polylux – aktuell Berlin radio-station, Polylux has a short realvideo piece about the recently held FreiFunk Summer Convention, which we (wire.less.dk) participated in. The piece is in German and features some of europes most active community networking folks, such as my colleagues Sebastian Büttrich and Julian Priest, and our good friends Armin Medosch and Jürgen [...]

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Proxim, Hutton Ship Solar-Powered Wireless Camera Interesting product shipping from US manufacturer Hutton Communications A combination of wireless gear including a directional yagi antenna, a security camera, and a solar power solution. Why is this interesting? Take away the camera, replace it with some sort of low-power computer, and it’s pretty close to what we [...]

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Reiter’s Wireless Data Web Log : Hughes offers WiFi package with direct satellite system Alan Reiter notes that Hughes Network Systems, has announced a satellite/WiFi combo, targetted at owners of RV parks and similar. It looks like it’s basically a WiFi access point bundled right in there with the satellite system, which would allow for [...]

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CommsDesign – NEC, Motorola partner on Wi-Fi/cellular connectivity According to this Press Release, NEC and Motorola are joining forces to bring out products in this space where WiFi wireless networks and Voice-over-IP converge. Yet another confirmation that we’re not alone in supposing this is going to be a really interesting area. Unfortunately the Press release [...]

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Tactical Tech I’ll hopefully be attending the Tactical Tech Summer Camp for NGO’s, on the Croatian Island of Vis in early September. If all goes well, I’ll be showing of some Open Source wireless solutions, and hopefully demoing some VoIP systems, including Voice over WiFi . In any case, the Summer Camp is cool, the [...]

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Muniwireless MuniWireless is a website dedicated to municipal wireless installations. They have some great in-depths reports on the recent tests run in Paris, as well as good overviews of “hot cities”.

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The Register: Agere designs wireless VoIP chipset Media attention is growing in the area of Voice over WiFi. Enabling Wireless PDA’s or dedicated phone handsets to communicate via standard Voice-over-IP, would allow really low-cost, mobile telephony in the office, the warehouse or the home. One of the more important recent announcements in this area is [...]

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Someone forwarded me this article from the BBC Online: BBC NEWS | Technology | World’s poor to get own search engine Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are developing a search engine designed for people with a slow net connection. Someone using the software would e-mail a query to a central server in [...]

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Fortune.com – Fast Forward – Will Wi-Fi Revolutionize the Phone? Yet another article about the up-and-coming combination of WiFi and Voice-over-IP systems. This one from Fortune.com Again, a lot of people seem to agree that the cellular companies need to take the threat of really low-cost voice over various public networks, seriously. While, of course, [...]

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Peterstar to Invest USD 500,000 in Wi-Fi Hot Spots around St. Petersburg | RosbaltNews.COM It seems that PeterStar has a much more realistic view of WiFi pricing than most of the providers I’ve had the ‘limited’ pleasure of making contact with. According to this article, they are planning commercial WiFi service in St. PEtersburg at [...]

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