Category: Research

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]

The escalating use of wireless technology demands formal corporate security policies governing that use, according to users and analysts at a Gartner Inc. security conference here this week. Via [computerworld.com]

Speakers rave about rapid growth but preach against overconfidence at wireless conference. Via [pcworld.com]

Consulting firm The Management Network Group (TMNG), has teamed up with financial house Bear, Stearns & Co. to produce a new market study called Wireless Broadband: The Impact of 802 Technology. The study analyzes the potential business effects of 802.16 WiMAX and 802.20 MobileFI and proprietary technologies. Via [forbes.com]

Virtual, moving fences controlled from a laptop could one day herd cattle to fresh fields for grazing, a roboticist told the MobiSys 2004 conference in Boston, Massachusetts, on Sunday. Via [newscientist.com]

Wi-Fi hotspots will only meet the needs of small customer groups and for the majority of hotspots there will be little or no return of investment. So says the Scientific Institute for Communication Services or WIK, Germany’s leading research and advisory institute for communication services. Via [theregister.co.uk]

A survey found that 72% of business travellers asked said onboard wi-fi web access would make them more likely to choose trains over cars or planes. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

Researchers at the Queensland University of Technology have discovered an easily-exploited vulnerability which can be used to take down most 802.11 wireless networks. Via [australianit.news.com.au]

According to Pyramid Research, T-Mobile's bet on Wi-Fi as a broadband wireless alternative is paying off - while competitors are scrambling to get 3G networks on their feet. Via [infosyncworld.com]

Wireless network protection neglected by more than half of UK businesses. Via [vnunet.com]

Although more and more businesses are buying wireless communications technology for their employees, that purchasing could be better managed, a research report out Monday states. Via [sanjose.bizjournals.com]

By 2007, more Americans will access mobile data via Wi-Fi than 2.5-generation or third-generation networks, according to a new report from Pyramid. Via [rcrnews.com]

By 2008 there will be 176.8 million embedded wi-fi devices, according to a report from market research firm iSuppli. Via [theinquirer.net]

Anyone can get their kicks on Route 66 — but on Highway 101, you can get Wi-Fi in 77 places. Via [usatoday.com]