Wi-Fi NewsAtheros announces power-efficient mobile Wi-Fi chipBy: By Donny Jackson Semiconductor company Atheros this week announced it has developed a new 802.11g chip for mobile devices that will be three times more power efficient and will provide almost twice the data throughput as current solutions... Burbank utility deploys Wi-Fi-enabled meters from SmartSynchBy: By Donny Jackson Municipally owned Burbank Water and Power in Burbank, Calif., this week announced it has started deployment of the world’s first Wi-Fi-enabled SmartMeters from Mississippi-based vendor SmartSynch to let the utility more efficiently manage its energy network and read meters automatically... Cisco targets government marketBy: By Donny Jackson Cisco Systems this week announced its Cisco Mobile Government solution, which is designed to give public-safety and government workers mobile access to high-speed applications via wireless connections in licensed and unlicensed bands... ShotSpotter partners with Tropos NetworksBy: By Mary Rose Roberts ShotSpotter announced yesterday that its Gunshot Location System (GLS) would be integrated with Tropos Networks’ Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh solutions so municipalities can deploy a Wi-Fi mesh network that can simultaneously support the transmission of gunfire data to public-safety officials... Broadcom announces cheaper Wi-Fi chipBy: By Donny Jackson Broadcom this week announced a new low-cost wireless LAN solution that is designed to let manufacturers build smaller, more affordable Wi-Fi products, including products that operate in the 4.9 GHz band dedicated for public-safety use... Motorola unveils enhanced radio cardBy: By Mary Rose Roberts Motorola New Airwave solution manages Wi-Fi, WiMAX and meshBy: By Donny Jackson Airwave Wireless yesterday announced version 5.0 of its wireless management software suite that expands its support for Wi-Fi networks to include management for WiMAX and mesh networks, as well as a new “Enterprise Edition” that provides enhanced scalability... Wi-Fi Alliance announces availability of simpler security productsBy: By Donny Jackson Small businesses and telecommuters at home should be able to work more securely over Wi-Fi networks with the availability of the first products that have been certified under the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Protected Setup program designed to make the setup process easier and quicker... Atheros’ new solution reduces 802.11g costsBy: By Donny Jackson Atheros Communications today launched the AR5007EG chip, an integrated 802.11g PCI Express (PCIe) solution designed to provide cost-effective wireless LAN, or WLAN connectivity for desktop and lower-cost notebook PCs projected to hit the market during the next two years.... iPass announces unified solution for mobile enterprise connectivityBy: By Donny Jackson California-based iPass this week announced the availability of Virtual Office and Device Lockdown solutions as part of the company’s effort to provide enterprises a unified package that lets employees securely work from mobile and remote broadband connections... Motorola releases incident-scene management suiteBy: By Donny Jackson Motorola last week introduced Incident Scene Management, a suite of wireless broadband solutions for public-safety and government entities that are required to coordinate responses to large-scale emergencies.... iPass partners with Tropos, US Wireless OnlineBy: By Donny Jackson Enterprise connectivity software vendor iPass this week announced a partnership with mesh-networking equipment maker Tropos Networks to make ... Atheros launches network processor, draft 802.11n chipsetBy: By Donny Jackson Wireless gearmaker Atheros Communications yesterday announced the launch of a cost-optimized, draft 802.11n chipset and the company’s first family of network processors.... Tropos announces multiband capabilityBy: By Donny Jackson Wireless mesh-networking vendor Tropos Network today announced a new family of MetroMesh routers that represent the company’s foray into the multiband market... Trans Con Mobile announces mobile, Wi-Fi based VoIP systemBy: By Donny Jackson Israel-based start-up Trans Con Mobile this week announced that it has developed, built and tested the infrastructure and handsets for a wireless voice-over-IP (VoIP) system that will let operators establish “cellular-like” networks in the unlicensed 2.4 GHz band... |
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