Author: Wayne Slavin

A few years ago, the simplest way of getting online while away from your home or office was to visit an Internet cafe. Internet providers such as Easy Everything did a booming trade in giving users web and email access, but modern times have called for a more flexible solution. Via [vnunet.com]

China’s ZTE Corp. said Monday it would launch a trial run in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, of its beta equipment for the fixed wireless service. The trial will begin next month, through local provider Telecard, and include an installation of one six-sector base transceiver station and 17 receivers. Via [eet.com]

A breakthrough technology from a Silicon Valley wi-fi developer to be announced on Monday will take on the problem of interference in an increasingly wireless world that is holding up next-generation advances such as streaming video in the home. Via [news.ft.com]

Air travelers who want to surf the Net at O'Hare and Midway airports will be able to pay $6.95 a day for the privilege under a long-stalled agreement that will make millions for a politically connected contractor. Via [suntimes.com]

Rogers Communications and Bell Canada, which compete for telephone and cable customers, plan to build a Canada-wide wireless broadband network with the help of Kirkland-based Clearwire. Via [seattletimes.nwsource.com]

"The signs didn't work well even in the U.K. where more people take public transportation and walk than in the United States," noted Ira Brodsky, president of wireless market research firm Datacomm Research Co. "U.S. cities are more spread out, so it can be hard for users to spot small signs." Via [technewsworld.com]

In what will be the first major test of WiMAX in the United States, Sprint Nextel and Samsung Telecommunications America have announced they will begin lab and field trials of the broadband network technology starting early next year. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Nortel has linked with Intel and Airspan as part of its strategy to supply and develop products for both fixed and mobile WiMAX. Via [commsdesign.com]

Intel is leading a small group of firms that want to write a "whole new proposal," according to one industry watcher, which means the standard currently on the table could be delayed. Via [informationweek.com]

O2 UK has formally announced the O2 XDA Exec, the network's own-brand version of HTC's Universal 3G clamshell smart phone. Via [theregister.co.uk]

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Trust has installed a 7,000-user wireless network as part of a project to replace paper processes with electronic patient records (EPR). Via [vnunet.com]

Airgo Networks, whose MIMO antenna technology pioneered a new generation of Wi-Fi gear with dramatically improved range and throughput, today announced a new product line it says will match data speeds of standard ethernet. Via [pcworld.com]

Linksys Tuesday shipped a Wi-Fi router based on Multiple Input-Multiple Output (MIMO) technology that is less expensive than previous routers using that technology. Via [commsdesign.com]

The wireless network is aimed at entertaining passengers and enabling real-time security surveillance on the buses. Via [informationweek.com]

Lots of ZigBee products are appearing, but there are still some people who think they can build a better low-power sensor network. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]