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Articles tagged with: Wi Fi Hotspots
London's Underground Rail Wont Get Mobile Phone Coverage
The on-off talks to bring mobile phone coverage to London's underground railway have reportedly broken down again after the mobile networks were unable to agree on the funding issues. Plans to deploy Wi-Fi hotspots in the stations - announced last week - will go ahead as they are a separate agreement. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, london-underground, railway, olympics, UK
Windows Phone 7 OS Upgrade Starts Appearing in Handsets
Microsoft has started sending out its first substantial OS upgrade for the Windows Phone 7 platform - which finally includes the much-hyped copy/paste capability. The upgrade, nicknamed NoDo was due to go out in January, then pushed back to March, and then delayed again to the end of the month. more
Related Tags: microsoft, windows-phone-7, samsung, wp7, apps
Survey Shows Mobile Apps Integral to Small Business Operations, Remote Workers on the Rise
America's small businesses are increasingly reliant on mobile applications, Facebook pages for their companies, and employees working remotely via wireless technologies, according to an AT&T survey. Specifically, nearly three-fourths (72%) indicate they use mobile apps in their business, with roughly four in ten (38%) reporting they could not survive - or it would be a major challenge to survive - without mobile apps. more
Related Tags: at&t, boston, miami, dallas, san-francisco, washington-d.c., cloud, apps, mobile-apps, USA
City-wide Wi-Fi network for Chongqing in South-Western China
Ruckus Wireless has announced that Chongqing Telecom, a unit of China Telecom, has selected its Smart Wi-Fi products and technology for a large-scale, citywide deployment of Wi-Fi hotspots throughout the city. Chongqing Telecom has now deployed over 4,000 Ruckus ZoneFlex indoor and outdoor Smart Wi-Fi access points (APs) along with ZoneDirector WLAN controllers across the city. more
Related Tags: ruckus-wireless, wi-fi, china-telecom, chongqing, connect, students, video, telecom, square, China
Operator News in Brief - 14th Dec 2010
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US Politicians Want to Boost Indoor Coverage in Federal Buildings
Two US politicians are proposing legislation that would require all publicly accessible federal buildings to be fitted with indoor wireless boosters and Wi-Fi hotspots in order to "increase wireless coverage and free up essential commercial network capacity". more
Related Tags: indoor-coverage, coverage, wireless,
China Unicom Warned About Locking Apple iPhones to its Network
China Unicom has been warned about protecting customer rights after it started locking the Apple iPhone to its network, reports the Shanghai based EastDay newspaper. more
Related Tags: china-unicom, apple-iphone, jailbreaking, 3g-network, China
UK's largest Wi-Fi provider announces record number of hotspots
UK based British Telecom (BT) has announced that it is now operating in excess of two million Wi-Fi hotspots in the UK. Charing Cross Tube station on the London Underground is the latest addition to BT's wireless broadband network. Commuters can now connect to the web in the ticket hall area and Northern and Bakerloo line platforms at the station as part of a 6 month trial from London Underground and BT. more
Related Tags: bt, wi-fi, telecom, hotel, wireless, connect, UK
Canadian Mayoral Candidate Claims Wi-Fi Hotspots are Dangerous
A retired police officer running for mayor of Stratford, Ontario in Canada has vowed to block a city-wide Wi-Fi network because he claims it is unsafe. Weatherall is campaigning on a platform to reduce public exposure to microwave radiation, including WiFi in schools and hospitals where the most vulnerable to microwaves are increasingly exposed. more
Related Tags: wi-fi, health, wifi, wireless, ontario, Canada
Operator News in Brief - 26th Aug 2010
Korea Telecom is installing free Wi-Fi hotspots in local branches of Citibank. Citibank Korea started building Wi-Fi zones from May this year and by end of August all branches will have Wi-Fi zones. more
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