Category: HotSpots

In their efforts to ban airlines from offering free Wi-Fi services in their lounges, officials representing Boston's Logan Airport continue to insist that it's not about money, but rather about public safety and management. Via [eweek.com]

Sick of paying an extra $10 or so for hotel broadband Internet access? Yahoo and Sheraton’s parent company, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., are pairing up to bring free hotel wifi to patrons. The Wall Street Journal reports that Yahoo and Sheraton are testing some wifi lounges at the hotels, dubbed Yahoo Link@Sheraton. Via...

Nine UK city centres are to get blanket wireless broadband coverage as part of a deal between Wi-Fi operator The Cloud and telecoms giant BT. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Logan International Airport officials' ongoing quest to ban airline lounges from offering passengers free WiFi Internet services is angering a growing array of powerful Capitol Hill lobbying groups, who say Logan could set a dangerous nationwide precedent for squelching wireless services. Via [boston.com]

Logan International Airport officials' ongoing quest to ban airline lounges from offering passengers free WiFi Internet services is angering a growing array of powerful Capitol Hill lobbying groups, who say Logan could set a dangerous nationwide precedent for squelching wireless services. Via [boston.com]

Starting from yesterday, around 50 percent of Taipei City's population was covered by wireless Internet connections, and the figure will go up to 90 percent by June next year, the city government said. Via [taipeitimes.com]

Skyhook Wireless secured $6.5 million in venture and corporate funding. The Wi-Fi location provider attracted support from Intel Capital and Bain Capital Ventures, as well as existing investors, including Nokia. Via [wirelessweek.com]

Orange is to launch its own wi-fi network across the UK and will be aping BT with a combined 3G, GPRS and wi-fi service for businesses. Via [networks.silicon.com]

Kurt Peterson knows how to pick his Wi-Fi. "I go anywhere I can get it for free," he says. "Why should I pay? Enough people do it for free." Via [usatoday.com]

Arlington County is asking technology companies to give Internet users something for nothing. Via [msnbc.msn.com]

Wireless Philadelphia is a project that has been in development for several years, but which will not be finished until late 2006. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

The Balkan country of Macedonia is planning a wireless mesh network that will cover 1,000 square miles so that the country's more than 2 million residents can get online. Via [informationweek.com]

VIA Rail Canada has made Wi-Fi official. After over a year of trials, the railway said last week that it has a five-year contract in place to put wireless in reach of not only passengers, but for business as well - imagine wireless entertainment services and ticketing in the future. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

MetroFi Inc., a maker of wireless mesh network gear, has set up three "hot zones" in the city that are available now, the Mountain View, California, company said Tuesday. The city awarded MetroFi the right to set up the zones through a request for proposal (RFP) process that began in April, according to Chuck Haas,...

Formerly part of Yugoslavia and previously better known as a potential ethnic trouble spot, Macedonia is now rapidly becoming a wi-fi hotspot. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]