The long and short of wireless networking
News WiFi's place is in the halls and offices of enterprises, and in manufacturing facilities where it can be a cost effective replacement for cabled networks while delivering the cost-saving convenience of mobility.
[May 9, 2002, 15:38]
BT planning Fusion phone for business
News The current Fusion hubs include Ethernet ports, and support for WiFi Unlicensed Mobile Access, which enables subscribers to roam between cellular networks and unlicensed wireless networks such as Bluetooth.
[June 16, 2005, 17:25]
Bluetooth will coexist with WLANs, says Forrester
News Stop worrying about whether Bluetooth will be wireless LAN technology, or whether WiFi will conflict with cordless Bluetooth devices: both systems are going to triumph, according to a Forrester survey just released.
[October 22, 2001, 15:26]
Wireless card brings Bluetooth and Wi-Fi together
News Intersil and Silicon Wave are not the only companies working on Bluetooth and WiFi co-operative products: Mobilian has previously demonstrated its TrueRadio system, which also uses MAC-layer scheduling to obviate interference, while laptop makers...
[May 13, 2002, 17:24]
Socket launches Pocket PC Bluetooth
News Sony has launched a Bluetooth-capable laptop and Toshiba this week will be the first to release a laptop with both Bluetooth and wireless LAN (otherwise known as WiFi). US-based Socket Communications has released a collection of Compact Flash-based...
[September 19, 2001, 12:44]
Sony to abandon PDA market outside Japan
News The Clie range from Sony was the only Palm OS PDA available that included support for simultaneous Bluetooth and WiFi," said the source. Sony plans to run down stocks in Europe and the US, only launching new models in Japan, according to sources...
[June 1, 2004, 14:45]
Six big trends of Comdex '01
News This year's Comdex will be rife with discussion and demonstration of short-distance technologies, such as WiFi -- aka 802.11 -- and rival Bluetooth, as well as long-range, third-generation wireless networks.
[November 8, 2001, 10:42]
What's holding back Wi-Fi?
News Costs, coverage, inflexible price plans and lack of national roaming have all lead to the dismal adoption rates of WiFi among corporate businesses," he comments, adding that the promises of 3G are also confuse the issue.
[April 1, 2004, 16:25]
BT to sell Wi-Fi mobiles for business
News If a user with a fixed-line number receives a call while out of WiFi range, their company will be billed for the cost of transferring that call to the GSM network. Last year BT launched a similar product for home users called BT Fusion, which...
[May 11, 2006, 16:25]
MXI: Run any desktop program on your handheld
News This means that a handheld with a GPRS or other 2.5G connection can run MXI, while handhelds on faster 3G, WiFi (802.11b) or Bluetooth networks will enjoy even better responsiveness, he added. The ideal MXI-based handheld is one that has every...
[June 17, 2002, 10:16]
Bluetooth and wireless groups get in sync
News In an effort to speed the development of interoperable wireless networking technologies, the Bluetooth Special Interest Group announced on Monday that it has teamed up with several competing technology groups.
[December 13, 2005, 10:05]
Comdex 2001: Pico pushes Bluetooth as a LAN
News When most people think of wireless networking, they think of standards such as 802.11b (WiFi) and its faster successor, 802.11a, recently dubbed WiFi5 because it operates in the 5Ghz frequency. However, Comdex exhibitor Pico Communications...
[November 14, 2001, 15:04]
