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  • Wireless broadband company gets carrier license

    Personal Broadband Australia (PBBA), a wireless Internet provider, has been issued with a carrier license by the Australian Communications Authority (ACA).

  • Analyst sees 3G in VoIP future

    A new analyst report suggests that VoIP-over-3G will be far more successful than current voice-over-Wi-Fi technology currently being pushed by many communications providers.

  • Aruba releases 802.11n Wi-Fi kit

    Aruba Networks has released in the UK its first products that utilise the latest generation of Wi-Fi technology, 802.11n.

  • WiTricity delivers electricity through the air

    A team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lit a 60-watt light bulb from a power source two metres away and with no physical connections between the source and the appliance.

  • Mater Health gives network a facelift

    Brisbane-based hospital group Mater Health Services has flagged a wide-ranging upgrade of its internal network as it standardises on kit from vendor Cisco Systems.

Blogs (7)

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    In mundanity, Wi-Fi finds a new purpose

    What's the first thing you look at when you check into a hotel room? The bed? The view? The minibar?

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    It seemed like a good idea at the time

    Last week, I lamented the growing tendency to slam perfectly valid technologies as unsuitable for new uses, just because they prove to be unsuited for applications for which they are inherently unsuited.

  • Read the blog post - Jo Best

    When will operators let me IP freely?

    Writing a blog about mobile technology on 28 April almost necessitates holding forth on CDMA shutoff. But if you ask me, there's something far more disruptive happening in the wireless world right now.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Let's build our own damn NBN

    If there's fibre running to the node down my street by the end of 2009, I'll eat my own shoes with mustard sauce.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Labor: Clueless on wireless?

    If there ever were concrete evidence that Labor is blowing smoke up the proverbials of the Australian population, it came earlier this month as Senator Stephen Conroy, the man charged with promoting Labor's fibre-everywhere policy while simultaneously taking potshots at his counterpart Senator Helen Coonan, put his foot squarely in his mouth.

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  • Tired of wired?

    With interoperable products and a variety of form factors, wireless LANs are coming into the mainstream.

  • What's holding back Wi-Fi?

    The potential of public wireless local area networks has been well documented but there are some very real obstacles that need to be overcome.

  • Beyond Wi-Fi: the future of wireless networks

    The standard known as 802.11b or Wi-Fi is disruptive, certainly if you've invested any time, money and effort in 3G. But there is always something potentially superior around the corner.

  • In-flight Wi-Fi prepares to take off

    Scott Carson, president of Connexion and vice president of Boeing, explains how wireless surfing is making its way onto airplanes.

  • WiMax in the wings

    A key electronics industry group has approved a significant standard for wireless broadband specifications known as "WiMax," giving a boost to a technology proclaimed as a breakthrough for cheap high-speed Internet access.

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  • Pimp your ride with Intel

    At the Intel Developer Conference in San Francisco, Mad Mike of MTV's "Pimp My Ride," shows off a custom Chrysler loaded with Centrino wireless technology and a PDA remote control.

  • Parents sue US school district for Wi-Fi use

    Parents and students attending an Illinois school district are suing over the use of Wi-Fi technology in classrooms, alleging that exposure to the low-level radio waves may be damaging to students' health.

  • Study: Mobile use spreading into the home

    Mobile services and applications designed primarily for business environments are spilling into homes, according to a new IDC study.

  • Robot 'guard dog' protects Wi-Fi setups

    A strange two-wheeled creature was skimming through the halls of the Alexis Park Hotel on Sunday--a robot that sniffs out network vulnerabilities.

  • Billion BiPAC 7402G

    An 802.11g wireless router with an integrated ADSL modem suitable for multiple PC homes and small offices.

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