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November 01, 2002 01 Nov'02
Latest Wi-Fi security would do less for public 'hot spots'

The latest security features that wireless LAN vendors plan to build into products under the Wireless Protected Access (WPA)...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
Now is the time to adopt RFID tags

Companies should start considering radio frequency identification tagging (RFID) technology now to boost the efficiency and...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
WiFi eyes better wireless LAN security

The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), which certifies IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN products with the WiFi label, will...
October 31, 2002 31 Oct'02
T-Mobile makes Wi-Fi pact with US airlines

T-Mobile USA is to add "Wi-Fi hot spots" for high-speed wireless Internet connectivity in about 100 US airport clubs and lounges...

October 28, 2002 28 Oct'02
Palm rolls out enterprise-class Tungstens

Palm is unveiling two new Tungsten handhelds today, which have phone features and built-in support for the wireless technology...
October 25, 2002 25 Oct'02
Wardrive attempts to find unsecured wireless networks

This weekend the security initiative Wardrive begins its annual attempt to map all unsecured wireless networks.
October 22, 2002 22 Oct'02
TMA: Mobile technology is ready to roll out

Delegates at this week's TMA telecoms show in Brighton have been urged to begin their mobile rollouts now and not wait for the...
October 18, 2002 18 Oct'02
Vendors simplify Bluetooth connectivity

Palmsource, the operating system arm of Palm and BVRP Software Group, announced at the CTIA conference in Las Vegas that it will...
October 17, 2002 17 Oct'02
Gartner: Boost budgets for wireless

Businesses need to be prepared to increase IT budgets by 10%-15% per year to support enterprise wireless technologies between now...
October 16, 2002 16 Oct'02
GSM Association restructure promises better mobile service rollouts

The GSM Association has said its restructure will improve the reputation of GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)...

October 15, 2002 15 Oct'02
Japanese PC makers parade latest notebooks

Japan's major personal computer makers will be unveiling their latest notebook computers at this week's World PC Expo show, which...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
Toshiba debuts Bluetooth hard drive for PDAs

Toshiba has married its card-sized hard disk drive with Bluetooth wireless technology to come up with a portable storage device...
October 14, 2002 14 Oct'02
Wanadoo offer consumers wireless, faster ADSL

Wanadoo is to offer French consumers always-on Internet access at speeds previously only offered to business customers, and will...
October 11, 2002 11 Oct'02
AT&T Wireless pays $2m to settle emergency number location probe

AT&T Wireless Services has agreed to pay $2m (£1.28m) to the US government to settle an investigation concerning the...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
MEC: Messaging management takes centre stage

Aiming to tame the growing complexity of enterprise messaging environments, several vendors at Microsoft's MEC 2002 conference...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
Mitsubishi unveils phone that calls via wireless Lan

Mitsubishi has developed a mobile phone that can make calls via wireless local area networks (WLans) as well as conventional...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
HP adds fingerprint scanner and WLAN to iPaq PDA

Hewlett-Packard is preparing a series of iPaq personal digital assistants with a built-in fingerprint scanner and WLAN (wireless...
October 10, 2002 10 Oct'02
Casio targets industrial users with WinCE .net PDA

Casio Computer is extending its Cassiopeia personal digital assistant range with an industrial-type terminal based on Microsoft...
October 03, 2002 03 Oct'02
Cisco introduces WLAN with built-in intelligence

Cisco Systems has introduced a new wireless LAN access point (AP) that for the first time incorporates the Internetwork Operating...
October 02, 2002 02 Oct'02
IT chiefs have no 3G plans

The majority of IT decision-makers have no plans to deploy third-generation (3G) mobile technology in the enterprise, amid...
October 02, 2002 02 Oct'02
Sony debuts Clie handhelds

Sony has unveiled the latest versions of its Clie personal digital assistant (PDA) running Palm OS 5.
September 30, 2002 30 Sep'02
Windows XP gets Bluetooth support

Microsoft has released to manufacturers the software necessary to allow devices that support the short-range wireless technology...
September 27, 2002 27 Sep'02
Singapore gets nationwide wireless Internet

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) has launched a broadband wireless Internet service that has access points across the 740...
September 26, 2002 26 Sep'02
Toshiba shrinks Bluetooth secure digital card

Toshiba has unveiled the latest version of its Bluetooth Secure Digital I/O (SDIO) card for portable digital consumer equipment,...
September 25, 2002 25 Sep'02
Cisco enhances WLAN security

Cisco Systems has beefed up security for its wireless LAN product line to help prevent hackers from hijacking a user's identity...
September 23, 2002 23 Sep'02
Microsoft and Cisco join forces to boost wireless security

Microsoft, Cisco Systems and major wireless local area network (LAN) hardware manufacturers have joined forces to beef up...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
Lucent roams between WLAN and 3G networks

Lucent Technologies has successfully demonstrated roaming between a wireless LAN (WLAN) and a third-generation mobile broadband...
September 20, 2002 20 Sep'02
WLAN semiconductor sales to grow worldwide

Worldwide sales of wireless local area network (WLAN) semiconductors are expected to grow by 29% over the next five years,...
September 12, 2002 12 Sep'02
Intel Developer Forum: New product round-up

Between the keynote speeches and technology briefings attendees at the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose, USA, have had a chance...
September 11, 2002 11 Sep'02
Draft WLAN spec for 2.4GHz band gains approval

The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) has approved the draft of a new wireless LAN standard - 802.11g -...
September 10, 2002 10 Sep'02
New kit makes finding wireless networks easy

A United States start-up company has introduced an all-in-one "war-driving kit" designed to help anyone track down wireless LANs.
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Symbol wireless switch to centralise control of WLANs

Symbol Technologies has unveiled an intelligent wireless LAN switch that may herald a change in how IEEE 802.11x networks are...
September 09, 2002 09 Sep'02
Image-ready Nokia on sale in US next year

Nokia has unveiled two new mobile phones - one a combination phone/camcorder/digital still camera model - at its Nokia Totally...
September 05, 2002 05 Sep'02
Wireless access demand spurs release of gateway technologies

A raft of new products has emerged to support the increasing demand for wireless technologies, writes Antony Adshead.
August 29, 2002 29 Aug'02
Safeway looks to save on wireless Lan

Safeway is rolling out a wireless local area network (Lan) in each of its 490 UK stores and a further 2,000 handheld devices,...
August 20, 2002 20 Aug'02
Samsung prepares two Palm-based phones

Samsung Electronics is preparing to launch two new Palm-OS based mobile phones in the US.
August 16, 2002 16 Aug'02
Microsoft's Bluetooth keyboard and mouse gain approval in US

Microsft has received approval from the US Federal Communications Commission for a wireless keyboard and mouse set that rely on...
August 15, 2002 15 Aug'02
IBM adds roaming to Everyplace Wireless Gateway

IBM has added roaming capabilities to its Everyplace Wireless Gateway product, allowing users to roam seamlessly and securely...
August 15, 2002 15 Aug'02
Wireless network mapping could pose enterprise risk

US federal law enforcement officials have warned companies throughout the Pittsburgh area of a systematic effort to mark and map...
August 12, 2002 12 Aug'02
Orange adds large attachments to text messaging

Orange has launched a multi-media messaging service (MMS) that enables users to send and receive full-colour pictures with voice...
August 08, 2002 08 Aug'02
European 3G mobile services suffer further setbacks

A fresh wave of delays in rolling out third-generation networks and phones across Europe threatens to create still more...
August 08, 2002 08 Aug'02
Analysts predict cars will drive Bluetooth adoption

Consumer adoption of the Bluetooth wireless technology will be driven by hands-free use of mobile phones in cars, not by PCs and...
August 06, 2002 06 Aug'02
Wireless roaming demonstrated between 802.11 and GPRS networks

A demonstration of wireless roaming could point the way to how users would move between 802.11 wireless LAN networks to a...
August 02, 2002 02 Aug'02
Pentagon issues wireless disconnect order to military

The insecurity of wireless devices is now a matter of national security, according to John Stenbit, the Pentagon's chief...
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Security fears slow adoption of WLan networks

IT directors are reluctant to adopt wireless Lan technology because of lingering doubts about data security.
August 01, 2002 01 Aug'02
Gus roll-out highlights GPRS potential

Great Universal Stores' home shopping division is planning to use GPRS (General Packet Radio Services) technology throughout its...
July 31, 2002 31 Jul'02
WLan card for phones and PDAs

In a development which promises to help wireless networks steal some of the thunder from the long-awaited 3G revolution, US...
July 29, 2002 29 Jul'02
Vodafone's mobile data revenue still pitiful

Mobile phone giant Vodafone has seen little demand for m-commerce services based on WAP and GPRS
July 25, 2002 25 Jul'02
Fedex takes 2.5G step in search of cash savings

Next generation General Packet Radio Services (GPRS) technology, dubbed 2.5G, will enable the logistics giant Fedex to save money...
July 22, 2002 22 Jul'02
Wireless group may change 802.11 certification name

The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) is discussing the possibility of changing the name given to 802.11a wireless...
July 22, 2002 22 Jul'02
Intel and IBM push for public wireless LAN

Intel and IBM are using their technology and investment to push the development of a nationwide public-access wireless LAN.
July 22, 2002 22 Jul'02
Microsoft home WLAN debut promises security headache for IT managers

Microsoft's plan to enter the consumer wireless LAN market in the autumn bodes ill for IT managers concerned with securing and...
July 19, 2002 19 Jul'02
Lucent gathers partners for 3G/WLAN services

Lucent Technologies has announced a package of hardware and software products designed to help wireless carriers set up data...
July 19, 2002 19 Jul'02
MacWorld: Apple unveils iSync

Apple Computer unveiled iSync - a wired and wireless synchronisation technology that allows users to synchronise data between...
July 18, 2002 18 Jul'02
Wireless consortium pushes broadband agenda

IBM, Intel and AT&T are investigating the construction of a national wireless data network in an attempt to drive the adoption of...
July 16, 2002 16 Jul'02
Railtrack to roll out wireless LAN for travellers

Rail passengers will soon be offered Internet access via a wireless local area network (WLAN) operating at a number of rail...
July 16, 2002 16 Jul'02
Microsoft eyes wireless opportunities

Microsoft plans to expand its vertical industry offerings in the health care and finance industries in its pursuit of wireless...
July 16, 2002 16 Jul'02
SALT unveils latest specs for wireless speech and text delivery

The continuing development of text-to-speech capabilities for wireless devices received a promising boost today with the release...
July 11, 2002 11 Jul'02
Wireless Lans could undermine 3G uptake

In a move that positions wireless Lans as a possible alternative to high-speed 3G mobile networks, Hewlett-Packard has announced...
July 11, 2002 11 Jul'02
Microsoft poised to ship smartphone software

After repeated delays, Microsoft is finally ready to ship its Windows Powered Smartphone 2002 software, formerly codenamed...
July 09, 2002 09 Jul'02
US logistics giants standardise on European GPRS

Two giant US package carriers are adopting European-developed standards for new global wireless services.
July 05, 2002 05 Jul'02
BT trials free wireless LAN service ahead of August launch

BT has begun free trials of a public wireless LAN (WLAN) service, BT Openzone, ahead of a 1 August launch.
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
N+I Tokyo: Mobility heralds IPv6 breakthrough

Vendors have demonstrated the mobile functionality of Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) at this year's Networld+Interop Tokyo...
July 04, 2002 04 Jul'02
N+I Tokyo: First Wi-Fi5 certifications due in October

The first certifications for wireless LAN access points and cards that meet the IEEE802.11a, or Wi-Fi5, standard are expected to...
June 27, 2002 27 Jun'02
E-business firms' doors are left open to hackers at show

IT suppliers specialising in e-commerce failed to take basic precautions to secure their own wireless networks at a major...
June 26, 2002 26 Jun'02
Bluetooth's roaming ability grows

Despite a lull in the recent hype that has accompanied Bluetooth several new products have been announced in the past week,...
June 26, 2002 26 Jun'02
WLan handheld diagnostic tool aims to cut hacking

This week sees the UK launch of AirMagnet's wireless local area network (WLan) diagnostic tool which runs on handhelds designed...
June 26, 2002 26 Jun'02
3G reaches 10 million users

Third-generation (3G) wireless networks have more than 10 million users worldwide and the figure is set to grow by more than 1...
June 26, 2002 26 Jun'02
TechXNY: IBM aims wireless at smaller businesses

IBM unveiled four bundled wireless starter kits at the TechXNY trade show, in an effort to speed the deployment of wireless...
June 25, 2002 25 Jun'02
TechXNY: Toshiba unwraps an array of wireless products

Toshiba made several announcements unveiling its latest wireless hardware and software that will help connect home and business...
June 24, 2002 24 Jun'02
IBM joins hunt for rogue wireless LAN access points

IBM has announced it will enter the battle against unauthorised wireless LAN access points (AP) with a monitoring tool that the...
June 24, 2002 24 Jun'02
Our CDMA patents are sound, says Qualcomm

Qualcomm Wireless and Internet Group president Paul Jacobs has said the company's many CDMA (code division multiple access)...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
Retailer looks to electronic tags to reduce theft

Woolworths has turned to electronic product tagging in an attempt to combat the increasing levels of customer and employee theft...
June 20, 2002 20 Jun'02
First European WLAN cross-border roaming service launched

Telia Mobile and the Italian unit of Megabeam Networks have signed what both companies claim to be Europe's first cross-border...
June 19, 2002 19 Jun'02
Check Point adds wireless partners to OPSEC

Check Point Software Technologies has certified a handful of new wireless networking products as complying with its Open Platform...
June 18, 2002 18 Jun'02
IBM tool to detect rogue wireless LAN access points

IBM has developed a rogue wireless LAN access-point (AP) detection tool that can automatically detect the presence of...
June 17, 2002 17 Jun'02
IBM demos wireless monitoring app

IBM has announced a new wireless security tool, Distributed Wireless Security Auditor.
June 17, 2002 17 Jun'02
Toshiba launches Wi-Fi integrated Pocket PC

Toshiba has released a Pocket PC with integrated wireless connectivity and increased processing power to boost sales to the...
May 22, 2002 22 May'02
I-mode Java handsets destined for Europe

NTT DoCoMo plans to add Java support to its European wireless Internet I-mode service, launched earlier this year, when the next...
May 21, 2002 21 May'02
3Com offers Bluetooth wireless printing kit

A Bluetooth printing kit introduced yesterday by 3Com allows users to hook up to existing local printers without using cables or...
May 21, 2002 21 May'02
General Motors makes wireless LAN mission critical

General Motors is installing wireless local area networks in all 25 of its North American assembly plants to improve efficiency.
May 20, 2002 20 May'02
US defence agency using vulnerable WLAN security

The agency responsible for the US Department of Defense's global networks and classified command and control systems has a gaping...
May 17, 2002 17 May'02
Ethernet, wireless Lan markets shrink in Q1

A seasonal slowdown in enterprise spending was the most likely cause of sales drops for both Ethernet switches and wireless Lan...
May 15, 2002 15 May'02
Wireless Lans expose firms to denial attacks

Businesses using wireless local area networks (Lans) may be unwittingly leaving themselves open to wireless-launched denial of...
May 09, 2002 09 May'02
Roaming limits stall expansion of GPRS

The use of GPRS wireless data technology as a credible business tool was dealt another blow this week as it emerged that users...
May 07, 2002 07 May'02
Vendors jump standards gun with fastWLAN in UK

Vendors are rushing 54mbps (bits per second) wireless LAN (WLAN) products in the UK and other European countries without waiting...
May 02, 2002 02 May'02
Wireless LAN providers team to offer roaming

Several wireless LAN (WLAN) service providers and hardware vendors have established an industry association to facilitate WLAN...
April 25, 2002 25 Apr'02
European firms are wide open to hackers

Companies throughout Europe's business capitals are leaving their wireless networks wide open to electronic eavesdroppers.
April 25, 2002 25 Apr'02
Laptop makers load new Intel mobile chips

Computer makers have used Intel's Pentium 4 Processor-M (mobile) launch event to show off their latest laptop computers.
April 24, 2002 24 Apr'02
Intel shows off mobile chips

Intel began its campaign to push a faster set of Pentium 4 Processor-M (mobile) chips to the mobile computing market.
April 19, 2002 19 Apr'02
Microsoft shows Bluetooth hub, keyboard and mouse

Microsoft has unveiled a Bluetooth-enabled keyboard, mouse and transceiver for PCs and has said it will release a Bluetooth...
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
Cisco launches dual-band wireless LAN base station

Cisco Systems has unveiled a wireless LAN access point that uses 802.11a and 802.11b standards.
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
GSM operators roam further afield in Rome

Network operators from around the world have been making roaming agreements and welcoming new members at the "Roamfest", a...
April 18, 2002 18 Apr'02
Business data will be at risk in BT's wireless hotspots

Analysts have warned that businesses using the "wireless hotspots", announced by BT last week, could be exposed to a security...
April 17, 2002 17 Apr'02
Europe's wireless Lans to get extrabandwidth

Wireless Lans in Europe could be given a bandwidth boost if the Radiocommunications Agency approves the 24mbps 802.11a standard...
April 17, 2002 17 Apr'02
US Robotics doubles speed of 802.11bwireless LAN

US Robotics has boosted the speed of its latest range of wireless LAN products for small businesses to 22 Mbps.
April 16, 2002 16 Apr'02
MmO2 to spend £1.35bn building high speed European networks

Mobile phone operator mmO2 is spending £1.35bn to create a uniform architecture for its GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and...
April 12, 2002 12 Apr'02
Operators plan rapid response to GPRSroaming problem

In the space of a few days next week, mobile phone operators are hoping to do for cross-border mobile data services what has...
April 10, 2002 10 Apr'02
BT plans wireless comeback in UK

British Telecom is planning to launch a Mobility Services portfolio of mobile products for UK business customers in June.
April 09, 2002 09 Apr'02
Broadcom buys wireless chip maker

Network chip-maker Broadcom has agreed to acquire cellular component vendor Mobilink Telecom.