2002
09.23
Lucent Technologies has demonstrated the successful seamless handoff of a wireless data call from a “WiFi” or wireless local area network (WLAN) to a UMTS network, enabling mobile laptop users to browse the Internet while roaming between the two network types with no interruption in the session.
Via [cellular-news.com]
2002
09.23
Nicholas Negroponte explains why Wi-Fi “lily pads and frogs” will transform the future of telecom.
Via [wired.com]
2002
09.19
Wireless LAN sales are rocketing, with shipments expected to grow 73 per cent this year. Even though prices are falling, revenue will grow 26 per cent this year, according to Gartner Dataquest.
Via [theregister.co.uk]
2002
09.19
Microsoft plans to release new wired and wireless networking products Thursday into the crowded and hypercompetitive consumer hardware market.
Via [news.com.com]
2002
09.18
Government declines to create protective laws, saying security should be a shared and voluntary act by all involved.
Via [pcworld.com]
2002
09.11
A new wireless standard five times faster than Wi-Fi got an important approval Monday.
Via [news.com.com]
2002
09.08
Sneaky US company uses ‘honey-trap’ WLAN to study hacking techniques.
Via [software.silicon.com]
2002
09.05
Wi-Fi chips for wireless home networks will be moving in with a roommate: broadband modems.
Via [news.com.com]
2002
09.02
In July hereUare Communications put itself up for sale and said at the time that if it couldn’t sell in two weeks, the company would “go away.”
Via [siliconvalley.internet.com]