Wireless Home Network News

'EarthLink launches New Orleans wireless network (bizjournals.com via Yahoo! Finance)
EarthLink Inc. on Dec. 21 launched New Orleans' municipal Wireless Network -- a 20-square mile Wi-Fi mesh network that covers parts of Orleans Parish.

'First S'porean charged with using another's wireless network (Channel NewsAsia)
It was 2 am and his mother had told him not to use the Internet. Determined to log on to chat with his friends, Garyl Tan Jia Luo, 17, left home with his laptop and wandered around the private estate in Nemesu Avenue where he lived in search of a wireless local area network (wLAN) he could tap on.

'Don't Rush to Upgrade Your Wi-Fi Router (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Q: I see there is a lot of new Wi-Fi gear in stores that promises faster speeds for my home wireless network. Is it time to upgrade?

'Accela Partners With Nortel on New Municipal Wireless Solution (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Accela, Inc., the leading provider of government enterprise management software solutions, today announced that it has partnered with Nortel on its Municipal Wireless Solution, a comprehensive suite of wireless network technologies, applications, and services to help municipalities bring broadband services to their agency field staff and citizens.

'Datang Mobile gear passes regulators' tests in China (International Herald Tribune)
Datang Mobile Communications Equipment, a Chinese partner of Siemens, said Tuesday that its Wireless Network gear had passed regulators' tests, suggesting that China soon might issue its first high-speed mobile license.