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Samsung Claims 4.6Gbps Speed on New 60GHz 802.11ad WiFi Technology

13th October, 2014 (5 Comments)

Samsung are next year aiming to become one of the first companies to commercialise the potential of last year’s officially approved 802.11ad standard for WiFi wireless networking, which could eventually deliver speeds of up to 7 Gigabits per second (Gbps) using the unlicensed 60GHz (57-66GHz) radio spectrum band.

Ofcom Issues Update on its UK White Space Wireless Broadband Trials

10th October, 2014 (0 Comments)

The communications regulator has today issued a brief update covering the on-going trials of White Space (IEEE 802.22) wireless technology, which among other things can intelligently harness the unused spectrum gaps that exist between Digital Terrestrial TV (DTV) channels in order to deliver broadband services over a wide area.

UK Broadband Ltd Secure Indefinite Licence Extension for 4G at 3.4GHz

9th October, 2014 (1 Comment)

UK Broadband Ltd (PCCW), which is the parent of London-based wireless broadband ISP Relish, has officially been granted an indefinite extension to its spectrum licence for use of 40MHz in the 3.4GHz band that is being used to help deliver 4G (LTE) based fixed wireless and mobile broadband services.

Marriott Hotel Fined for Blocking Guests Personal WiFi Hotspots

7th October, 2014 (1 Comment)

Sadly not all hotels offer a WiFi Internet service and some even charge excessive amounts for access, although in most of these cases it’s often possible to get your computer online by using a Smartphone to setup a personal WiFi hotspot via a Mobile Broadband link (3G, 4G). At least it is unless your hotel decides to deliberately block personal WiFi.

UPDATE Technical Woes Hit BT’s UK Consumer 4G Mobile and WiFi Plan

6th October, 2014 (1 Comment)

BT has denied that its plans to launch a new consumer focused 4G mobile service, which will also harness the capabilities of their existing WiFi hotspots, are at risk of delay due to a series of technical challenges with getting the new network to function properly.

F-Secure Warns – UK People Ignore Privacy via Careless Use of Public WiFi

30th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

The potential security risks of accessing a public WiFi hotspot are nothing new and yet a new F-Secure study of consumers in London has discovered that many users are continuing to connect themselves, without first checking the hotspots validity, to so-called “poisoned” wireless Internet access points (designed to steal your data).

Virgin Atlantic’s EU Aircraft to Get 70Mbps In-Flight Broadband

18th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

Travellers looking to fly with Virgin Atlantic may be pleased to learn that Richard Branson’s airline has become the first European carrier to deploy Gogo’s new in-flight connectivity technology (2Ku), which uses a mix of ground and space (satellite) based stations to deliver on-board Internet access speeds of up to 70Mbps over a local WiFi network.

PCQ Solutions Develops Cheap Public WiFi Solution for Small UK Towns

16th September, 2014 (1 Comment)

Residents of Llanidloes in Powys (Wales), which is a small town that’s home to around 3,000 people, can now benefit after local ISP PCQ Solutions made a free public WiFi hotspot service available in the area and it could soon arrive in similarly sized towns across the United Kingdom.

South West Trains in England Goes LIVE with FREE WiFi

15th September, 2014 (1 Comment)

People travelling on the South West Trains service in England, specifically those who use the main line route from London Waterloo to Weymouth and Portsmouth, will from today be able to make use of a new on-board FREE wireless Internet (WiFi Hotspot) service, just so long as it’s one of the operators Class 444 Desiro electric trains.

UK ISP Orbital Net Expands Unbundled Broadband Network in Kent

5th September, 2014 (0 Comments)

Business ISP Orbital Net, which includes fixed wireless provider Vfast among its flock, has been busy unbundling (LLU)/taking racks in BT’s telephone exchanges across Kent in order to take advantage of Generic Ethernet Access (GEA) solutions to offer superfast FTTC broadband to local businesses and homes.

UPD2 London Fixed Wireless ISP Relish Tackles Stability and CGNAT Concern

27th August, 2014 (30 Comments)

Fixed 4G wireless broadband ISP Relish (UK Broadband Ltd.), which launched in June, claims to have put right a problem that caused connection drops for some of their early subscribers and has promised to release a limited block of public IPv4 addresses to their consumer customers (at cost) in order to cater for those frustrated by the network’s use of IP address sharing (CGNAT).

City of Perth in Scotland Deploys FREE WiFi Wireless Internet Coverage

22nd August, 2014 (0 Comments)

The local authority for Perth has announced that a growing number of locations across the Scottish city can now access a free wireless Internet (wifi hotspot) service thanks to funding from the UK Government’s £150m Urban Broadband Fund (“Super-Connected Cities“).

First Xwavia Wireless Broadband Customers Go Live in Conwy, Wales

21st August, 2014 (0 Comments)

Welsh Wireless ISP Xwavia has today announced that the first residential and business customers in Conwy have been connected to their new superfast broadband network, which offers Internet speeds from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps (Megabits per second).

ITS Bring 36Mbps Fixed Wireless Broadband to East Manchester

20th August, 2014 (1 Comment)

ITS Technology, which very recently gobbled wireless broadband ISP CityServe Ltd. in East Manchester (here), has completed its overhaul of the aforementioned network and today announced the launch of their “faster [and] more reliable” 36Mbps (Megabits per second) capable business and home broadband service in the same area.

University College London Launches FREE Public WiFi

20th August, 2014 (0 Comments)

The University College London (UCL) has today teamed up with The Cloud (BSkyB) to launch a free public WiFi wireless Internet service at several of its campus sites across the capital city. But there is a caveat concerning how “free” it is.

FREE WiFi Wireless Internet Comes to Camden Market in London

19th August, 2014 (1 Comment)

Shoppers visiting the Camden Market (Stables Market) in London look set to benefit after it was announced that Purple WiFi and Cisco Meraki were helping to make a free WiFi hotspot service available across all public areas.

Cats and Dogs Used to Expose Your Home WiFi Network Vulnerabilities

11th August, 2014 (0 Comments)

Forget WarDriving because now domestic cats (“War Kittehs“) and dogs (“Denial of Service Dog“) can be hackers too. Security expert Gene Bransfield from Tenacity Solutions told the DEFCON 22 conference in Las Vegas this weekend that he’d adapted a special cat collar to help uncover open or unsecure home wifi networks in his local area.