Unsecured Wi-Fi would be outlawed by N.Y. county   05 Nov 2005 01:58 GMT
Westchester County proposes that all businesses providing wireless access must have firewalls and register with the government.
Source: ZDNet

Celtel upgrades African mobile network   04 Nov 2005 23:41 GMT
Celtel International, with the help of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, is upgrading its network to carry a higher volume of voice and data traffic in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
Source: InfoWorld

U.S. Senate sets DTV transition date   04 Nov 2005 16:23 GMT
The U.S. Senate on Thursday voted to set April 7, 2009, as the deadline for U.S. television stations to switch to digital broadcasts and free up analog radio spectrum for wireless broadband and public-safety uses.
Source: InfoWorld

DirecTV To Send Content To Mobile Devices   04 Nov 2005 14:07 GMT
The CEO of the satellite television operator has told financial analysts that it is working to deliver its content to mobile devices.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Palm Chief Says No To Symbian Treo   04 Nov 2005 13:53 GMT
Palm's CEO said that the company considered developing a Symbian OS Treo smartphone but it doesn't want to support three operating systems.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

MIT Wireless System Shows Where The Crowds Are   04 Nov 2005 13:39 GMT
MIT has launched a system that tracks how many users are in any place on campus, helping students decide where they can study quietly or party hearty.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

A constant state of insecurity   04 Nov 2005 11:00 GMT
For the past few months an acquaintance of mine has been sniffing various public wireless and wired networks around the world, looking to see what plain text passwords are visible. It was an eye-opening experiment.
Source: InfoWorld

In Depth: Wireless Voice-Over-IP   04 Nov 2005 05:00 GMT
New dual-mode cellular/Wi-Fi systems and standards may fulfill the promise of just one mobile device that works anywhere. We evaluate what's being called the killer app for WLAN.
Source: Mobile Pipeline

Chinese Portal Sina.com Says Profits Down (AP)   04 Nov 2005 04:01 GMT
AP - Chinese Web portal Sina Corp said Friday its profits in the three months ending Sept. 30 fell by a bigger-than-expected 37 percent due to advertising costs to attract subscribers to a mobile phone-based service.
Source: Yahoo

FCC to investigate video franchise rules   03 Nov 2005 20:01 GMT
The feds are investigating whether local communities inhibit competition for TV service.
Source: ZDNet