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Written by Jim Geier
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Saturday, 17 March 2007 |
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The City of White Plains in Westchester County in New York recently passed a law making it illegal for “any commercial business that stores, utilizes or otherwise maintains personal information electronically” that do not take necessary security precautions on their wireless networks to guard against accidental or deliberate use. This is likely the first law of this nature in the U.S. The law only requires minimal security measures and doesn’t require a specific type of security. In fact, press releases from the County state that acceptable security can be simply changing the default SSID or disabling SSID broadcasting. This level of security may keep people from inadvertently seeing the network in Windows, but it’s useless for keeping someone from finding and accessing the network. The law doesn’t apply to public hotspots, but hotspot owners are required to remind users (through signage) to turn on security, such as personal firewalls. If users don’t follow these rules, they are breaking the law. So, if you’re in White Plains using a hotspot and not using proper protection, watch out for the “Wi-Fi police!” | |
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Written by Chirantan Parikh
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
According to a recent report released by Wi-Fi Alliance in collaboration with Tonse Telecom estimates that the overall Indian Wi-Fi market (including WLAN hardware, systems integration and software services, not including embedded devices, laptops) is predicted to grow from the current $41.57 million to exceed $744 million by 2012 (CAGR of 61.4%). The 60 page report is available for free download on Wi-Fi Alliance's website.
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
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Worldwide mobile phone sales hit $115.5 billion in 2006, and WiFi phone sales topped $535 million, up 13% and 327% from 2005, respectively, says analyst firm Infonetics Research in its Mobile and WiFi Phones and Subscribers report.
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
 Panasonic this morning announced its version of the Wi-Fi Phone for Skype (and it looks very much like the previous versions from SMC, Belkin and Netgear). The difference may be in the packaging: for $400, the four-ounce phone is sold as part of an "executive travel set" complete with a travel router for home/hotel/office, all in a leather travel case. The phone, model KX-WP1050, is supposedly one of a series of Skype Certified products Panasonic has planned. It will make calls out (with SkypeOut; unlimited calls between US and Canada are $30 a year) and will receive calls from non-Skype phones (using SkypeIN). Of course, calls to other Skype users are free. | |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 06 March 2007 |
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Siemens Communications' HiPath Managed Services for Wireless Networks debuts today for both corporations and municipalities looking to unwire. Hot on the heels of the release of the HiPath MobileConnect service for fixed/mobile convergence, this latest extension of HiPath gives customers a "single contact point" 24/7 for running their networks, whether the provider uses Siemens equipment or not. It's already got some big customers, including the WLAN deployment of Washtenaw County in Michigan and, as of today, the city of Lompoc, California, which operates a city-owned network called LompocNet. | |
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