Archive for 'Wi-Fi' Category
Cablevision Goes Wireless
17 May 2008 - Wi-Fi, Not WiMAX
Cablevision will spend over $300 million to build a network of Wi-Fi hot spots primarily across its footprint on Long Island, NY but also in others parts of the New York City market. The service will be free to Cablevision customers.
The company has already begun the rollout and expects to be finished […]
“Wi-Fi for Everyone, I’m In”
22 February 2008- AT&T Offers Free Access in 17,000 Hotspots
- BT, FON Offer Free Nationwide Wi-Fi Access
- Apple Putting Wi-Fi in Everything - Who Needs a CD/DVD?
By Charles Hall
Wi-Fi ain’t ever going away, is it? And isn’t it going to spread everywhere?
And it will certainly, despite the failures of the muni Wi-Fi crowd, be everywhere. We’ve wondered […]
MP3 and Wi-Fi Here to Stay
22 February 2008Most things come and go. Despite better music formats that have improved sound quality and better networks capable of perfectly delivering HD video throughout the home, it seems certain that the MP3 music format and Wi-Fi wireless networking will always be with us. There’s a lot to be said for universality. Floppy disks came and […]
JoikuSpot To Turn Symbian S60 Smartphones Into Mobile Wi-Fi Hotspots
8 February 2008Joikusoft Oy has launched a free mobile application that turns Symbian S60 smartphones into Wi-Fi hotspots.
The application, called JoikuSpot lets a smartphone share its 3G connection wirelessly over WLAN with any WLAN capable device - like laptops, smartphones and the Apple iPod touch. The limited beta version for the Symbian OS just released is […]
IPass Hits on Tata Wi-Fi
8 February 2008Tata Indicom and iPass have announced that iPass customers can now access the hundreds of Tata Wi-Fi hotspots that were added into the iPass Global Broadband Roaming Network.
With this addition, iPass customers will have reliable, high-speed connectivity across India’s largest 20 cities - including the larger business centers such as Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Bangalore. […]
Spotigo Launches Wi-Fi User Location for the Mobile World Congress
8 February 2008Spotigo has fine-tuned its Wi-Fi based Positioning Solution (WiPS) for a new application specifically for the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Feb 11-14, 2008). This feature lets users see their current position on a map of the fairgrounds and find their way through the venue. Any Wi-Fi device or Wi-Fi tagged device can be […]
In Massachusetts, Wi-Fi is for the Trains
1 February 2008The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced that it will be testing Wi-Fi on one of its train lines that carries about 18,000 passengers on a typical weekday.
The Worcester-Framingham line is about 45 miles long and runs between Boston and Worcester in central Massachusetts. The Wi-Fi test will let any Wi-Fi enabled device access […]
Continental Takes Baby Steps With In-Flight Wi-Fi
1 February 2008Continental Airlines became the latest US airline to jump on the in-flight Wi-Fi bandwagon.
Beginning in January 2009, Continental plans to roll out free e-mail and instant messaging offered by LiveTV.
Continental passengers are supposed to be able to use the service with Wi-Fi enabled smart phones, BlackBerries and laptops to connect to work, friends and family […]
Ezmo Has A Plan – Free Music On Your Mobile! Well Some of Your Mobiles
1 February 2008Ezmo, an online music player service, has announced a mobile capability of its service allowing users to listen to their music collection via mobile device.
Ezmo is a service that lets users upload their music collection, listen to it, share it with up to 10 friends and also listen to friends’ shared music.
The new Ezmo mobile […]
Not the Beginning of the End But the End of the End for Municipal Wi-Fi
1 February 2008“We’re long past the beginning of the end, and we’re nearing the end of the end for the build-it-first, figure-revenue-later model of municipal Wi-Fi. – Glenn Fleishman in the article MetroFi Stops Building in Aurora and Naperville, IL at http://wifinetnews.com/archives/008135.html