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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Monday, September 08, 2003 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Australian state to deploy Wi-Fi trial to test business use: The government of Queensland will put hot spots in 20 locations by October 2003 to test the potential of Wi-Fi as a tool for business. Access to their portal will be free; other services will cost AUD$0.20 per minute (US$0.13). Service will be offered notably in several railway stations....
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10:35:23 PM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Coffee shop in Mattoon, IL, offers free Wi-Fi: Mattoon is a small town, about 40 to 80 miles from larger population centers as the crow flies and much longer by major interstates. The first free Wi-Fi in town rates a full news story with photograph, and quotes from other shops thinking about adding service. I've been getting email from people who have read various stories I've written about free Wi-Fi in restaurants who are wrestling with how to offer free service while maintaining necessary security and bandwidth throttling for their own purposes. I'll be writing soon about the right hardware for that job....
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10:35:22 PM
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Source: Ziff Davis
The company said its forthcoming AirForce OneChip wireless component reduces operating power by two orders of magnitude compared with its current offering.
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7:29:41 PM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
The company said its forthcoming AirForce OneChip wireless component reduces operating power by two orders of magnitude compared with its current offering.
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7:28:21 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
T-Mobile to install Wi-Fi in remainder of Delta Crown lounges in airports: This deal was announced last fall, but only a handful of lounges were equipped. Now, they're installing all 40 nationwide. Interestingly, as I talk to folks in the airline industry, it's becoming clearer and clearer that this carved-out lounge deals could wind up getting wiped out, not grandfathered, as airports stop renewing leases on airlines -- turning them into renters or imposing new conditions -- and build out unified Wi-Fi infrastructure. Of course, that means that a provider could still offer access on the infrastructure and only allow lounge members to access it, but that seems less likely....
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6:47:21 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
The company launches a new convertible-style Tablet PC with Intel's wireless bundle.
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5:07:22 PM
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Source: Computer World
The company's Wi-Fi client is aimed at cell phones, handhelds and consumer electronics. Meanwhile, Foundry Networks has rolled out its enterprise Wi-Fi system.
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3:14:41 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
A number of companies including Proxim, Ericsson, and IPWireless are making moves to bring wireless hotspots and broadband to the teeming masses of mainland China.
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2:12:21 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
The Cloud scores payphone/kiosk deal for 7,000 locations: The UK Wi-Fi operator The Cloud, part of a group that offers gaming to pubs, has signed a deal with NWP Spectrum, a firm that operates payphones and Internet kioks across Britain. The Cloud has 1,800 locations running so far, and expects thousands more -- not including this deal -- in the next year. Payphones as Wi-Fi terminals isn't a new idea, but it's gaining traction. When I spoke to Ken Haase of Proxim last month, he noted that Verizon's rollout of Wi-Fi-equipped payphones for Verizon DSL customers in New York used Proxim's gear. Proxim customized its AP2500 product line. The unit includes a DSL modem and the hot spot, but it's built to be invisible. "You don’t see something you can rip open and take away with you," Haase said. Verizon predicts 1,500 of these in New York City alone....
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1:51:12 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
The practical how-to guide and ins and outs of the SanDisk Wi-Fi Compact Flash card: This detailed look at the product shows configuration screens and provides troubleshooting information on using this card with a PocketPC. [via Gizmodo]...
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12:59:01 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Om points out that mammoth Intel is beaten again by fleet Broadcom: With Intel promoting itself as the wireless leader, they have relatively little in-house wireless expertise, and Broadcom's new single-chip 802.11b solution hammers home the advantages of small, fast-moving, focused firms, especially in an age of outsourced fabrication ("fabless" chipmakers). Intel does have the thought leadership on Wi-Fi, as they've hammered their message home quite well. Ultimately, though, they're a hardware company. They need to master this area of silicon in house to produce the margins they need long-term, even if the game right now is about selling laptop systems, not just Wi-Fi chips....
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12:39:01 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Map of free Wi-Fi in Berkeley, California: A call for listings of free Berkeley by Sean of Cheese Bikini. This is a nice informal way to share information about Wi-Fi access and support businesses that might be trying this out as an experiment....
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12:28:33 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
CEDX offers free Wi-Fi, too: New York-area hot spot operator CEDX will be part of Intel's one unwired day, Sept. 25, via their Boingo affiliation, but they're also offering free access of their own. I like to spotlight hot spot operators trying out unique marketing experiments, and Craig Plunkett, the company's CEO, has been a consistent, informative correspondent as he charts his ways through entrepreneurship. (Where will I be on "one unwired day"? Camping with my wife to celebrate our anniversary far from electromagnetic networks and with no laptop or PDA in sight.)...
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12:28:32 PM
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Source: Wi-Fi Planet
The two chip makers have each announced their own low power 802.11b chipsets for use in handheld phones and PDAs, with Broadcom offering one of the WLAN world's Holy Grails: A completely single-chip solution.
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12:06:21 PM
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Source: C|Net
The Swedish giant will supply wireless network equipment and services to Heilongjiang Mobile, a fully owned subsidiary of China Mobile.
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10:13:11 AM
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Source: InfoWorld
Networking vendor adapting wired switches for wireless
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8:19:01 AM
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Source: Ziff Davis
Two wireless chip makers are readying single-chip Wi-Fi offerings designed to lower the cost and power consumption of WLAN clients.
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3:30:43 AM
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Source: eWEEK Technology News
Two wireless chip makers are readying single-chip Wi-Fi offerings designed to lower the cost and power consumption of WLAN clients.
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3:30:42 AM
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Source: Wired.com
Techno-visionaries have a long list of plans for low-power, low-speed wireless networks, from thermostats on factory floors and in residential buildings to tiny battlefield sensors for the Pentagon and more efficient irrigation systems.
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2:39:22 AM
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