Category: Deployment

Things have suddenly gotten very busy at Lumin Innovative Products in Boulder, Colorado. On July 15th, 18 months after the company formed around co-founder Ben Adams’s concept for solar-powered Wi-Fi networks, Lumin deployed its first access points at the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. Since that successful launch, the four-person staff has been deluged with...

In another demonstration of Wi-Fi for a wide area, the service is being rolled out in several hotspot demo areas in Kentwood and Grand Rapids, Mich. Via [internetweek.com]

Many international carriers offer Internet access, a service not yet offered by domestic carriers. But United plans Wi-Fi for next year, and others are showing interest. Via [informationweek.com]

Boston's Logan International Airport is attempting to pull the plug on Continental Airlines' free Wi-Fi node, which competes with the airport's $7.95-a-day pay service. Via [news.zdnet.com]

Connexion by Boeing, a business unit of The Boeing Company, and Intel have announced plans to promote high-speed, in-flight wireless Internet services, and say they have successfully finished compatibility tests with laptops that use Intel's Centrino mobile technology. Via [pcworld.com]

West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, offers visitors a Wi-Fi network the size of 48 city blocks. Via [informationweek.com]

BellSouth announced on Monday that is now offering a wireless broadband service to customers in Athens, Ga. Via [news.zdnet.com]

In the big-money world of U.S. military spending on information technology, Wi-Fi is hot, hot, hot. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Wi-Fi on airplanes just got a lot more entertaining. Boeing this week launched a streaming television delivered straight to your laptop as part of its Connexion by Boeing high-speed Internet service. The video service will debut on Singapore Airlines, and lets passengers watch CNBC, BBC, Eurosport News, and either MSNBC (if you're flying in the...

The consortium putting together a plan for a city-wide Wi-Fi network in Philadelphia has named three finalists in the race for the contract. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Online WiFi service was first tested in 2003 by Boeing aboard a Lufthansa flight from Germany, and United Airlines was the first American carrier to move forward with in-flight WiFi. On board, the planes are equipped with wireless routers, making them WiFi hotspots, like a coffee house or a copy shop on the ground. Via...

US Wi-Fi hotspot aggregator Boingo will today hop on the Skype bandwagon and begin promoting its wireless Internet access sites as VoIP locations. Via [theregister.co.uk]

One demonstration convinced the Coeur d'Alene tribe to install broadband Internet access throughout its reservation in Idaho. Via [informationweek.com]

A non-profit group aimed at community development will oversee development of a three-city wireless network. Via [informationweek.com]

Visitors to Shakespeare's birthplace town of Stratford-upon-Avon can now get a virtual guide to show them around. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]