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RSS fiFI Group and Druid merge in £2.4bn deal
News UK consultancies Druid and FI Group are to merge, creating a £2.4bn company. The deal is based on a share swap offer by FI for Druid, valuing the latter at approximately £670m. In a statement, Hilary... [18 Jan 2000]
BT to underpin Westminster's Wi-Fi ambitions
News BT has signed up to become network infrastructure provider for Westminster City Council's ambitious Wireless City Project which will position the authority and its services at the vanguard of Wi-Fi technology... [24 May 2005]
BT wi-fi phones fail to light a fuse with consumers
News BT has reportedly abandoned, for the moment, attempts to market its dual-mode wi-fi handsets to consumers, despite the relative success of the device among business customers. BT does not have its own cellular network -... [07 Feb 2008]
Eurostar joins on-board Wi-Fi bandwagon
News Eurostar is to begin refurbishing its 10-year-old fleet of 27 trains from the middle of the year, and this will include installing facilities for Wi-Fi-enabled laptops. Train operators are looking to... [09 Feb 2004]
Wi-Fi flies high with mobile and console possibilities
News Wi-Fi gear is selling like hot cakes, analysts have found - and the good times for short range wireless could be set to last a while longer with mobile convergence making its way from 'nice idea' to IT reality. [25 May 2005]
Swisscom uses US vendor Colubris for Wi-Fi build
News Colubris Networks is expected to announce later today a multiyear, multimillion-dollar Wi-Fi equipment deal with Swisscom. Although the deal was struck back in September, and Colubris has already installed more than... [02 Feb 2004]
Wi-Fi location system is better than GPS, says start-up
News A Boston, Massachusetts-based start-up says it has developed software that uses Wi-Fi signals to pinpoint locations better than satellite-based global positioning systems can. On Monday Skyhook Wireless announced the... [21 Jun 2005]
United to take off with in-flight Wi-Fi
News United Airlines has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to offer Wi-Fi internet access in its airplanes. If that is received, the airline will initially offer the Wi-Fi... [23 Jun 2005]
Students get blanketed in wi-fi at Brum uni
Case Study The wi-fi network would have cost more but the university was able to make a saving of £87,000 by reusing fibre freed up when the core network was recently upgraded from 8MB to 10MB, said Turnbull. The university is in... [18 Mar 2008]
iPass and Swisscom Eurospot do Wi-Fi deal
News Swisscom Eurospot's pan-European Wi-Fi network is formidable, covering well-known airports, train stations, hotel chains such as Hilton, Holiday Inn and Movenpick, and other locations, but it suffers - like most... [04 Dec 2003]
Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi
News Latte lovers who like to surf and work from the comfort of a coffee shop will be able to get free wi-fi internet access at Coffee Republic cafes from May. Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide... [14 Apr 2008]
China to adopt own Wi-Fi security standard
News Chinese government agencies are prohibiting the import, manufacture and sale of Wi-Fi gear that does not use China's new security specification, which is incompatible with standards technology industry groups developed. [03 Dec 2003]
Surf's up with ferry wi-fi
News Wi-fi is to take to the waves as a cross-channel ferry company offers wireless internet access. The Moovera Networks ruggedised wi-fi access points link to T-Mobile's broadband network and will also... [15 Apr 2008]
GNER Wi-Fi train trial on track
News Train operator GNER is offering free wireless high-speed internet access from today to passengers as part of a three-week trial on one Wi-Fi-enabled train running from London Kings Cross to Scotland. As exclusively... [01 Dec 2003]
GNER to expand Wi-Fi on east coast rail service
News GNER launched its Wi-Fi service at the end of 2003 and installed the system on ten of its rebuilt Mallard trains, in an attempt to create a mobile office environment to lure business travellers back from the low-cost... [14 Apr 2005]
