Author: Wayne Slavin

Once thought to be only a regional variant of WiMax, the Korean WiBro broadband standard has the potential to spread worldwide, a new study says. Via [informationweek.com]

A five-month trial began Wednesday that provides Wi-Fi access to passengers on some Seattle buses, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported Wednesday. Via [commsdesign.com]

The market for broadband wireless access in the form of WiMAX is expected to grow at 130 per cent a year, reaching $2bn in 2009. Via [electronicsweekly.com]

Alvarion Ltd. said Wednesday that it was first out the gate with customer-premise-equipment (CPE) based on Intel's "Rosedale" WiMAX chip. Via [extremewimax.com]

Only a quarter of U.S. business travelers are using Wi-Fi hotspots in airports and jetliners, despite the growing availability of the high-speed, wireless connections, a research firm said Tuesday. Via [internetweek.com]

Smart homes that monitor elderly residents' every move, networked sprinkler systems that run for seven years on a single battery, radio-equipped windows that call you up if they break -- according to boosters of an emerging low-power wireless technology, such applications are about to come to your local home-supply megastore. Via [wired.com]

It probably caught some by surprise to see Hewlett-Packard (HP) listed as one of the two final candidates for system integrator of the Wireless Philadelphia project (the other contender is ISP EarthLink). After all, HP isn't well known for installing and running metropolitan wireless networks, right? Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Telabria has launched its wide area wireless broadband network after six months of intensive trials in Kent, South East England. Targeted at both residential and business markets, the Skylink service offers customers symmetric broadband speeds up to 10Mbps, as well as voice-over-IP (VoIP) telephone service. Via [informationweek.com]

The government of Taiwan said Monday that it plans to bar the use of VOIP as a condition of issuing licenses for WiMax spectrum. Via [eweek.com]

If you think setting up a wireless network is difficult in your living room, try the Antarctic. For the last seven years scientists in Antarctica have been setting up access points and repeaters in sub-zero temperatures and 80 mile per hour winds. To the hundreds of scientists stationed there, wireless gives a big morale boost...

Eastman Kodak Company and Nikon are taking their digital cameras to the next level by offering built-in Wi-Fi functionality on some of their latest models. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Adding "wireless" to networking does more than change physical-layer-test requirements; it adds system complexity that needs simultaneous controlled testing of many layers. Via [Wireless networking based on the IEEE 802.11 standards is poised for substantial growth in both the numbers of units and the range of their applications. The mobility inherent in wireless networks, however,...

By working outside of the IEEE's 802.11n next-generation task group, Intel has angered industry participants who accuse the Intel-led alliance of everything from co-opting the standards process to outright antitrust violations. Via [informationweek.com]

Front-line social services staff have been given Xdas to help them share information out of the office. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Canary Wharf is to become Europe's largest wireless internet-enabled business district, with employees able to connect to the web in office reception areas, parks and shops. Via [vnunet.com]