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  What's next for Wi-Fi?

  Wi-Fi is blossoming in the enterprise as organizations find new ways to leverage the wireless infrastructure and workers, having benefited from mobility, demand increased range and better performance (and support for all those devices they are bringing in from home). The industry is responding in kind, introducing new products and technologies, including gigabit Wi-Fi, and it is up to IT to bring it orchestrate this new mobile symphony.

  By John Dix | 17 June, 2013 14:18

  Tags: Wi-Fi, Networking, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi, anti-malware

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  WLAN revenues dip as buyers wait for 11ac products

  Revenues for wireless LAN products dropped 7% in Q1 2013 compared to the previous quarter. The drop in part is due to buyers delaying purchases as they wait for new WLAN products based on the so-called "Gigabit Wi-Fi" standard, IEEE 802.11ac, according to Infonetics Research.

  By John Cox | 31 May, 2013 14:01

  Tags: Wi-Fi, aruba, EE, 11ac wifi, Networking, wlan revenues, wireless, Infonetics Research, 11ac, wlan market share, Ruckus Wireless, HP, broadcom, wlan industry, 802.11ac, WLANs / Wi-Fi

• Tourism Northern Territory rolls out free Wi-Fi service in Alice Springs

  Alice Springs visitors and locals will be able to access three hours of free Wi-Fi every day following the rollout of a service by Tourism Northern Territory (NT) in the city’s Todd Mall.

  By Hamish Barwick | 02 May, 2013 09:43

  Tags: Wi-Fi, Tourism NT, Alice Springs, free Wi-Fi

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  Faster Wi-Fi network on the way for UNSW students

  An upgrade of the University of New South Wales’ Wi-Fi network is underway which could offer students speeds of up to 1.3 Gigabits per second.

  By Hamish Barwick | 01 May, 2013 01:01

  Tags: Wi-Fi, university of new south wales, wireless access point, cisco

• Smaller cell systems needed for power hungry 4G networks: CEET

  4G long term evolution (LTE) networks could consume up to 59.3 per cent of wireless cloud energy by 2015, according to research by the Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications (CEET).

  By Hamish Barwick | 11 April, 2013 13:01

  Tags: 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, cloud energy, Wi-Fi, 4g, Centre for Energy Efficient Telecommunications, CommsDay Summit

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  Hotspot 2.0 will enable enterprises to wholesale Wi-Fi access

  The most widely anticipated but least understood "next big thing" in the networked world is Hotspot 2.0 (HS 2.0).

  By David Callisch, VP of marketing, Ruckus Wireless | 08 April, 2013 17:04

  Tags: Wi-Fi, indoor Wi-Fi, Networking, Wireless Broadband Alliance, wireless, Wi-Fi Alliance, WLANs / Wi-Fi, Hotspot 2.0, public Wi-Fi, enterprise Wi-Fi

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  Apple leverages Wi-Fi location with latest acquisition

  Apple has bought a small software startup that lets smartphones and tablets pinpoint their location indoors using nearby Wi-Fi signals.

  By John Cox | 25 March, 2013 16:13

  Tags: The Wall Street Journal, wireless, wifislam, wall street journal, location services, wifi location, Mergers and acquisitions, Apple, corporate issues, wifi location services, indoor gps, Google, acquisitions, WLANs / Wi-Fi, apple acquisition, mergers, business issues, Wi-Fi, location platform, Networking

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  Hotspot 2.0 will power the mobile Internet

  With an estimated 800 million new Wi-Fi-enabled devices entering the mobile market each year, new Wi-Fi networks are emerging to connect businesses and users inside public venues ranging from malls and airports to hotels, schools and universities.

  By Bob Friday, chief technology officer, Wireless Networking Group, Cisco | 08 March, 2013 17:20

  Tags: Wi-Fi, WiFi security, Networking, indoor mobile, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi, Hotspot 2.0, location analytics, indoor location technology, wireless hotspot, location technology, indoor wireless

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  FCC approves Google project that will identify unused wireless spectrum

  A Google project designed to collect information on available wireless spectrum into a central database has been given an FCC go-ahead to begin a public trial, the company announced today.

  By Jon Gold | 04 March, 2013 19:26

  Tags: Wi-Fi, Google, Networking, norman, wireless, spectrum, fcc, WLANs / Wi-Fi, CIO, wireless networking

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  MWC: Carrier Wi-Fi playing more prominent role

  Underneath the mobile technology buzz at Mobile World Congress 2013 about expanding LTE deployments, and phasing in even faster LTE-Advanced networks later this year, is the strengthening market in operator-based Wi-Fi services.

  By John Cox | 26 February, 2013 15:00

  Tags: Wi-Fi, Networking, Wi-Fi Security, wireless, Wi-Fi Alliance, Wireless Management, WLANs / Wi-Fi, anti-malware

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  NT expands free Wi-Fi rollout on public bus service

  The Northern Territory government will provide free Wi-Fi services on public buses in Darwin and Alice Springs by following the successful introduction of the program earlier this month.

  By Hamish Barwick | 20 February, 2013 09:45

  Tags: Wi-Fi, public transport, Northern Territory Government, Alice Springs, Darwin, free Wi-Fi

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  A giant radio telescope, a small school and a Wi-Fi problem

  Students at a tiny Appalachian public school can't use Wi-Fi because any such network can throw the radio equivalent of a monkey wrench into a gigantic super-sensitive radio telescope just up the road.

  By Jon Gold | 07 February, 2013 10:43

  Tags: Wi-Fi, 802.11AD, NASA, BT, wifi problems, Networking, 60GHz, wireless, Green Bank, WLANs / Wi-Fi, radio telescope, NRAO

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  What IT needs to know about near-field communications

  The rise of near-field communications (NFC) has been part of the discussion in the mobile industry for years. Unfortunately, the technology hasn't generated much more than discussion to this point.

  By Colin Neagle | 28 January, 2013 14:36

  Tags: NFC, freemium, samsung galaxy, Wi-Fi, Networking, wireless, WLANs / Wi-Fi, near-field communications

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  How wireless charging can drive near-field communications growth

  At CES 2013, the Wireless Power Consortium displayed dozens of devices that were designed to the Qi wireless charging standard, suggesting that 2013 may be the year wireless charging becomes a feature consumers expect to come standard in new smartphones.

  By Colin Neagle | 28 January, 2013 12:03

  Tags: NFC, CES, Wi-Fi, Networking, wireless, near-field communications, iphone 5 wireless charging, CES 2013, Apple, wireless charging, htc, consumer electronics, smartphones, Nokia, WLANs / Wi-Fi

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  Air Force software turns warplanes into wireless routers in the sky

  A software upgrade called Net-T effectively turns U.S. military aircraft into giant airborne wireless routers, allowing ground forces to share information with each other and with their allies overhead.

  By Jon Gold | 23 January, 2013 18:18

  Tags: Wi-Fi, U.S. Air Force, aircraft, Networking, wireless, router, Air Force, WLANs / Wi-Fi, LAN & WAN