Tag: HotSpots

Paris is the top European city for free Wi-Fi access, according to a survey by Freehotspot.com. Via [vnunet.com]

A European research team has successfully launched and tested the world's first Wi-Fi balloon, raising hopes that high-tech dirigibles could be used to provide wireless communications in remote regions or disaster areas. Via [vnunet.com]

McDonald's plays host to free wireless access for Nintendo DS gamers in the US but the UK will have to wait. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]

While hotel guests complain about being charged as much as $13 a day for Wi-Fi Internet access, Tantus Networks has come up with a way to make wireless Internet access free to everyone—through Wi-Fi advertising. Via [redherring.com]

Google’s recent bid to offer free Wi-Fi at 300 kilobits per second across the city of San Francisco struck some as being far outside the company's area of expertise. So what's this company up to, anyway? Via [commsdesign.com]

In the high-tech city of Oulu, Finland, anyone with a wireless laptop or mobile device won't go hungry or stay lost. Via [boston.com]

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalise gay marriage, said on Monday he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens. Via [today.reuters.co.uk]

Telecom and cable providers are already at battle with a number of government municipalities that are launching free or low-cost Internet services for their communities. Now Google could join the fray with its proposal to provide such services in San Francisco. If chosen as a provider, Google could compete with the city's local telephone and...

No longer happy with just clean sheets and heavy curtains, hotel guests are demanding more from their rooms. Via [usatoday.com]

There will be over 100,000 public Wi-Fi hotspots globally by the end of this year, with Europe and North America beginning to challenge the Asia-Pacific region’s early dominance, according to market research from Informa Telecoms & Media. Via [eet.com]

Hundreds of local governments are building wireless networks-- but the telecom industry has taken issue. Via [informationweek.com]

With over 150 base stations, the largest Wi-Fi network over in Finland, Wivanet, is to close by Q1 2006. Vantaa Energy has decided to stop maintaining the network. Via [theinquirer.net]

Launched at a London advertising technology conference, the company is signing up advertisers who want to target free users, who will have access at hotspots such as hotels, cafes, pubs and restaurants. Via [computerweekly.com]

Air travelers who want to surf the Net at O'Hare and Midway airports will be able to pay $6.95 a day for the privilege under a long-stalled agreement that will make millions for a politically connected contractor. Via [suntimes.com]

University College London Hospitals (UCLH) Trust has installed a 7,000-user wireless network as part of a project to replace paper processes with electronic patient records (EPR). Via [vnunet.com]