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Boingo launches worldwide WiFi service -- just for mobile phones
3GSM is cranking along and so are the carrier and manufacturer announcements. Among one of the brightest ones today has been the announcement that Boingo Wireless -- the world's leading wholesale network aggregator (fancy term for WiFi ISP) -- will soon unveil the "Boingo Mobile" service to provide what appears to be the first global WiFi Internet service. Sounds rather solid -- but it gets even better because Boingo Mobile is specifically designed for WiFi phones and devices as opposed to dedicated computers and computing devices (not that there's anything wrong with the 802.11n lappy). So, you have a feast for that newer UMA handset and have looked for a solution that goes beyond that slower-than-I'll-get-out HSDPA access? If you're near on of the thousands of Boingo WiFi hotspots around the world, you can tap into the Boingo Mobile network at the flat rate of USD $7.95 per month by visting mobile.boingo.com/download to get Boingo's free software and to check for mobile handset / device compatibility (hint -- WM5 is all for now). It's great to see a global WiFi operator differentiate -- and treat -- two different uses of WiFi at separate and appropriate price levels, since, ya know, not many are BitTorrenting from their handsets these days.
Tropos Networks releases new MetroMesh WiFi routers
With gear currently being used in New Orleans, Philadelphia and San Francisco municipal WiFi projects, Tropos Networks must be doing something right. Their new Tropos 5320 outdoor MetroMesh router, however, is their first to offer dual-band WiFi. Along with the added bandwidth this provides, Tropos has updated their MetroMesh operating system to allow operators to switch between 5GHz and 2.4GHz bands depending on interference and the continuing proliferation of such devices. Next up for Tropos is multi-radio routers, which they hope to combine wireless technologies like MIMO, WiMAX, 4.9GHz and 3G/4G cellular to create one router to rule them all.[Via The Wireless Report]
