- New standard for seamless WLAN/WAN roaming
HEADNOTE Is it an answer in search of a question? In the mobile era, the Holy Grail of tetherless corporate communications is the ability to seamlessly travel among and across business WLANs, WANs, and cellular stations, all the while maintaining data and voice access to business apps. Three industry vendors ......
- Buyers guide. (Special focus:
wireless).
The first portion of this Enterprise Wireless Buyers Guide, the Product Guide, lists the various products this category, and the companies that make those products. The second section, the Company provides phone and fax numbers, and Web addresses of those companies. For quick access to companies and to view their ......
- Wireless networks: untangled but still tied in
knots.
Wireless is clearly the future in computing. As industry giants, such as Intel, Cisco, Nortel, Apple and Proxim all compete for the wireless business, the industry has been left in turmoil of ever-shifting standards and manufacturing consolidations. In fact, since the formation of the IEEE 802.11 committee, over 10 standards ......
- Wireless networks: untangled but still tied in
knots.
Wireless is clearly the future in computing. As industry giants, such as Intel, Cisco, Nortel, Apple and Proxim all compete for the wireless business, the industry has been left in turmoil of ever-shifting standards and manufacturing consolidations. In fact, since the formation of the IEEE 802.11 committee, over 10 standards ......
- Wi-Fi plus WiMAX.
The MeshMAX outdoor tri-radio unit offers Wi-Fi connectivity for access, Wi-Fi mesh for network redundancy and a high-capacity WiMAX link for backhaul. The device contains an 802.11b/g radio in the 2.4-GHz band and an 802.11a radio in the 5-GHz band, as well as a dedicated 802.16d WiMAX subscriber-unit radio ......
- COMNEWS WEBWATCH.
Future Queue ACQUISITIONS AND CONTRACTS Wirefree broadband networking company Proxim, Sunnyvale, CA, has acquired Netopia, a developer of broadband Internet equipment solutions in Alameda, CA., in a stock-for-stock agreement valued at more than $220 million.... Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, Bethesda, MD, will provide managed virtual private network services nationwide for ......
- Wi-Fi hot spots heat up
If the average American doesn't know by now what a Wi-Fi hot spot is, it's not for lack of effort on the part of the electronics industry. Powerhouse players in the nascent but promising market for 802.11b (Wi-Fi) wireless equipment and services have pushed hard all spring to promote the ......