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FierceWiFi November 16, 2005
- Cisco enters muni-WiFi market
- Korea launches WiBro, age of mobile WiMax begins
- to build WiFi hotzone
- Wibiki shows platform for trusted WiFi services
- Ofcom deregulates RFID in 865-868 MHz
- SPOTLIGHT: On dogs and caravans
- ALSO NOTED: Nintendo DS WiFi; WiFi finders; Irish Broadband deploys WiMax; and much more...
Cisco enters muni-WiFi market
We wrote a few weeks ago that the war over muni-WiFi is essentially over (but for the grumbling), and that the incumbents lost. What better proof of that than Cisco's decision to enter the municipal wireless market with wireless mesh products in cities in Ohio and Oregon? When we think about Cisco, adjectives such as "quick-footed" and "nimble" are not the first ones to leap to mind. But the company's strategists are smart, and metro-wide wireless is a growing industry, with US cities …
Korea launches WiBro, age of mobile WiMax begins
What an auspicious occasion: WiMax Forum delegates were on hand Tuesday at the inaugural launch of KT's WiBro personal broadband service. The ceremony took place during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) annual event in Busan, Korea. KT exhibited its new network and services through a series of live (and impressive, participants tell me) demonstrations and events in which its branded Wonder-Media (video service), Wonder-message (SMS, MMS), Wonder-Phone (mobile VoIP) and …
to build WiFi hotzone
has submitted a bid to build a WiFi network in San Francisco, but as it waits that city's decision, the search engine company is planning to build a WiFi network in its own backyard--Mountain View, CA, about 40 miles south of San Francisco where the company has its headquarters. has not given details of the plans, and it has not explained how it is going to make money on the scheme. The company will submit a proposal to the Mountain View City Council. The plan calls for …
Wibiki shows platform for trusted WiFi services
Wibiki, a subsidiary of Speedus, is providing a pre-release version of its new platform for trusted WiFi services to a small group of experienced user-testers. The company said its purpose is to create a safe and reliable "WiFi community of communities led by users," and that the introduction of Wibiki is "the first step in a larger project to make WiFi safer and more accessible for more people" in "hot neighborhoods," "hot shopping districts," and "hot towns and cities." Wibiki (short …
Ofcom deregulates RFID in 865-868 MHz
The Brits are catching the RFID fever. Ofcom has just decided to make the use of RFID operating in the 865-868 MHz range exempt from licensing. The growing popularity if RFID has created an increasing demand for new spectrum for the technology, particularly from the retail industry in which RFID tags are used to track goods throughout the supply chain and improve in-store security. Ofcom is responsible for the civil use of the radio spectrum in the UK, and the organization has a …
SPOTLIGHT: On dogs and caravans
The first wave of WiMax interoperability testing is coming to an end, and we should expect the first WiMax-certified products on store shelves by the end of the year. Along with the first commercial launch of mobile WiMax in Korea, these developments are important in two ways. First, after much anticipation and several delays, it will be possible to evaluate the performance of WiMax gear in real networks rather than merely speculate about such performance. Second, it is difficult to …
ALSO NOTED: Nintendo DS WiFi; WiFi finders; Irish Broadband deploys WiMax; and much more...
> Nintendo DS WiFi is launched. Article
> A bunch of new of WiFi finders. Review
> Intel will support the latest version of Cisco Compatible Extensions in its next-generation WiFi technologies. Report
> Kodak believes its new WiFi digital camera is going to be one …