Intel and wireless equipment maker Proxim today said they would collaborate on the development of WiMAX kit for both ends of the broadband wireless link. Via [theregister.co.uk]
Wi-Fi hotspots are to be installed in some UK courts as part of a three-year pilot scheme with BT. Via [networks.silicon.com]
Emerging technology may deliver high-speed connectivity at lower prices--sooner than you think. Via [pcworld.com]
On Wednesday, the airport unveiled a wireless system that makes the Internet available to anyone with a computer that can access it. Travelers no longer need to plug into telephone jacks to check e-mail or work online. Via [usatoday.com]
The 4th Annual Worldwide Wardrive is under way this week, with volunteers scanning the airwaves in a neighborhood near you for WLAN access points. Via [nwfusion.com]
Emerging standards-based technologies could unify the fragmented broadband industry, bring down prices. Via [infoworld.com]
AT&T Wireless and Amtrak have teamed up to offer WiFi service to six train stations along the Northeast Corridor. Via [news.designtechnica.com]
Every public library in the country could soon include a Wi-Fi hot spot, if a government trial is a success. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]
Full details of HP's iPaq h6300 PocketPC phone have been posted on the Federal Communications Commission's web site. Via [theregister.co.uk]
There are several techniques to performing penetration testing on your wireless network, the objective of all of them being to improve the security and integrity of the network itself. What wireless lacks in the security of the physical layer and medium must be compensated for in protections on other layers of the stack. Via [securityfocus.com]...
A technology which allows users to make voice calls over a Wi-Fi network may gain early backing among businesses but it will not find its way into consumer mobile phones just yet, says a senior Nokia official. Via [zdnet.com.au]
If Wi-Fi is to be profitable as more than a sideline, it will have to get outside the coffee shop, contends Bert Williams, vice president for marketing for Tropos in Sunnyvale, California. Tropos builds wireless networks that span neighborhoods and entire cities in some cases. That kind of coverage can be turned into a profitable,...
Much as we've come to love a good Wi-Fi connection, whether at home or at the corner coffee shop, there's still quite a bit left to be desired. It's not fast enough, and Wi-Fi signals need to go farther. Via [forbes.com]
The Wi-Fi-network aggregator's founder sees unlimited potential for the technology -- if it gets much easier to use. Via [businessweek.com]
Has China gone cold on hot spots? Three years ago, the country's biggest phone companies, China Netcom and China Telecom, seemed to be in a fast-paced race to sign deals with the country's hotels, airports and fast-food chains to open short-range wireless broadband access points, known as hot spots, in major cities like Beijing and...