Once expected to start this month, officials confirm that certification testing won't begin until early summer with product launches delayed until the end of the year. Via [informationweek.com]

Verizon Communications Inc. said on Tuesday it signed a multiyear deal with Westell Technologies to sell a phone that integrates a high-speed Internet modem and wireless networking. Via [reuters.com]

What began as a GPS (global positioning satellite) tool to help golfers improve their games has evolved into a fixed wireless management system that is turning golf courses into community hot spots. Via [eweek.com]

Wireless connectivity products are springing up in Singapore and across key countries in the Asia-Pacific, as demand is fuelled by a surge in the number of notebook computer users and the need to connect to the Internet and corporate intranets wirelessly. Via [it.asia1.com.sg]

2005 looks set to be Europe's “year of mobility” with the region leading the world in the race for wireless connectivity, says market research company, International Data Corporation (IDC). Via [itweb.co.za]

Wi-Fi and mobile are set to make even close bedfellows in the coming months, new research has found. Via [networks.silicon.com]

BelAir Networks has started partnering with a number of companies for its range of carrier-grade wireless switch routers, with Lucent Techologies becoming the first company licensed to sell the products to service providers, enterprises and government accounts. Via [commsdesign.com]

The village of Los Lunas, New Mexico, is the latest municipality to deploy wide-area Wi-Fi coverage, and the community has ambitions to leverage the wireless technology to eventually provide VoIP service. Via [techweb.com]

Wi-Fi now rules the roost, according to a new research report concluding that wireless technology has gained a slight edge over Ethernet cables in home networks. Via [news.com.com]

Telecommunications used to be a closed game, from the copper and fibre that carried the messages, to the phones themselves. Now, openness reigns in the world of wires. Networks must interconnect with those of competitors, and users can plug in their own devices as they will. One result of this openness has been a lot...

WiMax testing and certification delays may impact the technology's short term success. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

People using wireless high-speed net (wi-fi) are being warned about fake hotspots, or access points. Via [news.bbc.co.uk]

Savvis Communications Corp. will provide networking services to Panera Bread Co. to support the chain's wireless Internet access at more than 600 of its bakery-cafés, the company said Monday. Via [stlouis.bizjournals.com]

Qualcomm is joining TGn Sync, one of the cross-industry groups developing specifications for the IEEE 802.11n standard proposal for WLANs operating at data rates of up to 100Mbit/s. Via [commsdesign.com]

TransAlta Corp. is no stranger to radio-frequency identification. The Canadian power company uses passive RFID to help maintain equipment in several of its 600-foot-long plants. But TransAlta wants to take things to the next level with a system that combines its Wi-Fi networks, Bluetooth technology, and active RFID so it can find equipment and easily...