Wireless Internet

LONDON-European mobile data users are set to enjoy greater competition on tariffs and devices following the decision by T-Mobile to more than halve its mobile data charges and push the …

AUSTIN, Texas-Wayport Inc. will provide wireless Internet access in meeting rooms and common areas and wireline access in the 1,354 guestrooms of The Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites in Los …

VANCOUVER-A global consortium of wireless Internet service providers (WISPs) and mobile operators have formed to implement a new authentication and payment platform that gives mobile-phone users access to high-speed hot …

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.-Wayport Inc. will provide wireline Internet access in the rooms of 52 John Q. Hammons Hotels by summer, with Wi-Fi access in the common areas to follow at an …

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.-IBM Corp. released its new ThinkPad R40 laptop computer, which features support for both 802.11a and 802.11b high-speed wireless Internet standards.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Alltel Corp. said it will unify its range of wireless Internet, e-mail, text messaging, picture sharing and games under the Axcess brand, which will be available in all …

SEOUL, South Korea-SK Telecom, Korea’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday it has signed an agreement with China Unicom to establish a wireless Internet joint venture in China, marking what it …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the growing hype surrounding wireless local area networks (WLANs), the Austrian capital, Vienna, has claimed the number-one position for the city with the highest density of wireless …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its march to help grow the nascent market for Wi-Fi technology, announcing two new investments in companies operating in the space. The Intel Communications Fund …

WASHINGTON-It would be nice to say this policy or that technology will shape the direction of the wireless industry in 2003. But neither industry nor official Washington has that luxury. …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its march to help grow the nascent market for Wi-Fi technology, announcing two new investments in companies operating in the space. The Intel Communications Fund …

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Perhaps wanting to recapture some of their “lost” wireless revenues due to 3G delays, Europe’s major telecom companies have launched wireless local area network (WLAN) hot spot services. …

BEDMINSTER, New Jersey, United States-Flarion Technologies announced a field trial with Korean Internet service provider Hanaro Telecom using Flarion’s Flash-OFDM wireless broadband system. This will be Flarion’s second trial in …

SANTA CLARA, Calif.-Intel Corp. continued its march to help grow the nascent market for Wi-Fi technology, announcing two new investments in companies operating in the space. The Intel Communications Fund …

ROME-Telecom Italia began trials this week of a public Wi-Fi service operating at 2.4 GHz. Italy’s largest fixed and mobile operator will trial the service in public locations in Rome …

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MILPITAS, Calif.-GRIC Communications announced NEC and Sony Communications Network (SoNet) will offer its wireless Internet roaming service to customers, and Excite Japan will offer its wireless and dial-up roaming service …

NEW YORK-Leading industry players have teamed together to form a new company called Cometa Networks to provide wireless Internet access nationwide to telecom companies, Internet service providers, cable operators and …

LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data …

NEW YORK-CKW Wireless Pty Ltd., an Australian subsidiary of ArrayComm Inc., San Jose, Calif., has launched a pre-commercial trial in Sydney of the i-Burst personal broadband system. ArrayComm’s patented IntelliCell …

LAS VEGAS-Along with continuing to combine various industry standards groups, the Open Mobile Alliance said it will initiate a new interoperability testing program to cover a variety of wireless data …

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-In what may look like a political victory of sorts for Nokia Corp., Phone maker Sendo jolted the wireless world with its decision to abandon its agreement to use …

SAN DIEGO-Dr. Pieter van Rooyen, founder and chief technology officer of Zyray Wireless, will speak on Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output antenna systems (MIMO) and Space-Time Processing (STP) technologies at two upcoming conferences. …

REDMOND, Wash.-AT&T Wireless Services Inc. will stop accepting customers on its slow-speed packet-data CDPD network by next year, and will shut down the network in 2004. The company is working …