(News) Road Warriors rejoice! Soon Wi-Fi access will be free at 11,000 McDonald's, no purchase required.
(News) China and Taiwan hope an RFID conference this week will boost cooperation on development of the technology.
(News) TeliaSonera is the first to offer commercially available 4G networking. U.S. carriers are not far behind, and 4G can't get here fast enough.
(News) Wireless broadband provider Clearwire had about 173,000 WiMax subscribers at the end of September, the company said Tuesday.
(News) Google is providing free Wi-Fi at 47 U.S. airports until Jan. 15. The deal makes Google look good and airports bad.
(News) Intel has begun production of a wireless chipset, called Kilmer Peak, that will support the 2.3GHz and 3.5GHz versions of WiMax.
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(News) Malaysian WiMax operator Packet One (P1) is expanding the coverage of its network as fast it can, hoping to attract new subscribers.
(News) Wi-Fi Direct Could Be the Death of Bluetooth
(News) New spec supports device-to-device connections over the same range and as the same speed as Wi-Fi, but without the need for a hotspot or access point
(News) For the same money, you can get a wireless 3G card or a mobile hotspot modem that allows several computers to share the same 3G connection.
(News) Ideally, standards arrive before the products that implement them. However, the IEEE process moved so slowly that vendors adopted a draft standard and started manufacturing hardware.
(News) TransferJet, a data transfer technology that allows data to be sent between gadgets by bringing them close together, should begin appearing next year.
(News) Philips has announced a Wireless HDMI solution that lets consumers connect, for example, a TV and a Blu-Ray player, it said on Thursday.
(News) Android, WiMax Mobile Device and Chip Kit Unveiled in Taiwan
(News) One year after Packet One began offering WiMax services in Malaysia, the company has yet to sign up the 100,000 subscribers that it hoped to enlist.
(News) Motorola has developed thin I-SIM NFC cards that can be used for mobile payments from mobile phones.
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(News) The UN's Universal Postal Union will use passive RFID tags to test international letter delivery performance.
(News) Clearwire will add 10 markets -- though small ones -- to the four-city coverage area of its fledgling WiMax network on Sept. 1.
(News) Microsoft has published a case study detailing how to port an iPhone app to Windows Mobile as it prepares to launch a mobile apps store.
(News) As more enterprises deploy wall-to-wall Wi-Fi, they're finding end users voting with their network interface cards: given a choice, they go with wireless rather than wired access.
(News) WiMax subscriber growth slowed in the first quarter of this year, partly hurt by the recession, an analyst survey showed.
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(News) QuickerTek has introduced the Quicky Jr. II, a device purported to triple the wireless networking range of any Mac laptop equipped with USB. It costs $90.
(News) Head of Malaysian WiMax operator says demand for wireless broadband access is not slowing down.
(News) Every time you move your Mac laptop--from the office to home, from home to the neighborhood coffee shop--you must adjust its network settings. Ethernet or...
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(News) The Free Software Foundation has dismissed its lawsuit against Cisco for license violations in Linksys products.
(News) Sony has begun accepting applications from companies interested in licensing its TransferJet short-range wireless technology.
(News) Enterprise Wi-Fi Gets a Security Boost
(News) The European Commission sets a conduct code for companies using RFID tags that it hopes will safeguard privacy and allow the quick rollout of the technology.
(News) Verizon Portable Hotspot a Hot Product for Business
(News) Verizon will soon carry a Wi-Fi router that broadcasts its EV-DO connection, offering per-day use instead of requiring a contract.
(News) The WiGig Alliance, including Intel and Microsoft, plans to introduce a specification for short-range, gigabit-speed wireless networking.
(News) Tatung Infocomm is offering a special, US$50 per month for unlimited service, a WiMax laptop card and home modem
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(News) Bluetooth 3.0 standard can transfer data wirelessly at 24Mbps
(News) The agency believes it's best suited to resolve objections to the use of frequencies in between TV channels
(News) The cable operator pinpoints where it will start reselling Clearwire's mobile wireless service in an assault on carriers
(News) Public schools in Raytown, Mo., have turned to high-speed Wi-Fi to help boost academic performance for students sharing...
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(News) Qualcomm says that it must respond to unfair trade allegations made by the Korea Fair Trade Commission.
(News) Cheap Netbooks Inspire More Wireless Gadgets
(News) Forum Declares Year of Wimax -- Globally, Anyway
(News) Clearwire plans to launch its WiMax service in at least nine more markets this year and to reach as many as 120 million people...
(News) The local mom-and-pop cafe that serves open, anonymous Wi-Fi access along with coffee and muffins may soon be on the front...
(News) WiMax-linked sensors and electronic signs are helping reduce accidents on a California highway.
(News) NTT Communications has begun trials of a high-tech alternative to plastic or paper loyalty cards that promises to simplify...
(News) Could US$7.2 billion in federal funds committed to boost broadband in the U.S. transform small towns like Truckee, Calif....
(News) If all goes according to plan, Bluetooth could soon help you monitor your heart rate.
(News) A report published by Cisco says that mobile Web traffic volume will double every year between now and 2013, when traffic will...
(News) The ability to get online anywhere with a 3G cell network data card goes a long way toward delivering on the promise of...
(News) The IEEE has approved a standard for the RuBee rugged wireless tag system.
(News) The global economic crisis has taken a bite out of plans to roll out WiMax, the speedy new wireless broadband technology.
(News) Japan's first WiMax service will go live later this month with a free trial.
(News) The 3G networks of all major U.S. wireless carriers are slower than customers expect, Gartner reports.
(News) An analyst expects 564 million 3G subscribers in the Asia Pacific region by 2013.
(News) Apple's Time Capsule combines networked storage, an 802.11n Wi-Fi bridge/router, and USB printer sharing in one small box. You can't imagine the possibilities.
(News) TRENDnet is first to market with its compact high-throughput Wi-Fi router.
(News) AT&T will pay more than $2 million in a Justice Department deal related to its acquisition of wireless provider Dobson.
(News) United Airlines Wednesday said it will begin offering in-flight Wi-Fi service to customers on some flights between New York...
(News) Plasma TV's can also be thin, a trend which still is in at this years CES. Panasonic has demonstrated a set that is one third...
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(News) Unlike the Slingbox, Hava can transmit TV content over a wireless (802.11g) network.
(News) Sprint Nextel Corp. Wednesday announced the first USB modem for connecting laptops and other devices to both Wimax and Third...
(News) The trickle of free Wi-Fi hotspots is becoming a flood.
(News) The market for WiMax is set to decline in 2009, as mobile WiMax is hit both by the economic squeeze and competition from the...
(News) 5G wireless? Don't get your hopes up.
(News) A U.S. court has stayed an injunction that stopped Buffalo from selling Wi-Fi gear while it fought a patent suit by CSIRO, an Australian scientific agency.
(News) Search with a gesture, surf on wireless radio waves, and other next-gen technologies are in the works.
(News) Virgin America's in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one week before a...
(News) Linksys has announced the availability of the WAG160N, a Wireless-N ADSL2+ Gateway that integrates the functionalities of an...
(News) The GSM Association will lead a group to embed 3G wireless technology in a range of consumer products.
(News) Proxim Wireless Corp. announced Monday it is shipping two new 802.11n access points, one with two radios that Proxim called...
(News) One lobbyist suggests Obama's support for widespread broadband may be a boon for wireless projects, though economic issues may interfere.
(News) The most commonly used protocol for securing wireless networks has been cracked. How much risk does this development mean for your network? You shouldn't lose any sleep over the hack -- but you shouldn't ignore it, either.
(News) On Monday, Meru Networks announced virtual ports, a technology designed to make Wi-Fi networks as reliable as wired Ethernet...
(News) Engineers at NEC have developed an RFID card reader compatible with all three major wireless formats and plan to sell it from...
(News) HP ProCurve plans to use its Colubris wireless networking acquisition to attract customers of other vendors, executives said.
(News) Meru announced Monday it is bringing virtual ports to Wi-Fi.
(News) AT&T announced plans to acquire hotspot provider Wayport for $275 million.
(News) Microsoft's Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie has hailed the result of Tuesday's FCC ruling to open up wireless spectrum.
(News) Researchers plan to disclose a partial crack of the WPA wireless security standard next week.
(News) Sprint Nextel's Xohm network is live in one city and being rolled out in more. But WiMax technology has some enterprise limitations.
(News) Aruba Networks on Tuesday publicly launched Aruba Labs to sponsor research into wireless applications and environmental...
(News) Early adopters, analysts reveal the pros and cons of the wireless broadband service.
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(News) After a first successful season running 802.11n high-speed Wi-Fi throughout its glimmering new ballpark, Nationals Park...
(News) The U.S. DOJ gives its approval to an RFID patent licensing agreement advanced by seven vendors.
(News) Quantenna Communications has unveiled new chips that it hopes will improve the performance of wireless home networking...
(News) Wireless networking in the face of wind, lightning strikes and other Gulf weather events.
(News) In our hands-on tests, the new Xohm network was fast and smooth -- but for now, you have to be in Baltimore.
(News) China-based networking equipment maker Huawei indefinitely postponed the sale of a stake in its terminals manufacturing unit...
(News) Members of the WiMax Forum look to grab "a big chunk" of the wireless Internet access market.
(News) The Clearwire CEO discusses Wimax's strengths and enterprise apps, plus the company's plans to build a nationwide net.
(News) WiMAX has always been something of an oddball technology in the mobile data world.
(News) With products already available and companies hungry for the throughput and flexibility the 802.11n wireless networking standard will provide, the only decisions left involve how to choose and implement the technology most effectively and efficiently.
(News) Broadcom will enhance its mobile device chipsets and LBS infrastructure through a partnership with Wi-Fi location system...
(News) Prices and terms for the WiMax service that Sprint Nextel launched on Monday stand up against other wired and wireless...
(News) Intel's upcoming Evans Peak WiMax module makes an appearance at the Ceatec exhibition.
(News) Sprint Nextel launched its mobile Wimax broadband network in the city of Baltimore on Monday.
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(News) Sprint plans a WiMax event in Baltimore on Oct. 8 but plans to launch the network this month.
(News) M2Z Networks says mobile carriers are trying to stop a free, nationwide wireless network through interference complaints.
(News) While Sprint officially launches commercial WiMAX services for the first time in Baltimore this month, one college campus 30...
(News) Air Canada will soon be answering the prayers of its business travelers as it prepares to rollout in-flight Wi-Fi services on...
(News) The upcoming 802.11v standard will lower power consumption in wireless LANs, according to Matthew Gast, principal engineer at...
(News) The IEEE standards group's next project focuses on the successor to 100Mbps wireless LANS: gigabit speeds.
(News) NEC's WiMax equipment will be running in up to three networks and 20 trials by the end of this year, while its LTE equipment...
(News) The revamped FlexMaster switch adds Layer 3 roaming to improve VoIP technology and greater capacity.
(News) China is set to expand wireless Internet coverage in some major cities, with a unified network proposed for one of the...
(News) HP said Monday it plans to buy Colubris Networks, furthering the consolidation of wireless networking companies.
(News) Retailers try a variety of approaches to free or cheap hotspot service to figure out which method pays off.
(News) Data-only wireless access will be offered on some aircraft this fall, and on all planes by next summer.
(News) Motorola has agreed to acquire wireless LAN security vendor AirDefense for an undisclosed sum.
(News) Better subscriber management is helping Lompoc, California, make its Wi-Fi network viable.
(News) Impinj, a Seattle company, acquired Intel's RFID business.
(News) Sprint Nextel has chosen DragonWave as a supplier of wireless backhaul gear for its WiMax network.
(News) Philadelphia's mayor expects to unveil a new plan to further build out and operate the city's municipal Wi-Fi network.
(News) Starbucks, T-Mobile and AT&T have settled a dispute, initiated by T-Mobile, over Wi-Fi service in coffee shops.
(News) T-Mobile is suing Starbucks for breach of contract related to a new Wi-Fi service from AT&T in Starbucks shops.
(News) Cisco is expected to unveil on Wednesday a network appliance with broad capabilities for handling mobile devices.
(News) The San Francisco area BART subway system is in talks with a startup for a systemwide public Wi-Fi network.
(News) Mobile operators may be counting on LTE (Long-Term Evolution) technology to offer high-speed mobile data access in coming...
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(News) Intel on Monday announced a 50 million ringgit (US$15.3 million) investment in Green Packet, the parent company of Malaysian...
(News) Sprint Nextel and a smaller WiMax hopeful, Covad Wireless, each moved closer to offering commercial service on Thursday.
(News) EarthLink said it will shut down its Philadelphia Wi-Fi network on June 12 and then dismantle it.
(News) Business travelers and consumers who subscribe to iPass will be able to get on Aircell's upcoming U.S. in-flight Wi-Fi service...
(News) Municipal broadband networks could help boost the availability of high-speed Internet access and even help to ensure Net...
(News) A day after Comcast and Time Warner Cable announced investments in a WiMax joint venture spearheaded by Sprint and Clearwire...
(News) The WiMax joint venture between Sprint and Clearwire could be good news for end-users, who might soon be able to choose from a...
(News) Ruckus Wireless has sued Netgear, alleging the networking vendor infringed its patents on technology for improving Wi-Fi...
(News) Acer on Monday showed off a new Acer Aspire with a built-in WiMax module that it plans to sell through Sprint Nextel and other...
(News) Intel and the government of Taiwan signed an agreement Monday aimed at speeding up the development of WiMax in Taiwan and...
(News) Motorola won its third major contract to provide base stations to a Taiwanese WiMax license winner, First International Te...
(News) Enterprises don't want to have to use two different management systems to support mobile devices in the warehouse and smartphones for executives, and so Good Technology, with sister company Symbol, plans to offer products that can support all types of mobile devices.
(News) Taiwanese WiMax wireless broadband service provider Global Mobile signed an agreement to work with a Vietnamese WiMax company on international roaming and the development of WiMax services, including content sharing, the companies said.
(News) Tata Communications plans to connect 200,000 retail customers using WiMax by March 2009, the company said Tuesday.
(News) The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the purchase by AT&T of 12MHz of wireless spectrum that covers 60 percent of the U.S.
(News) The upcoming 700MHz spectrum auctions by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission have drawn bid applications from giant companies including Google and AT&T. But a number of small companies and individuals have submitted bid applications as well.
(News) A consortium led by Japanese telecommunications company KDDI and backed by Intel will receive one of two WiMax licenses to be awarded soon by the Japanese government, a report said Tuesday.
(News) The networking firm's planned WiMax business is first-time broadband for the developing world, executives say.
(News) The big-name backers of Silicon Valley's proposed wireless network are looking for a new company to build and operate the system after potential financiers rebuffed the original vendor.
(News) Fujitsu and Taiwan's Institute for Information Industry plan to form a joint venture concerning WiMax technology, the Japanese company said Tuesday.
(News) Shipments of Wi-Fi chipsets will hit 300 million [m] this year and more than 9 percent will have gone into dual-mode phones, the Wi-Fi Alliance industry group is set to announce Tuesday.
(News) Google will "put its money where its principles are," is bidding on the 700 MHz wireless spectrum when the FCC begin its auction.
(News) Verizon Wireless will open its network to approved third-party mobile phones and apps by the end of next year.
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(News) Aruba Networks is the last major wireless LAN vendor to launch 802.11n fast Wi-Fi wireless LAN products -- but it claims to have better power-over-Ethernet support and central switching than the competition.
(News) AT&T Inc. hasn't decided whether it will bid for the highly-desirable 700MHz band because it doesn't know if it can build a profitable business given the open-access rules set for the wireless spectrum by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in July.
(News) WiMax earned an important seal of approval on Thursday when the Radiocommunication Sector of the International Telecommunication Union certified it as a 3G (third-generation) mobile data technology.
(News) AT&T Inc. has agreed to buy 12MHz of high-speed wireless spectrum from Aloha Partners LP for US$2.5 billion, the company announced Tuesday.
