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BT Says Wi-Fi Usage On Its Networks Surged in 2008

Desire Athow — Tue, 02 Dec 2008

BT Openzone revealed that its customers spent twice the number of minutes online between April and September 2008 compared to the same period last time, through BT Openzone and BT FON, thanks to an increase in WiFi Hotspots

T-Mobile, 3 Mobile To Allow Mobile Broadband Sharing

Desire Athow — Wed, 26 Nov 2008

T-Mobile UK and 3 Mobile have separately introduced a new broadband sharing dock that allows their mobile broadband user to share their wireless internet access through a local Wi-Fi connection

O2 Rehauls Mobile Broadband Range After Survey Shows Customer Criticisms

Desire Athow — Fri, 31 Oct 2008

UK Mobile Operator O2 has substantially altered its offers after a survey carried out by the mobile operator showed that 10 percent of mobile broadband users believe they have been mis-sold by their respective service provider

Microsoft Joins Google To Free White Space Spectrum

Desire Athow — Wed, 29 Oct 2008

It seems that Microsoft is pulling out all stops to lobby for allowing unlicensed use of television “white space” television spectrum for use of wireless internet services

Xlink Cellular Bluetooth Gateway - Dump The Landline For Good!

Team Expansys — Sat, 25 Oct 2008

Many folks these days are dumping their land based phone lines in favor of cellular, VOIP, and SKYPE services. Younger generations especially, appreciate the lower service costs, portability, and fun factor associated with these technologies

£19.99 Zyxel P660HW-T1 Wireless 54Mbps ADSL2 modem router + Laptop card

Desire Athow — Thu, 23 Oct 2008

The P-660HW-T1 is an all-in-one affordable router, compatible with high-speed ADSL, ADSL2 and ADSL2+ interfaces over existing copper lines

BT Gives Free Wireless Broadband To Business Customers

Desire Athow — Mon, 20 Oct 2008

BT has decided to offer free mobile broadband connections to customers who subscribe to its business internet tariff plans

BT Halves Price of Wi-Fi Tariff In Bid To Grab Mobile Broadband Marketshare

Desire Athow — Thu, 16 Oct 2008

In an attempt to add subscribers to its Openzone services, UK’s major landline operator BT has slashed its Wi-Fi charges by up to 50 percent as per its new price structure

Comment : GSS says US hotel WiFi hack attack could happen in UK

Desire Athow — Mon, 13 Oct 2008

IT security consultancy Global Secure Systems has warned that insecure WiFi systems installed at hotels across the UK could be hacked with embarrassing consequences, as has happened with the high-end Thompson hotel chain in the US

Comment : ElcomSoft Uses Nvidia GTX280 Cards To Break Wi-Fi Encryption 100x Faster

Desire Athow — Thu, 09 Oct 2008

ElcomSoft has unveiled a new technology that accelerates the recovery of WPA and WPA2 encryption used in the Wi-Fi protocol by employing the new-generation NVIDIA video cards