Latest Wi-Fi articles

London Overground to offer free Wi-Fi to passengers

London Overground sign
BSkyB to provide 60 minutes of access on all 56 Overground stations
26 Mar 2012

M&S to trial BSkyB Wi-Fi service

Front of a Marks and Spencer shop
Ten stores to offer free Wi-Fi access to customers
16 Mar 2012

Virgin Media awarded contract to provide Wi-Fi on the Underground

London Underground escalator
Free service to launch in time for the Olympic Games
15 Mar 2012

Neelie Kroes demands 30Mbit/s coverage by 2020

Vice president of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda says broadband and wireless technology will help lift Europe out of the economic crisis
28 Feb 2012

Virgin Media tests 4G in London

Tests run ahead of the spectrum auction later this year
23 Jan 2012

Buckinghamshire council to implement £100m public sector network

Council plans to connect with other counties via the Government Conveyance Network
19 Sep 2011

Students use IT to learn but spurn IT GCSE

If IT GCSE were a student, its report would probably read “could do better”
26 Aug 2011

Caffè Nero serves up free Wi-Fi to customers

Coffee shop teams up with The Cloud to offer free Wi-Fi in 450 outlets across the UK
22 Aug 2011

Technology upgrade bowls over Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Test cricket ground swithches to HP Pro Curve, but keeps faith in Xirrus to field Wi-FI network upgrade
28 Jul 2011

Tesco rolls out free Wi-Fi

Supermarket giant lets shoppers compare prices and read reviews while they shop
26 Jul 2011

Tech in education is suffering due to government cuts

Schools IT managers say they have not got the funds to innovate
20 Jul 2011

Wireless broadband subscriptions top half a billion in OECD

Fixed broadband is at its lowest growth rate
24 Jun 2011

Rural Northumberland gets wireless mesh broadband

The mesh is much cheaper than the BT land lines it replaces
24 Jun 2011

PizzaExpress gets Wi-Fi in stores

Restaurant chain will be using The Cloud
13 Jun 2011

Google plans better privacy controls

Google chairman Eric Schmidt has promised better privacy controls for Android devices
19 May 2011

Google fixes Android vulnerability

A server-side update has made the platform more secure, but security companies say it is being targeted more than ever
19 May 2011

Survey suggests most NHS Trusts do not secure Wi-Fi

Lack of encryption on wireless networks could mean NHS Trusts are breaching data protection rules
16 Feb 2011

Digital Economy Act threatens library internet services

Top adviser to global librarian federation says DEA is not 'consistent with a democratic approach to access to knowledge'
04 Feb 2011

BT in ‘sensitive talks’ about delivering Wi-Fi for London 2012

Mobile operators are in favour of the idea owing to concerns of data overload
02 Feb 2011

Blackpool recaptures conference glory days with new wireless network

Council hopes free internet access for delegates and tourists will bring more people to the resort
09 Dec 2010

Britain beating Europe in adoption of Wi-Fi on railway networks

National Express East Anglia joins a growing line of operators offering onboard wireless
30 Nov 2010

Wi-Fi and the Digital Economy Act: How worried should users be?

The laws surrounding file sharing are still far from clear cut
01 Nov 2010

Trial lets commuters surf on the tube

Charing Cross underground station gets Wi-Fi connectivity
29 Oct 2010

Media tablet sales will near 20 million in 2010 says analyst

Gartner says mini-notebooks under strongest cannibalisation danger
15 Oct 2010