FCC moves toward new airplane broadband service
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voting Thursday to explore using new spectrum for...
View ArticleEricsson software automates Wi-Fi vs. cell choice in mixed networks
New network software from Ericsson is designed to make sure mobile users get the best possible connection when there is both a Wi-Fi and a cellular network available.
View ArticleEricsson makes bus windows part of a Wi-Fi network
Ericsson may have a contender for oddest networking product if it commercializes the wireless bus windows it demonstrated at this week's CTIA Wireless trade show.
View ArticleNetwork builders tackling cell vs. Wi-Fi choices
Mobile users can probably look forward to being automatically transferred from cellular to Wi-Fi networks in the near future, but going back and forth for the best possible performance is another matter.
View ArticleWLAN revenues dip as buyers wait for 11ac products
Revenues for wireless LAN products dropped 7% in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. The drop in part is due to buyers delaying purchases as they wait for new WLAN products based on the so-called...
View ArticleTexas Instruments, Qualcomm to power small cells for enterprises
Texas Instruments and Qualcomm are working on products that will power small mobile base stations, also known as small cells, and help improve indoor coverage and speeds for enterprises.
View ArticleResearchers use Wi-Fi and gestures to make a 'smart home'
Don't like the song playing on the stereo? Just wave it goodbye, literally.
View ArticleWhat's next for Wi-Fi?
Wi-Fi is blossoming in the enterprise as organizations find new ways to leverage the wireless infrastructure and workers, having benefited from mobility, demand increased range and better performance...
View ArticleWi-Fi's fast 802.11ac standard may pay off big in mobile
The emerging IEEE 802.11ac wireless LAN standard will be able to deliver faster connections wherever it's used, but the biggest benefit may come at public hotspots -- eventually.
View ArticleNew Wi-Fi coming in waves, but surf at your own risk
802.11ac is all the rage, and rightfully so. It represents another fundamental change in the innovation of the Wi-Fi 802.11 protocol that promises to boost wireless LAN speeds into the gigabit world.
View ArticleMIT researchers can see through walls using 'Wi-Vi'
If Google Glass isn't enough to get you worried about technology, how about a device that can see through walls using Wi-Fi?
View ArticleStarbucks dumps AT&T for Google in Wi-Fi swap
Starbucks says that it will drop AT&T as a wireless partner in favor of Google, boasting that the change will provide a 10-fold speed boost to the millions of users that use the coffee chain's free...
View ArticleBad connections dog Google's Mountain View Wi-Fi network
Large parts of a public Wi-Fi network built by Google in Mountain View, California, don't work properly and, according to local residents, haven't worked for months.
View ArticleAmazon reportedly tested Wi-Fi network in new spectrum
Amazon has reportedly been testing a Wi-Fi network that's based on new spectrum, from satellite network vendor Globalstar. The result: a much improved Wi-Fi experience.
View ArticleWireless USB to get high-speed jolt from WiGig
The WiGig high-speed wireless standard will power a new wireless version of USB through a deal between the Wi-Fi Alliance and the USB Implementers Forum.
View ArticleWLAN enterprise growth slows after 802.11n upgrade rush
Because many enterprises have already upgraded their networks to the 802.11n standard, sales growth in the enterprise wireless LAN sector was cut in half during the second quarter, according to...
View ArticleSuper-fast Wi-Fi: Cisco, Ubiquiti access points top out at nearly 400Mbps
Earlier this year we tested several consumer-level 802.11ac routers. Here, we take a look at two enterprise-level access points. They're a part of the so-called "Wave 1" phase of the 802.11ac standard:...
View ArticleHP rolls out next-gen firewall line, threat-detection service
HP today took the wraps off its Next-Generation Firewall line designed to exert application-level controls and visibility over all traffic related to the enterprise, including mobile devices used in...
View ArticleIs that hotspot safe to use? Wi-Fi Alliance wants to help
Security-savvy mobile-device users are increasingly casting a skeptical eye on public Wi-Fi, and now the vendor consortium behind the wireless standard wants to make logging in via that coffee shop...
View ArticleNew 'white spaces' research from Microsoft and China makes it easier to find...
Identifying and using vacant "white space" spectrum for Wi-Fi may get simpler, more efficient, and cheaper thanks to a new project by Microsoft and a team of Chinese researchers.
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