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Wi-Fi group to rename 802.11a

The Wireless Ethernet Compatability Alliance has suggested that 802.11a is renamed 'Wi-Fi5' Read more

19 July, 2002 by Ben Charny

The basics of wireless networking

...taken the technology home with them for work and family computing. The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) has done its part by certifying hundreds of... Read more

6 February, 2003 by Brian Nadel

Orinoco floats WLAN management tool

...on a multi-vendor WLAN management interface, possibly with input from the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. The merger with Proxim is intended to solve channel... Read more

5 July, 2002 by Peter Judge

Wi-Fi roams into standards battle

...set of roaming instructions for Wi-Fi networks being developed by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). WECA created a roaming subcommittee in February 2001... Read more

24 June, 2002 by Ben Charny

Bluetooth - the conspiracy over interoperability

Device shall speak unto device - any device, right? Read more

12 March, 2002 by Heather McLean

Nuclear lab bans wireless networks

...issue should be resolved by the end of the year, when the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, a standards group, delivers a specification for advanced encryption... Read more

31 January, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

3Com Wireless Home Gateway

...a list of Wi-Fi-certified devices and cards, check out the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA) Web site. The Home Wireless Gateway is both... Read more

7 November, 2001 by Allen Fear

A wireless wonderland

...put into the job of standardising under the banner of WECA, the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance, has meant that the business is exploding. The next... Read more

25 September, 2001 by Guy Kewney

Public Wi-Fi widens

...Las Vegas, where I spent most of my time with WECA, the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. WECA is turning the formerly obscure set of digits... Read more

10 May, 2001 by Guy Kewney

WiFi for wireless LANs

...t wireless local area network (LAN) hardware all just get along? The Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance says it can. The year-old standards body, know... Read more

16 March, 2000 by John G.Spooner

Nokia ups IP Mobility range

...direct sequence radio (DSSS) technology. Nokia was a founding member of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA). Products are expected to ship in Spring 2000... Read more

30 September, 1999 by Dave Wilby

Wireless: The new rage in notebooks

...two PCs as well. Dell is also a member of WECA, the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance. The alliance is working to create worldwide standards for... Read more

17 September, 1999 by John G.Spooner

Wi-Fi standard and Bluetooth make perfect couple

...competition rule - currently being lobbied against by both Bluetooth SIG and the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance Read more

19 September, 2001 by Heather McLean

Wireless LAN hole leaves corporate networks at risk

...encrypt data before it gets transmitted. The flaw was uncovered by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WICA), a group that promotes the use of Wi... Read more

6 August, 2001 by Pia Heikkila

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