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Articles tagged with: Wi Fi Alliance
Google Sponsors Free Wi-Fi Service in US Airports
Nearly fifty US airports are to offer free Wi-Fi service over the holiday season as part of a sponsorship deal with Google. Additionally, as a result of this project, Burbank and Seattle airports will begin offering airport-wide free Wi-Fi indefinitely. more
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Wi-Fi Alliance to support Peer to Peer Wi-Fi connectivity
Wi-Fi devices will soon be able to connect in a new way that makes it more simple and convenient than ever to do things like print, share and display. The Wi-Fi Alliance is nearing completion of a new specification to enable Wi-Fi devices to connect to one another without joining a traditional home, office, or hotspot network. The Wi-Fi Alliance expects to begin certification for this new specification in mid-2010, and products which achieve the certification will be designated Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct. more
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Wi-Fi Alliance Launches Updated Wi-Fi Certified Program
The Wi-Fi Alliance says that it has begun product testing for its Wi-Fi Certified n program, updating its two-year-old Wi-Fi Certified 802.11n draft 2.0 program. The updated program adds testing for some popular optional features now more widely available in Wi-Fi equipment. more
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BT Wi-Fi usage doubles in a year
Users of Wi-Fi hotspots operated by the UK's BT clocked up twice the number of minutes online between April and September 2008, than the same period last year. The half year figures, combining BT Openzone and BT FON are 100% up on the same period in 2007 and 57% up on the previous six months. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, wayport, bt, meteor, bt-openzone, wireless-broadband, hotspots, fon, UK
Wireless Advances Pose Security Challenges, Opportunities
Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology has become a standard part of business networks, and portable computers with Wi-Fi and inexpensive wireless routers have made connectivity even more pervasive outside of the business premises, reports In-Stat. However, these trends, and growth in the Wi-Fi phone market, pose key security challenges for IT managers. more
Wi-Fi Industry to Ship 300 Million Chipsets in 2007
Wi-Fi chipset sales are poised to reach 300 million units this year, according to new data released today by the Wi-Fi Alliance and In-Stat. Driven by ongoing strength in the PC networking market and new growth in consumer electronics and handsets, this milestone represents a 41 percent growth rate from 2006, in which 213 million chipsets were shipped. more
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Substantial Market Niche Emerging for Wi-Fi/Cellular Phones
A recent survey of U.S. early adopters by market researcher, In-Stat found that almost half of those respondents planning to replace their cell phones want Wi-Fi capability. To meet the growing demand, there is an avalanche of dual-mode phones in the pipeline. By the end of this year, the Wi-Fi Alliance will have certified more than 100 different models of Wi-Fi/Cellular phones. more
Related Tags: voip, in-stat, uwb, battery, femtocells
Wireless Technologies are Competing for Space in Portable Computers
A changing mix of communications protocols will compete for space in notebook computers as they take a growing share of the personal computer market over the next five years. A new study from ABI Research says that wireless-equipped notebooks will feature a gradual shift from 802.11g to 802.11n Wi-Fi, as well as significant growth in the number of notebooks with embedded UWB or cellular radios. more
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Worldwide Wi-Fi Hotspots Hits the 100,000 Mark"
The number of worldwide Wi-Fi hotspots has surpassed the 100,000 milestone according to recent numbers released by JiWire.JiWire's "Top Ten" lists count the number of verified public hotspots in cities and countries around the world, serving as a dependable indicator of local Wi-Fi adoption. Seoul (2,056) tops JiWire's list of WiFi friendly cities list for having the greatest number of hotspot locations, followed by Tokyo (1,802) and London (1,627). The top domestic Wi-Fi cities are San Francisco (801), New York (643), and Chicago (501). more
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Cell phones used to locate Hot-Spots
The Wi-Fi Alliance has launched a cell phone service that enables users to use a WAP browser to locate their nearest Wi-Fi Hot Spot access points. Selecting this WAP site will take the users through menus for country, state and then to a list of Wi-Fi ZONE locations in the city selected. Once the users are online at a Wi-Fi ZONE Web site, they can even download the list of locations in the city they are visiting. Both of these tools are something that travel agents and corporate travel managers may find useful to share with the people that they support. more
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