AT&T Corp. said on Monday it would test a much-hyped high-speed wireless technology later this year to see if it can be used to replace traditional data lines to businesses. Via [reuters.com]
Intel Corporation is introducing an enhanced technology to provide mobile handset users with a better multimedia experience, including clearer graphics, faster video, and improved power efficiency. Via [geekzone.co.nz]
Mobile phone vendor Kyocera said Monday that it will work with Boingo Wireless to enable its handsets to seamlessly switch between cellular and Wi-Fi networks.
After licensing talks collapsed, Symbol Technologies and Intermec are trading intellectual property lawsuits related to wireless technology. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]
The World Wide Spectrum Efficiency (WWiSE) consortium, a group of 13 companies developing a complete proposal for the IEEE 802.11 Task Group N (TGn), has announced that Nokia has joined and supports its proposal. Via [eetuk.com]
Slim Devices will ship the second generation of its Squeezebox wireless music device at the end of the month, the company revealed this week. Via [theregister.co.uk]
A survey of wi-fi networks in London, Frankfurt, New York and San Francisco by RSA Security found more than a third had basic security features turned off. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]
The city government of Chicago took some small steps toward a city-wide wireless Network earlier this week, the Chicago Tribune has reported. Via [informationweek.com]
According to Linksys, a division of Cisco, the new Wi-Fi set-up technology eliminates existing hurdles to broad adoption of home Wi-Fi products by delivering ease of use and automated security. Via [cio-today.com]
Visitors to this year's CeBIT trade fair have been greeted by an array of technological marvels, and wireless firms seem be generating the greatest buzz. The annual week-long event in Hanover, Germany, which this year is expected to draw some 500,000 attendees, has been dominated by cutting-edge wireless technologies and gadgets, with a 7-megpixel digital...
City versus state squabbles over Wi-Fi networks have reached the hilarity zone here in the US, as officials on both sides try to slip networking laws past each other. Via [theregister.co.uk]
More than a third of businesses using wireless networks in the City of London are overlooking basic security, leaving themselves exposed to drive-by hackers. Via [vnunet.com]
Tropos Networks, a start-up that makes equipment for public Wi-Fi networks, announced on Wednesday that NTT Communications has selected its MetroMesh routers to be deployed in military bases, cities and rural areas in Japan. The first deployment will be at the U.S. Marine Corps Air Station in Iwakuni, Japan. Via [news.com.com]
Airspan Networks Inc. has unveiled what the company said are the world's first self-installable indoor WiMax products that link desktop PCs, laptops, Internet-ready telephone sets and other broadband devices directly to operator networks. Via [commsdesign.com]
MIMO (multiple input multiple output) wireless technology is beginning to gain traction in the WiFi market and is moving to address the 3G mobile industry, according to MIMO pioneer Airgo Networks. Via [electronicsweekly.com]