Category: Deployment

Does your business need a wireless network? If you think the answer is yes, read on to discover how easy it is to set one up. Via [entrepreneur.com]

Starbucks Corp. said on Tuesday that it had installed wireless Internet connections, or "WiFi," in more than 3,100 U.S. cafes, including 110 in stores far from technology-rich coastal areas. Via [reuters.com]

Intel has once again recruited companies to support WiMAX deployments. The latest: The company is teaming with Alvarion to launch a WiMAX network in Latin America. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Another fast-food chain is jumping on the free Wi-Fi bandwagon. Krystal restaurants says it will provide free Wi-Fi service at more than 50 restaurants in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Texas. Via [techweb.com]

Customers of Yahoo BB, Japan's largest high-speed Internet provider, will soon be able to surf the Web at over 15,000 wireless Internet access points in 42 countries including Japan. Via [reuters.com]

The Iowa Department of Transportation is hooking motorists up with wireless Internet access so they can surf the Web. It's part of a test project to provide wireless service to six Iowa rest areas. Via [usatoday.com]

Why should the big boys like Starbucks and Borders Books have all the Wi-Fi fun? Netopia is peddling a Netopia Hot Spot Starter Kit that enables the little guys to offer high-speed wireless at their places of business without racking up high installation costs. Via [wirelessweek.com]

From ballparks to bagel shops, Wi-Fi is on its way from curiosity to standard feature. Via [comment.cio.com]

Wi-Fi hot spots are starting to morph into hot zones as local governments adapt the technology to provide broadband service for police and fire departments, in addition to wireless Internet access across areas ranging from downtown districts to hundreds of square miles. Via [computerworld.com]

A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access. Via [zdnet.com.com]

Airlines won a key battle in their fight with airports over control of the Wi-Fi spectrum yesterday when the Federal Communications Commission ruled that it -- and not local authorities -- has "exclusive jurisdiction" over the use of unlicensed spectrum. Via [computerworld.com]

Delivery company UPS is to give wireless rings to all its 55,000 sorting staff, to scan and track packages. Via [computerweekly.com]

Network equipment manufacturers are banking on a pent-up demand for broadband access to drive the market for a new wireless service called WiMAX. Via [gcn.com]

Logan International Airport will be hot today -- not just with temperatures forecast to be above 80, but with a new web of wireless Internet access hot spots blanketing all four terminals. Via [boston.com]

Many of the wireless networks used by firms in Europe's financial centres are wide open to attack, research shows. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]