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• Air New Zealand rolls out inflight wifi

  Starts trialling the service on one of its long haul Boeing 777-300 aircraft

• Chips coming by June will herald the next generation of Wi-Fi

  Qualcomm will start shipping sample chips for the next generation of Wi-Fi by June, helping device and network vendors develop products that might quadruple users’ speeds and lengthen battery life.

• This Wi-Fi alternative rides on LTE rails

  On Tuesday, the MulteFire Alliance announced MulteFire Release 1.0, which defines an LTE-like network that can run entirely on unlicensed spectrum like the frequencies Wi-Fi uses.

• Hacker shows how easy it is to take over a city’s public Wi-Fi network

  An Israeli hacker found a vulnerability in routers that could have allowed him to take over the public Wi-Fi network of an entire city.

• Can Wi-Fi and LTE-U live together? The tests are ready

  On Wednesday, the Wi-Fi Alliance released a test plan for LTE-Unlicensed products, which would bring 4G cellular to unlicensed spectrum bands that Wi-Fi users depend on.

• US pumps $400 million into next-generation wireless research

  The U.S. National Science Foundation will spend more than US$400 million over the next seven years to fund next-generation wireless research in an effort to bring super-fast mobile service to the country.

• The fight over a new Wi-Fi channel is coming to a head

  Satellite operator Globalstar’s plan to open a new Wi-Fi channel under its control is nearing the moment of truth after years of regulatory wrangling.

• The battle between LTE and Wi-Fi may have left LTE-U out in the cold

  After more than a year of rancor over whether it would hurt Wi-Fi, a technology that lets LTE networks use unlicensed spectrum may have already missed its window of opportunity.

• New wireless tech from MIT promises password-free Wi-Fi

  New wireless technology developed by researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab promises to kill the Wi-Fi password at last.

• Space travel unravels as NZ prepares for 2015 launch

  A Hong Kong listed company specialising in novel space service is set to launch a space ship called Traveller in New Zealand.

• How CIOs can influence new product innovation

  We've all heard the hype about a future of data-driven, always-connected devices where everything from cars to game consoles to refrigerators plays a role in the Internet of Things. We envision our household appliances tapped into the power grid, analyzing and fine-tuning electricity use. We expect our parked cars to one day use Wi-Fi to send traffic and weather forecasts to our office computers before we head out on the commute home.

• The world's largest corporate wi-fi network

  Just off State Route 520 in Redmond, Washington, you'll find Microsof's headquarters. To be sure, it's not the typical software vendor's corporate address - the beige building found in today's suburban office park never too far from a strip mall.