Leicestershire Sub-Post Offices Now Equipped With Internet Access



UK-/20 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/-Leicestershire sub-post offices are leading the UK in a pilot scheme to provide customers with access to a wide range of information and services, including jobs, pension and childcare, at the touch of a button. The new service launched Monday October 18. BT is installing "Community Point" information kiosks in 50 sub-post offices in the county in partnership with the National Federation of SubPostmasters and Multimedia International Services Limited.

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Bluesocket leads The Wi-Fi Security and Management For Universities Worldwide



Bluesocket Adds Florida State, Ohio University & Virginia Tech to Growing Customer List of 400+ Campus Wireless Networks


DENVER, EDUCAUSE EVENT /BURLINGTON, Mass. -/20 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Bluesocket, Inc. the leading vendor of products that secure and manage WiFi networks, announced that Florida State University, Ohio University and Virginia Tech, were among the company’s most recent wireless LAN campus deployments in this burgeoning vertical
market for WiFi technology.


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WeRoam partners with Aramova on connection manager software



Wireless Internet access at Wi-Fi hotspots and also via GPRS and UMTS is now more convenient and more simple than ever before


Berne / San Francisco-/19 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Aramova, a pioneer in intelligent Internet access technology and WeRoam, the worlds leading WLAN roaming platform, have entered into a comprehensive cooperation agreement for an intelligent access management solution. The foundation for this strategic partnership, announced today by Aramova's CEO Pete Szalay and WeRoams CEO Toni Stadelmann, was WeRoam's decision to offer a fully configurable white-labled connection manager to its worldwide customers. Aramova's solution has been tailored to fit perfectly with WeRoam's open roaming strategy and now supports all features of the existing SIM-based roaming platform.

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Thales And Alcatel Partner To Secure IP Communications For Enterprises



Paris -/15 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Thales (TCFP.PA) and Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today announced a technological partnership to develop highly secure IP telephony solutions based on the Alcatel OmniPCX Enterprise IP communication server.

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Verizon Wireless CFO Appointed to Vodafone Position - Successor to be Named




NEW YORK and BEDMINSTER, NJ -/13 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Verizon Wireless announced today that Andrew Halford, Verizon Wireless Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, has been named the Financial Director Designate of Vodafone Group (NYSE and LSE:VOD). Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group.


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Sweet Spot Solutions and Pronto Provide Wi-Fi Access at Presidential Debate



Wi-Fi Hot Zone Lights Up Downtown Tempe’s Historic Mill Avenue Including Gammage Auditorium Where the Debate Will Be Held

Tempe, AZ -/13 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Sweet Spot Solutions, a provider of industrial grade broadband wireless solutions, and Pronto Networks, a leading provider of carrier-class OSS solutions for large Wi-Fi hotspot networks, today announced that Tempe residents, students and visitors will be able to gain wireless, high-speed access to the Internet within a Wi-Fi hot zone covering the city’s downtown historic area during the week of the third presidential debate.

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iPass Obtains New Security Technology To Extend Protection To Home PCs



REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -/11 Oct, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- As part of its Policy Orchestration initiative, iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced the acquisition of Safe3w, a privately-held Woodbury, NY company that has developed an innovative, patented dynamic device "fingerprinting" technology. When integrated into the iPass connectivity platform, this technology will help ensure that only trusted computers—those devices that are identified and known to the IT department, and protected against identity theft, intrusion, viruses and worms—have access to corporate networks.

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Telewest Broadband launches its new Special Rate Service (SRS)



Telewest Broadband, one of Great Britain´s largest alternative carriers, banks on next-generation technology of the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT) for its service number offering



London-/1 Oct., 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Following a highly competitive tender process, the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT), Europe´s market leader for intelligent value-added services, has provided a turnkey solution for special rate service numbers to Telewest, one of Great Britain´s largest alternative carriers. The cutting-edge SRS Inbound Telephony Solution is designed specifically for call centres and based on ECT´s effECTive® Service Number Suite.

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Colubris Releases First 802.11e fully-compliant SSID-based Wi-Fi QoS



Colubris Introduces Service Aware Wi-Fi QoS for Multiservice Voice, Data and Video WLANs



Waltham, MA-/29 September, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Colubris Networks announced Service Aware Wi-Fi Quality of Service (QoS) software for its Multiservice Wireless LAN System of enterprise and service provider products.


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Verizon Wireless Delivers Fastest High-Speed WAN in the US



Nation's Leading Wireless Carrier Delivers the Fastest Commercially Available High-Speed Wide-Area Network in the United States


BEDMINSTER, NJ -/23 September, 2004 - The Wi-Fi Technology Forum/- Fulfilling its promise made exactly six months ago to expand BroadbandAccess to many markets across the United States, Verizon Wireless, the nation's leader in next generation technology deployment, announced today that BroadbandAccess will be available in more than 14 major metropolitan areas beginning Monday, September 27, 2004.

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