Wi-Fi

IT Life: The Wi-Fi Guy Who Flies The Sky

Matthew Gast is an authority on Wi-Fi, with a love of flying

10 years ago

HSBC Brings Free Wi-Fi To 650 UK Branches, Promotes Mobile Banking

Free HSBC Wi-Fi rolls out with the hope of encouraging customers to use banks' mobile app

10 years ago

Qualcomm To Buy Wireless Gigabit Chip Maker Wilocity – Report

Qualcomm's possible Wilocity purchase fuels interest in Gigabit Wireless tech

10 years ago

Commuters Turn To Tube Wi-Fi As London Strike Causes Travel Chaos

Virgin Media reports an increase in London Tube Wi-Fi registrations but says number of devices falls by a third during…

11 years ago

Virgin Media Adds Six More Stations To Tube Wi-Fi Network

Tube Wi-Fi network expands to 137 stations, with iOS devices being popular underground and BlackBerry traffic doubling

11 years ago

Qualcomm Says Beam-Forming 802.11ac Will Solve Office Wi-Fi Capacity Crunch

Qualcomm add MU-MIMO to its Wi-Fi chips. Expect routers and hotspots to handle more users when the system vendors pick…

11 years ago

HP Brings SDN To Converged Wi-Fi Networks

Adding SDN functions to network kit will let companies make money from their own Wi-Fi networks, while cloud management could…

11 years ago

Houses Of Parliament Network Hit By Series Of IT Outages

A move to Microsoft's Office 365 cloud suite is disrupted when an expansion of Parliamentary IT networks was botched by…

11 years ago

Xirrus To Build Ryder Cup Wi-Fi Network At Gleneagles

Xirrus to provide on-course Wi-Fi for golf fans this September

11 years ago

Europol Warns Of Public Wi-Fi Security Risks

Europol cybercrime chief says there has been an increase in attacks through public Wi-Fi connections

11 years ago

Scottish Railway Wi-Fi To Boost Commonwealth Games And Ryder Cup

Transport Scotland invests £863,000 to bring Wi-Fi to 26 more stations on the Scottish railway network

11 years ago

Canterbury Cathedral Wi-Fi Blocks Visitors From Accessing Porn

Cathedral takes action following worries that public Wi-Fi network might be used to access explicit content

11 years ago

Google Developing Automatic Wi-Fi Log In App – Report

New service will automatically connect users to available public Google Wi-Fi networks

11 years ago

Newcastle Super Connected City Plan Offers Free Wi-Fi And SMB Vouchers

Newcastle targets 97 percent superfast broadband coverage as part of super connected city scheme

11 years ago

Virgin Media Extends Tube Wi-Fi To Ten More Stations

Tube Wi-Fi is now available in 131 London Underground stations

11 years ago

Arqiva To Bring Free Public Wi-Fi To Four London Boroughs, Medway And Southampton

Arqiva signs deal with Barnet, Haringey, Harrow and Wandsworth councils for free public Wi-Fi services

11 years ago

Virgin Media Agrees Curated Wi-Fi Deal With Devicescape

Virgin Media smartphone users will receive the best signal possible, whether its cellular or Wi-Fi

11 years ago

Aruba Bolsters Outdoor 802.11ac Wi-Fi Connectivity

A new enterprise-grade access point that is also easy to install expands Aruba's outdoor Wi-Fi portfolio

11 years ago

Glasgow To Offer Free City Wi-Fi For 2014 Commonwealth Games

BT agrees deal with Glasgow City Council to build Wi-Fi network

11 years ago

Ofcom Authorises Faster Satellite Wi-Fi For Ships, Planes And Trains

Ofcom expects to issue first licenses for earth stations in February

11 years ago

Free Tunbridge Wells Wi-Fi To Leave Residents Anything But Disgusted

Tunbridge Wells Wi-Fi network to go live from next year

11 years ago

European Parliament Hit By Man-In-The-Middle Wi-Fi Attack

Public Wi-FI at the EU body shut down after attacks detected

11 years ago

BT To Run Free Cardiff Wi-Fi Network And Boost Mobile Infrastructure

BT launches free Cardiff Wi-Fi network and will use city street furniture to boost 3G and 4G coverage as part…

11 years ago

Free Birmingham Wi-Fi Network Goes Live

Free network is now live in parts of Birmingham while small cell deployment will eventually help operators

11 years ago

BT Advert Pulled Over Bad Wi-Fi Science

The advertisement implied that a smartphone could interfere with wireless networks

11 years ago

802.11ac Wi-Fi Will Emerge Gradually – Aerohive

The new Wi-Fi will go faster - but it won't get adopted straight away, says Aerohive's Matthew Gast

11 years ago

Enterasys Joins Forces With PCM On Cloud-Based Wi-Fi

Enterasys and PCM will offer the joint cloud-based wireless product to businesses via partners

11 years ago

East Coast Trains To Get £2.2m Wi-Fi Upgrade

East Coast Trains says Wi-Fi is why business travellers use rail rather than car or plane

11 years ago

Aruba Touts Cloud Wi-Fi Management For Enterprises

Aruba Central aims to provide businesses with a cloud-based Wi-Fi network management solution

11 years ago