Wi-Fi access to be available on London's Tube network by this summer

Wi-Fi access to be available on London's Tube network by this summer
Telegraph.co.uk
By John O' Ceallaigh Following a successful trial at Charing Cross station, TfL has confirmed that Wi-Fi access will be provided at 120 stations throughout the Tube network, enabling travellers to go online when waiting at platforms.

Telegraph.co.uk

Wi-Fi Alliance® Hosts First Public Demonstration of Interoperable Wi-Fi® and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Wi-Fi Alliance will conduct a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration of Wi-Fi device connectivity to both Wi-Fi and ZigBee meters. This will be the first public demonstration of SEP 2 over multiple technologies. Eight vendors will participate ...

Broadband costs have to go down - Minister
Moneyweb.co.za
PRETORIA – The Department of Communications is still aiming to achieve 100% broadbandpenetration by 2020, a promise initially made by former minister of communications Radhakrishna “Roy” Padayachie, and affirmed on Tuesday by Dina Pule, ...

Clearwire Reports Selected Preliminary Fourth Quarter 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
We believe we will need to deploy LTE on our wireless broadband network, alongside mobileWiMAX, to be able to continue to operate in the long term. We will incur significant costs to deploy such technology, and will need to raise substantial ...

The 4G network will offer speeds of 2MB per second and 40MB per second ...
The Australian
While Telstra's 4G LTE (long-term evolution) network has been up and running since September last year and accessible with a 4G modem, the release today of HTC's Velocity 4G Android smartphone means consumers can now use the network to speak and surf ...

LG Connect 4G
CNETTV
The LG Connect 4G is one of MetroPCS' few 4G LTE-enabled smartphones. It's the carrier's first handset to feature a 1.2GHz dual-core processor.

Cambium Networks Debuts Wireless Broadband Solutions for Federal Markets at ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The product leverages secure, industry-standard 4G 802.16e WiMAX technology in a ruggedized MIL-STD-810G, all-outdoor package. Using the 4.4 to 5.0 GHz US Federal and NATO Band IV spectrum, agencies can deploy a variety of broadband applications such ...

Think That 4G Phone Is Fast? Forget About It
Patch.com
So-called 4G networks are really just improvements on the same standard to obtain higher speeds using various technical approaches, including HSPA+, LTE and WiMAX. The ITU began allowing carriers to market the latest improvements as 4G in December 2010 ...

Windows 8 to integrate mobile broadband, simplify wireless connections
TechSpot
Microsoft has also developed a new networks settings menu that allows you to turn off individual radios (Bluetooth, mobile broadband, Wi-Fi) or disable them all at once with the new airplane mode. This native radio management is said to eliminate ...

TechSpot

Amino Selects Celeno Wi-Fi for Connected IPTV Set-Top Boxes Worldwide
MarketWatch (press release)
Celeno's OptimizAIR(TM) technology will help Amino offer whole home Wi-Fi networking robust enough for HD IPTV distribution, multi-room DVR and Over the Top (OTT) video and Video on Demand (VoD) consumption anywhere in the home.

Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi Model Gets Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Upgrade
MobileTechReview.com
Motorola today starts to push out Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to Motorola XOOM Wi-Fi tablets. It will take a few weeks, so look out for your notification if you own a Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi in the US only. ICS upgrade offers faster rendering, ...

AT&T Enhances Indianapolis Wireless Network for Football's Big Game
MarketWatch (press release)
Wi-Fi use doesn't count toward customers' smartphone data plans. AT&T has also launched an expanded Distributed Antenna System (DAS) at Lucas Oil Stadium, which is among the largest of its kind in the US, enabling 4G LTE coverage within the stadium and ...

Pay attention, 007: Wi-Fi cufflinks perfect for a spy
Register
By Chris Mellor • Get more from this author Brookstone, the up-market US gifts-you-know-you-absolutely-can't-resist retailer, has come up with another winner: Wi-Fi routing silver cufflinks with an on-board USB stick. How on earth did we ever do ...

NEC to Exhibit M2M Service Enabled by Mobile Cloud and Mobile Broadband ...
MarketWatch (press release)
NEC will also host two forums: "Mobile Cloud" and "LTE". NEC has developed a big data processing platform technology able to batch process and analyse data in shorter time, meeting the increasing customer demand for higher-speed data storage systems.

iPass Expands Wi-Fi Hotspots in European Hotel Conference Centres via Extended ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"iBAHN's Wi-Fi services allow users 24/7 Internet access with full support in a range of languages, which has long been an essential service for the modern business traveller." "With 675000 Wi-Fihotspots in 117 countries, the iPass Mobile Network ...

Wales plan for best broadband network by 2015
News Wales
The Welsh Government has published details of locations around Wales where it proposes to intervene to provide next generation broadband to ensure the country has the best network possible. It follows a review last year to take stock of what the ...

HTC's Velocity 4G: will HTC be 'superfast' at delivering ICS 4.0 udpate?
iTWire
HTC's Velocity 4G is the fastest smartphone in Australia, primarily because it's the first to offer a 4G LTE chipset, and while more 4G models are clearly on the way, the ironic “wait” for ICS 4.0 to arrive with some velocity for the Velocity begins.

New Research From iGR Quantifies Benefits Resulting From SON Deployment on New ...
MarketWatch (press release)
As more LTE cells are deployed, so the mobile operators will also deploy Self-Organizing Network (SON) solutions, as defined by Releases 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the 3GPP. SON is at the core of launching new cost-effective 4G devices and applications via a ...

Nokia Lumia 900 hits UK in June says retailer, sans LTE
SlashGear
UK retailer Carphone Warehouse has yanked a pre-registration page for the launch of the Nokia Lumia 900, indicating the 4.3-inch Windows Phone will go on sale in non-LTE form come June 2012. Beyond the lack of LTE, the Lumia 900 details - previously ...

Virgin Media Evaluates 4G Broadband
ITProPortal
It provides capacity to where people need it the most," Kevin Baughan, director of wireless at Virgin Media stated, Financial Times reports. The company has also placed its bid for the contracts aimed at facilitating quality Wi-Fi services, ...

ITProPortal

Alvarion to Provide Wavion(TM) Wi-Fi Solution to Telecel, a Cellular Operator ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Alvarion Ltd. /quotes/zigman/81190/quotes/nls/alvr ALVR +4.35% provides optimized wirelessbroadband solutions addressing the connectivity, coverage and capacity challenges of telecom operators, smart cities, security, and enterprise customers.

Broadband Internet in Azerbaijan to extinguish satellite antennas
Trend.az
The development of broadband Internet and the provision of radio and television services based on it will lead to the inevitability of home satellite antennas being taken out of service, Minister Ali Abbasov said at the board of the Ministry of ...

4G here with speed that thrills
Herald Sun
Video Image 4G how much faster? We put a 4G phone through its paces to see how it compares to a phone using the 3G network First review: HTC and 4G trump the iPhone AUSTRALIA'S first fourth generation network mobile phone is available today, ...

Mobile broadband needs more spectrum soon, says UMTS Forum
RealWire (press release)
Mobile broadband is changing the way the world communicates. The UMTS Forum helps all players in this dynamic new value chain understand and profit from the opportunities of 3G/UMTS networks and their Long Term Evolution (LTE).

RealWire (press release)

Teachers ready for broadband challenge
Stuff.co.nz
School teachers are generally well qualified to take advantage of ultrafast broadband to improve the delivery of education, according to a report prepared for the Commerce Commission. But it said while teachers had been skilled up over the past 10 ...

Hull and East Yorkshire to get 100Mbps fibre broadband
Techworld.com
By Sophie Curtis | Techworld | Published: 11:26, 24 January 2012 Around 15000 homes and businesses in Hull and East Yorkshire could have access to one of the fastest broadbandconnections in the UK, following the launch KC's new 100Mbps fibre service.

Intel CEO Says That 4G Will Be Integrated into SoCs
Tom's Hardware Guide
"The business enhances Intel's existing communication portfolio with leading wireless mobility and cellular platforms, bringing together Intel's strengths in WiFi and 4G WiMAX with WLS' leadership in 2G and 3G, and a combined path to accelerate 4G LTE ...

Nintendo 3DS users get free WiFi in selected UK airports | Ubergizmo
By George Wong
If you own a 3DS and you happen to be travelling to or from the UK this year, you'll be glad to know that you won't have to pay through the nose for WiFi access on your portable gaming console. [...]
Ubergizmo

How to Build a Long-Range Wi-Fi System - Part #1 - Eastman's ...
By Dick Eastman
How to Build a Long-Range Wi-Fi System - Part #1. Wifi I wrote an article that describes the lessons I learned when building a long-range wi-fi system to use in my motor home. However, it isn't a genealogy-related article, so I published it on ...
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

Gameloft partners with Verizon 4G LTE to offer in-game voice chat
By Kevin Krause
We may have to wait another year for Verizon to switch over to VoLTE services (voice-over-LTE), but a new partnership with Gameloft will allow gamers to voice.
Android Phone Fans

AT&T Sony Xperia ION 4G LTE pricing details emerge | Android ...
By Cory Gunther
A couple of weeks ago at CES Sony finally detailed their new Xperia ION smartphone to be powered by AT&T 4G LTE. With a dual-core processor, large display and an ultra fast connection we are starting to see a glimpse of where Sony plans ...
Android Community

Verizon reports strong Q4 with iPhone 4S, LTE leading the way ...
By Devindra Hardawar
The massive success of the iPhone 4S, together with its next-generation LTE 4G network, helped Verizon see strong earnings of $0.52 a share in the fourth quarter on revenue of $28.4 billion.
VentureBeat

WiFi Display to Make Your Life Easier in 2012
By Lucian Armasu
WiFi Display Later this year, there will be a new industry standard called WiFi Display, that will start appearing in both mobile devices such as smartphones and ta.
Android Authority

HTC Velocity 4G gets lift off, more 4G devices on the way - Telstra ...
By Ross Catanzariti
Telstra's 4G network, which uses the LTE 1800MHz band, should provide typical download speeds of between 2 megabits per second (Mbps) and 40Mbps, and typical upload speeds of between 1Mbps and 10Mbps. Current 4G coverage ...
CIO - News RSS feed

Apple rumored to adopt gigabit WiFi standard this year - Neowin.net
By Nathan Tsui
Apple is expected to implement IEEE 802.11ac, the upcoming WiFi standard that can achieve data throughput three times faster than 802.11n, in AirPort base stations and other hardware this year.
Neowin.net

Intel's next big wireless play: It's not smartphones — Broadband ...
By Kevin Fitchard
The base station is easily the most expensive element of the wireless network, and as China Mobile looks to the next wave of wireless technology, LTE, it doesn't want to repeat that enormous infrastructure investment by installing pricey hardware at the bottom of every tower. Instead, it's looking for Intel's help to move all of that network ... With every wireless initiative fail – note WiMAX – it immediately launches another. And where it can't develop a wireless technology on its own, ...
Mobile

Wifi Schemes Are The New School Bully [Headlines] @PSFK
Internet access is made difficult in South Korea educational institutions by some digital culprits.
PSFK

Gameloft and Verizon to Bring Voice Over LTE for Multiplayer ...
By Stacy Bruce
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Verizon to illustrate the potential of in-game voice chat and multiplayer over the 4G LTE network,” said Baudouin Corman, vice president of Publishing for the Americas at Gameloft. “Gameloft seeks to ...
Android News, Rumours, and Updates

New Estate Residents Face Delay in Broadband Services ...
By Latika Sharma
New Estate Residents Face Delay in Broadband Services It has been revealed by a new report that the housing estate developers have been introducing their own broadband scheme as NBN or National Broadband Network is making huge ...
TopNews Arab Emirates

The National Broadband Map Goes Mobile - Now You Can Get ...
News: The National Broadband Map Goes Mobile - Now You Can Get Unreliable Data on the Go!
www.dslreports.com/.../The-National-Broadband-Map-Goes-...

dailywireless.org » Superbowl Goes 4G
DailyWireless.org covers current developments in broadband wireless, including WiMAX, LTE,WiFi and mobile aps. Online since 2002, with nearly 10000 ...
www.dailywireless.org/2012/01/23/superbowl-goes-4g/

HTC ThunderBolt 4G LTE smartphone free at Verizon Wireless ...
If its latest promotion is any indication, Verizon Wireless must be sitting on a large stock of HTC ThunderBolt smartphones, as the carrier is offering the 4G LTE ...
www.mobileburn.com/.../htc-thunderbolt-4g-lte-smartphone-f...

Securing Your Home Wi-Fi Network
Wi-Fi networks (sometimes called by their technical name. 802.11) allow people to ... Your Wi-Finetwork is controlled by something called a Wi-. Fi access point.
www.securingthehuman.org/.../ouch/.../OUCH-201201_en.pdf

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