Nokia is holding fire on mobile WiMax until 2008 as it waits for the market to develop. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
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Gartner Urges 802.11n Wi-Fi Restraint
Companies should stay away from next-generation Wi-Fi equipment described as 802.11n compliant, Gartner has warned. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
Silicon Valley Plans Regional Wireless Network
A group of Silicon Valley civic and business leaders don’t think the high-tech center is connected enough, so they are looking to build a regionwide wireless networks. Via [news.com.com]… Continue Reading
ZigBee Interoperability ‘Not A Problem’
Zigbee products will hit the market this year and a lack of interoperability testing of the technology will not be a problem, according to Freescale Semiconductor. Via [electronicsweekly.com]… Continue Reading
Bluetooth Set To Take Over Wireless From Wi-Fi…
The IEEE has abandoned its effort to create a UWB standard, but has agreed on a draft for the next generation of WiFi, 802.11n. The conventional wisdom is that this week’s events are great news for Wi-Fi, and a disaster for Ultra-Wide Band, UWB, and by association, Bluetooth. In fact, the exact opposite is likely… Continue Reading
London Loses Top Wi-Fi Status
London has lost its place as the city with the most Wi-Fi hotspots, according to a recent survey. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
WIMAX Designers Keen On Open Architecture
The Open Base Station Architecture Initiative, (OBSAI) reports that nearly one third of its members actively work with WiMAX technology and that the initiative’s WiMAX integration will be completed soon. Via [eetuk.com]… Continue Reading
Faster Gear To Drive Wi-Fi Market
Consumers won’t wait to snap up new, faster wireless LAN gear this year, research company Dell’Oro Group said Tuesday, even though the IEEE 802.11n standard responsible for the latest breakthrough probably won’t be signed off on until 2007. Via [pcworld.com]… Continue Reading
WiMax Faces Renewed Competition: Study
While WiMax has the strong backing of Intel, the study noted that another type of wireless broadband, FLASH-OFDM, is now owned by Qualcomm and is based on another standard. Via [informationweek.com]… Continue Reading
Symbol Links Field Staff With New Rugged Device
Symbol Technologies will this week ship a new handheld aimed at mobile staff such as service engineers and delivery drivers. The ruggedised device offers multiple wireless options and facilities such as a barcode scanner, allowing staff to query central data sources while in the field. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
TI Completes $200M ZigBee Acqusition
Texas Instruments Inc. has added a ZigBee play to its portfolio of high performance analog chips with the completion of its acquisition of Chipcon. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Wi-Fi Specs Approach 100Mbit/s
A first draft of the 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) standard was unanimously approved by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) last week. The approval could prompt vendors to ship compliant equipment in mid-2006, though the final specification will not be ratified for another year. Via [vnunet.com]… Continue Reading
UWB Derails, Wi-Fi On Track
Two critical decisions at last week’s IEEE 802 meeting in Waikoloa, Hawaii, underscore the different paths possible when implementation choices appear to be at loggerheads. Because the 802.15.3a effort to develop a common ultrawideband standard could find no common ground between the multiband-OFDM and direct-sequence groups, the project authorization request was officially abandoned. Via [commsdesign.com]… Continue Reading
Atheros Moves On 802.11n
Atheros Communications Inc. today announced the launch of its XSPAN family of wireless LAN technologies for 802.11n, based on a triple-radio RF design. Via [reed-electronics.com]… Continue Reading
Will 802.11n Change Your World?
Last Thursday, the IEEE announced that the 802.11n Task Group (TGn) had approved a draft of what may be the most significant new standard to come out of IEEE in the past 10 years. Based largely on a specification developed by the Enhanced Wireless Consortium (EWC), an association of leading network silicon developers, the proposal,… Continue Reading