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NewsCarriers may subsidize Dell's new netbook for 3G, WiFi service contracts
Carriers such as AT&T, T-Mobile USA and Sprint may soon be subsidizing the cost of Dell's new Inspirion Mini-9 notebook when customers sign a long-term wireless service contract. Though Read more...
Cablevision completes first-phase of WiFi network
Cablevision Systems has finished the first phase of its WiFi network in New York and says it is on track to complete the project in two years. The cable operator is offering WiFi free to its 2.4 Read more...
HP to buy Colubris Networks
Hewlett Packard's Procurve Networking Division is buying enterprise WLAN firm Colubris Networks. Colubris specializes in public-access applications, most notably in the hospitality industry. Terms of Read more...
Delta offers inflight WiFi
Delta Airlines will soon be offering inflight WiFi access on 330 domestic aircrafts. The company will be offering Aircell's Gogo service for $9.95 on flights of three hours or less and $12.95 on Read more...
Cablevision will launch WiFi network this fall
Cable operator Cablevision says that it will launch its extensive WiFi network this fall in its operating region, which includes parts of New Jersey, Connecticut and New York. The network, which will Read more...
Motorola buys WiFi security firm
Motorola is acquiring WiFi security firm AirDefense. The privately held firm makes software that lets corporations secure their networks and comply with regulatory and industry standards. AirDefense Read more...
Beijing to get citywide WiFi
Beijing, China, will be getting a citywide WiFi system just in time for the 2008 Summer Olympics. Chinacomm Communications has deployed the first of a three-phase system to blanket the city with WiFi Read more...
T-Mobile adds to its HotSpot@Home lineup
T-Mobile USA is increasing its portfolio of handsets that work with its HotSpot@Home UMA service, which provides unlimited nationwide calling over any Wi-Fi Read more...
San Fran Mayor says citywide WiFi will be a reality
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom says that citywide WiFi will be a reality and that 144,000 residents will be surfing the Web for free by the end of the year at no cost to the city. Meraki is Read more...
MetroFi shutters its service
The muni-WiFi space took another hit today with news that MetroFi, a WiFi firm that provides free and premium WiFi service informed subscribers in many of its California markets that it will be Read more...
| Press ReleasesComfone adds remote WiFi test service to existing portfolio of testing servicesBern, Switzerland, 11 June, 2008 –Comfone
today announces the recent launch of its WiFi remote test service to
facilitate the testing and rollout of WiFi roaming services. Read more... Netflix Player by Roku using Atheros Wi-Fi technologySanta Clara, CA -- Atheros Communications, Inc., a leading developer of advanced semiconductor system solutions for wireless and wired communications, today announced that its Wi-Fi technology Read more... AT&T Launches Free Wi-Fi for LaptopConnect CustomersSan Antonio -- AT&T Inc. announced that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Users can access Wi-Fi at nearly 7,000 participating Read more... WAYPORT SERVICE IN MORE THAN 10,000 McDONALD’S
Irving, Texas – Apr 29, 2008- Wayport, Inc. , a provider of converged network solutions to enable breakthrough network applications, Read more... Meru Networks Brings Virtual Reality To Wireless LAN Management SUNNYVALE, Calif., Apr. 21, 2008 – Meru Networks has introduced a network management software product that lets users "walk" through three-dimensional representations of their Meru Read more... |