FCC Aims to Boost Airborne Wireless, Internet
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U.S. airline travelers may be able  to use their mobile telephones as well as get high-speed  Internet service while in the air under plans launched by U.S.  communications regulators on Wednesday.
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Boston's plan to blanket the city with wireless Internet connections is set to pick up speed this month as companies jockey to play a role and a pilot WiFi project gets underway in a square-mile area of the Grove Hall neighborhood.
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Federal regulators voted Wednesday to begin allowing airline passengers high-speed wireless Internet access on their laptop computers.
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The US aircraft maker Boeing has patented a system that would use broadband satellite connections, now being installed on airliners to provide passengers with Internet access, to help respond to a hijacking.
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Some smaller ISPs want the FCC to designate an unused spectrum for nationwide wireless broadband.
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Air travelers moved one step closer to being able to talk on cell phones and surf the Internet from laptops while in flight, thanks to votes by the Federal Communications Commission yesterday.
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A large, low-frequency band that's currently used by UHF television stations could be the key to a workable wireless internet -- if the big U.S. cell carriers don't kill it first.
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Internet Protocol version 6 will improve VoIP quality, other wireless services.
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Agency to auction licenses for communications; consider cell phone use during flights.
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The Bush administration is expected to press for speedier licensing of public airwaves for auction to private companies. But telecom regulators say wireless apps need unlicensed spectrum too. By Joanna Glasner.
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Long-range wireless networking technology draws market interest as low-cost service.
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By M.K. Guetersloh  BLOOMINGTON - Twin City officials would like to see more people wired. Make that wireless.
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US communications regulators approved a plan to foster high-speed Internet access aboard airplanes by auctioning airwave rights for the service.
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THE REGION Officials running Boston's wireless Internet program are expecting dozens of vendors, systems integrators, and service providers to respond by Friday to a request for information on how they could contribute to a citywide WiFi network, said Pam Reeve , chief executive of OpenAirBoston, the nonprofit corporation running the program. A pilot wireless program covering 1.1 square miles in ...
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The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday kicked off efforts that could reshape the communications services available to airline passengers.
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SBC is planning to offer a Wi-Fi service that will enable subscribers to receive high-speed wireless access to the Internet at 3,900 airports, hotels, restaurants and other so-called &quot;hot spots&quot; across the country.
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Business travelers will have wireless Internet access in 29 U.S. airport lounges.