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FierceWiFi July 13, 2005
- Editor's Corner
- Skype, Boingo to bring VoIP to hotspots
- AirMagnet shows multi-tasking sensored headline
- Trend: Growing interest in 57-64 GHz band
- New solution eases WiFi interference problems
- WiFi hotspot locator on a key chain
- SPOTLIGHT: New cell services put on hold
- ALSO NOTED: First also noted headline; second headline
Editor's Corner
I want to remind FierceWiFi readers that the Early Bird discount for our upcoming executive summit, wVoIP 2005, ends on Friday. I am proud to say that our event is shaping up nicely. In the last few days we have added new speakers from In-Stat, Meru Networks (one of the 2005 FierceWiFi Fierce 15 winners), GigaBeam, the Burton Group, Zultys Technologies, and CallWave. …
Skype, Boingo to bring VoIP to hotspots
In a move as siginficant as it was inevitable, Boingo and Skype will collaborate in creating Skype Zones, Boingo-operated hotspots where customers will be able to use Skype VoIP. More than 45 million users of Skype will be able to access IP telephony in any of Boingo's 18,000 hotspots around the world. The companies are offering unlimited WiFi access for Skype Internet telephony calls for $7.95 per month (users may also choose a two-hour fee option for $2.95). The $7.95 and …
AirMagnet shows multi-tasking sensored headline
AirMagnet is enhancing its support for Cisco APs in AirMagnet Enterprise 6. It is also offering multi-tasking sensors, simplifying set-up, and adding intelligence to spot new attacks. "You can now use Cisco APs as scanners," AirMagnet's Rich Mironov told Techworld. "That's a little less than a sensor, it is not a full-function analytical device, but the AP can become a full-time dedicated scanner on all channels." The company's probes are also integreated in other multi-radio APs, …
Trend: Growing interest in 57-64 GHz band
Five years ago the FCC allocated 7 GHz in the 57-64 GHz band for unlicensed use. The opening of that spectrum and advances in processing and wireless communication technology now make this portion of the spectrum, hitherto perceived as the domain of expensive point-to-point links, of interest for next-generation WPANs and backbone nets. As Patrick Mannion writes, it is not immediately obvious why yet another IEEE standard should be developed and why more bandwidth for WPANs would be …
New solution eases WiFi interference problems
The major concerns about WiFi are security and interference-causing crowded airways. A new technology may well ease the latter anxiety. Scottsdale, Arizona-based Rotani says that its patented AirReferee technology (which the company emphasizes is not a MIMO technology) will allow performance similar to that offered by pre-802.11n/MIMO products already on the market. The technology is especially effective for video and does very well in dense environments in which high interference is a …
WiFi hotspot locator on a key chain
Schaumburg, Illinois-based First International Digital, already famous for its popular irock!, Beamit, and MusiCase series of digital audio devices and iPod accessories, has just launched its WiFi Sentry (Model 240WS). WiFi Sentry allows users to find hotspots with one push of a button. The device locates both 802.11b and 802.11g networks within 300 feet in less than one-half second. Four bright LEDs indicate relative signal strength and direction. WiFi Sentry is small and light enough to …
SPOTLIGHT: New cell services put on hold
The largest mobile operators in Europe have seen their market becoming more crowded, squeezing sales and profits. According to financial data from the carriers, the average European consumer is now spending just about half what he or she spent in the late 1990s for mobile service. Equally worrisome for the opeators, these consumers appear uninterested in doing much more with their cell phones than talk and send text messages. Analysis
ALSO NOTED: First also noted headline; second headline
> David Burstein on the futre of DSL, cable, and everything in between. Interview
> SINE Networks selects Strix Systems for indoor/outdoor WiFi mesh access. Release
> PRISMIQ shows the PRISMIQ Mini-Fi, a WiFi compliant wireless USB2.0 adapter. …