Tag: Products

Startup Azaire Networks has secured $9 million in Series B financing for its cellular/WiFi network convergence technology. Via [commsdesign.com]

WiMAX products are set to increasingly compete with existing landline broadband technologies and eventually even mobile broadband technologies as DSL and cable penetration continues to grow while WiMAX products push for certification, according to Boston-based market research firm the Yankee Group. Via [reed-electronics.com]

Just when it seemed that the wireless networking alphabet soup was starting to make sense, a new flavor -- 802.11n -- promises to spice up wireless LAN (WLAN) standards once again. Even though 802.11a, b and g are already in the bowl, one vendor is pioneering this new technology years ahead of the standards groups,...

Tropos Networks, a developer of equipment for metro-sized Wi-Fi mesh networks, announced Tuesday a new mesh cell that works in vehicles. Via [internetweek.com]

Network Chemistry, a provider of RF (radio frequency) security solutions, announced Monday that new worm-detection capabilities have been added to its RFprotect Wireless Intrusion Protection System. Via [news.zdnet.com]

Proxim has started selling a software suite to knit access points together and contend with purpose-built wireless switches from other vendors. The suite is made up of a range of software from third parties. Via [arnnet.com.au]

Mobile operator O2 has launched a 3G datacard as part of a service combining general packet radio service (GPRS), 3G and Wi-Fi access. Via [vnunet.com]

Those who vacation on the big boats increasingly are finding themselves able to access the Internet from stem to stern, thanks to Wi-Fi deployments rigged with signal backhaul through satellite connections. Who needs Wi-Fi on vacation? You'd be surprised. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Startup Radwin has blended an off-the-shelf 802.11a/g wireless LAN (WLAN) radio with high-gain antennas and a proprietary media access control (MAC) layer to create a point-to-point broadband wireless system for backhaul and enterprise connectivity applications. Via [commsdesign.com]

Intel has snuffed out a plan to provide consumer desktop PCs with built-in Wi-Fi access points--the latest wrinkle for the chipmaker, which has faced a number of product setbacks this year. Via [news.zdnet.com]

French vendor Altitude Telecom said Thursday it will launch a wireless broadband network across France using pre-WiMAX equipment from Alvarion Ltd. Via [internetweek.com]

MeshNetworks of Maitland, Fla., has made its name creating citywide networks that usually support first responder departments like police and fire. They do it with equipment that operates in various radio spectrums, including the 2.4GHz range used by 802.11b/g—though MeshNetworks doesn't use the 802.11/Wi-Fi standard (the company calls itself "radio-agnostic"). Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

When I travel I love to find WiFi wireless networks I can use in a pinch. It’s become easy to find WiFi in hotels. But, in airports, train stations and even outdoors in parks I’m sometimes forced to open my laptop or PDA, and log-in to see if I can find an open network where...

Chipmaker Texas Instruments (TI) has announced the integration of voice over WLAN with a popular processing architecture it uses in many cellular phones. Via [wi-fiplanet.com]

Dust Networks announced today the release of SmartMesh, a wireless mesh networking platform for enterprise-level monitoring and control solutions. Via [news.zdnet.com]