Nikon has just announced its new set of Coolpix cameras which include WiFi-enabled compact point-and-shoots, as well as superzoom and ruggedized models.
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2013/01/30
Nikon announces new Coolpix cameras...with WiFi
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Wi-Fi service extended to some bus routes
...The free Wi-Fi coverage is a pilot project conducted with China Mobile, Beijing Youth Daily reported, and subscribers of the cell phone network will get 20 hours of free Wi-Fi a month.
Commuters on the routes obtain Internet access after inputting their phone number. A user name and password is then sent to their phone in a text message.
A 3 yuan (50 cents) hourly fee will be charged once the subscriber has exceeded the 20 hours of free service.
The pilot project will continue through the end of June. Whether China Mobile plans to extend the project is unclear. Company representatives could not be reached by China Daily for comment on Tuesday.
Despite the free service, some commuters complained about the speed and reliability of the network.
Bai Long, a 26-year-old accountant in Beijing, tested the Internet speed on Monday with his phone and said it was only 80 kb/s.
"With Internet speed this poor, you can only browse some web pages, and viewing a video clip is out of the question," he said.
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Other residents complained of similar problems.
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As part of the wireless local area networks construction project targeting more than 60 percent of the capital in the next five years, 90,000 WLAN access points will be built, according to the Beijing Commission of Economy and Information Technology....
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2013/01/29
Why a Deutsche Telecom investment in Fon would be a smart move
Deutsche Telekom is considering investing in Fon, the crowdsourced Wi-Fi provider. Though the deal is far from certain, DT could benefit greatly from a close relationship with Fon’s millions-strong Wi-Fi community.
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Bluebridge offering free wi-fi for passengers on its Cook Strait sailings
Passengers crossing Cook Strait on Bluebridge ferries can plan their holiday itinerary, post Facebook updates, tweet, email, shop and surf the web, on the company’s new free Wi-Fi available on all sailings from tomorrow.
Strait Shipping’s New Zealand owned and operated Bluebridge, which already offers customers free on-board movies, kids’ play areas and private cabins, is set to be the only Cook Strait ferry offering year-round free Wi-Fi to passengers on-board its ferries and inside its terminals.
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2013/01/26
Introducing XWS Cloud
XMS Cloud is a hosted deployment option for the Xirrus Management System (XMS). This cloud-based solution provides customers a simpler and faster way to deploy and manage their Xirrus wireless network. XMS Cloud is available in addition to on-premise management options from Xirrus.
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Asus WL-330NUL is world’s smallest WiFi router
This little device basically makes any wired internet connection into a small WiFi hotspot. This is especially useful when you check into a hotel that only offers wired internet in the rooms. Just plug the RJ45 into the port and it re-transmits the internet connection over WiFi.
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2013/01/21
AccuROAM : Roaming Solution Using Mobile Account Credentials
According to a release, the solution provides a secure authentication framework without the need to enter cumbersome usernames and passwords. AccuROAM enables any Wi-Fi to work as a full extension of GSM or CDMA networks for billing, policy, and authentication. This technology is currently being used by AT&T Mobility.
"The AccuROAM platform gives subscribers automatic and secure access to Wi-Fi hotspots globally by using subscriber SIM credentials as the means of authentication. Accuris Networks is the only provider globally to provide this level of security and ease of access when connecting to Wi-Fi," noted Larry Quinn Chairman of Accuris Networks. "While we wait for Hotspot 2.0, Passpoint and Next Generation Hotspots (NGH) to give us the authentication and security we need, AccuROAM today gives us a seamless, secure Wi-Fi connection, without changing existing Wi-Fi networks already deployed around the world." Accuris Networks' AccuROAM solution has both client and server capability to enable automatic authentication of users to Wi-Fi networks. It uses encrypted credentials from a users account in a similar way that authentication processes work when phone users roam to a new network. This provides the security demanded by all cellular carriers, delivering a much improved user experience compared to the current awkward methods associated with Wi-Fi access. It also gives operators the ability to control service access, manage the Wi-Fi offload connection and bill subscribers for Wi-Fi usage when roaming.
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2013/01/19
Wi-Fi vs. Ethernet: Has wireless killed wired?
Wi-Fi routers have become a home appliance. Does that mean Ethernet's time has passed, or are there still reasons to deal with wires?
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Pryor (Oklahoma US) To Get Free WiFi Access Thanks To Google Grant
Downtown Pryor will be getting free Wi-Fi thanks to a grant from Google. Thanks to a $200,000 grant, the city will create a free wireless network in the downtown area.
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2013/01/18
Aerohive, Euclid partner on using Wi-Fi to decode shoppers' behavior
Aerohive is integrating the sensor software with its HiveOS, so its access points can now act as data collectors; and using the JSON Java API to link the two cloud services, so that some of the Euclid analytic data can be viewed via Aerohive's HiveManager application.
The combination lets retailers see how many Wi-Fi devices pass the store front, how many stop at the window display and for how long, the number of shoppers who actually enter the store and how long they stay, the average stay length and other metrics. Euclid can identify repeat visitors, tell the last time they visited, and what percentage of visitors are repeats or brand new.
Euclid's offering takes advantage of the fact that Wi-Fi radios in a smartphone or tablet constantly send out probe requests for network connections. The Euclid sensor, which is just a reflashed consumer-grade Wi-Fi access point, and now the Aerohive access points, detect the probe and the MAC address associated with it. The software hashes the address, without actually collecting or storing it, to protect the user's privacy. The Wi-Fi protocol doesn't yield personal information such as an email address or phone number.
Then it's transferred to the Euclid cloud service, hosted on Amazon AWS, aggregated and analyzed. There, customers can access the full Euclid Analytics dashboard or, via HiveManager, a simplified version of it.
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The Marriage Between the Wi-Fi Alliance and WiGig: What Does it All Mean?
8"02.11ad, or WiGig, is a very interesting technology. Though it is firmly based on the same underlying principles as other 802.11 technologies, including a/b/g/n/ac, at the same time it is significantly different from any of the other 802.11 enhancements that have been developed so far. It operates in an entirely different frequency band (60GHz), opening up new possibilities, and new challenges. Whereas all 802.11 technology to date has mainly been used as an underlying network technology, replacing wired TCP/IP networks over specified areas before making the final connection to the wired backbone, 802.11ad is designed to replace wired computer connectivity, like HDMI video connections and USB/PCI-e, with ultra high-speed wireless connections. This will make 802.11ad and “additional” technology rather than an “upgrade” technology, and 11ad and 11a/b/g/n/ac will need to co-exist, with 11ad providing the “local” connectivity (a personal area network if we can revisit that term) and 11a/b/g/n/ac providing the TCP/IP connectivity between local devices and to the wired backbone."...
"It’s because of the coexistence of 802.11ad and other 802.11 technologies that the merger of WiGig and WFA makes so much sense. Not only will 802.11ad equipment need to interoperate, but 802.11ad and other 802.11 networking technology also need to interoperate, so having all of this interoperability certified under a single, respected, and highly-successful organization like the WFA just makes so much sense. This will accelerate the delivery of 802.11ad technology to market, and give it the very best chance for success under a banner that is recognized world-wide, and simply assumed to be a part of all wireless equipment purchases, whether by consumers or by enterprises."
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Avec son «On-Campus WiFi» : Google envahit l’université de Marrakech
Les étudiants du campus de l’Université de Marrakech profitent depuis le 9 janvier 3013, grâce à une collaboration entre ladite université et le géant des solutions informatiques «Google», du «On-Campus WiFi». Comme son appellation l’indique, ce service offre une solution WiFi normalisée et évolutive à des coûts très bas qui peut fournir un accès Internet 24/24 et 7/7 pour les étudiants utilisateurs de nouveaux appareils mobiles convergents.
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Awesome picture of a Xirrus Wireless XR-6000 Series Array by xirrusinc
2013/01/17
Wi-Fi trends in 2013
2012 was a great year for the Wi-Fi industry, especially in the enterprise IT space. More businesses embraced the solutions Wi-Fi had to offer and in the process improved on their internal processes and services to their customers. The growth of smartphones and tablets continued to dominate throughout the year, with the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) phenomenon becoming a key feature in wireless solutions for increased mobility and productivity. This resulted in vendors creating bigger and faster access points and pushing for controller-less solutions. So where to in 2013?
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2013/01/15
Aerohive Partners with Euclid to Become the Cloud-Managed Wi-Fi Vendor of Choice for Retailers
Aerohive's mission is to Simpli-Fi these enterprise access networks with a cloud-enabled, self-organizing, service-aware, identity-based infrastructure that includes innovative Wi-Fi, VPN, branch routing and switching solutions.
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How AirTight’s new network+security console tames distributed Wi-Fi
As Wi-Fi deployments extend into large distributed environments, management of these Wi-Fi networks poses unique challenges. It could be the clinic-wide deployment for the medical facility running into 100’s of sites, branch-wide deployment for the bank running into 1000’s of sites, or store-wide deployment for the fast food restaurant running into 10,000’s sites. The network and security management needs for such deployments are very different from the traditional campus Wi-Fi. Accordingly, the network management console has to deliver on a number of fronts.
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2013/01/14
The merger of cellular and Wi-Fi: The wireless network's future
In a CES panel entitled "Six Wireless Technologies You'll Want to Know," the conversation quickly spun from being an overview of such technologies to how these Wi-Fi and cellular networking were coming together.
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TP-Link unveils battery-powered 3G mobile Wi-Fi device
The device is designed to provide high-speed wireless Internet access using 802.11n technology. The mobile hotspot has a high capacity internal 2000 mAh battery to power its internal 3G modem. The device promises operate for 7 to 10 hours per charge.
The device can also be powered by a micro USB cable connected to a laptop, portable charger, or an included power adapter to extend runtime and recharge the device. The portable hotspot has a SIM card slot supporting HSPA+ 3G broadband connectivity with download speeds of up to 21 Mbps. The portable modem also supports upload speeds of up to 5.7 Mbps.
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Tampa looks to expand downtown WiFi access
The first, cheaper phase will create free WiFi hot spots at about a half-dozen city buildings, including the main municipal office building, City Council chambers and the lobbies of the Police Department and construction services center.
Those hot spots should be in place in the next four to eight weeks. The cost will be about $9,500 for equipment and installation and an estimated $5,000 a year in Internet and software maintenance charges.
"That's done as a convenience to our customers," Buckhorn said. "I want people who are down here to have the ability to do business while they're here."
The second, more expensive phase will be to work with telecommunications companies like Bright House Networks and Verizon to bring free WiFi to a small handful of popular public spaces such as Curtis Hixon, the Riverwalk and Lykes Gaslight Square Park.
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Wi-Fi trial deemed success
Head of Telecom Labs Philip Ivanier said last week Queenstown was the only ''hot spot'' in the country where virtually all of the town centre was made Wi-Fi-active.
''More than 3000 people are logging on to the regional service each day since its mid-December launch,'' Mr Ivanier said.
''That's roughly 10% of the whole user population across the country, across more than 43 locations New Zealand-wide.
''Queenstown Wi-Fi is the most popular service in the region, with more than 250 users per day, although users in Wanaka, Lake Hawea and Arrowtown are also accessing the service regularly.''
Early results indicated users were accessing the service for more than just email and surfing the net. Some were using the service to download content.
Queenstown was selected for the trial as it had a large influx of ''tech-savvy tourists'' keeping connected constantly and the compact town centre was well positioned to maximise the use of the Telecom telephone boxes already in place, which each had ''Free Wi-Fi'' signs, Mr Ivanier said.
''It's great that tourists can directly share their extraordinary South Island experiences with friends and family around the world,'' he said.
More than 17,000 people have registered to use the national service, using more than 20,000 internet-enabled devices such as tablets and smartphones to upload and download about 2.5Tb so far.
More than 3000 people are using it around the country each day and about 1000 new registrations are being received by Telecom a day.
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2013/01/10
FCC (US) will move to give more spectrum to Wi-Fi
The FCC plans to allocate more unlicensed spectrum for Wi-Fi to improve performance in crowded public places and in homes, looking to head off a future spectrum crunch.
Wi-Fi users will share that spectrum with the U.S. Department of Defense and other government agencies, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski announced on Wednesday at International CES in Las Vegas. The spectrum will be in the 5GHz band, one of the two bands where Wi-Fi is already used.
...The agency will seek to add 195MHz of spectrum for Wi-Fi, increasing the available capacity by 35 percent, the agency said in a press release. The agency didn't immediately specify what frequencies would be added.
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2013/01/09
Google to bring free Wi-Fi to Chelsea
Google's Wi-Fi has impressive speeds of its own -- about 5 to 10 Megabits per second, or around the same as a typical home Internet connection. But Ben Fried, Google's chief information officer, said in unequivocal terms that the Wi-Fi offering is not a harbinger of bigger things to come for New Yorkers.
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Still, here's a tantalizing tidbit that makes the project of interest outside Chelsea: Google said it cost just $115,000 to get all the technology installed for the venture, which carries a $45,000 annual maintenance cost. The company covered two-thirds of the expense, and the Chelsea Improvement Company, a local public advocacy group, paid for the other third.
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Video streaming gets a boost with new 802.11ac routers
New 802.11ac routers launching at International CES promise users gigabit-speeds and better performance when streaming video.
Since last year's CES, 802.11ac -- which is the latest in IEEE's family of WLAN standards -- has gone from a new technology to mainstream in wireless routers. The underlying standard is still under development, but that has not prevented vendors from putting out a growing number of products.
At CES 2013, vendors like Belkin, D-Link, Linksys and newcomer Securifi have all introduced wireless routers compatible with 802.11ac.
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2013/01/08
Carrier Wi-Fi Comes of Age in 2013 from The Ruckus Room
Wi-Fi is rapidly emerging as a credible RAN (radio access network) technology that can be deployed alongside of 3G and LTE in a mobile network. Initial Wi-Fi deployments were all about offload and capacity injection. Now the future is much more about integration into the core. This enables the user to have an “always-best-connected” experience, regardless of location or radio access technology. Users won't need to know or care about Wi-Fi authentication or roaming—it will all be as automatic and secure as in the 3G/LTE world. These charts from Infonetics' 2012 carrier survey pretty much tell the Wi-Fi story.
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Netgear launches new Wi-Fi range extender and 802.11ac router
The WN3500RP Wi-Fi Range Extender wall plug amplifies any existing Wi-Fi network and features the ability to directly connect to any AirPlay or DLNA compatible speakers, plus wireless printers. It works for both 2.4GHz and 5GHz bands and supports varying Wi-Fi standards except for 802.11ac. The range extender is especially useful for situations where there may be obstructions preventing a particular room from receiving a strong Wi-Fi signal.
The bigger news at the Netgear press conference, however, was the D6200 Wi-Fi Modem Router, which features 802.11ac technology, as well as a built-in ADSL2+ modem and Gigabit WAN with support for fiber-optic networks. In addition to DLNA, the D6200 also features Netgear's ReadySHARE Cloud, which allows users to remotely access USB-connected hard drives, printers, and flash drives via the network. Netgear also enables both iOS and Android users to utilize the Netgear Genie app for mobile access to the router.
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