Irony and/or a view of things to come: the cell industry's conference to offer $5 unlimited Wi-Fi through Boingo: 40,000 attendees can't be wrong - the Cellular Telephone and Internet Association (CTIA)'s annual conference runs March 18 to 20 in Orlando, Florida. Alan Reiter, among others, helped build the necessary partnerships to establish sitewide Wi-Fi. This will be a big chunk of exposure for Boingo, as well. Mobile Planet and Avaya will sell equipment on site. Read more at Alan Reiter's site.

WLANs replace wide-area cellular/radio networks: in a move that should freak out Motorola (if they haven't sold off this division) as well as a cellular telcos (if they haven't made their WLAN investment plans yet), a small community has installed full Wi-Fi coverage across 36 square miles to replace expensive radio and cellular service. [From ComputerWorld.com via Alan Reiter]

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