Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 31, 2006
Wireless Week's Susan Rush reports today that Skyhook Wireless has expanded its Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) in the 100 largest cities in the U.S. Skyhook's goal is to cover 70 percent of...
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Greece's REPORTER.GR notes today that Samsung Electronics has announced an agreement to team with Croatia's H1 to roll out WiBro service to the Croatian market. "Under the agreement,...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 30, 2006
ZDNet Australia's Angus Kidman reports that Australian discount carrier Virgin Blue is offering free Wi-Fi access in its business lounges in an attempt to attract customers away from rival...
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Filed in archive RFID
by jeff goldman on May 30, 2006
All Headline News' Shaveta Bansal reports that the German government has introduced tickets with RFID chips embedded in them for the upcoming World Cup, along with other security measures....
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 29, 2006
The AP's Chris Hawke reports that China has accused the U.S. of "waging a conspiracy" against China's wireless encryption standard. "The Geneva-based International Standards...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 29, 2006
The Inquirer today picks up on word from the Taiwan Economic News that Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) has backing from OEMs for a wireless mouse that "fits on your...
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UCLA's AsiaMedia News Daily picks up on a report in the Korea Herald that south korea's KT Corp. this week launched what it calls a WiBro Mobile WiMAX Community, bringing 21 telecom operators...
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Filed in archive RFID
by jeff goldman on May 26, 2006
Discovery Channel's James Koole takes a look at two companies that use RFID to improve the golf experience. RadarGolf uses balls with integrated RFID chips to track lost balls. "Besides...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 25, 2006
VNUnet's Daniel Thomas reports that the fifth annual Wireless Security Survey of london, commissioned by RSA Security, shows the number of wireless local area networks (WLANs) in the City of...
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At Wireless Week, Susan Rush reports that Microsoft's MSN may be interested in acquiring wireless advertising company Third Screen Media. "We're a happy, healthy, well-funded company in...
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PC Magazine's Natali T. Del Conte takes a look today at M2Z Networks' plans for a free nationwide wireless broadband offering. "Startup M2Z Networks, Inc. on May 5 submitted a request to...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 24, 2006
TeleClick reports today that AT&T has doubled its global footprint of Wi-Fi hotspots to 33,000 by adding 18,000 new locations in Germany, Belgium, France, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland, hungary and...
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 23, 2006
VNUnet's Robert Jaques today looks at an ON World study which suggests that Apple could easily create what it calls a "killer converged entertainment device" by adding Wi-Fi...
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Engadget's Marc Perton today looks at iRiver's addition of Wi-Fi and WiBro for gaming and video streaming. "Faced with the evaporation of its market share, both at home in Korea and in...
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According to Broadband Wireless Exchange, research firm Maravedis today announced a new report entitled Russian Federation Broadband Wireless and WiMAX Market Analysis and Forecast 2006-2010....
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Filed in archive Wi-Fi
by jeff goldman on May 22, 2006
Time Magazine's Amanda Bower today posted an excellent article looking at a Wi-Fi-based, solar-powered communications system in the mountains of Uganda. Installed by San Francisco-based...
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PhysOrg.com today picks up on news that wireless communications provider SeaMobile Inc. has gotten FCC approval for its acquisition of Florida-based satellite broadband provider Maritime...
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Wireless Weblog sponsor Cognio has released a new white paper by company CTO Neil Diener, entitled 'Ten Myths of Wi-Fi Interference.' It's an excellent look at the real challenges...
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Cellular-News picks up on a new report from ABI Research entitled Ultrawideband: WiMedia, DS-UWB, or CWave? which predicts that there will be nearly 300 million ultrawideband (UWB) shipments by 2011....
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by jeff goldman on May 18, 2006
TechDigest looks at news that Buffalo Technology's new draft-N offering, the AirStation Nfiniti, will be coming to the U.K. in a matter of weeks. "Draft-N standard is pretty exciting for us...
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