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GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise …

A study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users in fact do enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 Americans …

GENEVA-STMicroelectronics announced it has joined the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which is developing a Wi-Fi standard proposal for the IEEE 802.11n Task Group. ST says it plans to share its expertise …

The IEEE’s November Wi-Fi standards-development meeting came and went without much fanfare, but debate over how to best reach a standard is causing some fireworks. Airgo Networks Inc. said it …

A new study commissioned by the Wi-Fi Alliance not surprisingly found that Wi-Fi users do in fact enjoy the convenience of Wi-Fi technology. Survey.com conducted the survey, which tallied 1,000 …

After 12 official drafts, the IEEE finally approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and KT Corp. announced that they plan to work as a team to accelerate the adoption of mobile WiMAX, beginning with the establishment of an interoperability testing center …

PARIS-Alcatel Corp. and KT Corp. announced that they plan to work as a team to accelerate the adoption of mobile WiMAX, beginning with the establishment of an interoperability testing center …

After 12 official drafts, the IEEE has approved the 684-page proposal from the 802.16 Task Group, designating the mobile WiMAX standard as 802.16e-2005. The WiMAX Forum is set to begin …

DALLAS-The Alberta Special Areas Board picked Nortel Networks Ltd. to build a fixed WiMAX network in Canada, bringing high-speed wireless broadband access to rural areas of Alberta, Nortel said. Nortel …

The mesh market is garnering increased attention lately-and following a typical path in wireless evolution-complete with competition between startups and industry leaders, and competing proposals for a standard-all underscored by …

BUSAN, Korea-KT Corp. demonstrated new wireless broadband technology it hopes to deliver to millions of subscribers by 2010. Korea’s largest fixed-line operator unveiled mobile WiMAX technology for delegates from the …

BUSAN, Korea-KT Corp. demonstrated new wireless broadband technology it hopes to deliver to millions of subscribers by 2010. Korea’s largest fixed-line operator unveiled mobile WiMAX technology for delegates from the …

Product announcements streamed out of Boston during WiMAX World 2005, a show where the attendance increased from the hundreds in 2004 to the thousands in 2005. As the industry moves …

AUSTIN, Texas-It’s official, Wi-Fi is here to stay. The word Wi-Fi has been added to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition for 2005. “You know you’ve truly made it when you’re …

MUNICH, Germany-Siemens AG announced an agreement with ZAO Start Telecom to construct a fixed WiMAX network in Russia based on the IEEE 802.16-2004 standard. In the deal, Siemens will provide …

BOSTON-Product announcements are streaming out of Boston as the WiMAX World 2005 show gets underway. First up, Motorola Inc. is set to demonstrate the capabilities of its MOTOwi4 Canopy solutions. …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it has completed a mobile WiMAX data call and will begin WiMAX trials in 2006. “This is an important step in our WiMAX development work, and …

ESPOO, Finland-Nokia Corp. said it completed a mobile WiMAX data call and will begin WiMAX trials in 2006. “This is an important step in our WiMAX development work, and we …

Ratification is looming for a WiMAX specification standard, and trials, products and opinions are rampant. The worldwide WiMAX market is expected to reach $3.5 billion and account for 4 percent …

WASHINGTON-The Supreme Court is poised to decide whether to review a lower-court ruling that would revive five class-action lawsuits alleging wireless firms endangered consumers by knowingly marketing unsafe radiation-emitting cell …

Instead of racing down separate standardization paths, wireless chipmakers Broadcom Corp. and Intel Corp. have joined a consortium of Wi-Fi players to form the Enhanced Wireless Consortium, which says it …

WASHINGTON-A new study says electromagnetic radiation produced by cell phones do not stress human cells in a way that could lead to heath risks. “We performed highly sensitive, extremely well-controlled …

Motorola Inc. says it is playing its trump card-wireless mobility-in the WiMAX space, skipping over 802.16 Revision D in favor of getting Revision E (the mobile standard) products to market …

TEL AVIV, Israel-Wireless broadband solutions provider Alvarion Ltd. said it is filling commercial orders and shipping its WiMAX-ready BreezeMAX PRO customer premises equipment, which includes Intel’s PRO/Wireless 5116 broadband interface …