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...would require a lot more bandwidth at a much higher cost. Instead, the service turns the plane into a flying Wi-Fi hot spot for mobile devices. When a plane reaches 10,000 feet, three WiFi access points hidden in the cabin's ceiling are activated, so that most wireless devices with Flash browsers or Wi-Fi-enabled laptops can connect to Yahoo Messenger or Mail, which can also be used to send text messages to mobile phones. (Sorry, Gmail and other e-mail services won't work.) BlackBerry handsets will also work just as they do on land...
...Tuesday, Verizon Wireless announced its intent to open its networks for use by all devices and applications beginning in 2008. This unprecedented move by Verizon is an improvement for consumers. While Verizon still offers exclusive devices, customers with devices purchased elsewhere can now join Verizon without having to buy a new phone. This saves customers a significant amount of cost and hassle, and we hope that other companies will follow suit. This represents a change from the so-called “walled garden” approach that Verizon and competing companies within the United States had previously employed, which...
From fires to derailings to Odyssey-like tales of trips home, riders of the T have had interesting journeys with Boston’s lovable but occasionally tardy transportation system. But thanks to a new wireless notification service launched by the MBTA, called “T-Alerts,” 3,000 lucky riders began receiving text messages or e-mails yesterday alerting them to route delays. “It will definitely be something that will benefit commuters of all ages and levels of work,” said MBTA spokeswoman Lydia M. Rivera, who added that...
...month at 7,500 cafs, hotels, pubs, airports and other public places in Britain, Germany and Sweden. That's a service that cell-phone companies like Vodafone and Orange are struggling to sell via their 3G mobile-phone networks. Wi-fi, which uses low-cost, wireless Internet connections, has stolen some of the thunder. "I wanted to build a broadband wireless business for the last 10 years, and when wi-fi came around four years ago," says Polk--whose varied experience includes running the Latin American unit of Global Wireless holdings, a company backed by investor George Soros...
John Strand runs a consulting firm that does work for most of the world's big wireless carriers and gets 95% of its revenue outside Denmark. It could be based pretty much in any city with a good airport. He says he keeps Strand Consult in Copenhagen largely because his Danish employees are so willing to argue with him and confront conventional wisdom. "Danes can think out of the box," he says...