Author: Wayne Slavin

Here in an area spanning 700 square miles, site of a vast wireless Internet cloud, onion farmer Bob Hale can prop open a laptop among the scrub brush and check his e-mail. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

Wireless technology provider Qualcomm Inc. has announced that its Mobile Station Modem chipsets will support Philips' wireless local area network (WLAN) module. Via [commsdesign.com]

Cisco Systems has ploughed an unspecific amount of funding into WiFi-based RFID system maker AeroScout. Via [cbronline.com]

VoIP over WiFi networks, like the one now being implemented in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, could soon spread like wildfire to other municipalities, attendees at the VON Fall 2005 conference in Boston were told. Via [informationweek.com]

Launched at a London advertising technology conference, the company is signing up advertisers who want to target free users, who will have access at hotspots such as hotels, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Via [computerweekly.com]

Intel Corp., the world's largest microchip maker, said on Thursday it expected to implement trials of the emerging wireless broadband technology called "WiMax" in Malaysia, Thailand and the Philippines by year-end. Via [today.reuters.co.uk]

Companies are deploying VoIP services without fully considering the security implications, which is exactly what happened with early wireless network implementations, according to security experts. Via [zdnet.com.au]

In tests, the system provided uninterrupted access at speeds as high as 137 miles per hour. Via [informationweek.com]

Worldwide revenue from wireless network services will more than triple over the next four years, according to a report released Tuesday by In-Stat. Via [news.zdnet.com]

The world's biggest chip maker, Intel, is expanding to Nigeria and Kenya to beef up its African business and hopes WiMax wireless technology will be launched commercially on the continent this year. Via [za.today.reuters.com]

SkyPilot Networks of Santa Clara, California hasn't made as big a splash in the metropolitan-sized mesh network market as its competition, but that might change as it puts its Synchronous Mesh Protocol (SMP) to work with long-distance, high-throughput WiMax technology. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

With its 3G data network all dressed up and with nowhere to go, Verizon is courting PC notebook OEMs and cutting prices. Today it announced deals to embed CDMA EV-DO chips with the top three US PC manufacturers, Dell, Lenovo and HP, in their notebook PCs. Verizon's monthly tariff falls to $60 - half what...

Broadcom Corporation introduced a new single-chip mobile VoIP processor designed with Wi-Fi phones in mind. Broadcom is already offering the VoIP processor commercially. Via [wirelessweek.com]

The consumer version of AirDefense Personal agent allows the user to monitor a laptop's wireless connection for potential security risks. Consumers can track malicious or accidental wireless activities and wireless misconfigurations and close their wireless connection if a security threat is discovered. Via [toptechnews.com]

Smart antenna start-up Video54 has changed its name to Ruckus Wireless and also announced a $9 million injection of venture capital funding as well as a deal to supply its devices to Hong Kong based carrier PCCW. Via [eet.com]