Got Sirius: David Sifry reports via Carl Stevenson, an IEEE group chair that Sirius has withdrawn their petition on the issue of out-of-band emissions from the 2.4 GHz band. This is a good development. Had Sirius succeeded, the impact would have been forward directed -- older devices would have been unaffected -- but the costs were unknown.
Green Packet and WiFi Metro: Green Packet is conducting field tests of their devices that will allow seamless Wi-Fi and cellular data roaming. WiFi Metro will be an early partner in these tests. Pricing and other details are not yet available, as it appears this is just early proof of concept, but using real devices.
Boingo Model: A colleague wrote in to note that he had received information from Boingo on their revenue sharing. Boingo will pay you $1.00 every time a Boingo member connects to one of your hot spots....Boingo will pay you $20 every time you sign up a Boingo subscriber who remains a member for 60 days.
Apple cites Wi-Fi as important part of Apple Store strategy: need a hot spot and near one of the couple dozen Apple Stores? Drop on by. According to this News.com story electronically reprinted at NYTimes.com, 20 percent of people buying Macs from an Apple Store also purchase AirPort components.
European public Wi-Fi lags, but interest rises: the International Herald Tribune covers the state of Wi-Fi across Europe, noting that Telia HomeRun is the biggest single installation. Analysts predict 17,000 hot spots by 2006. [via Olivier Travers]
Nashville Wi-Fi use: an excellent article on the expanding use of Wi-Fi in public spaces in Nashville. [via William Crook]
Media Center for World Cup: Wi-Fi everywhere: The World Cup's media center uses Wi-Fi extensively across many locations in Japan and Korea, allowing electronic roaming access for reporters, including photographers. [via Gen Kanai]
Excellent AP story details the future of interference: the story lays the facts out without hype or error about some of the challenges of the 2.4 GHz band. Folks, with RF lighting (radio waves used to create illumination), more industrial devices, and miscellaneous other problems, we may all find ourselves journeying to the new world of 5 GHz. I doubt it will happen fast, and 5 GHz has its own challenges. But it is uncrowded.