The Wi-Fi Alliance will use its pull in the industry to improve security measures in wireless LAN hardware over the next year. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Wayne Slavin
Sprint Boards WiMax Bandwagon
Sprint announced that the company has joined the WiMax Forum, a nonprofit industry group that promotes and certifies wireless technologies based on the IEEE 802.16 standard. Via [enterpriseitplanet.com]… Continue Reading
New Wireless Chips Reduce Power Consumption In Mobile Devices
ParkerVision Inc., of Jacksonville, Fla., this month announced a new line of efficient, high-performance, low-cost wireless chips. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Gains Traction But Needs VoIP
WiMAX, or Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access, is becoming a force in the wireless access arena, at least in parts of the world, reports In-Stat. By 2008, worldwide sales for WiMAX equipment will be billions of dollars, but over half of it will be for Customer Premise Equipment. WiMAX, a new form of Broadband Wireless… Continue Reading
IDC Finds Wireless Industry Is Not Playing Around
Individuals are carrying around mobile devices for more than just productivity and convenience – some consumers also play games on these devices. Wireless gaming is on track to become the single largest wireless data application category from a revenue perspective, overtaking ring tones in 2005 and rising to nearly $1.5 billion annually by 2008, according… Continue Reading
World Domination Postponed
To hear some of its more enthusiastic proponents you might conclude that WiMax, an emerging wireless-broadband technology, was about to take over the world. WiMax is akin to a long-range version of the popular Wi-Fi technology that allows computers close to a small base-station to surf the internet without wires. Whereas Wi-Fi’s range is limited… Continue Reading
New Wi-Fi Finders Work Well
Wi-Fi signal detectors should let you track down a wireless signal before booting up your notebook and wasting power. Unfortunately, early versions of the devices didn’t work very well. I tested three new devices and found them dramatically more useful than previous products. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
EDGE, WiMax, HSDPA, IMS: Can You Pick The Winners From The Losers?
Mobile operator mmO2 has been sorting out where it will be setting out its stall for the alphabet soup of connectivity of the future. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi To Hurt 3G Profits, Study Says
Wireless operators won’t earn as much from their investments in 3G wireless access because of decreasing prices for other options such as Wi-Fi, a new study says. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Super-fast WiFi Hits 1Gbit/sec
Researchers have used an advanced form of the technology used in Wifi to achieve a record wireless throughput of 1Gbit/second. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Muni-Wireless: The Battle Continues
Intel’s interest in the debate over municipal wireless is a welcome twist in an issue so bogged down in free-market rhetoric it’s forgotten about the market. Via [eweek.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX Forum Sets Certification Timetable
A week after acknowledging that certification of WiMAX products will take about six months longer than expected, the WiMAX Forum officially announced its certification plans on Monday. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Voice The ‘Killer App’ For Wireless LANs
Voice is the application most likely to drive the popularity of wireless LANs in the enterprise and beyond, according to new research. Via [networks.silicon.com]… Continue Reading
Small Form Factor 802.11 Design
SiGe Semiconductor’s range of ICs for the Wi-Fi wireless LAN standard includes the SE2550L RF front-end module and the SE2523L power amplifier specifically for 802.11b/g WLAN systems. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Wired Weary
People living in a wired culture can get tense if they have to unplug. That’s why California and Michigan are making high-speed Internet access available in recreation areas — a move that would seem to run counter to the whole point of recreation. Via [boston.com]… Continue Reading