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Wireless LAN sales surge as prices plummet
News Sales of wireless LAN equipment soared in 2002 -- with shipments more than doubling over 2001 figures -- spurred by falling prices; higher demand for mobile computing; and better interoperability becauses of work on standards.
[June 16, 2003, 9:54]
Wireless LAN security
News Wireless LAN (WLAN) technology promises greater mobility, convenience, and even improved productivity; but what it can't promise right now is ironclad security. At UTD, authorised wireless users have access to the campus LAN and servers for access...
[April 17, 2002, 13:39]
Gadget Brief: Diamond Wireless LAN hits home
News Diamond Multimedia has announced a wireless LAN product specifically designed for home use - as long as you live in the US. The HomeFree wireless LAN technology transmits signals at 2.4GHz, or radio frequency, with data speeds up to 1M-bps and at...
[August 5, 1998, 10:51]
Cisco warns of flaws in wireless LAN controllers
News Networking company Cisco has warned of multiple vulnerabilities in its wireless LAN controllers. The flaws affect Cisco 4400 Series Wireless LAN Controllers (WLCs), Cisco Catalyst 6500/7600 Wireless Services Modules (WiSMs), and Cisco Catalyst 3750...
[February 5, 2009, 11:39]
NEC increases wireless LAN speeds to 25Mbps
News NEC has developed a high-speed wireless LAN card for use with portable computers. The company claims this is over 12 times faster than existing wireless LAN technology. Current wireless LAN products operate at speeds of 2Mbps and fixed network...
[November 25, 1996, 2:44]
Intel ignites wireless LAN market with IEE 802.11b boost
News Intel has given its considerable blessing to the wireless LAN market by jumping in with a series of products based on IEEE 802.11b -- products it is buying from enterprise wireless specialist Symbol. These devices are aimed at the business market...
[December 15, 2000, 16:27]
Symbol mini wireless LAN card upstages Compaq
News Symbol's wireless LAN card fits into a compact flash socket, giving Compaq's competitors the edge Symbol is also announcing, on Tuesday, a cellphone which uses LAN wireless frequencies, and new security products for LAN use.
[May 8, 2001, 14:29]
Bluetooth advocates brush wireless LAN concerns aside
News They may not like one another, but Bluetooth and wireless LAN will have to learn to get along, according to manufacturers. Wireless LAN, or IEEE 802.11b, is better established and has recently been boosted by renewed support from Microsoft and Intel.
[May 2, 2001, 14:50]
Dell links to wireless LAN
News On Tuesday, Dell Computer took the wraps off a new wireless LAN brand to complement its existing third-party wireless offerings. The introduction of Dell's own in-house brand is seen as a move to compete with Compaq, which rolled out an in-house...
[February 29, 2000, 11:33]
BMW designs car with wireless LAN
News BMW and HP are buddying up to provide the latest in executive toys -- a car that comes with its own wireless LAN in the back. The car, which also comes with Bluetooth thrown in, is aimed at politicians and top execs who want to use their tablet PCs...
[May 6, 2004, 12:30]
Xircom sells wireless LAN unit
News The new company is Netwave Technologies, the result of a management buyout and run by Jerry Ulrich, who also had CFO responsibilities in his time at Xircom. In Europe, Xircom will continue to have responsibility for Netwave until the end of the year.
[September 18, 1996, 11:35]
IDF: Intel's tri-mode future for wireless networking
News However, the proposed 802.11g 54 megabits per second (mbps) wireless LAN standard is unlikely to have a future independent of other standards, he said. Intel is dedicated to making wireless networking a standard part of PC and other platforms...
[February 27, 2002, 10:07]
Proxim: 802.11n to bring back 'fat' access points
News Wireless LAN veteran Proxim has launched a fast 802.11n system for businesses, which goes against an industry trend by having no central controller. This multiplies wireless LAN (WLAN) speeds fivefold, and usage is going up as people switch from...
[November 17, 2008, 16:01]
MmO2 to roll out Wi-Fi across UK
News British mobile phone operator mmO2 said on Tuesday it was planning to roll out wireless LAN services across the UK, as it reported steady growth in mobile data revenues. The operator said it was planning to enable more than 1,000 Wi-Fi wireless LAN...
[July 2, 2003, 8:53]
Colubris touts next-gen Wi-Fi access point
News Colubris has revealed what it claims is the industry's first "intelligent, enterprise-class" 802.11n wireless LAN access point.n is a non-standardised radio specification which provides data transmission of up to 300Mbps — five times faster than...
[May 14, 2007, 11:46]
Nortel touts secure Wi-Fi for enterprise
News Nortel has announced wireless LAN products to woo IT managers that are still uncertain about security and manageability of office wireless. The products, which include a security switch that monitors wireless traffic from the wired network, join...
[March 31, 2003, 17:15]
Faster WLAN promise may obscure benefits of current products
News Suppliers are launching wireless LAN equipment which will be ready for higher speed transmission when European regulations allow its use, although suppliers competing to establish the new standard may simply cause confusion amongst users and...
[October 8, 2001, 19:25]
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]
Aruba warns against 802.11n deployments
News Wireless LAN vendor Aruba Networks has warned enterprises against deploying the latest generation of Wi-Fi equipment until a number of issues have been ironed out. Many vendors are producing wireless LAN equipment based on the draft 802.11n...
[October 18, 2007, 10:47]
Wireless switch-port sales show massive boom
News Market research firm Infonetics has reported that the volume of wireless LAN switch ports sold in the first three months of this year was 158 percent greater than in the last quarter of 2003. The total value of sales of wireless LAN hardware only...
[May 24, 2004, 17:30]
