Author: Wayne Slavin
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Arlington County is asking technology companies to give Internet users something for nothing. Via [msnbc.msn.com]
The real question in the Netgear class action case is why it only applied to NetGear, given the absurd figures quoted by all Wi-Fi hotspot providers. Via [theregister.co.uk]
Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]
Mountain View-based MetroFi is expected to announce today that it plans to bring free, advertising-supported wireless Internet service to all 130,000 residents of Sunnyvale. Via [mercurynews.com]
If you can't get your Wi-Fi router or access point (AP) at home to reach every area of your house where you want a signal, what do you do? According to SercoNet Senior Vice President of Development Mike Harnack, most people go to the store and buy products like range extenders, high-gain antennas or repeaters....
If your company has any interest in wireless data, you’ve likely heard about WiMax, the 802.16 wireless metropolitan-area network standard. Quite possibly you’ve even been put off by the hype surrounding this new technology, especially since WiMax standardized products have yet to even hit the market. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
A Taiwanese consumer electronics manufacturer plans to set up a city-wide Wi-Fi phone network in Taipei. Ennyah Technologies will rent out dual mode Wi-Fi and GSM phones for a flat rate of about $33 per month, which will include unlimited international calls, company spokesman Patrick Peng told VNUnet. The company also offers lower priced Wi-Fi-only...
City officials in Tempe, Ariz., hosted a "Cutting the Wires" ceremony on Monday, marking the initial availability of Tempe's citywide wireless access network. Via [pcmag.com]
Hurricane-ravaged New Orleans will deploy the nation's first municipally owned wireless Internet system that will be free for all users, part of an effort to jump-start recovery by making living and doing business in the city as attractive as possible. Via [chicagotribune.com]
Insatiable demand for wireless networking technology from both consumers and business has helped push up annual unit sales of Wi-Fi equipment to more than 100m chipsets in six years, according to newly published data. Via [vnunet.com]
Nokia has added the Nokia 9300i to its line of smart phones aimed at enterprise business users. The phone supports Wi-Fi, features a full keyboard and has 80MB of memory. Via [pcworld.com]
The City of Akron is planning to build a 62-square-mile wireless network that will anticipate future technology advancements. The city is starting with a Wi-Fi rollout and will have the capability of adding WiMAX and additional advancements in the future. Via [commsdesign.com]
The Balkan country of Macedonia is planning a wireless mesh network that will cover 1,000 square miles so that the country's more than 2 million residents can get online. Via [informationweek.com]
Netgear has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the company of inflating the data speeds of its Wi-Fi networking devices in advertising materials. Via [pcworld.com]
The Nokia 770 is not a cell phone, nor a shrunken laptop. Instead, this nifty little handheld tablet computer is designed to do one thing well: Access the Web, anywhere. Via [msnbc.msn.com]