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All Wireless Technologies News - March 2008

IT news round-up podcast for 10 March: National ID card scheme faces new criticism

Podcast
Date: 10 March 2008

Weekly IT news round-up podcast for 10 March 2008. Stories this week include fresh criticism of the UK national identity database / ID card scheme from the Crosby report and other sources, and BAA's rejection of RFID technology in favour of barcodes for baggage tracking.

Virgin Trains upgrades Wi-Fi lounges, but passengers still cannot make calls or access web on the move

News
Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 07 March 2008

Virgin Trains has teamed up with T-Mobile to provide free and improved Wi-Fi facilities in all of its first class lounges in stations.

BAA picks barcodes over RFID for Terminal 5

News
Author: Rebecca Thomson
Date: 06 March 2008

BAA has rejected advanced RFID technology in favour of 2D barcodes to track baggage at Heathrow's new terminal 5 in a move that it say will help it improve its track record on lost bags.

German packaging firm rolls out RFID pallet tracking

News
Author: Warwick Ashford
Date: 05 March 2008

German packaging manufacturer Heuchemer Verpackung has implemented a UK-developed radio frequency identification (RFID) based plastic pallet tracking system to increase visibility of pallets and products.

Somerfield sets out stall for WiMAX access to network

News
Author: Joe O'Halloran
Date: 05 March 2008

The supermarket chain will pilot the WiMAX solution at its Manchester sites as an alternative to a leased line

WiMAX mobile comms advantage shrinking

News
Author: Joe O'Hallroan
Date: 05 March 2008

Despite WiMAX’s head start on the 4G market, other technologies’ evolution is happening quicker than expected

Air travellers move to trains as Wi-Fi access becomes free

News
Author: Karl Flinders
Date: 04 March 2008

Businesses have turned away from air travel to a major UK rail route after the train operator introduced free wireless internet access.

CeBIT to cover Web 2.0, RFID, green IT

News
Author: John-Paul Kamath
Date: 03 March 2008

The growing relevance of social networks to business, RFID and green IT will be dominant themes at this year's CeBIT event in Hanover, Germany.

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