gear is considered essential by US manufacturers has now developed a seal of approval for commercial wireless "hot spots," places where wireless Web access is available to the public for a fee.
[January 10, 2003, 11:22]
Wireless Worries: Unauthorized Hot Spots And Rogue Warriors
White Papers Many businesses and educational institutions have their own wireless networks-- but are often faced with policing rogue wireless hot spots brought in by employees or students. In this ZDNet audiocast, we'll look at the issue of rogue wireless...
[December 17, 2004, 2:00]
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]
BT Fusion Gets Wi-Fi Upgrade
News BT's fixed-mobile convergence system, Fusion, has now gone Wi-Fi, effectively linking it up with the provider's UK hot spots, municipal wireless networks and — potentially — global hot spots. Instead of it just giving you a cheap rate call at home...
[December 14, 2006, 12:49]
Sydney To Bridge Harbour With Wi-Fi Ferries
News The NSW State Transit Authority is considering installing wireless broadband access on its fleet of Sydney ferries, turning them into mobile wireless hot spots, according to Personal Broadband Australia marketing director, John Filmer.
[September 21, 2004, 9:55]
TechXNY: Wireless Networking To Kickstart Upgrade Cycle
News PC makers at the TechXNY expo this week in New York will paint a picture of a wireless utopia, with public hot spots providing wireless Internet access in locations ranging from airports to sports stadiums.
[June 25, 2002, 11:23]
UK Set For Public Wi-Fi Boom
News In launching its first public wireless LAN hot spots on Monday, BT is helping to move the UK towards a day when consumers will be able to enjoy high-speed wireless access to the Internet in coffee shops, railway stations and hotels.
[June 24, 2002, 17:34]
Starbucks Launches European Wi-Fi Trials
News US coffee shop chain Starbucks announced on Wednesday that it is launching two trial Wi-Fi hot spots in the UK as part of a global rollout of high-speed wireless Internet services. The hot spots will be at two Starbucks stores in London -- on Fleet...
[August 21, 2002, 16:38]
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]
