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The Cloud Predict Wireless Device Charging from UK Public WiFi Hotspots

19th March, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Cloud, a public wireless Internet hotspot operator owned by BSkyB (Sky Broadband), has noted how similar technology to that already used in wifi networks could soon help everything from Smartphones to possibly even electric Cars get recharged while surfing the Internet and without needing to be plugged in.

ThinkingWISP Extends Wireless Broadband to 90 Percent of Norfolk UK

12th March, 2014 (0 Comments)

Fixed wireless broadband ISP ThinkingWISP can now reach 90% of Norfolk in England after it was able to install two new masts in Outwell (near Wisbech) and at Gayton (near King’s Lynn). The new infrastructure also gives them some coverage in the counties of Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.

FTTC Street Access to Help Supply UK Mobile Operators via Street Furniture

8th March, 2014 (4 Comments)

BT’s up to 80Mbps capable Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) technology now comes in a new flavour – GEA-FTTC Street Access. The service appears to be targeted at mobile operators that want to improve local wifi and 4G coverage by utilising council street furniture (e.g. payphones) but can’t get or don’t need a full fibre optic line for the capacity.

UPDATE EU Law Enforcement Agency Warns FREE Public WiFi is Open to Abuse

7th March, 2014 (5 Comments)

The boss of Europol‘s cybercrime division, Troels Oerting, has warned that they are seeing an “increase in the misuse” of free public wireless Internet networks (WiFi hotspots). In particular hackers have been known to target them as a means of stealing personal and financial information.

Northallerton High Street Gains FREE WiFi Internet from CLANNET

24th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

A joint £1,000 project undertaken by Northallerton Retail & Business Forum, Northallerton Town Council and Hambleton District Council has resulted in the installation of a new free wifi hotspot being deployed to cover Northallerton High Street.

Digital Inclusion Scheme Brings FREE WiFi to 200 Castle Vale Residents

20th February, 2014 (2 Comments)

The Castle Vale Community Housing Association (CVCHA) has teamed up with CommunityUK to launch a new digital inclusion scheme that will help over 200 residents in Castle Vale (Birmingham, England) to get online via a free wireless Internet connection.

Virgin Media WiFi on London Underground Arrives at 10 More Stations

20th February, 2014 (1 Comment)

Virgin Media has announced that a further ten London underground tube stations (total of 131) have just been added to their public wireless internet (wifi) hotspot service.

Ofcom Shun WiFi Interference Fears to Prep 2.3GHz Auction for Mobile

19th February, 2014 (3 Comments)

The communications regulator has assessed the impact for both licensed and licence-exempt uses of the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz radio spectrum bands and found that the risk of interference with other services, such as WiFi (adjacent 2.4GHz band), did exist but wasn’t big enough to be worth worrying about.

Four More London UK City Boroughs Join Free Public Wi-Fi Project

14th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The London Boroughs of Barnet, Harrow, Haringey and Brent have joined over a dozen others in England’s capitol city to confirm plans for deploying a free public wireless Internet (wifi hotspot) service to local residents and visitors.

ISP Quickline Expands Superfast Wireless Broadband to Doncaster

13th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Residents and businesses in the South Yorkshire (England) town of Doncaster now have the option of going online via Quickline’s “AIRFibre” wireless broadband network, which has just become available in the area.

UPDATE North Yorkshire Police Investigate Wireless Broadband ISP Kit Theft

13th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The North Yorkshire Police (England) have launched an investigation after a wireless broadband server, which helped to provide Internet access to the local area, was stolen from a mast located close to Newton-upon-Rawcliffe on Sunday 9th February 2014.

11 Year MTHR Study Finds No Danger from Wireless Mobile Phone Radiation

12th February, 2014 (16 Comments)

People concerned that wireless radiation from mobile services operating in the electromagnetic spectrum (radio), such as those used for Mobile Phones and Mobile Broadband (e.g. 900MHz and 1800MHz), can rest a little easier today after an 11-year long and £13.6m UK study found “no evidence” of biological or adverse health effects.

Glasgow Allows BT to Deploy City Wide FREE Wireless Internet Hotspots

7th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Glasgow City Council has awarded a “wireless concession” to BT that allows the UK telecoms operator to roll-out a free wireless Internet service across the Scottish city and just in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. But it will only be completely free for the first 6 months.

Wireless Radiation Fears Nearly Scupper Broadband Mast in Scotland

6th February, 2014 (3 Comments)

Mention words like Microwave or Radiation and some people will instantly conjure up frightening images of nuclear disasters, three headed dogs and of course.. Justin Bieber. The latter is particularly horrifying but not when it nearly scuppers a seemingly harmless rural broadband project (the wireless aspect not Bieber).

Rural Dorset and Wiltshire ISP Wessex Internet to Bid on £10m Fund

6th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

Wessex Internet, a niche ISP that offers superfast wireless broadband (30Mbps) services to homes and businesses in rural parts of North Dorset and South West Wiltshire (Southern England), has confirmed that it intends to bid for a slice of the government’s new £10m Competitive Fund and they appear to have the backing of the local authority.

BT Bring FREE One Click WiFi Access to 36 UK glh. Hotels

3rd February, 2014 (1 Comment)

Guests of UK hotels run by glh. (e.g. thistle, AMBA Hotels, CLERMONT, The Cumberland and LITE NITE), the London-based global hotel subsidiary of Singapore-listed GuocoLeisure Group, can now get free one-click access to wireless Internet connectivity thanks to a new deal with BT WiFi.

Innocent Home Owners Suffer Due to Crimes Committed on their Open WiFi

3rd February, 2014 (5 Comments)

The Scottish Government’s “Cyber Integrator” (cybercrime tzar), Keith McDevitt, has warned home owners to close their open wifi networks (wireless) after finding that an increasing number of cyber criminals, such as Internet paedophiles, were using them to commit offences that ISPs often trace back to innocent broadband users.