Downstream makers in the Taiwan WLAN industry estimate that, excluding chips used in Intel Centrino WLAN modules, Broadcom led the market with shipments of 20 million WLAN chips last year, for a 45% market share. Atheros came second with 12 million units and a 27% share, the makers said. Via [digitimes.com]… Continue Reading
Entire Island Going Wireless
Mauritius, a remote, mountainous island in the South West Indian Ocean, is slated to get a 100-square-mile broadband wireless network from Navini Networks. Via [informationweek.mobilepipeline.com]… Continue Reading
Old Taipei Wired For Wi-Fi On Trains
The Taipei City government said that free wi-fi access is now available on 30 of its rapid transit stations as part of a push to offer Internet access to all. Via [theinquirer.net]… Continue Reading
WiMax Big Bang Slips
Companies wanting to take advantage of fixed wireless broadband services built around the WiMax standard won’t now see them until next year. Via [computerweekly.com]… Continue Reading
UMR Students Examine Tools Used In Wi-Fi Security Attacks
As the federal government considers whether airplane passengers should have inflight wireless Internet access, two University of Missouri-Rolla students are examining the vulnerabilities such networks pose. Via [waynesvilledailyguide.com]… Continue Reading
Wireless Helps Boost Telecom Spending
A new report says wireless technology is a big force behind renewed telecom industry spending. Via [rcrnews.com]… Continue Reading
WiFi Could Hit Phone Operators
An analyst firm has warned that increased deployment and aggressive pricing of WiFi wireless LANs could wipe out up to $12bn of profits for US operators. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
WiMAX To Challenge DSL, Cable Broadband
A report released Monday predicts that the controversial wireless technology WiMAX is likely to eventually take its place as a major broadband service-providing platform competing vigorously with DSL and cable broadband. Via [informationweek.mobilepipeline.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Alliance To Promote WLAN Security
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
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
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
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
Municipal Wi-Fi Networks? Forgeddabout It.
To prove their tech savviness, governments of cities such as Philadelphia and New York have decided, over the past year or so, to start providing wireless broadband services. Philadelphia, for one, is looking to seed all of its 135 square miles with Wi-Fi (wireles fidelity) hot spots. The project, to be funded with public funds,… Continue Reading