Boingo gives carriers a Wi-Fi jump start.WIRELESS PHONE CARRIERS, wired telcos, and ISPs wanting to get in on the Wi-Fi action can jump start their offerings with "private label" hotspot service from Boingo. Major service providers can give their subscribers access to the second largest network of Wi-Fi hotspot locations, but brand the service as their own. Boingo has already teamed with two providers for its Boingo Platform Services offering: EarthLink and Fiberlink Communications. T-Mobile is also partnering with Boingo to use authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. services and software to let users roam between networks, but T-Mobile and Boingo--the two biggest players in the Wi-Fi hotspot market--are not letting their users roam onto each other's networks. Later this year, Boingo will add support for 2.5G WWAN See wireless WAN. technologies (GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. , CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. 1XRTT, and iDEN) to its sniffer See network analyzer. sniffer - packet sniffer software, letting wireless carriers combine wireless data services with Wi-Fi access through a single user interface. The new version of Boingo software will let subscribers set their preferences for primary and back-up networks. http://www.boingo.com |
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