Wi-Fi

Chris Nuttall 2012 – the year of 5G?

January 16, 2012 7:48 am by Chris Nuttall

TVs, Ultrabooks and smartphones may have grabbed the headlines at the Consumer Electronics Show this past week, but there was a quieter wireless revolution also taking place that is set to provide important connectivity benefits for all our devices this year.

2012 could be the year of 5G – the 5th-generation of Wi-Fi - along with the maturity of a number of other wireless and wired technologies that will provide a major leap in speeds and easier ways to transfer video and other content from device to device. Read more

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Posted in CES 2012, Consumer Electronics, Digital media |

Chris Nuttall Messy standards fight looms for wireless video

May 10, 2010 7:24 am by Chris Nuttall

Updated with analyst comment - Twenty-five years after a US regulatory decision enabled the development of Wi-Fi, a contest is developing over a new 60GHz standard for a next-generation multi-gigabit version of the technology.

The Wi-Fi Alliance entered the fray on Monday with a cooperation agreement with the Wireless Gigabit (WiGig) Alliance on specifications for the development of a Wi-Fi certification program in the 60 GHz frequency band. At the same time, the existing WirelessHD Consortium is announcing the availability of its 1.1 specification for 60GHz. Read more

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Posted in Consumer Electronics, Digital media, Hardware, Mobile |

Paul Taylor Online, all the time, anywhere

April 30, 2010 5:40 pm by Paul Taylor

In this week’s Personal Technology column in the FT’s Business Life section, we look at the options for staying online on the road:

“There are three basic ways to get online using a laptop and a mobile phone network: using a laptop with an integrated cellular modem; hooking up or “tethering” a laptop to a smartphone; and using an external cellular modem or personal mobile hotspot device such as Novatel’s MiFi.” Read more

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Chris Nuttall User-generated Wi-Fi hotspots

October 25, 2009 9:02 pm by Chris Nuttall

Finding that elusive open Wi-Fi connection just got easier this week with the launch of a new application that is building a world Wi-Fi map from its users connections.

Devicescape, a Silicon Valley startup, had previously offered a simple program called Easy Wifi that enabled automatic logons to Wi-Fi networks – walk into a Starbucks and the iPhone app would immediately connect you to the AT&T hotspot there. Read more

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