Health and medical-related uses for Bluetooth and wireless communications technology have manufacturers including IBM, Motorola, Nonin Medical, Phillips Electronics, and Welch Allyn joining forces to create and ratify a new Bluetooth Medical Device Profile. Using the new industry standard, blood pressure monitors, exercise equipment, and other health and medical devices will connect wirelessly to Bluetooth… Continue Reading
Mobile WiMax Could Restrict Fixed Systems
Portable wireless technology may steal some of the thunder from fixed WiMax systems, according to a report by Juniper Research. Analysts predict that, while fixed WiMax is expected to grow in the next 2-3 years, mobile WiMax offers a superior standard, a fixed wireless option in addition to mobility, and it’s all on track for… Continue Reading
WiMax Vendors Warned Of Qualcomm Licensing Costs
According to analysts from ABI Research’s Mobile Broadband Research Service, WiMax vendors should start factoring royalties payable to Qualcomm into their pricing plans. Qualcomm, patent-holder for Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) and Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) technology, already has payment agreements in place with Soma Networks, and is expected to “vigorously” enforce royalty payments with… Continue Reading
USRobotics Delays Pre-Standard 802.11n Equipment
The 802.11n draft drama continues. Netgear is pressing forward, releasing a WiFi ADSL modem based on the non ratified draft 802.11n spec. USR on the other had has decided to hold off on thier pre-n offerings until later in the year when the standard should be more or less ratified. Which one will gain and… Continue Reading
Korea’s KT Spearheads Mobile WiMax Operator Group
Twenty-one telecommunications operators from 15 nations in Asia, America and Europe are collaborating to create a global “roaming belt” for WiBro Mobile WiMax service, according to KT Corp. The Korean firm, which is spearheading the initiative, and the group met recently for the maiden session of the WiBro Mobile WiMax Community. KT refused to state… Continue Reading
Pakistan Plans Largest Mobile WiMax Rollout
The largest WiMax network to date is due to begin operations in Pakistan, according to Motorola. The firm will supply 802.16e-based MOTOwi4 network to the country’s Wateen Telecom and expects a million subscribers to initially avail of the service. Via [news.zdnet.co.uk]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi/VoIP iPod Could Attract 100m Users
Bundling reaches new heights with plans to add WiFi and VoIP to items such as Apple’s iPod digital media players. A new study suggests that the combination, called “real-time Internet,” will become the preferred way for consumers to access the Internet in the future. 100 million consumer mobile VoIP users are expected by the year… Continue Reading
A Cure To Citywide Wi-Fi Woes?
Early attempts to deploy citywide wireless Internet access have run into unforeseen problems. Contractors have been forced to place more access points than planned, and subscribers need to attach signal boosters to their homes in order to receive Internet access. Help may be on the way in the form of Wavion, a San Jose, California-based… Continue Reading
Startup Wants To Offer Free Nationwide Wireless
Startup company M2Z Networks plans to offer free wireless access with speeds at 384 Kbps across the U.S. once it secures a license from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). For higher speeds, users will have to pay a fee, five percent of which will go the government, according to the firm’s application to FCC. To… Continue Reading
Learn To Do A Wireless LAN Site Survey
George Ou covers how to do a WLAN site survey with a number of tools, including Netstumbler and Airmagnet survey. He also covers the proper usage and importance of a spectrum analyzer to a proper WLAN survey. In the end you get what you pay for. The commercial software is easy to use and has… Continue Reading
Boingo Wireless Buys Concourse
Hotspot operator Boingo has expanded it’s reach with the purchase of Concourse, giving it a presence in 12 major US airports and over 100 locations in the US and Canada. The purchase should not cause any job losses and should hopefully expand Boingo’s ability to support WiFi handsets. Via [wirelessweek.com]… Continue Reading
UK Sales Of Wi-Fi Equipment Soar
The growing demand for Wi-Fi technology led to a dramatic rise in sales of Wi-FI equipment in the U.K. over the past year. According to a new study by analyst firm GfK, sales of wireless routers totaled £24 million, or an increase of 108 percent from the first quarter of 2005 to the same period… Continue Reading
802.11n Likely To Be Delayed Even More
The 802.11n Draft 1.0 — the most recent version of next-generation wireless technology — garnered 12,000 comments from the standards-setting group IEEE according to a WNN report. To be ratified, the draft spec must be approved by 75 percent of the voting membership, and the high volume of comments indicates that a finalized version of… Continue Reading
Vendors Argue WiMax, WiFi, HSDPA
At The Wireless Event in London, the merits of WiFi, HSDPA, and WiMAX — the contenders for wireless technology’s number one position — were debated back and forth, but discussions ended with no real winner. WiFi is predicted to come out on top initially thanks to its early market presence and to the lack of… Continue Reading
Protecting The Wired From The Wireless
Identifying rogue accesspoints is not aneasy task. It is easier though when your orginization has a no-wireless policy. Network Chemistry has released a couple new products for rogue hunting. 2 fairly expensivehardware units, but also an opensource tool that analyses the wired network hosts, looking for access points. A fairly useful tool for the wireless… Continue Reading