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by Jason Giacchino on June 6, 2008
The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (Kevin Martin) announced yesterday a delay in the voting on his proposal to auction an unused piece of 25 megahertz wireless spectrum. The winnin...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on January 20, 2008
Rogers, the only GSM carrier in Canada at this writing, has finally rolled out something resembling a reasonable data plan (warning: PDF link). Granted, it starts at CAD $65 for 1 GB of data and wor...
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by leo on December 11, 2007
Just days after the first commercial testing of JetBlue's in-flight Wi-Fi service, the soon-to-be released study of Freesky Research projects that airline passengers will send more than 60 million...
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by Dameon Welch-Abemathy on December 8, 2007
Jeff Goldman on our sister blog The Wireless Weblog let's us know that JetBlue will be testing WiFi on an LAX-to-SFO flight on the 11th of December (Tuesday). Several other US airlines have announ...
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by Scott on April 3, 2007
According to Telephony Online, t-mobile and Sony are partnering to put software to access T-Mobile's hotspot network in the next firmware upgrade made available for the handheld media device. The ...
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by Scott on October 13, 2006
I reported earlier that Boeing plans to pull the plug on its in-flight broadband service, Connexion. At the time, there were rumors of another provider taking over the service.
This morning I got an...
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by Scott on August 18, 2006
In-flight broadband has been one of the few redeeming parts of flying long-haul to Europe in the past few years. In fact, I had taken to choosing routes where it was available in order to staying plug...
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by Scott on August 16, 2006
According to the New York Times, Google is waving off rumors it will expand its free Wi-Fi initiative from its home area in California to a nationwide program. Google will open in Silicon Valley wi-fi...
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by Scott on August 11, 2006
Sprint nextel announced this week that they are putting $1 billion per G (make that $4 billion) into rollout of WiMax in the US and development of infrastructure and devices with Intel, Motorola and S...
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by Scott on August 9, 2006
The FCC's auction of new spectrum in the US has gotten off to a busy start with 168 bidders lined up for 1,122 licenses for 90 Mhz spectrum in many US markets. Lots of new players have piled in wi...
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by Scott on July 27, 2006
Nokia is testing real-world handoffs between GSM and Wi-Fi with its 6136 UMA handset in Oulu, Finland, according to the company. The trial will last for 2 months and involves practical use by 50 famil...
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by Scott on July 1, 2006
A highlight of my trip to Japan earlier this year was taking the bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka and back. On the way down, I had plenty of work to do, and an empty train to do it in, but no way of g...
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by Scott on May 19, 2006
BT, usually late to the party but never so late it can't squelch a little competition, has announced it plans to help create 12 wireless cities around the UK. It is targeting local councils with i...
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by Scott on March 27, 2006
As a public service, Mobile Weblog passes on HotelChatter's list of the best hotel WiFi (in the US) list for 2006, via Boing Boing. The survey gives the biggest shout out to Kimpton Hotels, which ...
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by Scott on January 21, 2006
So, I am the umpteenth chump to actually blog while in flight, but this is my second time using Connexion-based Wi-Fi access in flight. I am currently on a delayed SAS flight from Washington to Copenh...
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by Scott on January 17, 2006
If you don't already know FON, you may soon. Founded by Martin Varsavsky of Jazztel fame, FON is a movement to create shared wireless access networks, begun in Spain and now being exported worldwi...
