14 November 2005
Google Proposes Mountain View Wi-Fi Network
Google has announced plans to use its home city of Mountain View, California as a testing ground to prove the social and financial benefits of providing customers with free wireless internet connections.
07 November 2005
Citywide Wi-Fi Network Proposed for Milwaukee
A small start-up by the name of Midwest Fiber Networks (MWFN) has put in a bid to build a citywide Wi-Fi network in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, similar to the network being built in Philadelphia.
06 November 2005
Nintendo Announces UK Launch of Free Wi-Fi Gaming
Nintendo has announced a date for the UK launch of its free Wi-Fi gaming service. The service, which is compatible with the Nintendo DS, will become available at numerous bars, restaurants, and other public places, starting on November 25.
20 October 2005
Motorola Kicks off New Mobile Computing Product Line
On Monday, Motorola unveiled the HC700-L, the first in a series of mobile computing solutions planned by that company.
17 October 2005
New Google Wi-Fi Details Surface
Google’s eight-page proposal for a free Wi-Fi network in San Francisco has now been publicly released, and with it come new details about the company’s plans.
13 October 2005
New Wi-Fi Consortium is Born
A new coalition has formed, with the aim of accelerating the development of the IEEE 802.11n Wi-Fi standard.
10 October 2005
HP Releases New Wireless iPAQ PDA
HP has just introduced one of its most advanced PDA models to date.
07 October 2005
EarthLink to Offer Wi-Fi Cellular Service
The internet service provider, EarthLink, is making plans to enter the cell phone business, by offering voice service over its citywide wireless networks.
06 October 2005
Nintendo to Offer Free Wi-Fi Gaming
Nintendo’s US division has just revealed plans for a new service, which will wirelessly link Nintendo DS games across the world.
EarthLink Wins Philadelphia Wi-Fi Bid
Philadelphia has decided on EarthLink to be the provider of the new citywide wireless broadband network, which will be the largest municipal Wi-Fi network in the US.
05 October 2005
Philadelphia to Build Wireless Broadband Network
Philadelphia has recently come to an agreement with Verizon, Pennsylvania’s primary telephone provider, which will allow the city to build a low-cost wireless broadband network.
04 October 2005
Google Wi-Fi May Threaten Other ISPs
There has recently been some speculation that if the city of San Francisco accepts Google’s proposal to offer a free citywide Wi-Fi network, the new network may steal customers from already-established cable and telephone providers.
03 October 2005
Google Proposes Free Wi-Fi Network In San Francisco
Google spokesman, Nate Tyler, has recently confirmed that Google is proposing to provide free Wi-Fi internet access to residents of San Francisco.
02 October 2005
Kodak Releases New Wireless Camera
Kodak has started shipping its new Easyshare-One zoom digital camera, which is the first camera that allows users to email pictures wirelessly, without a computer.
27 September 2005
HotSpot Switching to ElevenOS Broadband Management System
HotSpot International, Latin America’s biggest provider of hotel broadband services, has announced that they will now be using ElevenOS™ (the flagship product of Eleven® Wireless) to manage the guest access networks, which they provide to hotel patrons.
21 September 2005
Google Begins Testing New Wi-Fi Service
Internet search giant, Google, confirmed on Tuesday that it is beginning to test a free wireless internet service, called Google Wi-Fi.
16 September 2005
Airgo Networks Introduces Technology to Speed Up Wi-Fi
The privately held Airgo Networks, a maker of wireless networking components, announced on Wednesday that it has used Multiple Input and Multiple Output (MIMO) technology to develop new computer chips that will significantly increase the potential speed of Wi-Fi.
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