wireless local area networks

LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware for the first quarter of this year trumped the fourth quarter of 2003 by 2 percent with a revenue of $696.4 million, according to …

BALTIMORE-Interlink Networks announced Chicago-based distributor WAV Inc. will become the first nationwide distributor of its LucidLink Wireless Security solution, an 802.11 wireless local area network security solution designed for small …

Validation of increased efforts by carriers to improve the quality of service of their still-expanding wireless networks recently came in the form of ramped up announcements, including financial and product …

The worldwide wireless local area network hardware market in the first quarter of this year trumped the fourth quarter of 2003 by 2 percent, with revenues of $696.4 million, according …

The once hailed Wi-Fi company Cometa Networks Inc., originally backed by power players AT&T, IBM and Intel, has shut down its network due to lack of funding. Since its founding, …

As Wi-Fi adoption grows, companies are coming together to work out suitable standards in two key areas-security and quality of service. The security protocol for Wi-Fi is called Wi-Fi Protected …

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Cisco Systems Inc. said it has unveiled a new module that integrates wireless local area network with wireline, supporting up to 300 access points and 6,000 users. The …

IRVINE, Calif.-Broadcom Corp. said it has unveiled two products to enhance wireless local area network connectivity and security, including a software tool and a hardware module. The software tool will …

AMSTERDAM-Aptilo Network and Gemtek Systems said they have entered into a partnership to provide wireless local area networks solutions for carriers. Gemtek will offer its access gateways, hotspot-in-a-box solution and …

LINCOLN, Neb.-Centurion Wireless Technologies Inc., which designs and manufactures antennas for wireless communications, has signed Sparco Technologies Inc. as an authorized distributor. Sparco, which distributes Wi-Fi technologies, will offer Centurion’s …

TEMPE, Ariz.-In spite of price declines, wireless local area networks chip market witnessed a 176-percent growth in 2003 with Broadcom Inc. as the big winner in revenues, according to a …

NEW YORK-Telecom operators in Europe must re-examine their competitive strategies as fixed-line minutes shift to mobile networks, according to Frost & Sullivan. For both fixed and mobile, wireless local area …

CUPERTINO, Calif.-Symantec Corp. announced it is expanding its family of secure firewall applications with the Symantec Gateway Security 300 Series, including the 320, 360 and 360R. The 300 series of …

TOKYO-NTT DoCoMo Inc. said it will conduct a test of international roaming between wireless local area networks with Singapore Telecom Mobile Pte Ltd. aimed at verifying technologies and marketability under …

In two major announcements last week, Nortel Networks Ltd. and Alcatel Alsthom demonstrated the kind of attention the wireless industry is paying to voice over wireless local area networks. Alcatel …

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-Just a few months after it acquired the company, InterDigital Communications Corp.’s subsidiary Tantivy Communications Inc. said it filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Lucent Technologies Inc. …

Although wireless by and large caters to the consumer market, many of the industry’s major mobile-phone makers zeroed in on the high-margin business user during the 3GSM show in Cannes, …

CANNES, France-Kineto Wireless, supplier of Mobile over Wireless LAN (MoWLAN) solutions, made several announcements at this week’s 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, France. Kineto has: chosen Hughes Software Systems’ GPRS …

Computer industry giant Hewlett-Packard Co. increased its focus on the wireless market with enhancements to a number of its integrated service platforms, including customer-care and support services that are part …

SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Meru Networks announced it has moved a step closer to deploying voice over wireless LAN solutions by achieving Siemens HiPath Ready certification and completing Vocera and Spectralink interoperability testing. …

As the battle for network supremacy rages on, wireless carriers are targeting places with minimal wireless coverage, including highly trafficked indoor spaces like airports, shopping malls, casinos, office buildings, healthcare …

PORTLAND, Ore.-VeriWave Inc. has closed its first institutional round of funding. The funding, from investors U.S. Venture Partners and TL Ventures, will address the need for 802.11 wireless LAN testing. …

Identity theft, a popular catch phrase in the financial services industry, is also the leading type of fraud afflicting the telecommunications industry, according to a new survey by the Telecommunications …

NEW YORK-Deloitte Research expects wireless subscriber numbers to continue to rise during 2004, bolstered by the steady use of traditional voice applications. Deloitte predicts mobile-subscriber penetration rates will continue to …

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The wireless LAN market will grow 23 percent in 2004 to $2.2 billion, with strong growth continuing through 2006, but its decline will begin in 2007, according to …