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February 04, 2009 04 Feb'09
Motorola trials 4G in Swindon

Swindon is the place where faster 4G mobile networks might take off in the UK.
February 04, 2009 04 Feb'09
Mobile computing users willing to pay for acceptable Wi-Fi

Mobile computing expect widely available Wi-Fi services and express a keen willingness to pay for them
February 04, 2009 04 Feb'09
Mobile computing manufacturers need to add Wan

Embedding wan into ultra portables may addresses the frustration of spotty coverage of Wi-Fi
February 04, 2009 04 Feb'09
Netbooks and MIDs ‘secondary’ mobile computing devices

Ultra portable devices gaining popularity if not yet credibility from businesses

February 03, 2009 03 Feb'09
SMEs get productivity from mobile applications

SMEs recognising the need to be able to service their customers and win prospective business with mobile computing and telecoms
January 26, 2009 26 Jan'09
14 Signal Regiment gets wireless broadband

Members of the British Army's 14 Signal Regiment can now get the same broadband services in their home barracks in West Wales as they are used to in Iraq and Afghanistan.
January 20, 2009 20 Jan'09
Nokia N79 Eco comes without charger

The new Nokia N79 Eco smartphone is being shipped without a charger as an option to encourage the recycling of older Nokia chargers. The lack...
January 14, 2009 14 Jan'09
Bus firm offers parents Wi-Fi school bus tracking

Parents in Birmingham can keep an eye on their kids' whereabouts as they make their way to and from school on the school bus.
January 12, 2009 12 Jan'09
CES: Samsung unveils projector mobile phone

Samsung used the Consumer Electronics...
January 07, 2009 07 Jan'09
Glasgow financial district first for subway mobile access

Commuters to Glasgow's International Financial Services District (IFSD) are the UK's first city workers to be able to use their mobile phones while travelling...

January 06, 2009 06 Jan'09
Barclays to roll out contactless debit cards to all customers

Barclays customers will soon be able to pay their way with the wave of a card as the bank is set to be the first in the UK to roll-out...
January 06, 2009 06 Jan'09
Celebrity Big Brother uses RFID technology to track housemates

Celebrity Big Brother is using radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track housemates.
December 23, 2008 23 Dec'08
Mainstream UC boosts mobile computing

Unified communications on firms' agenda but disconnect exists between those who implement and those who use
December 19, 2008 19 Dec'08
Embedded 3G mobile broadband device growth to stall

Credit and capacity limits will slow the expected high take-up of embedded devices
December 18, 2008 18 Dec'08
Apple iPhone drives Wi-Fi adoption in UK

Sales of the Apple iPhone and other Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones are driving growth
December 17, 2008 17 Dec'08
How to use 3G wireless networks

Sierra Wireless Malcolm Thom outlines several scenarios for the deployment of 3G wireless networks.
December 16, 2008 16 Dec'08
WiMAX mobile broadband driven by laptops and embedded PCs

Low cost mobile computing devices will drive uptake of WiMAX mobile broadband standard
December 15, 2008 15 Dec'08
Update - Feds rule Telstra out of NBN bid

3:45 PM UPDATE: Stephen Conroy says the government will not be "held to ransom" by any corporation in a new statement on Telstra's exclusion from the NBN RFP process that says current regulatory arguments are "intractable".
December 12, 2008 12 Dec'08
Mobile broadband world’s first unveiled

Ericsson and Telstra debut commercial HSPA network offering up to 21 Mbps
December 10, 2008 10 Dec'08
Europe tunes in to wireless networks

Large European companies are spending more on wireless networks than on wired networks, according to research commissioned by network equipment supplier Motorola.
December 09, 2008 09 Dec'08
O2 to sell ultra-slim BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in UK

O2 is to launch the ultra-slim BlackBerry Curve 8900 smartphone in the UK. The...
December 05, 2008 05 Dec'08
Mobile broadband prices at crossroads

As telecoms operators feel the pinch from the credit crunch, the days of cheap mobile broadband could be over. Or maybe not...
December 02, 2008 02 Dec'08
Creating a secure WLAN - with new part three!

Sibling site SearchSecurity ANZ has a great video tutorial on how to secure a WLAN. Read on for summaries of this series and links to the videos!
December 02, 2008 02 Dec'08
BT sees Wi-Fi traffic double in a year

BT says usage on its Wi-Fi broadband networks has doubled in a year.

BT said users of its high-speed wireless broadband clocked up twice the number...
November 24, 2008 24 Nov'08
NICTA and I2R collaborate on maritime wireless mesh

Users aboard seafaring vessels will soon have access to more reliable wireless connectivity, thanks to collaboration between Australian and Singaporean researchers.
November 24, 2008 24 Nov'08
Mobile broadband battle muddies mobile computing buying plans

IT departments face potentially business-significant decision regarding mobile broadband technology
November 20, 2008 20 Nov'08
Whitespace Broadband - a primer

Richard Chirgwin explains "whitespace broadband" - the idea of using airspace currently occupied by television signals for data transmission.
November 19, 2008 19 Nov'08
EDS and Cubic win back Oyster contract

Cubic Transportation Systems has won the contract for Transport for London's (TfL) Oyster system. It will sublet some of the work to EDS. The companies...
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
Hand-held computers make police less efficient, say officers

Seventy percent of police officers say hand-held devices designed to cut time spent in the office have made them less efficient , according to...
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
Mobile messaging services to beat credit crunch

Mobile messaging services to be seen as a more efficient way to communicate than voice services
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
Phones 4U promises to stop breaching consumer law

Mobile phone supplier Phones 4U has promised Ofcom it will stop treating customers unfairly. The move comes eight months after Ofcom published...
November 10, 2008 10 Nov'08
HP ProCurve goes indoors for wireless connection

HP ProCurve has released a new single-radio 802.11n wireless access point, the HP ProCurve MSM410, that enables high-bandwidth applications across a network inside hotels, hospital dormitories and office environments.
November 07, 2008 07 Nov'08
Podcast: The future of WiMAX

This week's edition of our networking podcast features Unwired's David Hayvatt on the future of WiMAX.
November 05, 2008 05 Nov'08
Microsoft, Telstra, mobilise SaaS in new alliance

Richard Chirgwin interviews the protagonists in today's announcement of a new alliance between Microsoft and Telstra.
October 31, 2008 31 Oct'08
Review: Ericsson's W25 Fixed Wireless Terminal

Ian Yates puts a high-end 3G router to the test.
October 29, 2008 29 Oct'08
Home wireless networks more secure than business networks

Security of home wireless networks ...
October 28, 2008 28 Oct'08
Cheap RFID chips make new US passports insecure, say researchers

Researchers say it is relatively easy to clone...
October 23, 2008 23 Oct'08
Police radios to work throughout London Underground

The police are to get full Airwave digital radio coverage on the London Underground network from next spring.
October 22, 2008 22 Oct'08
Mobile phones may replace Oyster cards

The Oyster card could be replaced by mobile phone and bankcard ticketing systems, Transport for London told the London Assembly yesterday.
October 20, 2008 20 Oct'08
Why WLAN cards report traffic when you are not accessing the network

Many WLAN cards report activity even when you are not using an application to access the network. We explain why - and how to make sure the activity is not malicious - in this tip.
October 15, 2008 15 Oct'08
UK hotels vulnerable to same Wi-Fi hack as US hotel chain

Insecure Wi-Fi systems installed at hotels across the UK could be hacked with embarrassing consequences
October 10, 2008 10 Oct'08
GPS tracking device for teenagers’ cars and family pets

Zoombak has introuduced a GPS tracking device the size of a matchbox.
October 08, 2008 08 Oct'08
Prepare your network for voice over wireless LAN

Voice over wireless LAN technology is maturing. Is your WLAN - and the rest of your network - ready for this new form of traffic? Now's the time to get ready!
October 03, 2008 03 Oct'08
Schwarzenegger terminates RFID skimming

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill making it illegal to wirelessly hack a person's radio frequency identification technology
October 03, 2008 03 Oct'08
Royal Brompton & Harefield Trust uses Wi-Fi to mobilise patient services

The Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust has deployed an Alcatel-Lucent wireless local area network (Wlan) to help transform clinical care and enable total mobility of its patient services.
October 01, 2008 01 Oct'08
New WLAN security requirements for PCI DSS 1.2

The looming revision to the PCI DSS standard will require new approaches to WLAN security.
October 01, 2008 01 Oct'08
Using iPerf to measure WLAN performance

Learn how to measure TCP/UDP, throughput, loss and delay with iPerf, an open source network testing tool.
September 30, 2008 30 Sep'08
New mobile broadband consortium eyes $50 bn opportunity

New category of mobile broadband devices claimed to deliver a compelling alternative to Wi-Fi
September 30, 2008 30 Sep'08
'Femtocells' could see mobile networks challenge Wi-Fi

A new technology called 'Femtocells' could see 3G or 4G base stations reach offices and homes, challenging Wi-Fi's role.
September 24, 2008 24 Sep'08
WLAN lessons from military deployments in Iraq

The team that designed a WLAN covering a 25 square kilometre air base in Iraq share their experiences.