A new wireless local area network standard is being developed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-the 802.11n protocol. According to the standards body, the new 802.11n protocol will raise the effective throughput for wireless LAN to at least 100 megabits per second,...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Wireless networking equipment provider Proxim Corp. has chosen Wavelink as network management partner for its ORiNOCO line of wireless local area network solutions for the enterprise.Through the partnership, Wavelink's Mobile Manager wireless LAN management software will be used to allow network administrators to...
Intel Corp. wants the world to know that it is not about cell phones, or personal digital assistants or wireless notebooks. It is about all of them.Working its vision under what it describes as adaptive communication technologies, the chipmaker plans to roll out cohesive...
GOTEBORG, Sweden-Speaking from one of L.M. Ericsson's major design headquarters in the company's home base of Sweden, Hakan Eriksson pronounced Ericsson's massive cost-cutting and reorganization efforts a success, while at the same time painting a relatively glowing outlook of the wireless industry.Eriksson works as...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-Mobile end users continue to use wireless technology more for personal use than professional, according to research by IDC. A survey of more than 2,500 members of IDC's Mobile Advisory Council found 34 percent of respondents use a wireless 802.11 Wi-Fi network at...
ORLAND PARK, Ill.-Andrew Corp. said its Microceptor Window Mount Antennas are being used in Schlotzsky's Deli made-to-order sandwich restaurants to provide Wi-Fi coverage to countertop Apple Mac computers and to customer-owned laptops."The Andrew Microceptor antennas are easy to install, provide strong signal strength throughout...
Privately held Mobility Networks, which sold technology to wireless carriers that linked wide area networks with Wi-Fi hot spots, has shut down and ceased operations, a former spokesman for the company confirmed. The spokesman declined to provide further information.Repeated attempts to contact the company's...
Privately held Mobility Networks, which sold technology to wireless carriers that linked wide area networks with Wi-Fi hot spots, has shut down and ceased operations, a former spokesman for the company confirmed. The spokesman declined to provide further information.Repeated attempts to contact the company's...
SAN JOSE, Calif.-Wireless technology development company WiDeFi Corp. has closed its first round of venture capital financing, garnering it $1.5 million.The company plans to use proceeds of the funding to expand its engineering staff, complete volume manufacturing of its wireless LAN Xtender reference design...
KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa.-InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has acquired all the assets of Tantivy Communications Inc., which develops data-enabling products.The assets cover patents, patent applications, know-how, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and other technologies related to CDMA2000, smart antennas, wireless local area networks and other...
InterDigital Communications Corp. said it has acquired all the assets of Tantivy Communications Inc., which develops data-enabling products.The assets cover patents, patent applications, know-how, state-of-the-art laboratory facilities and other technologies related to cdma2000, smart antennas, wireless local area networks and other wireless technologies.Tantivy received...
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...
FRAMINGHAM, Mass.-The wireless local area networks semiconductor market will increase at a13-percent compound annual rate from 2002 to 2007 to $1.1 billion, according to a report from IDC."The next several years are going to witness rapid development of a WLAN infrastructure, which in turn...
LEDBURY, U.K.-The number of wireless local are network hot spots in Europe will rise by more than 20,000 by 2007, according to a new report from telecommunications consulting firm BWCS."The bulk of the growth will come from locations such as cafes, bars and restaurants,"...
Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Avenue subsidiary is set to further blur the line between wireline and wireless communications when it launches its Verizon One service next year. The service will integrate cordless and cellular capabilities into a single handset with one telephone number.Verizon Avenue...
ACTON, Mass.-Propagate Networks Inc. released its flagship AutoCell software, which controls 802.11 environments to make wireless local area networks self organizing and self optimizing."If wired Ethernet switches worked the way 802.11 APs do today, IT would need to reconfigure the network every time they...
The evolution of the wireless local area network industry has been so dramatic that it seems almost a certainty that mobile-phone makers will include WLAN technology in future wireless devices.Indeed, all the major mobile-phone chip makers have announced plans to include 802.11 technology in...
PORTSMOUTH, N.H.-Atheros Communications will embed Meetinghouse's AEGIS Authentication API security technology into its 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g network adapter reference designs."By partnering with Meetinghouse, we are able to provide our retail, PC OEM, and enterprise customers with a robust and comprehensive security solution built directly...
CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J.-Rapid acceptance of 802.11b (Wi-Fi) technology has caused prices to fall, further fueling growth, according to new research from Probe Group.David Chamberlain, Probe analyst, suggested public wireless local area networks offer additional sales opportunities for companies operating them: "These so-called public WLAN...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.-Funk Software upgraded its secure wireless LAN access client to add support for the new Wi-Fi Protected Access standard for wireless security.Odyssey Client version 2.1 supports WPA on Windows 98 and later versions and has be certified to work with other WPA-certified products...
MAITLAND, Fla.-MeshNetworks Inc. and Itochu announced they have expanded their relationship.Itochu, which currently promotes MeshNetworks technology in Japan, said it will now also target partners and customers throughout Asia. In addition, Itochu made an investment as part of MeshNetworks' Series C round of funding.The...
ANN ARBOR, Mich.-Interlink Networks and Bluesoft have partnered to provide location-enabled security solutions for 802.11 Wi-Fi networks.For the joint solution, Interlink's Secure.XS Wireless LAN Security Software will be integrated with Bluesoft's AeroScout Wireless LAN Location System resulting in a new layer of security that...
SUNNYVALE, Calif.-Proxim Corp. has hired two new senior executives: David Olson as senior vice president of operations and services and Stephen Dix as vice president of LAN sales."David and Stephen both bring extraordinary experience and depth to Proxim in two critical areas," said Jonathan...
NEW DELHI, India-The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has issued guidelines for public wireless Internet access services. Called "Guideline on the Provision of Wireless LAN Service using Spread Spectrum Communications Equipment," the guidelines explain the framework for the use of wireless local area...
