Stories about: Unwire

Hospitals have been one of the main users of Wi-Fi networks, so far. Driven by a mobile workforce and an environment where cellular devices are usually forbidden, they have accepted centralised Wi-Fi switches before many other markets. Now a London hospital has installed a wireless network which claims to do away with the need for those centralised switches.

Municipal Wi-Fi is dead. At least in terms of the model whereby cities award an exclusive contract to a service provider, who builds a citywide mesh network and hopes to make money selling broadband to consumers.

For many moons now, PC publications have talked about ways to connect devices wirelessly. As far as wired connections went, innovations have seemed thin on the ground. However, a way of physically connecting devices using something called Powerline -- a concept that has been around for three or four years -- is now making its presence felt in the U.K.

The Spanish Airport Authority (AENA) has plumped for what is probably the biggest mesh contract in Europe -- to unwire all 23 of Spain's airports, using Strix equipment. And it lets the authority park planes under radio control.

Faster, cheaper, anywhere, everywhere: that's what company execs want from information and many now see wireless as its conduit. Companies want a competitive edge, and costs for wireless are dropping; mobile data, like voice, is becoming more accessible. Vendor moves on the wireless front make it likely that such notebooks and laptops will be on the market later this year. While not without its challenges for IT departments, wireless is on the march to the enterprise

Intel publicly lined up behind municipal wireless networking projects on Thursday, kicking off an initiative with hardware, software and networking partners to help communities around the world carry out the sometimes controversial rollouts.

Intel has begun a push to 'unwire' Australia's education sector, creating a wireless environment for 25 local universities and earmarking a further 270 in the Asia-Pacific region.

If you want to live life on the go, try the Big Apple. And if you want to check out the gadgets built for life on the go, there was no better place than this year's PC Expo. Wireless and handheld products drove desktop PCs almost completely off the stage. Amidst the sauna-like show floor, we checked out the countless personal digital assistants, Internet appliances, and sleek long-lasting notebooks designed to keep you connected and productive anywhere. Here are the hits and misses we found in the New York haze.

Telecommunications company CellPoint Inc. will acquire Unwire AB from the investment companies Ledstiernan AB and Procuritas Investment Partners AB, CellPoint announced today.