Virgin Atlantic picks Gogo for in-flight connectivity
Gogo will offer in-flight connectivity with speeds at up to 70Mbps on Virgin Atlantic's aircraft, once a deal between the two companies is concluded.
"WLANs / Wi-Fi" news, interviews, and features
News about WLANs / Wi-Fi
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Wi-Fi group acts to simplify peer-to-peer video, printing and other tasks
The Wi-Fi Direct standard for linking two devices without a LAN is about to get easier to use.
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T-Mobile takes Wi-Fi voice and text everywhere
T-Mobile USA is making a big bet on Wi-Fi, offering unlimited voice calls and text messaging over any Wi-Fi network on every new smartphone it sells, including on networks outside the U.S.
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Researchers promote battery-free Wi-Fi technology
The coming Internet of things (IoT) revolution may not run on batteries, but on power plucked from the air, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
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AirMagnet Wi-Fi security tool takes aim at drones
In its quest to help enterprises seek out and neutralize all threats to their Wi-Fi networks, AirMagnet is now looking to the skies.
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Google may bring Wi-Fi to New York City pay phones
Google may be among the hopefuls vying to turn the New York City phone booths of the past into "communication points" of the future with free Wi-Fi and cellphone charging.
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Wi-Fi, like ice cream, is coming in many flavours
Wi-Fi technology continues to evolve as wireless devices proliferate and demand for video and other data explodes.
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FCC approves plan to spend $1B a year on school Wi-Fi
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has voted to spend US$2 billion over the next two years on improving Wi-Fi networks at schools and libraries, despite questions from Republican commissioners about the source of those funds.
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Commissioners rip FCC's spendy school Wi-Fi plan
A proposal by U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler to pump billions of dollars into Wi-Fi deployment at schools and libraries has run into a snag, with the commission's two Republican suggesting the money will come from U.S. residents' pocketbooks.
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What to expect from 11ac's next big deal: multiuser MIMO
The big deal about 802.11ac, or "gigabit Wi-Fi," is the promise of much higher speeds for Wi-Fi clients compared to the maximums under 802.11n today. But 11ac is actually several big deals, including something called multiuser MIMO [my-moe], which is part of the "Wave 2" 11ac features expected later this year.
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Free Wi-Fi networks in SF, San Jose join hands through Hotspot 2.0
San Francisco and San Jose are now at the cutting edge of another tech trend, and one that has nothing to do with smartwatches or social-media startups -- not directly, at least.
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FCC proposes $1B per year for Wi-Fi in schools
U.S. schools could get a cool billion to set up Wi-Fi networks to connect more than 10 million more students by the 2015-2016 school year under a new FCC proposal.
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Wi-Fi calling coming to iPhones in iOS 8, with T-Mobile's support
Apple's new iOS 8 will support Wi-Fi calling when the version launches in the fall, and T-Mobile US was quick to say on Monday it will support the feature on its customers' iPhones.
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How to take the mystery out of Wi-Fi using performance management tools
Many IT departments still treat Wi-Fi like a second-class infrastructure asset despite the cultural shift toward mobility. Perhaps the reluctance to embrace Wi-Fi with open arms is due to a lack of visibility.
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Asia dominates Wi-Fi hotspots, ABI says
More than two-thirds of the world's Wi-Fi hotspots are in the Asia-Pacific region, partly because of huge deployments by mobile operators in China, and the number of hotspots worldwide is expected to more than double by 2018.
