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News that's changing the Wireless World!
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Tuesday, February 03, 2004 |
Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
T-Mobile, Comcast Form Marketing Deal
Comcast broadband customers are being offered a deal on T-Mobile hotspot service: Comcast customers can get one month free if they sign up for a year subscription or a free day pass a month for buying a single day pass. For now, T-Mobile will market the offering on Comcast's home page and through bill stuffers but the company hopes to come up with other ideas with Comcast to draw in new T-Mobile users. T-Mobile has found that 90 percent of its hotspot customers have broadband at home....
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10:15:39 AM 
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Airgo Raises $25 Million
Airgo Networks, a chipmaker, gathered $25 million to help with the start of volume shipments of its Wi-Fi chips, which should be available early this year: Airgo uses multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) technology, which it says can delver 108 Mbps while maintaining interoperability with Wi-Fi standards. Airgo also claims that the technology boosts coverage three to ten times further than other chips. It's a crowded chip market so it'll be challenging for a new entrant but the increased performance may help Airgo....
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9:53:35 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
Italy Slow to Join Wi-Fi World
The International Herald Tribune ran a story (which seems to have missed the copy editor's desk) about the state of Wi-Fi in Italy: While the Communications Ministry there is enthusiastic about Wi-Fi, the general public doesn't seem very aware of the technology. It sounds like operators in Italy must get a license to operate Wi-Fi networks. In addition, a law requires users to register with a provider to use the networks, which don't seem to be offered without charge in Italy....
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9:43:05 AM
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Source: Wi-Fi Networking News
WPA Required
The Wi-Fi Alliance said that over 175 products have been certified with WPA: Since September, the alliance has begun requiring WPA for all certified products and no longer considers WEP a secure mechanism....
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9:32:39 AM
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Source: Wired.com
The Place Where Tech Stands Still
Cell phones, pagers, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth -- the wireless revolution is everywhere. Except here, at the home of the Green Bank Telescope. By John Geirland from Wired magazine.
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2:46:55 AM
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