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The US military has restricted access to wireless internet at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp due to hacking threats said to be part of a protest over conditions at the facility where detainees have been engaged in a hunger strike for over 100 days.

Should Metra get Wi-Fi? Even if it's expensive and hard to implement and maintain? The commuter-rail network is considering the possibility, the Chicago Tribune and other news agencies report, but price and technology continue to be two major barriers, despite that a DePaul University report shows 48 percent of Metra riders use personal electronic ... (more)

"Adding Wi-Fi to our 6500 appliances and audit this year demonstrates that Mako is ready for the challenges of Bring Your Own Device and the mobile age." In this year's audit, Mako was additionally certified for its Wi-Fi networking capabilities, now included as standard in its award-winning Mako 6500 series network appliances.

AT&T has always been hesitant to allow customers to use video chat applications on its cellular network.

The U.S. military has shut down wireless internet service at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba because of online hacking threats.

A spokesman for the Guantanamo Bay prison says that officials have also blocked access to social networks such as Facebook and Twitter through military computer networks because of the threat.

Corning Incorporated today unveiled the first all-optical, converged in-building wireless solution to satisfy the increasing demand from enterprises, hotels, convention centers, and arenas for high-speed, high-capacity wireless hubs with virtually unlimited bandwidth.

Ventev Wireless Infrastructure will unveil turnkey systems to help companies and institutions "take Wi-Fi outside," extending data networks outdoors in the most intelligent and cost-efficient way, at CTIA 2013 in Las Vegas, May 21-23, 2013.

Greg Kumparak is the Mobile Editor at Techcrunch. Greg has been writing for the TechCrunch network since May of 2008.

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Optus announced today it has gone live with its Time-Division LTE 4G network in Canberra, using the telco's spectrum in the 2.3GHz band.

The Acurix Networks Wi-Fi offload solution helps operators meet the ever-increasing demand for enhanced performance, throughput and mobility on their wireless networks.

Free WiFi could be in Nelson in time for the tourism season, bringing the city into line with those overseas and attracting visitors away from the library network, supporters say.

At today's Bay Area Maker Fair, Arduino announced its new board, the Arduino YAon .

Samsung has confirmed that some of its Galaxy S4 handsets have issues connecting to Wi-Fi networks that use certain D-Link routers.

Long-awaited 4G services, which provide mobile users with Internet access 20 to 50 times faster than 3G network, make their debut in Shanghai next month when China Mobile begins large-scale trials, the carrier said yesterday.

The use of Wi-Fi functionality in small-cell base stations will be a game changer for cellphone service providers, easing heavily congested data pipes while linking together billions of devices into a single network architecture, according to IHS iSuppli.

Dell's thumb-sized PC called Project Ophelia, which is the size of a USB stick, will start shipping in July for around US$100. The Android-based device will plug into a display's HDMI port so that it can run applications or access files stored remotely.

With more and more streaming content becoming available every day, your receiver really needs to be on that home network.

Angus is now home to more than 12,800 BT wi-fi hotspots, joining the list of 464,700 hotspots that exist in Scotland alone.