Cisco Systems plans to build small cellular base stations, building upon its fast-growing business in Wi-Fi base stations for mobile operator networks, Chairman and CEO John Chambers said on Tuesday. The move will bring the networking ...
It really was apples-to-apples. The $100 million price differential between the Alcatel-Lucent and Cisco proposals to refresh California State University's 23-campus network that we wrote about earlier this week was based on an identical ...
Tags: Cisco proposals, California State University, network, switches, routers
Google Fiber broadband service in Kansas City will cost US$70 per month for 1Gbps Internet access and $120 per month for that service plus TV, the company said Thursday. Even residents who don't want to pay for the fast service will ...
Tags: Google, Fiber broadband service, Kansas City, TV
CAMAS, WA, August 23, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- CritterMap Software, maker of the Android GPS App BackCountry Navigator, brings you a chance to explore your world beyond the limits of roads and cell coverage. Wherever you're going, ...
Tags: Navigator Software, Android, GPS, CritterMap Software
Lord's Cricket Ground has been brought into the internet age after its owners signed a deal with The Cloud to provide free Wi-Fi access for spectators. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which owns the venue, has agreed to the five-year ...
Tags: Lord's Cricket Ground, Marylebone Cricket Club, Wi-Fi, Cloud
Ericsson has unveiled a Wi-Fi access point and controller for offloading cellular traffic in densely populated areas such as stadiums. Its goal is to allow users to switch seamlessly from the cellular network to a local Wi-Fi network to ...
Tags: Ericsson, offloading cellular traffic, densely populated areas
Skyhook introduced on Wednesday a new version of its location engine for mobile apps that it said will allow smartphones to determine a user's location once a minute throughout the day without draining the battery. Maintaining constant ...
Tags: Skyhook, new version, location engine, mobile apps
Wireless internet access offered by The Cloud will go free of charge following Olympic trial success People in the City of London will soon have free wireless internet access after operator The Cloud said it would stop charging for its ...
Tags: Olympic trial, London, Wi-Fi, Cloud
Slow Wi-Fi connections in public places such as airports and cafes could be a thing of the past, thanks to researchers at North Carolina State University who have developed a new protocol that could speed up connections by up to 700 ...
Tags: WiFi connections, public place, wifi, wifi technology
Cisco Systems and Qualcomm are putting their considerable wireless weight behind a system to make it easier for retail stores and other venues to offer information to visitors over Wi-Fi. Many shops, airports and other locations have ...
Tags: Wi-Fi services, wireless, networks, Internet
The London Underground has announced that 20 more stations have been connected to Virgin Media's Wi-Fi service including Camden Town,Notting Hill Gate and Seven Sisters. The total number of Wi-Fi enabled stations come in at 92,with a ...
Tags: Wi-Fi, London Underground stations, mobile operators EE and Vodafone, TfL
Network World-Motorola Solutions has unveiled a pair of quasi-cloud services that make it simpler for IT groups to set up secure connections for guest Wi-Fi users,including those with personally-owned devices,on corporate or retail wireless ...
Tags: Motorola, WiFi, Social Networking, web server
A plan by a satellite carrier to make better use of its spectrum could open up an extra channel for Wi-Fi in the U.S.,though how and when consumers would get to use it isn't yet clear. The proposal that satellite operator Globalstar ...
Tags: US, Satellite Carrier, Wi-Fi, FCC, LightSquared, Dish Network, Globalstar
Virgin Media has signed a deal with EE and Vodafone to allow their customers to use its Wi-Fi network on the London Underground. Virgin Media offered free Wi-Fi on the London Underground in summer 2012 for anyone travelling through the 72 ...
Tags: Virgin Media, Wi-Fi, EE, Vodafone, London Underground
IDG News Service-Cisco Systems and Qualcomm are putting their considerable wireless weight behind a system to make it easier for retail stores and other venues to offer information to visitors over Wi-Fi. Many shops,airports and other ...
Tags: Cisco, Wi-Fi, brick-and-mortar stores, ThinkSmart Technologies