Tropos announces connectivity software solution 

By Donny Jackson

Wireless network vendor Tropos Network this week announced the availability of a software upgrade designed to improve connection reliability by any client device using its Wi-Fi-based mesh networking equipment...

Motorola expands municipal mesh strategy 

By Donny Jackson

Motorola today announced the last of three new offerings in its municipal mesh-networking portfolio as the vendor giant continues its efforts to make products in the sector more accessible to a broader base of potential customers, including cable companies...

Motorola introduces Wi-Fi card for 2.4, 4.9 GHz 

By Donny Jackson

Motorola today announced the launch of the WDE1000, which the vendor giant touts as the first 2.4 GHz and 4.9 GHz dual-band Wi-Fi card for muncipalwide and ad-hoc connectivity...

Motorola unveils low-cost mesh product 

By Donny Jackson

LAS VEGAS--Motorola this week is displaying the HotZone Duo, a new mesh-networking product designed for users seeking a standards-based, low-cost path into the wireless broadband arena...

Symbol launches multi-network RF switching platform 

By Glenn Bischoff

Symbol Technologies this week introduced the Wireless Next Generation, or Wi-NG, architecture that lets users centrally manage voice and data communications over multiple networks—including Wi-Fi, RFID, voice over WLAN, mesh and WiMAX—via a single RF switching platform...

Rio Rancho chooses to make Wi-Fi system free 

By Donny Jackson

Residents of Rio Rancho, N.M., will be able to access the citywide Wi-Fi network for free after the city council this week voted to change the terms of its agreement with service provider Azulstar...

Illinois’ second largest city welcomes municipal Wi-Fi network 

SkyPilot Networks and MetroFi have been retained to build a metro-scale Wi-Fi network for Aurora, Ill....

Multi-modal media player in beta stage 

Socket Communications and Zoran are developing reference designs for the Zplayer Ultra, an enabled portable media player...

Municipal Wi-Fi to cover 126,000 square miles by 2010 

An ABIReseach report said that by 2010, municipal Wi-Fi networks will cover 126,000 total square miles internationally...

European bus company tests mobile Wi-Fi system 

Telabria launched a trial of its mSystem MobilAP-3G wireless access system in conjunction with National Express, a European bus company...

IBM claims chipset boosts transmission speeds tenfold 

IBM recently announced the development of a small, low-cost Wi-Fi chipset that the company said would allow wireless devices to receive and transmit signals up to 10 times faster than current Wi-Fi networks...

Tropos in deal to deliver metro-scale Wi-Fi across Europe 

Mesh network system developer Tropos Networks announced that it has entered into an agreement with hot spot provider The Cloud...

Atheros teams with Qualcomm for cellular/Wi-Fi solution 

By DOnny Jackson

California-based Atheros Communications and CDMA giant Qualcomm this week are demonstrating interoperability between their chipsets as they pursue an integrated cellular/Wi-Fi solution that can be used on most 3G networks, including WCDMA and CDMA EV/DO...

Symbol unveils rugged, multi-mode enterprise-level handheld 

Symbol Technologies recently introduced the MC70 mobile computer, which the company billed as the first rugged “enterprise digital assistant” to combine cellular voice and data communications, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth...

Milwaukee chooses Midwest Fiber for Wi-Fi deal 

By Donny Jackson

Milwaukee Common Council members voted 14-1 this week to approve a $20 million deal with Midwest Fiber Networks to build and maintain a citywide, high-speed, wireless mesh network targeted toward the city’s consumers and enterprises, according to media reports...