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  • International universities may team on Wi-Fi roaming

    Singaporean undergraduates on exchange programs may soon enjoy Wi-Fi roaming at overseas universities if a plan by the National University of Singapore (NUS) takes off.

  • UPDATE: Telstra gears up for Asian Wi-Fi roaming launch

    Telstra has teamed up with several Asian telecommunications carriers to launch a trial of a roaming Wi-Fi service, covering Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and China.

  • Wi-Fi open to jamming attack

    The 802.11 Wi-Fi protocol contains a weakness that could make it susceptible to a denial of service attack from a PDA.

  • WiFi partnership anticipates 4G mobile phones

    Wireless broadband provider SkyNetGlobal has forged a strategic alliance with Australian clearinghouse for wireless Internet networks, Hotspot Global, to create a common platform for WiFi roaming in anticipation of WiFi-enabled mobile phones.

  • New Orleans to offer free Wi-Fi

    The Big Easy plans to be the first major city to offer free wireless Internet access to its citizens in an effort to entice businesses and people to return to the city after the devastating hurricane season.

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    Free Wi-Fi: Where's the Fon in that?

    There's no such thing as a free lunch, so the old adage goes -- but is there such a thing as free Wi-Fi? Wi-Fi sharing company Fon thinks it has the answer, as does Google-backed start-up Meraki.

  • Read the blog post - Sheryle Moon

    On the road with ICT

    During a recent trip overseas, I marvelled at how technology has radically altered the way we travel

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  • Intel project roams with Wi-Fi

    video A subscriber identity module card technology from Intel that is designed to enable roaming between Wi-Fi hot spots.

  • Is roaming coming to Wi-Fi?

    Networking groups around the globe are working on ways to allow roaming on any number of wireless networks--just as mobile phone users roam on mobile networks.

  • WiFi partnership anticipates 4G mobile phones

    Wireless broadband provider SkyNetGlobal has forged a strategic alliance with Australian clearinghouse for wireless Internet networks, Hotspot Global, to create a common platform for WiFi roaming in anticipation of WiFi-enabled mobile phones.

  • 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.

  • The connection conundrum: 3G or Wi-Fi?

    Vendors insist third-generation mobile and Wi-Fi hot spots are complementary technologies, while analysts claim that it's decision time again. Additional reading: Wireless networking 10 times faster?

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  • Intel project roams with Wi-Fi

    video A subscriber identity module card technology from Intel that is designed to enable roaming between Wi-Fi hot spots.

  • WiFi partnership anticipates 4G mobile phones

    Wireless broadband provider SkyNetGlobal has forged a strategic alliance with Australian clearinghouse for wireless Internet networks, Hotspot Global, to create a common platform for WiFi roaming in anticipation of WiFi-enabled mobile phones.

  • 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.

  • Wireless mobile phone under development

    Motorola and NEC America are co-developing an Internet Protocol office telephone that roams from Wi-Fi onto cell phone networks, the companies announced Tuesday.

  • Wi-Fi card too powerful for some countries

    Australia is one of the few countries to approve for sale a wireless card touted as the most powerful wireless LAN card ever.

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