Broadband phone service provider Vonage will make available portable Wi-Fi phones later this year to help defend itself against AT&T's expansion into its market, a Vonage executive said Monday. Via [news.com.com]

Mesh technology allows new wireless networks to be created, or existing WLANs to be extended, without needing a wired connection to each base station. Via [insight.zdnet.co.uk]

AMD has begun to address Intel's almost total domination of the Wi-Fi market by launching a hotspot co-marketing scheme designed to promote its Alchemy WLAN chips. Via [theregister.co.uk]

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

As I sit here in an American Eagle commuter jet, flying from San Jose to Los Angeles and trying to write this column, one thing occurs to me: This Ferrari-branded notebook sure looks better when it isn't solidly stuck in my stomach. The second thing that occurs to me is, I'll probably never regain the...

Intel has bought Israeli wireless networking chip maker Envara for $40m, local business site The Market has claimed. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Lucent Technologies Inc. is working to develop a product that would provide users with wireless Internet access on trains, buses and automobiles. Via [computerworld.com]

From hot spots in McDonald’s to the newly proposed hot zones showing up in town squares in municipalities around the country, wireless access seems more and more pervasive – or at least the perception is that wireless is pervasive. In reality, CIOs, CSOs (Chief Security Officers) and network administrators are struggling to implement enterprise wireless...

Intel and network gear maker Alcatel announced on Thursday an alliance to deliver WiMax equipment by the second half of 2005. Via [news.com.com]

Vendors should stop pushing IP telephony and Wi-Fi technology in isolation and put forward converged communication strategies instead. Via [theregister.co.uk]

Businesses are aware that there are significant advantages to going wireless but many are blundering in with their eyes closed, latest research as found. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

It didn't seem that long ago that those running DIY home renovation projects would take the re-plastering as an opportunity to run speaker cable and then category 5 networking cable from room to room. Those days could be long gone, and not just because of the sprawl across suburbia of house design TV programmes promoting...

Tatara Systems says that the company's SIM-based Wi-Fi authentication, roaming and service delivery solutions have been proven in a real-world environment. Tatara's SIM-based authentication solutions facilitate easier authentication and delivery of enhanced services to wireless users roaming between wireless local area networks (LANs) and wireless wide area networks (WANs). Via [cellular-news.com]

The last couple of weeks have seen another avalanche of announcements about higher-speed Wi-Fi. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Over 150 Starbucks UK coffee shops now provide wireless Internet access, the company proudly announced yesterday. Via [theregister.co.uk]