Wireless Internet

WASHINGTON-A government-industry meeting last week on protecting military radar from new 5 GHz Wi-Fi operations appears to have confirmed progress-but not completion-of testing analyses of dynamic frequency selection technology to …

WASHINGTON-The Department of Defense and Federal Communications Commission say they are cautiously optimistic about finally achieving a technical solution that could enable an explosion of new Wi-Fi connections in the …

Promises fulfilled was the message from Cingular Wireless L.L.C. as the industry’s largest operator announced the launch of its UMTS/HSDPA network-dubbed BroadbandConnect-in 16 U.S. markets. The carrier has been touting …

DALLAS-The Alberta Special Areas Board picked Nortel Networks Ltd. to build a fixed WiMAX network in Canada, bringing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural areas of Alberta, Nortel said. Nortel …

Free, municipally run Wi-Fi Internet access will become a permanent fixture in New Orleans, according to Mayor Ray Nagin, who announced plans to cover the entire city with a Wi-Fi …

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa-Fixed wireless broadband service provider Dynamic Broadband Inc. said it has acquired the fixed wireless assets and customer base of AiroLink Communications Inc. The move extends Dynamic Broadband’s …

NEW ORLEANS-Free, municipally run Wi-Fi Internet access will become a permanent fixture in New Orleans, according to Mayor Ray Nagin, who announced plans to cover the entire city with a …

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill.-Motorola Inc. and Skype Technologies SA announced the launch of a Bluetooth headset that allows Skype customers to use Motorola’s Wireless Internet Calling Kit to make voice calls over …

PONTIAC, Mich.-Wireless Oakland selected Pontiac-based MichTel Communications L.L.C. to provide countywide wireless Internet service. The value of the project has not been released. Thirteen companies bid to provide the service, …

ATLANTA-Cingular Wireless L.L.C. announced it plans to be the first carrier in the world to sell Research In Motion Ltd.’s new EDGE-capable BlackBerry. The company’s new BlackBerry 8700c features wireless …

Surfing the wireless Web can be downright painful. More than two-thirds of all U.S. adults access the Internet from personal computers, according to a recent study from the Pew Internet …

It is hard to believe that I have sat in the second chair at RCR for 10 1/2 years. This time spent following the wireless marathon has gone by in …

GERMANTOWN, Md.-Cognio announced enhancements to its line of spectrum analysis tools, which the company says enable wireless Internet service providers, municipal Wi-Fi operators and hot-spot providers to increase bandwidth, reduce …

HOUSTON-SBC Communications Inc. reported a deal with Always On Wireless Inc. to market a co-branded version of AOW’s WiFlyer access point with SBC’s Prodigy name targeting SBC Yahoo! Dial subscribers …

WASHINGTON-The Federal Communications Commission has been dragged into a dispute with potentially far-reaching implications between a major airline and one of the nation’s busiest airports over an issue that has …

The wireless Internet is coming to European users in a big way this week, as two European operators launched high-speed mobile Web services. T-Mobile U.K. aggressively is pursuing wireless Web …

Municipal-Wi-Fi-mania has landed. By the end of the year, the world will have more than 100,000 Wi-Fi hot spots, according to Informa Telecoms & Media research. And the Asia-Pacific region …

LONDON-The wireless Internet is coming to European users in a big way this week, as two European operators launched high-speed mobile Web services. T-Mobile U.K. aggressively is pursuing wireless Web …

MILPITAS, Calif.-GoRemote Internet Communications Inc. will partner with Skype to offer free wireless Internet voice services to business users. GoRemote, which provides managed broadband services, said it will bundle Skype’s …

Cingular Wireless L.L.C., the nation’s largest wireless carrier, gave a “suggestion” to San Francisco that the city let Cingular’s EDGE network complement its planned Wi-Fi project. A host of companies …

WASHINGTON-The Bush administration’s plan to zero out an embattled, government-backed telecom venture-capital fund before next year’s auction of third-generation mobile-phone and other wireless licenses appears to have fizzled. A confluence …

Google Inc. looks ready to stroll onto the Wi-Fi playground. Several pages on the Internet search company’s site indicate Google is set to launch its own wireless Internet service via …

EBay Inc. has agreed to spend at least $2.6 billion in cash and stock to acquire Internet startup Skype International S.A. The online auction company said it will pay $1.3 …

WASHINGTON-The wireless industry averted a potential public-relations disaster, assuring government leaders that wireless services for Hurricane Katrina evacuees would not be cut off for lack of payment. Members of Congress, …

LUXEMBOURG-Skype Technologies S.A. notched another wireless deal this week, announcing a joint venture with China-focused wireless Internet portal Tom Online Inc. The companies plan to develop and market a stripped-down …