802.11g equipment, which they’re calling one of the first large-scale deployments of 11g in the Asia Pacific region. This network replaces the school’s existing 11b and 11a network, and will cover 100% of the campus (up from 30%). Broadband wireless is the solution going in at the National Institute of Education (NIE), Singapore, a national teacher training institute there. NIE, plus the Riau Island Provincial Government Office in Indonesia are both going to get wireless backhaul courtesy of equipment from Wi-LAN installed by its Asian channel partner O’Connor’s Singapore Pte. — May 21, 2004
In other research out of Europe: Broadreach Networks of London hired a firm to do a survey of 1600 rail travelers in the UK. 78% of them said that they would use Wi-Fi on the train and in train stations if it were available, “believing on-train connectivity is a clear reason to choose rail travel over other forms of transport.” 80% already do work on laptops while on the train. Yet only 10% have actually used a hotspot at this point. Broadreach says the findings indicate Wi-Fi users are 12 times more likely to use on-train Wi-Fi than any other public access wireless. 72% of those surveyed even said it would make them choose the train over other forms of transport. That won’t be good for sales of the Mini Cooper. — May 20, 2004
access points and Nomadix gateways for the WLAN infrastructure, plus Proxim Tsunami radios for wireless backhaul to hotspots. In the future, ACISgroup hotspots will also offer Voice over WLAN services. — May 18, 2004