Wi5 Wi-Fi service launched in Chennai by Zylog Systems India
Zylog Systems India has announced the launch of their Wi5 wireless internet service in the Chennai city.
The company said that this service launch has made Chennai the first Wi-Fi enabled city in the country.
They are using mesh network architecture to provide seamless wireless internet connectivity to [...]
AT&T acquires Wayport to expand Wi-Fi services
US based telecom giant AT&T has announced that they are acquiring Wayport.
Wayport is a privately held company that operates more than 10,000 Wi-Fi hot spots in McDonald’s restaurants and hotels.
The deal is worth around USD 275 million.
AT&T would get access to their hotspots located at 2,800 locations as [...]
Nokia completes acquisition of Plazes
Mobile phone maker Nokia has announced that they have now completed the acquisition of mobile social networking company Plazes.
They had announced this deal last month and it has now been completed.
This deal further enhances Nokia’s internet services which they have been working on since quite some time now.
Plazes enables the [...]
AT&T offering free Wi-Fi access to Mobile Broadband Subscribers
US based telecom giant AT&T has announced that their Mobile Broadband Subscribers are now eligible to get free access to its Wi-Fi Home package of U.S. hotspots.
The members get access to as many as 17,000 hotspots in the USA. Most of these are located in McDonald’s and [...]
EarthLink closing down the Wi-Fi network in New Orleans
EarthLink has announced that they are going to close down the municipal Wi-Fi network in the New Orleans.
The company could not find a buyer for this network to further support the infrastructure.
EarthLink said: “We were unable to find a buyer — either the city or an [...]
The Cloud Networks launches Wi-Fi network in the city of London
The City of London gets its own Wi-Fi network. The people behind this new network claim that it is the largest of its kind in the entire Europe and it also is the first to give users mobile coverage similar which is similar to mobile [...]
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing to supply WiMAX processors to Intel
Microprocessor industry giant Intel has confirmed that they would be purchasing wireless and WiMAX-related chips from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing.
TSMC happens to be the world’s largest contract chip maker and Intel is of course the industry leaders. The company usually manufactures their own chips but they do sometimes [...]
Malaysia issues licenses for WiMAX based services
The Asian country Malaysia has issued licenses to four telecommunication operators. These operators would now be able to provide fourth generation (4G) wireless high speed Internet services nationwide this year using the WiMAX technology.
The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) said in a statement that the licenses have been [...]
FON raises more than $13 million in financing
FON, the international home-based Wi-Fi community has claimed in a statement that they have managed to raise more than $13 million in financing.
These finances have been raised from undisclosed investors and it adds to the $24 million raised last year from other investors including search engine giant Google [...]
