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RSA: Hotspot Security Improving

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 27th, 2008

Today, RSA announced the results of its annual Wireless Security Survey, which looks at the measures companies and individuals are taking – or not taking – to ensure that their wireless networks are secure.
One of RSA’s security experts recently trolled the streets of NYC, London and Paris to quantify the growth in [...]

Clearwire: Show Us the Money

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 21st, 2008

It’s not “show friends.” It’s show *business*.
– Jerry Macquire

Ben Wolff, CEO of Clearwire, recently told USA Today that by the end of 2009, WiMax will be available to 60 million to 80 million US consumers and by 2010 they expect 140 million will be able to get the signal.
Sprint’s Xohm mobile broadband service [...]

DeviceScape: Seamless VoIP Handsets

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 20th, 2008

Today Devicescape announced its Devicescape Easy Wi-Fi for Handsets solution will enable Fujitsu to provide enterprise-level security and roaming access using the Fujitsu F1100 Smartphone.
Devicescape software maintains a WiFi connection on different access points automatically. The Fujitsu F1100 is distributed by NTT DoCoMo, a leading Japanese telecom operator, and is aimed at enterprise [...]

Wi-Fi: 1 Billion Served by 2012

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 15th, 2008

According to researcher In-Stat, shipments of consumer electronics devices embedded with Wi-Fi could reach nearly 1 billion by 2012. More than 294 million devices with Wi-Fi shipped last year, says In-Stat.
By 2011, cellular/Wi-Fi handsets will surpass mobile PCs as the largest category of Wi-Fi devices, predicts the firm. Digital TVs equipped with Wi-Fi will [...]

Trapeze Networks: Big MAN in China

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 14th, 2008

Confucius: By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest. - Up the Yangtze

Trapeze Networks says it has won the Hangzhou Wi-Fi Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) project, the largest Wi-Fi MAN in China. Trapeze Networks will deploy [...]

D-Link into VoIP Services

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 14th, 2008

D-Link, primarily known as a consumer WiFi vendor, is also the developer of the VoiceCenter phone system, a VoIP solution. Today D-Link announced a partnership with Cbeyond, a voice and broadband Internet provider to serve small businesses with IP voice solutions.
The D-Link VoiceCenter is suited for small businesses requiring up to 50 phones. Their [...]

MIMO 4×4 On a Chip

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 13th, 2008

Quantenna, a Silicon Valley startup announced the world’s first fully integrated 802.11n chipsets with 4×4 MIMO and transmit (Tx) beamforming. It’s designed to deliver guaranteed wireless bandwidth within homes.
Quantenna says they uniquely combine a 4×4 radio transceiver/antenna, concurrent dual band mode, mesh networking and transmit (Tx) beamforming – in a single chipset.
“Our unique [...]

Intel to Dominate Ultra Mobiles

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 13th, 2008

ABI Research says revenues from ultra-mobile PCs (UMPCs), netbooks, and mobile Internet devices (MIDs) is expected to increase from $3.5 billion in 2008 to nearly $27 billion in 2013.”
This year, retail sales account for only 14% of shipments, while UMDs provided by mobile operators stand at nearly 30%; the balance are sold directly by [...]

MIT’s CarTel: Car Sensor Does Route Planning

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 10th, 2008

MIT’s CarTel, a distributed, mobile sensor network and telematics system, combines mapping WiFi access points in the Boston metro area with a Web site that shows all the trips made by a driver and provides interesting ways to visualize one’s trips, individually and collectively.
A small embedded computer, about the size of a cellphone, is [...]

Nikon’s Wireless WatchMan

Posted by Sam Churchill on October 7th, 2008

Nikon has announced the Media Port UP (”UP” read as individual letters), today. It’s a multimedia playback headset that also supports Internet connection.

A display, headphones, and mobile A/V player, are integrated with Wi-Fi, high-capacity memory, and batteries in a single wearable unit. The UP allows users to watch high-quality images, videos, and music anywhere. [...]