In December, New York City agreed to permanently change its cityscape and provide internet access on street corners sporting download speeds that are an order of magnitude faster than those available in many people’s… Read more »
Marriott International has caved under the public outcry over its Wi-Fi blocking policies. On Wednesday the hotel chain said it would no longer try to shut down the personal Wi-Fi hotspots… Read more »
Purple WiFi is a wireless hotspot company that doesn’t own any hotspots. Instead it has built a virtual network of business Wi-Fi access points available to the public for free –… Read more »
Time Warner Cable and wireless ISP Boingo signed a roaming deal in June, which allows TWC’s broadband customers to use Boingo’s Wi-Fi hotspots at airports and convention centers and Boingo subscribers to tap… Read more »
Ruckus Wireless will supply the gear for Google’s planned business Wi-Fi service. The catch is Ruckus has never sold any small business products — not until today, that is. Read more »
Fon’s new Gramofon router/cloud music player is just the beginning of the company’s foray beyond Wi-Fi. Speaking at Gigaom’s Structure Connection conference, COO Alex Puregger said Fon is exploring payments and… Read more »
Carriers are taking a bigger interest Wi-Fi, using the unlicensed technology to offload their data traffic and handle VoIP calls. Consequently, interest in companies like Accuris is increasing. Read more »
Fon hopes to expand beyond its residential hotspots into coffee shops, retail stores and dentist offices across the world. It’s launching a new beta program and Fonera router for businesses starting… Read more »
Some 60 companies and organizations took part in planning meeting for the city’s payphone Wi-Fi project in May. We won’t know if Google is really serious about running the 10,000-hotspot network… Read more »