Category: HotSpots

Virgin has finally launched a wireless Internet access trial on its trains, while GNER's original three month trial has now been extended and expanded. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

Chip maker AMD has quietly rolled out a network of Wi-Fi hotspots. The company will formally launch the service next quarter. Via [theregister.co.uk]

T-Mobile USA introduced a free software that makes locating and using its 4,200 HotSpot locations simpler and more convenient. Via [geekzone.co.nz]

Signs at a McDonald's in downtown San Francisco cordially beckon customers to surf the Web using its wireless Internet service, but no one is biting during a recent Wednesday lunch hour. Via [zdnet.com.com]

A jerk lurking at a hotspot with a public domain sniffer can potentially gain access to all manner of confidential information, including the assets on your enterprise's network. For many users, HotSpotVPN is a viable security solution. Via [internetweek.com]

Need to find a Wi-Fi signal but hate having to boot up the laptop to do it? PCTEL feels your pain. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Hotspot "wholesaler" Cometa Networks was supposed to have opened up a few thousand hotspots by now. However, with actual numbers falling far short of previously announced plans, the company has adopted a "year-by-year" approach to installing its public access Wi-Fi network. Now, in what the company is touting as the "initiation of its national rollout...

When Mayor Street announced on Friday that he intends to rig LOVE Park up with wireless access to the Internet, he proved he's thinking along the right lines when it comes to this under-used urban park. Via [philly.com]

Looking to drum up more business, ACJ Technology is giving a little in hopes of getting a lot. The wireless networking company is developing a network of free Wi-Fi hot spots for Seattle area businesses. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Cometa Networks has lost AT&T as its service provider for a hot-spot test with McDonald's in New York City, but prospects may be heating up on the other coast for the Wi-Fi company. Via [news.com.com]

San Francisco has made its share of alternative-type news lately. In addition to being the world center for same-sex marriage -- at least for a while -- it's also vying to become the center for alternative, independent Wi-Fi Internet service. To that end, say hello to SFLan. Via [newsforge.com]

Charging more for hot-spot access than burgers will not be a winning strategy, according to an Australian IDC analyst. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

T-Mobile, Cisco, IBM and Intel today used 3GSM in Cannes to announce an initiative to roll out broadband WLAN and mobile networks across European university campuses. The plan will enable students to work and communicate wirelessly and off-campus, using either WLAN, UMTS or GPRS. Via [theregister.co.uk]

T-Mobile has at last linked its US and European hotspot networks to allow subscribers based in either territory to continue using the service when the travel to the other. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Huge surge in wireless use means enterprises need to implement hotspot strategy. Via [vnunet.com]