Alvarion has announced that the Catalonian government is using its BreezeMAX system to extend broadband services throughout the state. This project will be carried out by the Center for Information and Communication Technologies (CTTI), which has joined the WiMAX Forum.
Houston officials have struck a deal with EarthLink to build a citywide wireless internet network that would eventually be the largest in the US at about 1,500 square kilometres.
Houston would join more than 250 communities across the nation that plan to or already offer wireless internet to residents, businesses and government workers. Once completed, Houston's municipal Wi-Fi network would be the largest in North America, EarthLink officials say.
The next time you're at an airport looking for a wireless hot spot, and you see one called "Free Wi-Fi" or a similar name, beware -- you may end up being victimized by the latest hot-spot scam hitting airports across the country.
In Wi-Fi networks, as you likely know, the 802.11i suite of security standards has been fleshed out to provide strong authentication, confidentiality, and integrity assurance of production wireless LAN traffic. What might be less well understood is that 802.11 standards currently leave system management frames - those associated with over-the-air management tasks rather than the data itself - running in the clear.
The industry group that promotes Wi-Fi technology standards is launching a simplified method for configuring the security settings between a wireless router, laptops and other devices, addressing a long-standing complaint that keeps many users from protecting their home networks.
The Wi-Fi Alliance was set to announce Monday that it has certified the first products featuring the new specification, which is called Wi-Fi Protected Setup.
Whether or not leeching bandwidth from an open WiFi hotspot is legal may be an endless argument here in the States, but in Singapore there's no argument. WiFi freeloading is illegal, as made evident by the recent arrest of a teenager who piggybacked on his neighbor's hotspot. While the teen faced up to three years in jail, the Judge in the case is instead nudging him to enlist early in Singapore's mandatory national service "as a way to stay out of mischief." Now a second person has been arrested in the country, this time for using open hotspots in order to make bomb threats.
For four years, I've been pretty clear about my personal opinions on wireless hackers. I don't worry about them. So when I say: "It's time to worry about wireless hackers," it's not just another security consultant scare story being recycled - it's because I think things have changed.
What has changed? Easy: corporate networks have changed. It's no longer as easy as it was to penetrate a corporate firewall and compromise PCs on the LAN. By comparison, the Wireless LAN is a softer target.
Cities thinking about launching a wireless Internet network should know that Wi-Fi rarely comes without strings attached.
A study released yesterday by free-market think tank the Reason Foundation cautioned that municipalities should make sure the projects are both technologically and financially viable before jumping into the Wi-Fi fray.
Hackers after high net worth individuals in wireless scam.
Locations popular with high net worth individuals are being targeted by hackers using phoney wireless access points to steal personal information.
So called 'evil twin' attacks involve putting a wireless access point near a commercial hotspot and giving it the same name.
When the unsuspecting user logs-on to the bogus hotspot their traffic is monitored, personal information can be gathered and in some cases the computer can be hacked remotely.
Although WiMax is currently entering a period of rapid growth, the high-speed data technology will enjoy even more rapid growth in future months and years as the technology's mobile version takes off, according to a report issued Wednesday by In-Stat.
The market research firm said WiMax subscribers will reach 222,000 this year, and will grow to 19.7 million subscribers by the end of 2010.
