UK mobile operator O2 is trialling a VoIP technology offering to a to select group of customers/ O2 Connect will allow smartphone users to use voice and text services over wifi networks from their normal mobile number to any UK mobile or landline number.
Verizon has released the 4G LTE MiFi 4510L a, a mobile hotspot device that will enable up to five devices to connect to it via wifi and gain access to Verizon’s LTE network.
T-Mobile USA customers can now purchase a 4G Mobile Hotspot device enabling up to five Wi-Fi devices to connect to its LTE rivalling ‘4G’ network.
Offload is sure to be a hot topic at this year’s Mobile World Congress, but getting ahead of the game is Nokia Siemens Networks with a technology proposal that seamlessly extends the mobile network with wifi.
Perhaps traffic offload is not the only motivation for O2 UK to roll out its own wifi network. On Thursday British broadcaster BSkyB confirmed its acquisition of the Cloud, giving the firm ownership of over 5,000 public wifi locations across the UK and one of O2’s wifi partners. While it does not operate a mobile network, Sky, in some respects is a competing service provider, especially when it comes to content.
UK mobile operator O2 made a bold move on Wednesday, promising free wifi for UK users, regardless of the provider they are with.
US chip giant Qualcomm on Wednesday agreed to snap up Atheros Communications, a wired and wireless networking technology vendor, for a total of $3.1bn in cash.
Two industry initiatives, the Wi-Fi Alliance and the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, have joined forces this week to push wifi and powerline technologies in smart grid applications.
London Underground has teamed up with BT Openzone in a six-month trial of wifi at Charing Cross tube station. The trial will include live Transport for London (TfL) service updates available to all. O2, Tesco Mobile, Vodafone and Orange users can also use the BT Openzone network.
Wifi systems manufacturer Ruckus Wireless has introduces a complete range of carrier-grade wifi products to give operators more capacity, range and reliability in unlicensed spectrum.
T-Mobile USA is to make wifi calling available on a wide selection of its Android-powered smartphones including the recently announced T-Mobile myTouch and Motorola Defy. Customers wifi access points are powered by Kineto’s Smart Wi-Fi Application. T-Mobile said it hosts approximately 40 million wifi calls per month.
It’s amazing what you can do with a SIM card isn’t it? Last week we wrote about a GPS-enabled SIM, while this week SIM card firm Sagem Orga has embedded a tiny wifi modem on one.
The HomeGrid Forum, a newly established trade group tasked with driving the ITU’s home networking specification, said this week that the standard is now stable enough to be adopted by silicon manufacturers.
Despite it being available in networking kit and laptops for years already, standards body the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) has only just ratified the 802.11n wifi standard.
Incumbent fixed line carrier BT said Thursday it is halfway towards its goal of building a million strong wifi hotspot network in the UK.
UK mobile operator O2 has expanded wifi coverage for its customers by including access to BT Openzone hotspots for the first time.
A survey of the UK’s wifi usage, commissioned by industry watchdog Ofcom, has discovered that many of the problems commonly associated with wifi connectivity are in fact due to interference between devices and not spectrum congestion as often thought.
Orange is targeting the home market with the launch in June of a new touchscreen tablet called the Tabbee. The Wifi-only device offers quick access to multimedia or internet content held on either a home’s set-top box or its PC.
Hungry consumers will soon have free wifi served up alongside their Big Mac and fries as McDonald’s revises its communications menu. On Monday, Maccy D’s said that a strategic reorganisation of the restaurant chain’s telecoms services meant that customers will be able to connect to the internet free of charge in almost 1,200 UK locations. […]
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