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11 March 2010

"Why the FCC National Broadband Plan should include public Wi-Fi," by David Coursey, PC World's "Tech Inciter" blog

10 March 2010

Former FCC chairman on Wi-Fi's vital role in wireless broadband, by Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service (via PC World)

8 March 2010

"Fifth Regular Meeting of the Assembly of CITEL," CITEL announcement

"xG Technology lauds FCC Chairman Genachowski�s remarks on unlicensed spectrum," xG press release

5 March 2010

"RFID market to reach $5.35 billion this year," ABI Research press release

"Wi-Fi iPad goes on sale April 3 in US," by Dan Moren, MacWorld.com

"World's first Bluetooth Access Point for aircraft, delivers inflight mobile phone services," ASiQ press release

"Working up an appetite for Bluetooth," by Peter Cluskey, Irish Times

4 March 2010

"'Micro-rings' could lead to new era in wireless communications," by Darren Quick, GizMag

"Bluetooth 4.0 to reach devices in fourth quarter," by Agam Shah, IDG News Service (via Good Gear Guide)

"Beamforming Wi-Fi startup raises $15 million," by Peter Clarke, EE Times

Embedded Systems Conference: "Panel to debate wireless sensor networks," by Peter Clarke, EE Times

European Commission: "Radio spectrum: public consultation on future policy; 22-23 March Summit," Europa press release

1 March 2010

"Geosense: The first 'really really cool' Windows Sensor," by Rafael Rivera, Within Windows

"Wi-Fi calling comes with a price," by Ross McLaughlin, 11 Alive TV News

"Amtrak launches Wi-Fi on Acela trains," by Jeff Clabaugh, Washington Business Journal

"Yoshi Akai's Wireless Catcher makes music from wireless signal," by Alexandru Nistor, Softpedia

26 February 2010

"Think tank: Gov't needs to give up some spectrum," by Grant Gross, IDG News Service (via Network World

New wireless security system for hotels has lock functions for each door, Facilities Management News

Innovative services based on Germany's new RF-enabled ID card, by Eva Sittig, EurekAlert

"Ofcom decides it can't decide on spare spectrum," by Bill Ray, The Register

25 February 2010

"Interview: Wilson Electronics on FCC's potential cell booster ban," by Will Park, Into Mobile

"Bluetooth spurs short-range wireless," by Lexton Snol, PC World New Zealand

"56% of public Wi-Fi users connect with mobile device," Cellular News

24 February 2010

"FCC Chair pitches spectrum reform," by Kenneth Corbin, Enterprise Networking Planet

"Why the FCC's plan to provide enough mobile spectrum falls short," by Colin Gibbs, GigaOm

"TV white space networks tested," by Marguerite Reardon, CNET.com News

23 February 2010

"Sat-nav systems under growing threat from 'jammers'," by Jason Palmer, BBC News

"CTRUS soccer concept intros GPS and RFID tracking to sports," by Adario Strange, DVice

"ZTE to Build SDR [Software Defined Radio] Network for Portugal's Optimus," ZTE press release (via BusinessWire)

UK: "Low-income school kids to be offered free WiFi broadband," Broadband Genie

"Wireless Motion Alert - long range detector keeps you safe from intruder types," by Nigel Powell, Red Ferret

"Nokia reinvents NFC with Explore and Share mobile content service," by Cian O'Sullivan, GoMo News

22 February 2010

India: regulator may allow DECT phones to use unlicensed spectrum, Hindu Business Line

"World's largest cruise ship launches RFID-based passenger-tracking system," by Claire Swedberg, RFID Journal

"Wireless is inevitable - Intel exec," by Jing Garcia, Manila Times

21 February 2010

"WiFi hotspots especially hot during power outage," by Larry Magid, Mercury News

20 February 2010

"Pixel LV-W1 Wireless Remote Control: See and shoot from a distance," by Dan Ferris, Red Ferret

19 February 2010

"Glimpse the wireless future of transportation," by Jason Kambitsis, Autopia blog at Wired.com)

18 February 2010

Airbus explores 60 GHz band for wireless in-flight entertainment and avionics, by Mary Kirby, Flight Global

17 February 2010

"Zigbee Alliance begins certification for sub-1GHz platforms," Zigbee Alliance press release

15 February 2010

RFID: "Readers that sense distance," by Hao Min, RFID Journal

"French government offers €3m funding for NFC and RFID innovations," by Sarah Clark, Near Field Communications World

12 February 2010

"ISO release new RFID standard for supply chain applications," RFID News

US: "Broadcasters, wireless industry at impasse over spectrum plan," by Matthew Lasar, Ars Technica

"World premier: Sagem Orga and Telefonica turn the SIM card into a Wi-Fi hotspot," Sagem Orga press release

11 February 2010

"Spectrum Bridge releases 'Show My White Space' application for iPhone," by Anshu Shrivastava, TMCnet

"Wireless eliminates ground loop noise," by Wes Iversen, Automation World

"Wi-Fi turns rowdy bus into rolling study hall,"by Sam Dillon, New York Times

US court case may redefine police right to wireless device location data, by Declan McCullagh, CNET.com

"NFC Forum spec adds digital signatures to prevent tag tampering," by Sarah Clark, Near Field Communications World

"Wireless LAN market forecast to rebound to record level in 2010..." Dell'Oro Group press release

"FCC may pay broadcasters for airwaves," by Olga Kharif, Business Week

10 February 2010

Efforts to decriminalize broadcasting without a license underway in Chile, by Pamela Sepulveda, Santiago Times

9 February 2010

Australia: "Managing the digital dividend - Government Green Paper," by Jeremy Storer, IT, Communications and Media Update

"BT confirms one millionth Wi-Fi hotspot," by Dan Worth, V3.co.uk

8 February 2010

DECT cordless phone encryption cracked, by Dan Goodin, The Register

"Wireless control in the process industries: blasphemy or common sense?" by Wes Iversen, Automation World

"Wireless control in the factory: in search of a standard," by Wes Iversen, Automation World

5 February 2010

"The Jalalabad Fab Fi Network Continues to Grow [in Afghanistan] With a Little Help from Their Friends," by Keith Berkoben, Free Range International

"Cognitive radio's foundation on display at ISSCC 2010," by Patrick Mannion, EE Times

"Broadcom to integrate Bluetooth 3.0 + HS into mobile/notebook chips," by Shawn Oliver, Hot Hardware

4 February 2010

"Inside Contactless releases open-source NFC protocol stack," Inside Contactless press release

3 February 2010

Video: light makes radio fields visible, by Diana Eng, Make Magazine

"Court finds constitutional significance in defendant's failure to password-protect home wireless network," by Thomas O'Toole, E-Commerce and Tech Law blog

"Broadband Wireless - the future is 5 GHz," by Brough Turner, Newswireless.net

"Largest frequency auction attracts few bidders," by Grace Nacimiento, BBORS Kreuznacht Rechtsanwälte (via the International Law Office Newsletter)

"Indian government calls in IT experts to decide on new [wireless] toll system," Traffic Technology Today,

"How Wi-Fi attackers are poisoning Web browsers," by Ellen Messmer, Network World

2 February 2010

Inveneo's long-distance WiFi net created in the days following the big earthquake

"How to Deploy Long-Distance WiFi in Haiti," by Wayan Vota, Inveneo.org

US: "SDR Rulemaking FINALLY Resolved," by Mike Marcus, SpectrumTalk blog

"Google shuts down airport Wi-Fi push," by Shaun Nichols, V3.co.uk

1 February 2010

India: "'White-Fi' making waves," by Thomas K. Thomas, Hindu Business Line

"Obama plan sees budget boost from spectrum," by John Poirier, Gerald E. McCormick and Tim Dobbyn, Reuters US

31 January 2010

"Inveneo uses Wi-Fi to help in Haiti," by Andrew S. Ross, San Francisco Chronicle

"Saudi issues first private FM radio licence," AME Info

29 January 2010

"Highways Agency evaluating mobile phone-based driver monitoring," by Leo King, ComputerWorld UK

"Panama rolls out first phase of Internet for All project," Telecom Paper

"Systems and Web: The Wireless Age by Jeff Brooks, Ocala Business Journal

"ComReg commissioner to lead EU radio spectrum group," by John Kennedy, Silicon Republic

"White spaces heating up," by Sam Churchill, Daily Wireless

"Wi-Fi robot helps treat trauma patients," by Joanie Wexler, Network World

28 January 2010

"MEPs unconvinced on benefits of body scanners," by Dan Worth, V3.co.uk

"Commission asks Bulgaria to apply EU rules making radio spectrum available for devices that help senior citizens - hearing aids and social alarms," European Commission press release

"Wireless network-based location approximation," US Patent Application #20100020776 by Google Inc.

"EBRD looking for consult to conduct wireless study," by Michael Licata, Going WiMAX

27 January 2010

US: Oklahoma's 'Communications Freedom Act' would grant FM stations that don't interfere with existing stations the right to broadcast without an FCC license, by Andrew W. Griffin, Oklahoma Watchdog

"Wireless optical transmission key to improved indoor communications," Penn State University press release

"Boucher: finding more wireless spectrum key congressional priority," by John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

"Analyst Angle: Let the bidding begin - spectrum auction updates around the globe," by Karen Wrege and Brett Tarnutzer, RCR Wireless News

"Nokia Research Centre showcase mobile radar: wireless sensing with a difference," by Ibrahim Jogee, The Nokia Review

"White Paper: RFID In Manufacturing Control," by Markus Weinlander (Siemens AG) via RFID Solutions Online

According to BelAir Networks, "WiFi key to LTE landgrab," by Mary Lennighan, Total Telecom

"Scientist uses radio collars to track the arctic wolf in its habitat," by Margaret Webb Pressler, Washington Post

26 January 2010

War between telecom operators and municipalities over free public Wi-Fi continues in Spain, by Ana Zarzuela, Intelligence and Capital News Report (in Spanish)

"IEEE works on coexistence of wireless nets in TV white space," by Umesh Kukreja, Converge! Network Digest

"UK radio spectrum auctions hang in the balance," by Peter Judge, eWeek Europe

"Gefen now shipping 60Ghz Wireless HDMI solution," by Alexander Grundner, eHomeUpgrade

"AT&T sees soaring use of Wi-Fi - just in time for an Apple tablet," by Matt Hamblen, ComputerWorld

"20 hot technologies to watch in 2010: Better WiFi," Australian PC Authority

25 January 2010

"Shipments of Wi-Fi ICs grew about 28% last year; 802.11n will lead the Wi-Fi chip market in 2010," ABI Research press release

"ZigBee takes on Active RFID with announcement of upcoming 'ZigBee Retail Services' Public Application Profile," by Sam Lucero, ABI Research

"LTE network failing to exceed 12Mbps in live usage," Cellular News

In-flight Wi-Fi firm Aircell raises $176 million from investors, AltAsset's Private Equity News

"RFID tag breaks one dollar price barrier," by Gautam Chhabra, RFID Weblog

24 January 2010

"5 GHz or Bust," by Glenn Fleishman, Wi-Fi Net News

"Oman Air launches full mobile phone and Wi-Fi connectivity," Cellular News

23 January 2010

"Only 3 percent European enterprises use RFID," Medic Exchange

22 January 2010

"CES Innovations Awards 2010 recognize Novatel Wireless MiFi Intelligent Mobile Hotspot," Novatel press release

"Betcha didn't know Bluetooth could do this!" by Alfred Poor, FOXNews.com

21 January 2010

"TI hits home run with Chronos sportswatch wireless dev kit," by Patrick Mannion, EE Times

18 January 2010

"FCC's Bellaria says broadcasters lobbying against scenario that's no longer on table," by John Eggerton, Broadcasting & Cable

"500 Megabits/second with white LED light," Siemens press release

"Android tablet offers WiFi, optional 3G," by Eric Brown, Linux for Devices

15 January 2010

"FCC boots wireless mics from 700 MHz band," by Deborah D. McAdams, Television Broadcast

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