Author: Wayne Slavin

If overcrowded spectrum isn't destined to crimp its growth, it'll need better technology and regulatory help from the FCC. Via [businessweek.com]

It's a national phenomenon: All over the United States, small-town and rural Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) are springing up, often because wireless is the only practical way to bring broadband Internet access to the areas they serve. These are not hobbyists using consumer-grade 802.11b equipment, but professionals hoping to make substantial money providing professional-level...

Wireless technology is a little bit like wind power, electric cars and voice recognition -- for several years, it's been "just about" to be huge. Via [cnn.com]

War drivers beware, the next wireless network you tap might be part of an elaborate sting. Via [securityfocus.com]

Some of the first integrated circuits that create a wireless network using the very powerful, and controversial, ultrawideband wireless technique are on their way for testing by device makers. Via [news.com.com]

A Houston computer security analyst has been charged with hacking after demonstrating the insecurity of a county courts wireless LAN. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Intersil is working to add wireless networking to handheld devices. Via [news.com.com]

Wireless Fidelity, or Wi-Fi has obviously generated headlines for months with its rapid growth into homes, businesses, and public hotspots. Few innovations have struck a nerve as much as the CyberShuttle, a Wi-Fi-equipped bus originating from the University of California San Diego (UCSD). Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

The United Kingdom got its first public Wi-Fi hot spots Monday. Via [news.com.com]

A new standards group has emerged, creating a rivalry in the business of roaming between wireless hot spots. Via [news.com.com]

Two WLAN hotspot surveys are out (or rather publicised for the first time). this week and both predict roaring trade. There’s a difference opinion over the numbers, but both InStat/MDR and TeleAnalytics (TA) predict big growth. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Proxim is to buy the ORiNOCO-branded WLAN equipment business from Agere Systems for $65m in cash. Following the acquisition, Proxim claims it will have market leadership in the 802.11 sector. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Wi-Fi, it seems, is finally getting something else to do other than move files from place to place. Via [zdnet.com.com]

Best Buy Co. has resumed the use of its wireless LAN cash registers, saying it is now using beefed-up security to protect its data. The move comes just over a month after the company shut down the registers after reports on an Internet security list that they were transmitting customer information -- possibly credit card...

The dream of some in the 802.11 community is to replace the hodge-podge scheme of disconnected wireless LANs with a floating system of self-forming, self-healing networks. And they think they can make that dream a reality in a few years. Via [internetnews.com]