Birmingham City Council has been granted £1.5 million to improve the city's wireless network as it looks to intervene in the battle against "digital exclusion", reports birminghammail.co.uk. Local officials have grown worried about the quality of internet access available to residents and have turned their attentions to making what they describe as "essential" improvements. Birminghampost.co.uk says the plans will include
Visitors to the recent Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 event were able to browse the internet safely after Cisco Systems worked with AT&T to improve the security of the show's giant Wi-Fi network, telecomlead.com reports. According to a company spokesperson, Cisco used innovative Hotspot 2.0 technology to provide wireless connectivity for more than 80,000 guests
Australia's minister for technology Gordon Rich-Phillips says a new public Wi-Fi scheme in Melbourne will provide support to small businesses and educational facilities. According to itwire.com, it is also hoped that the provision of Wi-Fi will be useful to tourists visiting Melbourne too. Following a successful trial in Flinders Station, the free Wi-Fi service will soon
More should be done to alleviate the strain being placed on Wi-Fi networks, one expert believes. In a recent meeting, Jessica Rosenworcel from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said that the current Wi-Fi band, 2.4GHz, is becoming "mighty crowded". She believes her organisation should act on a proposal it put forward in 2013 to
US-based chip-maker Intel will use silicon photonics to boost transfer speeds in data centres across the world, pcadvisor.co.uk reports. The company is using the technology in its new MXC cables, which, in theory, are capable of transferring data at speeds as high as 1.6Tbps (terabytes per second). The optical cables can accommodate up to 64
Internet users living in metropolitan areas in India could soon get a much better service, as Vodafone is planning on switching to an 'offload' Wi-Fi system in future. According to indiatimes.com, the new service is currently being trialled in very busy areas, such as Mumbai, where internet traffic is high. Vodafone aims to ensure users
AT&T's plans to create what it calls a 'global SIM' will give the company opportunities to capitalise on the growth of Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology in Europe, chief executive Randall Stephenson says. Mr Stephenson believes that after years of "underinvestment", countries like the UK and Germany are now paying enough attention to the benefits
Cisco has made big strides in upgrading the standard of its wireless internet devices for small companies by releasing a series of new patch fixes, reports threatpost.com. The communications giant had seen evidence of remote attackers gaining administrative access to its wireless LAN controllers and routers through a vulnerability found in their web management interface.
Residents and visitors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will soon be able to benefit from free Wi-Fi, as the service will be rolled out across 100 important locations in Dubai and Abu Dhabi. According to gulfnews.com, parts of Dubai already have free Wi-Fi available, including downtown. This service was provided by developer Emaar in collaboration with the telecoms
More customers travelling in Scotland will soon be able to enjoy free Wi-Fi on their train journeys, as the service is being extended to even more trains and stations. According to thecourier.co.uk, Wi-Fi access is already available at the 26 busiest railway stations in Scotland, but Transport Scotland says an additional 26 stations will be connected to
