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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 …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. introduced an enhanced wireless connectivity offering for the education and medical industries that uses Wi-Fi technology to combine both wireless phone and wireless data connectivity on …

SAN ANTONIO-SBC Communications Inc. is aggressively rolling out plans for a public Wi-Fi network, said company spokesman Michael Coe. “We know we are going to pursue the public hot spot …

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 …

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 …

PARIS-Paris may soon offer widespread Wi-Fi coverage, according to a recent report in the Inquirer. According to the report, a Cisco Systems Inc. representative told BBC World Service news that …

Though staged at the White House, Commerce Secretary Don Evan’s launch of the Digital Freedom Initiative on March 4 did not attract much press attention. Perhaps deservedly so. The White …

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 …

NEW YORK-Airespace Inc., San Jose, Calif., hatched in the Storm Ventures incubator 18 months ago, reached a fledgling milestone last weekwhen it made the first commercial shipment of its Wireless …

In the sweepstakes of third-generation (3G) contracts, smaller equipment vendors hope to outplay the bigger names by taking advantage of their product strengths and delays in Universal Mobile Telecommunications System …

NEW YORK-Vernier Networks, Mountainview, Calif., will make commercially available in late April two new 6500p products, Access Manager and Integrated System, which are based on a draft wireless local area …

PLANO, Texas-MetaSolv Software Inc. announced enhancements to its service activation capabilities. Extended service capabilities include Internet Protocol services device support for Alcatel 7670 MPLS switches, Cicso Catalyst layer 2 switches …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc., announced a definitive agreement to acquire The Linksys Group Inc., a privately held provider of home networking products including wired and wireless products for consumers …

PORTSMOUTH, N.H.-Meetinghouse Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., has introduced its AEGIS Client for Pocket PC 2002, which it said, “supports a broad range of Extensible Authentication Protocol methods, including MDS, TLS, TTLS, …

The latest shakeup in the wireless enterprise market claimed struggling AvantGo Inc., as software infrastructure and integration company Sybase Inc. purchased the company in a $38 million cash merger. Sybase …

The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent is stepping …

The latest shakeup in the wireless enterprise market claimed struggling AvantGo Inc., as software infrastructure and integration company Sybase Inc. purchased the company in a $38 million cash merger. Sybase …

The exit of Sir Christopher Gent from the chief executive post at Vodafone certainly marks a milestone for the company and the industry. Unlike many of his counterparts, Gent has …

LONDON-Following on a promise he made earlier this year, Vodafone Group plc chairman and former RCR Wireless News Person of the Year Christopher Gent said he would retire from the …

In today’s soft economy, the benefits of outsourcing are becoming clearer to many manufacturers. Since the outsourcing trend intensified in the past few years, companies have said it has enhanced …

NEW YORK-The Liberty Alliance Project has released for public review on its Web site at www.projectliberty.org a draft of specifications for an open, interoperable standard for federated network identity for …

NEW YORK-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., Lincoln, Neb., has signed an agreement to acquire Allgon Mobile Communications, a designer and manufacturer of antennas for mobile communications devices, for an undisclosed sum. …

TORONTO-Bell Canada announced its official entry into the wireless local area network (WLAN) market, through partnerships with U.S.-based Cisco Systems and Symbol Technologies . Using the 802.11b or Wi-Fi standard, …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Citing unfavorable market conditions, Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., a Lincoln, Neb., supplier of wireless phone antennas, has withdrawn its plans to go public. Centurion said it hoped to raise …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Describing the product introduction as networks in motion, Cisco Systems Inc. has rolled out a new mobile access router that will work in airplanes, ships, tanks and trains, …