Category: Deployment

Responding to increasing customer demand, Hyatt International Corp. last year embarked on a mission to spread wireless LANs throughout its hotels around the world. Via [eweek.com]

Wi-Fi comes to the sky next week as German carrier Lufthansa launches its in-flight broadband service. Via [usatoday.com]

Last August, I gave the reasons why wireless hot spots would not survive. Stubbornly, public Wi-Fi access providers don't agree. They still see the hundreds of thousands of storefronts that lack access points as green fields waiting to be plowed. Via [infoworld.com]

Wireless technology now affects parking habits, but there was a divergence between the Wi-Fi and cellular approaches to parking spaces I discovered in a small UK market town last week. A garage forecourt had a parking space marked out for 'Wi-Fi' and hotspot advertising signs up, which seemed a cool idea. But the local train...

Just a few years ago, high-speed Internet access became a necessity for any hotel looking to lure the business traveler. These days, people are demanding wireless access and it's the medium- and budget-priced hotels that are leading the way. Via [forbes.com]

Your phone works almost everywhere there's cellular service, and you get one monthly bill, right? Why, ask roving Wi-Fi users, can't we get the same deal? Answer: Slowly but surely you may, as the Wi-Fi (wireless Ethernet) providers sign cooperative deals and cellular carriers offer access to more hot spots and cellular/Wi-Fi data handoffs. Via...

Thanks to a hefty equipment donation from Tropos Networks, nonprofit organization Open Park has launched a free public Wi-Fi hot spot in front of the U.S. Capitol. Via [wirelessweek.com]

The Defense Department's new wireless fidelity policy seeks help from many of its agencies to ensure their employees and contractors use caution when operating wireless computer devices at military installations. Via [fcw.com]

A parking cop approaches a BMW 318i at a meter that expired just five minutes ago. She takes a handheld computer, connected to a wireless-fidelity (WiFi) network, and scans the bar code on the car's registration sticker. The ownership information is captured instantly and the cop transmits an electronic version of the form to a...

Believe it or not, 43% of U.S. consumers still don't have a cell phone — many for budget reasons. Via [usatoday.com]

After two years of promises from the wireless industry, Broadbeam appears to be the first player to deliver seamless switching between wide area and wireless local area (Wi-Fi) networks. Via [infoworld.com]

The channel division of BT is aggressively hunting down retail outlets and other businesses in a bid to extend the reach of its wi-fi network. Via [theinquirer.net]

Startup Entree Wireless has its first customer -- the same outfit that spawned the its fundamental technology. Via [sandiego.com]

A Mountain View startup plans to introduce communitywide wireless fidelity first in Silicon Valley, then across California and eventually coast to coast. It would be the first extensive deployment of wi-fi across cities and towns. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]

AT&T Wireless and Sprint on Monday announced a new Wi-Fi hot-spot roaming pact for several U.S. airports. Via [zdnet.com.com]