The Wi-Fi Alliance said eight 802.11g products from six companies have received certification from the Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers.The companies include Atheros Inc., Broadcom Corp., Intersil Corp., Melco Inc., Proxim Corp. and Texas Instruments Inc. Both Intersil and Atheros said they have...
Battle won, even before the first shot is fired.Early in the life of the technology, industry analysts and players already regard Cisco Systems Inc. as the big tree in the wireless local area network jungle.Leveraging its channels and products in the wired market, Cisco...
SAN DIEGO-Qualcomm Inc. said it plans to collaborate with Broadcom Corp. to jointly develop, promote and market Bluetooth solutions for CDMA mobile phones."We anticipate that our collaboration with Qualcomm will raise the bar on Bluetooth performance and ease of use in the mobile-phone arena...
It's official. The 802.11g protocol, which has been touted as God's gift to 802.11b, received the final nod from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.The wireless local area network technology, which enjoyed approval in April, is based on the OFDM protocol and enhances...
PCTel Inc. has filed patent infringement lawsuits against Lucent Technologies Inc., Agere Systems Inc., Broadcom Corp. and Robotics Corp.PCTel, which supplies 802.11 software, software-defined products and Internet access technology gear, also filed a complaint against 3Com Corp. in March this year."We enter litigation reluctantly,...
With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...
With the approval of the 802.11g standard by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a number of companies have started to announce plans to roll out products amid fears of technology bumps along the way.Although the IEEE approved the standard, the 802.11 working...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, United States-Several companies have announced support for the new Wi-Fi Alliance security standard known as Wi-Fi Protected Access, which replaces Wired Equivalent Privacy.WPA is the alliance's third product certification and part of its security roadmap.The following companies have announced their 802.11b...
LAS VEGAS—Palm Inc. said it will use Broadcom Corp.'s line of Bluetooth transceivers as a building block for developing Bluetooth personal area network capabilities for upcoming Palm handheld devices."Broadcom's Bluetooth products are a best-value solution meeting our cost, size, performance and power requirements, while...
Chips are falling through the cracks of the slowing economy.Just like phone makers, solutions providers and operators, chip makers are buckling in what analysts describe as their worst time ever.Big names like Texas Instruments, Intel Inc. and Conexant Systems Inc. have reflected the sour...
PHOENIX-Conexant Systems Inc. has licensed LSI Logic Corp.'s ZSP400 digital signal processor core for integration across its product lines supporting wireless mobile and communications applications. Conexant joins IBM, Broadcom and Virata in supporting LSI Logic's ZSP open architecture strategy.
