Wireless Home Network News

'Reliance Comm to invest Rs.160 bn for network expansion (IANS via Yahoo! India News)
Mumbai, July 17 (IANS) Reliance Communications, one of India's leading telecom players, Tuesday said it would invest Rs.160 billion for the expansion of its network in the current fiscal (2007-08) and also launch its direct-to-home (DTH) television network by the end of this year.

'Devicescape Introduces Wi-Fi Buddies: Easy and Secure Home Wi-Fi Network Sharing (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
SAN BRUNO, Calif.----Devicescape Software today announced Devicescape Wi-Fi Buddies -- a new service that enables consumers to securely share access to home or other personal Wi-Fi networks with friends and family for expanded Wi-Fi coverage.

'Companies and Associations Join Together To Push For Fair and Reasonable Wireless Roaming Practices (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
WASHINGTON----A group of companies and trade organizations representing providers of wireless services announced today that they have formed the Alliance for Fair Roaming Access to petition Congress and the Federal Communications Commission to address anticompetitive and discriminatory roaming practices within the industry.

'Got Interference? Data-Crowding Problems Loom for Wi-Fi (Wired News)
The airwaves in the city of Riverside, California, just got a lot more crowded as the city switches on its municipal wireless network. Yet, for many living in the inland empire's capital city, the free internet service isn't a bonus, it's a burden.

'Verizon FiOS TV Customers Have a Powerful New Way to Find and Enjoy Home Entertainment (Broadcast Newsroom)
NEW YORK, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing to transform home entertainment, Verizon is introducing Verizon FiOS TV's interactive media guide that helps customers quickly and easily find and enjoy content from TV listings, video-on-demand catalogs and digital video recorders as well as personal music and photos from the home network.