WiFi Hotspots

WiFi is a term for certain types of wireless local area networks (WLAN) that use specifications conforming to IEEE 802.11b.

Short for Wireless Fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. Any products tested and approved as "Wi-Fi Certified" (a registered trademark) by the Wi-Fi Alliance are certified as interoperable with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a "Wi-Fi Certified" product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that also is certified. Typically, however, any Wi-Fi product using the same radio frequency (for example, 2.4GHz for 802.11b or 11g, 5GHz for 802.11a) will work with any other, even if not "Wi-Fi Certified."

WiFi has gained acceptance in many environments as an alternative to a wired LAN. Many airports, hotels, and other services offer public access to WiFi networks so people can log onto the Internet and receive emails on the move. These locations are known as hotspots.

And Bangalore is not far behind. Bangalore's tech edge is set to get sharper as city officials turn it into one giant wireless hotspot. WiFi hotspots are common in many cities. Bangalore itself has 200 of them in star hotels, coffee shops, malls and the airport lobby.Check the listing below for a hotspot near you. But now the government in association with Intel has started a project that will spread the wireless mesh all across the city. Bangalore has also joined the elite club of cities enjoying high-speed wireless Internet services, popularly called WiMAX.

Aircel Business Solutions (ABS) launched the WiMAX service in the city on 18 January 2008. Base stations (towers) have been set up at Electronics City, Airport Road, St. John's Road, Jayanagar, Rajajinagar and Koramangala, each covering a radius of 5 km to 6 km. More will come up shortly.

What this means is anybody with a laptop could get internet access not only in a wifi-enabled mall or coffee shop but even while sitting on a bench in a public park. It can transform the city with homes, offices, schools, shops and public areas getting a broadband service as soon as there is hardware to access it.

Passengers waiting to board trains at the Bangalore City railway station can now look forward to spending their time more productively.

The station will soon become perhaps the first wi-fi enabled railway station in the country. Tata Group company VSNL is all ready to start operating a cyber café on the main concourse from the entrance of the railway station providing facilities such as Internet, audio/video chatting, Internet telephony, gaming, scanning, printing, photocopying, faxing and video-conferencing. Passengers can even charge their mobile phones from the kiosk.

WiFi Hotspot Location	Hotspot Address	Phone	Wireless Networks
100 Ft. Boutique 28	Indiranagar	25277752	SIFY Wi-Zone
Amoeba Sports Bar	Airport Road	25211234	SIFY Wi-Zone
Bayleaf 28	Koramangala		SIFY Wi-Zone
Casa Piccola	Indiranagar	25258823	SIFY Wi-Zone
Casa Piccola	Kormangala	25539333	SIFY Wi-Zone
Casa Piccola	Residency Road	22212907	SIFY Wi-Zone
Casa Piccola	Cunningham Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Central Park	Dickenson Road	25584242	SIFY Wi-Zone
Curzon Court	Brigade Road	25581698	SIFY Wi-Zone
Hotel Atria	Palace Road	22205205	SIFY Wi-Zone
Hotel Ivory Tower	MG Road	25589333	SIFY Wi-Zone
IIM-Bangalore	Bannerghatta		SIFY Wi-Zone
Indscape	598 11th Cross- JP Nagar III Phase	26595402	Boingo,iPass,Pronto
Infantry Court	Infantry Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
ITPL	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Karnataka Golf Association	Airport Road,	23440398	SIFY Wi-Zone
Luncheon Cafe	Dickenson Road	25597955	SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Acropolis	Hosur Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Blue Chip	Hosur Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige CentrePoint	Cunningham Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Craig House	MG Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Elgin	Hosur Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Four Seasons	MG Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Greenwoods	CV Raman Nagar,		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Lake Vista	Whitefield Road,		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Landleigh	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Opal	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Poseidon	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Regent Place	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Regent Place Gold	Whitefields		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Sapphire	Jayanagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Terminus 1	Vimanapura		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Terminus 2	Vimanapura		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Terraces	Union Street		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Towers	Residency Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Tudor Court	Lavelle Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Prestige Waterford	M G Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Richmond Hotel	Richmond Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Royal Orchid	Airport Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Airport Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Arakere Main Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Banashankari		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Banaswadi Main Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Bannerghatta		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Basavanagudi		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Basaveshwaranagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	BRL Main Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	BTM Layout		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Chamrajapet		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Chandra Layout		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Cooke Town		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Cunningham Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Ejipura		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Gedlehalli		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Hosakerehalli		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Hosur Main Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	HSR Layout		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Indiranagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Jayanagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Jivambhima Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	J P Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Koramangala		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	KumaraPark West		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Langford Gardens		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Madiwala		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Malleshwaram		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Marthahalli		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Mathikere		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Nagarbhavi		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	N R Colony		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Old Madras Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Padmanabhanagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Prashantha Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Rajaji Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Rajarajeshwari Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Residency Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	R M Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	R T Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	R V Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Sadashivnagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Seshadripuram		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Srinagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Subramanya Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Thippasandra		SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Vidyaranyapuram	23645196	SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Vijay Nagar	22926552	SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Vishweshwara Puram	26619935	SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Whitefield	28453175	SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Wilson Garden	22231045	SIFY Wi-Zone
SIFY IWay	Yelahanka	28462834	SIFY Wi-Zone
St. Marks Hotel	4/1 St. Marks Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
LINSOFT	695, 11th Cross, 5th Main, MC Layout, Vijaynagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
Iceware (FREE)	Brigade Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
FreeNet (FREE)	598 JP Nagar		SIFY Wi-Zone
Bangalore Guest House	No.562/640 Bangalore		SIFY Wi-Zone
Luncheon Café	Dickenson Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Any Cafe Day Coffee Shop			SIFY Wi-Zone
The Capitol Hotel	Rajbhavan Road	22281234	SIFY Wi-Zone
The Leela Palace	Airport Road	25211234	SIFY Wi-Zone
The Bombay Stores	M G Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
The Millenia	Ground Floor, Tower 'C' no 1 & 2, Murphy Road, Ulsoor		SIFY Wi-Zone
The Ramanashree Hotel	Raja Rammohan Roy Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
The Tandoor	28 MG Road		SIFY Wi-Zone
Windsor House	Brigade Road		SIFY Wi-Zone