RIM plays catch-up with Wi-Fi (Electronics Supply and Manufacturing)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Recent reports that Research in Motion will soon deliver a Wi-Fi-enabled smartphone could make it easier for users to employ a BlackBerry within an enterprise–where 3G is often limited but Wi-Fi is usually available.

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Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection reaches 5 million (Addict 3D)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Nintendo announced today the free online gaming service Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection has reached more than 5 million unique DS owners worldwide. Nearly 65 games support online multiplayer through the service, accumulating over 200 million gameplay sessions since its launch in late 2005.

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Xirrus Wi-Fi Network Exceeds Expectations During Interop Las Vegas 2007 (Broadcast Newsroom)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE — Xirrus, Inc., the only provider of high performance, long range Wi-Fi products, validates the vision that “the air is the network” with a successful Wi-Fi network deployment at Interop Las Vegas 2007. Xirrus needed only 12 of its award-winning Wi-Fi Arrays to provide coverage for the entire event.

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Xirrus Wi-Fi Network Exceeds Expectations During Interop Las Vegas 2007 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.—-Xirrus, Inc., the only provider of high performance, long range Wi-Fi products, validates the vision that “the air is the network” with a successful Wi-Fi network deployment at Interop Las Vegas 2007.

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EU OK’s Welsh Assembly Wi-Fi (Addict 3D)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Prague OK too, with modificationsThe EU has ruled that Wi-Fi deployments in Wales and Prague do not constitute state aid, as neither will compete with commercial hotspot deployments.…

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EU OK’s Welsh Assembly Wi-Fi (The Register)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Prague OK too, with modifications The EU has ruled that Wi-Fi deployments in Wales and Prague do not constitute state aid, as neither will compete with commercial hotspot deployments.…

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‘Free’ Wi-Fi could cost Toledo taxpayers $2.16M (The Toledo Blade)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Toledo taxpayers could pay up to $2.16 million over five years if City Council approves a license agreement with a California Wi-Fi company.

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Wi-Fi TV in the Spotlight in Hollywood and Launching Live Daily Webinars for Substantial Six-Figure Sales Job Seekers (SYS-CON Media)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Wi-Fi TV Inc. (PINKSHEETS: WTVI) Founderand Chairman Alex Kanakaris brought a ‘Wave of energy and excitement to thepanel on convergence at the iHollywod Forum Mobile Entertainment Summit,predicting the end of DRM for both music and movies, and a new businessmodel that will result in the biggest viewership ever while paying theartists and actors more than they have ever been paid, and shifting …

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City service use key to Wi-Fi success (Contra Costa Times)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

Utility workers armed with the latest wireless gadgets will be able to read electric meters remotely using Wi-Fi networks many cities are contemplating.

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Will The iPhone, Wing, And Other Wi-Fi-Enabled Smartphones Finally Usher In FMC? (InformationWeek)

Wi-Fi Watcher wrote this mid-morning:

We all know the iPhone has Wi-Fi. The new HTC Wing , launched by T-Mobile last week, also has it. RIM CEO Jim Balsillie said in a speech that we’ll see Wi-Fi on a BlackBerry device by year’s end . Will this new crop of devices convince U.S. carriers to offer fixed-mobile convergence services?

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