T-Mobile Enhances Wi-Fi Security With 802.1x Authentication

In a move it expects will allay the concerns of enterprise customers, T-Mobile is introducing strong, 802.1x-based authentication and encryption across its network of 4,700 hot spots. . . . In a move it expects will allay the concerns of enterprise customers, T-Mobile is introducing strong, 802.1x-based authentication and encryption across its network of 4,700 hot spots.

The move, which appears to be the first use of advanced 802.1x-based security by a national mobile carrier in U.S. hot spots, leverages the existing 802.1x infrastructure used to authenticate GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications)/GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) cell-phone users.

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