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Bridgewater Systems intros Wi-Fi Service Manager

KANATA, Ontario - Bridgewater Systems has introduced the Wi-Fi Service Manager, which allows carriers to centrally monitor and manage thousands of enterprise sites while providing, secure, controlled access to enterprise wireless local area networks for employees and visitors."Enterprises have shown enthusiasm for WLANs for...

Core Communications selects NetAccess for wireless LAN deployments in hotels

DULLES, Va.-Core Communications, a managed network services provider for the hospitality and meeting industries, has selected NetAccess, a broadband subscriber management solution developed by San Diego-based IP3 Networks Inc. for wireless LAN access in guest rooms at Omni and other hotels."IP3 provides seamless support...

Survival of the fattest?: European operators free of debt enjoy cashflow spoils

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom-Despite economic slowing and sector saturation, profitability of some of Europe's savvy-and lucky-wireless operators is managing to improve across a desolate backdrop. Across the Continent, average revenue per user (ARPU) for most operators has been increasing at about 5 percent quarter on...

Vienna unlikely leader in WLAN deployments

OXFORD, United Kingdom-Despite the growing hype surrounding wireless local area networks (WLANs), the Austrian capital, Vienna, has claimed the number-one position for the city with the highest density of wireless hot spots. The local wireless Internet service provider (WISP), Metronet, maintained that its 136...

Intel, Microsoft chiefs talk wireless

LAS VEGAS-Known as the two-headed monster of the personal computing industry by the nickname Wintel, the heads of Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. made special mention of the importance wireless technology will play in the future of consumer electronics during their respective keynote speeches...

SanDisk uses SyChip card

LAS VEGAS-SanDisk will use SyChip Inc.'s WLAN6060SD NIC accessory card design, based on the Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) standard, in its new SanDisk Connect SD wireless products, the companies announced at a press conference at the CES show in Las Vegas this week....

Mobility Networks to supply Go Mobile with wireless LAN

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Networks Systems Inc. said it has signed a contract to supply Malta's Mobisle Communications Ltd., also known as Go Mobile, with wireless LAN network solutions."Mobility Networks has developed an open and flexible architecture that integrates seamlessly into GPRS networks and provides...

Threats from within

As one of the most challenging years in telecom history winds down, the wireless sector faces a variety of threats from within and outside the industry.Which threats will prove to be mere specters and which ones turn out to be true wolves remains to...

Philips to buy Systemonic

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...

Philips to buy Systemonic

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...

Philips to buy Systemonic

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands-Electronics giant Royal Philips Electronics announced it will acquire Systemonic, which makes silicon products for wireless local area networks, a move Philips said will help the company add wireless audio/video streaming capabilities to its quest to create pervasive connectivity in the home.Terms...

Newbury Networks releases Wi-Fi security solution

SANTA CLARA-Newbury Networks Inc. released its Wi-Fi Watchdog security solution for wireless LAN implementations at the 802.11 Planet Conference this week.Wi-Fi Watchdog detects locations of 802.11 traffic in a network to identify unknown devices and rogue access points and to alert network administrators of...

Mobility Networks products interoperate with hot spots

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Network Systems Inc. announced its ipRAN products are compatible with the Generic Interface Specification (GIS) developed by iPass Inc., which allows mobile operators to add wireless LAN roaming to their networks."Our partnership with iPass allows mobile operators to offer their customers...

WLAN use in European hospitals grows in line with security concerns

LONDON- Security concerns are mounting as wireless LAN technology becomes more pervasive in the European hospital environment, according to new research from Frost & Sullivan. Frost & Sullivan expects the market for WLAN technologies in European hospitals to grow from $12.29 million in 2001...

Carriers wary of Wi-Fi hype, but invest nevertheless

Even though accessing wireless data using wireless local area networks is a questionable revenue driver for wireless carriers, any operator without a clear 802.11b-based business model is seen by many in the industry as being behind the times. The buzz surrounding WLAN technology based...

Ericsson, Agere, Proxim to develop Wi-Fi solution

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-L.M. Ericsson said it will partner with Agere and Proxim to develop end-to-end solutions for Wireless LAN access, integrating hot spots with 3G wide area networks."The operators can offer customers attractive value added service packages, combining the different features of both WLAN and...

Hong Kong WLANs set to compete for mobile data market

HONG KONG-With the cellular phone market saturated at 86 percent of the population, Hong Kong's wireless engineers have wasted no time in jumping on the next bandwagon-WiFi and Bluetooth, short range technologies with potential applications in companies and household.The upsurge in totally unregulated wireless...

WLAN poised for growth

SAN JOSE, Calif.-The wireless LAN industry is poised for massive growth, with 2002 shipments set to be up 73 percent and revenue increased 26 percent, according to new research from Gartner Dataquest Inc.Gartner predicts growth in the sector will continue into next year, with...

Flarion outsources to Flextronics

BEDMINSTER, N.J.-Flarion Technologies Inc., Bedminster, N.J., has contracted with Flextronics, an outsourced manufacturer of telecommunications equipment, to produce its RadioRouter and PC card products for interoperability between wireless local area networks and cellular networks.In its Sept. 19 announcement, Flarion said it plans to release...

Colligo product enables real-time mobile interaction

VANCOUVER, Canada-Colligo Networks Inc., which provides business collaboration and messaging software, announced the commercial availability of its new Colligo Personal Edition. The company said the new product enables real-time interactions that deliver immediate value to mobile professionals that come together in any environment, when...

Sage publishes findings of enterprise WLAN report

NATICK, Mass.-Sage Research Inc. announced the publication of findings from the August 5, 2002, Sage Technology Roundtable "WLANs in the Enterprise," which covered topics including security, mobile wide area network connectivity, hot spot providers, and reasons for wireless local area networks in companies. Among...

Mobility Networks integrates WiLAN system into Rogers network

SAN JOSE, Calif.-Mobility Networks Systems Inc. said it has integrated its pilot WiLAN system known as WiFiRAN into Rogers AT&T Wireless' 2.5G and 3G network."Mobile operators are able to leverage current investments in their infrastructures to offer authentication, charging/billing and security to the public...

Ericsson WLAN system part of integrated trial

STOCKHOLM, Sweden-Japanese service provider Yozan has selected L.M. Ericsson's wireless LAN solution for deployment in its trial of a hybrid pager/PHS/WLAN integrated mobile Internet service."The system targets consumers equipped with PDAs and laptops, which incorporate PHS or WLAN access in a PC card format,"...

Lucent partners for enterprise data offerings

MURRAY HILL, N.J.-Lucent Technologies Inc. has inked a strategic initiative with several wireless companies, including Agere Systems, Hewlett Packard, Sierra Wireless, iPASS and ipUnplugged, to provide enterprise customers with secure high-speed wireless data."This integrated portfolio of solutions will allow business customers to access critical...