| 06/30/09 | OneFi Adds Broadband Wireless Encryption Protection on the OneFi Networks
OneFi Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ONFI)
announced today that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Secure
World to provide its encryption protection technology on the OneFi
Networks. |
| 06/29/09 | Virginia Union University Retrofits Its Richmond Campus With a High Performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Network From Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Virginia Union University has deployed an Aruba 802.11n solution and
AirWave Wireless Management Suite at its 84-acre campus in Richmond,
Virginia. Founded in 1865 to give newly emancipated freedmen an
opportunity for education and advancement, the university's network of
independent Fat AP wireless access points lacked centralized management,
and robust wireless performance.
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| 06/23/09 | Aruba Networks' New OS 3.4 Software Turbocharges Network Performance While Slimming Life-Cycle Costs
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the
release of OS 3.4 software for Aruba controllers with new features that
enhance the performance and value of Aruba's best-in-class wireless LANs.
These features target network RF performance, network provisioning, and
system operation. OS 3.4 is shipping now and is available at no cost to
Aruba customers with a current Aruba support agreement. |
| 06/23/09 | iPass Expands Canadian Wi-Fi Presence With Award-Winning One Zone Wireless Network
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced the expansion of its North American Wi-Fi footprint with the
addition of the One Zone Wi-Fi network in Toronto, part of a
partnership with Cogeco Data Services. Effective immediately, iPass Mobile
Office customers traveling to Toronto can avoid 3G roaming charges by using
the One Zone Wi-Fi network as part of their existing iPass Enterprise Flat
Rate price plan. Hundreds of Global 2000 companies use iPass and in 2008,
over 2 million unique users took advantage of iPass mobility services. |
| 06/22/09 | OneFi Announces Plans to Start Deployment of Their Wireless Internet Technology in the Island of Jamaica
OneFi Technology, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ONFI)
announced that the recent trip to the island nation of Jamaica was a
complete success. OneFi obtained a license to deploy its systems in late
2008; this trip was the final step to move forward with the start of
deployment on the island. |
| 06/17/09 | Scottsdale, NewPath Networks Move Forward With Broadband Wireless Infrastructure Improvement Plan
NewPath Networks announced
approval by the City of Scottsdale, Arizona, of NewPath's proposal to
implement a multi-carrier DAS wireless network in the City. The approval
includes a wireless communications fee agreement by which NewPath will pay
Scottsdale for use of the public rights-of-way. Major wireless service
providers will utilize the NewPath multi-carrier DAS network to provide
enhanced voice and data services for their Scottsdale-area subscribers. |
| 06/11/09 | National Broadband Wireless Stimulus Webcast Attracts Thousands, as White House Official, Experts Discuss Strategy
A June 4th National Broadband Stimulus Town Hall Meeting Webcast produced by the National League of Cities TV, in cooperation with TV Worldwide and BroadbandCensus.com, attracted an on-line audience of thousands of city officials and industry professionals as experts engaged in interactive discussions on how broadband stimulus money will be deployed. |
| 06/08/09 | Cisco Network Connects Kant University Students and Lecturers with Broadband Wireless Internet Access
A new wireless network deployed by Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) now provides Kant State University students and lecturers with broadband wireless online
access to educational and information resources from any location across
the university campus. |
| 06/03/09 | Z-Wave Utilizes Broadband Wireless Technology to Manage Home Energy Savings
The Z-Wave Alliance has extended its position in the rapidly growing global smart meter market. Manufacturers in Europe have recognized the considerable potential of the Z-Wave Advanced Energy Control (AEC) Framework and are using the technology for smart metering solutions, such as: |
| 06/02/09 | Sirit, eriginate Partner on Broadband Wireless Livestock Tracking Solution
Sirit Inc. (TSX: SI) announced its partnership with eriginate Corporation, a subsidiary of HerdStar, LLC and a global integrator of track, trace and monitoring solutions to the livestock food industry. eriginate will utilize Sirit's RFID tag and reader technology to support its comprehensive solutions developed for the livestock food market. |
| 05/29/09 | University of Queensland Creates a Collaborative Academic Experience With World's Largest 802.11n Wireless Network
The University of Queensland is working with Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) to become Australia's most connected tertiary institution, deploying the largest 802.11n wireless network in the world to create a unique collaborative environment. The university is also deploying the largest tertiary Cisco TelePresence network in Asia Pacific to facilitate international and cross-campus collaboration. This network also includes the 7 millionth Cisco wireless access point deployed worldwide. |
| 05/28/09 | SolarWinds Releases New Versions of Orion Software to Improve Monitoring and Management of Energy Consumption and Wireless Networks
As networks grow in importance to the business and networking technologies evolve and mature, the scope of network management continuously expands. SolarWinds (NYSE: SWI) released new versions of two key products within the flagship Orion family of network management solutions -- Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) and Orion Network Configuration Manager (NCM) -- expanding visibility and control into both wireless network performance and network energy consumption. |
| 05/20/09 | Aruba Networks Announces Lifetime Warranty Program for Indoor Access Points
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
moving forward it will offer a lifetime warranty for all new shipments of
AP-120, 70, 60, and RAP-5 families of indoor Wi-Fi access points. Aruba is
the world's second largest supplier of enterprise wireless LANs, and is
recognized for the rugged construction and high security of its indoor
access points. The new lifetime warranty reaffirms Aruba's commitment to
delivering value in the products it sells, and provides added peace of mind
to customers facing tight operating budgets. |
| 05/18/09 | MTS Internet To Go Plan Offers High-speed Internet Customers Unlimited Wi-Fi and EVDO Access
MTS Allstream Inc. is pleased to announce the new MTS Internet To Go plan that gives MTS residential and business high-speed Internet customers unlimited access to Wi-Fi and EVDO (evolution data optimized) where coverage exists in Manitoba and throughout Canada. |
| 04/29/09 | SRI International and Ojo Technology Demonstrate Broadband Wireless Video Surveillance Solutions for Municipalities and School Districts at Public School Security Event
At an event to be held on Thursday, April 30
from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m., SRI International and Ojo Technology will
demonstrate technology that can connect local schools and police
departments by integrating wireless real-time video using SRI's Aware
Mobile Mesh Solution and Ojo's Internet-enabled camera systems and
services. The demonstration will take place at a public school security
event at the Sequoia Union High School District office at 480 James Avenue
in Redwood City, Calif. The event is open to the public. |
| 04/29/09 | Devicescape's Professional Services Team Delivers Superior Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Supplicant Support
Devicescape Software announced that it now provides commercial-level support for
device manufacturers using the open source Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)
Supplicant. Tested and certified against the Wi-Fi Alliance benchmark,
Devicescape Professional Services delivers WPA Supplicant documentation and
a guaranteed response to customer inquiries. By leveraging Devicescape's
WPA Supplicant |
| 04/29/09 | University of Tokyo Upgrades to Aruba Networks' Adaptive 802.11n and Airwave Wireless Management Solution
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the University of Tokyo is upgrading the wireless network at the School of
Science on its main Hongo Bunkyo-ku campus with Aruba's adaptive 802.11n
wireless solution. Established in 1877, the University of Tokyo has more
than 4,000 faculty and staff, and a total enrollment of approximately
29,000 students. |
| 04/28/09 | Aptilo Selected by Main Street Broadband for WiMAX Network Deployment in US
Aptilo Networks, a leader in integrated management solutions for control of billing,
user services and access in WiMAX
and Wi-Fi networks, has been selected
by Main Street Broadband, a privately held wireless broadband service
provider and strategic partner of Xiocom Wireless, Inc., to provide service
management and access control solutions for Main Street Broadband's
deployment of WiMAX networks in its US (Rural Utilities Service)-funded
rural markets. Main Street Broadband has received one of the largest
RUS-funded projects in the US. |
| 04/22/09 | Atheros Merges the Simplicity of Bluetooth With the Speed and Energy Efficiency of Wi-Fi 802.11 Broadband Wireless Networks
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR) applauds the Bluetooth Special Interest Group's (SIG) development of the recently adopted Bluetooth Core Specification Version 3.0 + High Speed (HS). The ground-breaking broadband wireless performance enhancements enabled by Bluetooth 3.0 for wireless personal area networks (PANs) are achieved through the implementation of the 802.11 high-speed Alternate MAC/PHY (AMP). Atheros' Bluetooth 3.0 + HS capability was the featured technology at the Bluetooth SIG's 3.0 launch event yesterday in Tokyo, demonstrated by Kevin Hayes, Atheros Fellow and Technical Editor of the 802.11 Protocol Adaptation Layer (PAL) of the Bluetooth 3.0 + HS specification. |
| 04/21/09 | Aruba Networks Releases New Technical Brief on Campus E9-1-1 Emergency Call Handling Over Wi-Fi
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the
availability of a new technical brief on using adaptive wireless LANs for
Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) emergency call handling in campus environments.
Wi-Fi phones present unique challenges for E9-1-1 systems because they are
untethered from the wired connections typically used to identify physical
location. "Looking for Trouble" explains how Aruba's solution feed data on
Wi-Fi phone location to Cisco's Unified Communications Manager (UCM) and
Emergency Responder (CER) systems for delivering a complete E9-1-1
solution. |
| 04/20/09 | Glenelg Country School Links Wireless Projectors With Aruba Networks' 802.11N Wi-Fi
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the Glenelg Country School in Ellicott City, Maryland has deployed Aruba's
adaptive wireless LAN for its centrally managed 802.11n wireless classroom
multimedia projector system. |
| 04/09/09 | Liberty University Mobilizes Faculty and Students With a High Performance 802.11n Wi-Fi Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Liberty University has upgraded the Wi-Fi network at its 5000-acre campus
in Lynchburg, Virginia with an Aruba 802.11n solution and AirWave Wireless
Management Suite. Founded in 1971, Liberty University has 123 buildings
totaling 2.9 million square feet of facilities, 42,000 local and
distance-learning students, and more than 2,600 full time employees. |
| 04/08/09 | JiWire Closes $11 Million in Funding to Expand World's Largest Mobile Audience Media Company
JiWire has secured $11 million in a round of funding led by Panorama
Capital. Panorama was joined by new investor Comcast Interactive Capital
and existing investor DFJ Frontier. The investment allows JiWire to build
on its momentum by providing marketers with more opportunities to reach the
rapidly expanding on-the-go mobile audience. |
| 04/07/09 | IPEVO Freshens the Face of IP Calling With Wi-Fi Enabled Skype Desktop Phone
IPEVO announced the availability of its S0-10W Skype Desktop Phone, ideal for placing Internet phone calls from anywhere in the home or office, without being tied to an Ethernet connection. |
| 04/07/09 | Xiocom Wireless Teams With aCure Technology to Deliver Broadband Wireless Campus-Wide Internet Access to 163 Year-Old College
Xiocom Wireless announced that aCure
Technology, a value-added reseller and systems integration partner, has
deployed a campus-wide indoor and outdoor wireless mesh network solution at
Mercedes College in Perth, WA. Students will now be able to work wherever
they are on campus, wirelessly accessing all of the college's resources
online. |
| 04/07/09 | Complete Healthcare Resources, Inc. Deploys Aerohive Wireless LAN
Aerohive Networks announced that Complete Healthcare Resources Inc. has selected Aerohive's 802.11n wireless LAN solution for 42 customer facilities housing 5,500 beds. The new wireless LAN will initially support the company's eMAR (electronic Medical Administration Record) application, which uses barcode technology to monitor the bedside administration of medications, and may later support other point-of-care applications and voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN). |
| 04/06/09 | Aruba Networks' Real-Time Broadband Wireless Location Systems Lower Costs by Leveraging Wi-Fi Infrastructure to Keep Tabs on Key Assets
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced
three Real-Time Location Systems (RTLS) that leverage customers' existing
Aruba adaptive Wi-Fi network to lower deployment and operating costs. RTLS
uses signal triangulation and propagation algorithms to locate the position
of an asset, device or Wi-Fi tracking tag within a facility. Aruba offers
an RTLS solution integrated into its AirWave Wireless Management Suite
(AWMS), as well as interoperability with RTLS location-engines from
AeroScout and Ekahau. Customers can select from among these three solutions
based on required positioning accuracy and features. |
| 04/06/09 | Boston Medical Center Prescribes Broadband Wireless Solution to Cure Roaming and Device Integration Ailments
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Boston Medical Center (BMC) has selected Aruba's adaptive 802.11n Wi-Fi
solution for use throughout its 626 bed hospital and academic medical
center located in Boston's historic South End. BMC's legacy 600 access
point wireless network experienced repeated service interruptions that made
it challenging for mobile users to have a consistent wireless experience
while roaming. |
| 04/03/09 | Broadband Wireless Internet Access for Orphans in Malaysia Helps Improve Their Development
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) Malaysia together with students from the Cisco Networking Academy recently lent their expertise to connect the children of Rumah HOPE orphanage with an improved broadband wireless internet access network. The initiative allows the orphans to gain better network and Internet access, which is instrumental to their development and education. |
| 04/02/09 | Aruba Networks' 802.11n Solution Wins Broadband Wireless Infrastructure Product of the Year Award
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
its AP-125 802.11n Access Point family has won Network Computing's Wireless
Infrastructure Product of the Year Award. Awards were conferred upon one
vendor or service provider in each of 24 unique categories based on
feedback from readers. The wireless infrastructure category included a wide
range of Wi-Fi related products, and the AP-125 Access Point family was the
only 802.11n product so honored. |
| 03/27/09 | Home Builder Selects Proxim to Enable Complete Broadband Wireless Development in New Town at St. Charles
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that a new community in Missouri has been built using Proxim's wireless technology to provide the entire town the capability of broadband access, wireless VoIP, and video surveillance. The community, New Town at St. Charles, utilizes Proxim's wireless backhaul, WiMAX and Wi-Fi technologies for a complete end-to-end wireless network that saves the town up to $4,000 per month in leased line costs. |
| 03/26/09 | Ekahau Refines Wi-Fi RTLS Performance With New Broadband Wireless Location Beacon
Ekahau Inc. announced that it will make
available a family of a small mobile battery-powered transmitters, called
Ekahau location beacons, to further increase the location accuracy of its
award-winning Wi-Fi RTLS solution. These beacons are designed to enhance
system performance in areas that have poor Wi-Fi coverage but where location
accuracy is mission critical. |
| 03/26/09 | Magneti Marelli Selects Sierra Wireless Embedded Modules for Broadband Wireless Telematics Product for Fleet Management
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced that Magneti Marelli has selected Sierra Wireless mobile broadband embedded modules with EMConnect firmware features for integration into its telematics products developed for safety, entertainment and satellite navigation applications. |
| 03/26/09 | Aruba Networks' 802.11n Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Solution Scores Best in Class With Norwood School
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the Norwood School in Bethesda, Maryland has deployed Aruba's 802.11n Wi-Fi
network across its 40-acre campus. The new system supports real-time video
broadcasts to networked projectors, very densely deployed tablet computers,
and parallel secure and guest access networks. |
| 03/25/09 | Active Control Plans to Install First Wi-Fi Mesh Network to Manage Mine Operations and Track Personnel and Equipment
Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced that it will install its first MSHA-approved ActiveMine network. The new system, to be installed in a West Virginia underground coal mine next month, will consist of a 50-node network, making it the largest MSHA-approved underground Wi-Fi network anywhere. |
| 03/23/09 | Wireless Broadband Customers to Realize as Much as 20 Percent Savings on All BATS Products
Broadband Antenna
Tracking Systems (BATS) customers will benefit from significant price
reductions that are a result of pricing renegotiations with its component
and parts manufacturers as well as its manufacturing facility. |
| 03/11/09 | MedStar Health Deploys Broadband Wireless Guest Internet Access Service in Seven Hospitals
MedStar Health has deployed
wireless Internet services to patients and visitors throughout its
community-based network of hospitals together with Aptilo Networks, the
global leader in integrated management solutions for control of billing,
user services and access in WiMAX and Wi-Fi networks. MedStar Health is
using the Aptilo Guest Internet Services for Healthcare, an integrated,
secure wireless guest Internet access solution that meets the unique needs
of the hospital sector. |
| 03/11/09 | School District Overcomes Nagging Wi-Fi Problems by Switching to 802.11N Wi-Fi Solution Supplied by CDW-G
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the Raytown C-2 School District in Missouri has deployed Aruba's 802.11n
Wi-Fi network across its 22 elementary, middle, high, vocational school
campuses and support buildings. The Aruba network supports more than 1,500
laptop computers housed on rolling computer carts that are wheeled into
classrooms as needed. Many of the schools are located in proximity to
nearby Wi-Fi and high power radio networks that were causing Raytown's
legacy single channel network to fail. |
| 03/11/09 | iPass Expands Broadband Wireless Roaming Service in Latin American with Wi-Fi Presence
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS)
announced a partnership with Mexico's leading fixed-line telecommunications
provider, Telmex. Under the agreement, iPass has
integrated more than 1,300 Telmex Wi-Fi hotspots into the iPass Global
Broadband Roaming Network. These locations are immediately available for
use by iPass customers. |
| 03/09/09 | Flow International Selects Aerohive for Enterprise-Wide Broadband Wireless LAN
Aerohive Networks, the award-winning creators of the controller-less "cooperative control" wireless LAN ( WLAN) architecture, announced that Flow International Corporation, the world's leading developer and manufacturer of industrial waterjet machines for cutting and cleaning applications, has selected Aerohive's wireless LAN solution for the 20 Flow offices around the globe. |
| 03/07/09 | D-Link Now Shipping 802.11n Dual-Band Broadband Wireless Internet Access Point for Small-to-Medium Businesses
The D-Link Selectable Dual-Band Access Point (DAP-2553), featuring fast 802.11n Wi-Fi technology, offers robust features tailored for the SMB, including superior bandwidth and coverage, multiple operation modes, flexible centralized management, Power over Ethernet (PoE) and compact desktop case for convenient placement. |
| 03/06/09 | TRENDnet Launches a High Performance Broadband Wireless 802.11N Internet Security Camera
TRENDnet announced the launch of the Wireless N
Internet Camera Server with 2-Way Audio, model TV-IP512WN, which offers
unsurpassed wireless range and video streaming bandwidth. |
| 03/04/09 | D-Link Canada Now Shipping Broadband Wireless Gigabit Switch for SMB Enterprise Networks
D-Link Canada began shipping a
Layer 2 Plus unified wired/wireless Gigabit switch that is fully featured
to work in a growing business network environment but affordably priced to
meet today's economic challenges. |
| 03/03/09 | Xiocom Wireless Acquires New Zealand-Based RoamAD
The strategic acquisition of the RoamAD platform brings to Xiocom an
industry-leading router and network management technology for wireless
broadband networks. The integration of RoamAD and Xiocom technologies enables
a more cost-effective and rapid deployment of wireless broadband networks
globally.
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| 03/02/09 | Aruba Networks Releases New White Paper on Operating T-Mobile HotSpot@Home Over Adaptive Broadband Wireless LANs
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN ), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure mobility solutions, today announced the availability of a new white paper, "The T-Mobile HotSpot@Home UMA Service on a University or Enterprise WLAN." Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) protocol, an ITU/3GPP cellular standard, is a form of fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) in which a phone has a single number for both cellular and Wi-Fi networks. |
| 02/24/09 | Active Control Completes Broadband Wirelesss ActiveMine Wi-Fi Demos for Major Coal Mine Operators
Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced successful demonstrations of ActiveMine to two major US coal mining companies. The demonstration tours were conducted at a West Virginia mine where ActiveMine's broadband wireless network has been in operation for several months. The prospective customers were particularly enthusiastic about the system's "best-in-class" voice communications quality. |
| 02/16/09 | Lenovo ThinkPad Laptop Computers to Gain New Level of Integration With Broadband Wireless Smartphones
Lenovo and Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM) announced that the two companies will work together to promote new Lenovo mobile solutions that will help on-the-go business users enhance their mobile computing and communications experience through tighter integration between Lenovo ThinkPad laptop computers and BlackBerry smartphones. |
| 02/16/09 | Atheros Delivers Industry-Leading WLAN Combined With Qualcomm's Bluetooth Connectivity for Advanced Broadband Wireless Mobile Handsets
Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR) announced the availability of a connectivity solution
combining Atheros' latest-generation AR6002 Radio-on-Chip for Mobile
(ROCm) WLAN single-chip with Qualcomm's BTS4025 Bluetooth
System-on-Chip (SoC) that supports EDR 2.1 with class 1.5 power. This
combined solution delivers advanced system performance to OEMs and ODMs
developing cellular phones based on any of Qualcomm's Mobile Station
Modem& (MSM) chipsets for CDMA and WCDMA (UMTS), including multiple
MSM product families. |
| 02/10/09 | Wavesat Selects Azimuth Systems' ACE MX for Testing of Its Broadband Wireless Family of Products
Azimuth Systems, Inc. announced that Wavesat Inc., a leading supplier of broadband wireless semiconductor solutions, has selected Azimuth's ACE MX Universal Frequency MIMO Channel Emulator for testing of its Odyssey broadband wireless product family. Combining industry-leading channel emulation capabilities in a flexible and scalable solution, the ACE MX will enable Wavesat to conduct efficient, automated and repeatable testing of its semiconductor solutions -- ensuring high quality performance and significantly improving the costs and time associated with testing. |
| 02/04/09 | Ithaca College Revamps Its Broadband Wireless Network With an 802.11n Wi-Fi Solution From Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Ithaca College has deployed Aruba's high-speed 802.11n and broadband wireless
security solutions at its New York campus. Founded in 1892, Ithaca College
is a private, coeducational college sited on a 750 acre campus, and has
approximately 6,400 students and 1,500 faculty and staff. |
| 01/16/09 | ElcomSoft to Accelerate Broadband Wireless Network Security Audits
ElcomSoft Co. Ltd. puts ATI and NVIDIA hardware
to work accelerating the recovery of Wi-Fi passwords. The newly released
Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor 1.0 benefits from the ability of
last-generation video cards manufactured by ATI and NVIDIA to munch numbers
faster, allowing its users to recover Wi-Fi passwords faster than ever before. |
| 01/15/09 | FCC Grants Approval for Redline's Latest 3 GHz Broadband Wireless Products
The MAX+ AN-80i, which is currently marketed under Redline's RedCONNEX family of point-to-point Broadband Wireless Infrastructure (BWI) products, is now approved for delivery of carrier-grade long-range connections of up to 48 Mbps within the 3.65 GHz frequency band regulations in the United States. |
| 01/14/09 | Cisco's Latest Wireless Innovation -- New 802.11n Access Point Packs Performance and Power Efficiency in a Sleek Design
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced the industry's first next-generation wireless access point that combines full 802.11n performance with deployment simplicity, enabling businesses to cost-effectively support the growing wave and diversity of mobile devices and applications. |
| 01/12/09 | Devicescape Taps Into Wi-Fi Trends to Drive Company's Growth -- Membership Passes One Million User Milestone
Devicescape Software, the leader in Easy Wi-Fi, celebrated a strong 2008, thanks in large part to signed contracts with leading OEMs and service providers as well as industry trends driving demand for Wi-Fi-enabled devices. |
| 01/09/09 | Z-Wave Alliance Showcases Brand-New Broadband Wireless Energy Management, Home Security and Home Control Solutions
The Z-Wave Alliance welcomes in the New Year with exciting new partnership and product announcements trumpeted at the International Consumer Electronic's Show (CES) 2009, the world's largest consumer technology show. Alliance member companies will showcase for the first time new, affordable energy management, home security and home control solutions in the Alliance booth, #20619. |
| 01/08/09 | Arada Systems Announces Complete WLAN-Based RFID Solution Featuring Atheros ROCm Technology
Arada Systems announced the availability of its
Loc-Air technology platform, the industry's only 802.11a/b/g-based,
low-power, wireless design for applications including RFID, sensor
networks, security devices and consumer electronics. The new solution
leverages Atheros' market-proven ROCm technology for mobile WLAN, which
delivers the industry's highest performance, integration and breakthrough
low-power. |
| 01/08/09 | D-Link Unleashes 450Mbps 802.11n Broadband Wireless Internet Router
In a giant leap in wireless networking
technology, D-Link announced it is preparing to ship its first
802.11n Wi-Fi router with speeds up to 450 megabits per second. Most
routers on consumer shelves today operate at 300 Mbps or less.
The end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business
plans to unveil the D-Link Xtreme N 450 Dual Band Router at the Consumer
Electronics Show here this week, and begin shipping it to the market in 2Q,
2009. |
| 01/08/09 | New 802.11n Broadband Wireless Network Camera Allows Remote Monitoring of Homes and Businesses
D-Link introduced an 802.11n Wi-Fi network camera that enables remote monitoring of live streaming video from a web browser. The new D-Link 802.11n Wireless Network Camera (DCS-1130) utilizes
ground-breaking technology to activate and manage networking products via a
single website, providing customers with an easier way to experience a
connected, digital lifestyle. |
| 01/06/09 | Aruba Networks Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in 2008 Magic Quadrant for Broadband Wireless LAN Infrastructure
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
it has been positioned in the "Leaders" quadrant in Gartner's 2008 "Magic
Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure" report. Magic Quadrants evaluate
vendors based on the completeness of their vision and ability to execute. |
| 01/05/09 | Glenn International Chooses Tranzeo Wi-Fi and WiMAX Products for Its Caribbean and Central American Business
Tranzeo Wireless Technologies Inc. (TSX:TZT) is now represented throughout the Caribbean and Central America by Puerto Rico-based Glenn International, the region's leading supplier of electrical, communications and lighting equipment since 1967. Glenn International's decision to supply Tranzeo brand products to its network of integrators across Latin America was the result of two years of research evaluating wireless mesh, Wi-Fi and WiMAX equipment manufacturers. |
| 01/02/09 | Aruba Networks Wins Mobile Star Awards for Broadband Wireless Gear and Network Management Solutions
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
it has been awarded three Gold Star Mobile Star Awards™ by
MobileVillage, the 15-year leader in market development and news
services about mobile technology, as part of the seventh annual Mobile Star
Awards program. The program honors and promotes the top companies,
products, deployments, and leaders in mobile and wireless technology.
Winners are chosen by subscribers to Go Mobile®, MobileVillage's free
email newsletter sent to technology executives, mobile professionals, IT
managers, developers, and top tech journalists. |
| 12/25/08 | Def Leppard to Employ Broadband Wireless Proximity Marketing via Bluetooth and Wi-fi on Next Rock n Roll Tour
Ace Marketing & Promotions Inc. (OTCBB: AMKT) announced a partnership with Def Leppard to support their next tour
with Proximity Marketing Bluetooth and Wi-fi content delivery system,
bringing a
sponsor-centric and interactive media component to this dynamic show.
During the band's past summer "Sparkle Tour," Def Leppard explored
possibilities during their live events by piloting this technology, which
is quickly becoming recognized in music as Rockzimity a play of words
from Ace Marketing's flagship brand Proximity Marketing. |
| 12/22/08 | D-Link's Affordable 802.11n Wireless Router Now Upgradeable to SharePort Technology
D-Link announced its
powerful yet economical RangeBooster N Router (DIR-625) can now be
upgraded with SharePort™ technology. Users now can share a wide range
of USB devices such as printers, multi-function printers (MFP) and storage
drives easily with other computers on the network -- in either a wired or
Wi-Fi environment. |
| 12/22/08 | Air Force Materiel Command Salutes iPass' Broadband Internet Access Mobility Plan
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS ) announced the availability of a customer case study detailing the United States Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) deployment of iPass Mobile Office and Mobile Broadband service. The case study discusses the AFMC's evaluation of mobility solutions and deployment of the iPass service, which enables AFMC personnel to receive simple, secure and reliable broadband access to Internet and operational information resources from around the world. |
| 12/22/08 | Zumwalt-Class Destroyer to Receive Ruggedized Cisco Wireless Internet Access Points
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has awarded
Parvus a $700,000 contract to develop, test and supply a pre-production
ruggedized version of the Cisco Aironet wireless access point for Zumwalt,
the U.S. Navy's lead ship of next-generation destroyers. |
| 12/19/08 | Avaya Select Westcon to Distribute Broadband Wireless Products in Italy
Avaya Italia announced a partnership
agreement with Westcon Group, Inc.. The agreement provides for the non-exclusive distribution of
Avaya Enterprise solutions across the Italian territory. Westcon Group,
with its longstanding expertise in convergence and global solutions program
infrastructure, is already Avaya's leading distributor in Europe and is
well positioned to help Avaya exploit the Italian enterprise market. |
| 12/18/08 | Aerohive Builds Broadband Wireless Network for Columbus Foods' Manufacturing and Warehouse Facilities
Aerohive Networks announced
that Columbus Foods, a packaged-food processing company that ships more
than one million pounds of product per day, has selected Aerohive's
broadband wireless LAN solution for its eight-and-one-half-acre manufacturing and
warehouse facilities. |
| 12/18/08 | Aruba Networks Builds Broadband Wireless Internet Access Network for Fuzhou University
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Fuzhou University has deployed Aruba Wi-Fi networks across
its campus in Fujian Province, situated along the southeast coast of China.
Founded in 1958, Fuzhou University covers 800,000 square meters and
supports more than 25,000 students. The university had not previously
deployed a wireless network, and sought to offer universal wireless network
access to faculty, staff, students, and guests. |
| 12/16/08 | Slowdown Forecast for Broadband Wireless LAN Equipment Market for 2009
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports the wireless LAN infrastructure market was down in 3Q08 in all world regions except North America, which buoyed the overall market just enough to keep it sequentially flat at $506 million. |
| 12/15/08 | Proxim Wireless Provides Broadband Wireless Internet Access for the Third Annual Commonwealth Youth Games in India
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that it successfully provided both the indoor and outdoor Wi-Fi connectivity as well as point-to-multipoint connectivity for the third annual Commonwealth Youth Games, which were hosted in Pune, India from October 12-18, 2008. IL & FS Ecosmart Pvt. Ltd. selected Proxim's Tsunami MP.11 WiMAX capable products and Proxim's ORiNOCO Wi-Fi Mesh to provide Wi-Fi connectivity to over 1,300 athletes and 350 officials across 15 locations. |
| 12/15/08 | VeriWave Test System Pre-Qualifies Broadband Wireless Campus Network for Los Angeles County Museum of Art Employees
Before rolling out its new state-of-the-art wireless campus network, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) pre-tested end-users' Quality of Experience (QoE) by using VeriWave's wireless test platforms to create and measure network and application performance. |
| 12/12/08 | Denver Public Schools Manages District-Wide Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Network With Aruba's AirWave Internet Access Point Management Suite
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Denver Public Schools deployed the AirWave Wireless Management Platform
Suite 6.0 to manage the district's 2,400 Cisco wireless LAN access points
spread across 134 buildings. The multi-vendor AirWave suite manages
wireless networks from sixteen different vendors, and includes reporting
capabilities, Help Desk features, and scalability unavailable from
proprietary management systems. |
| 12/11/08 | VeriWave Adds Test Solution for New Generation of Multi-Gigabit 802.11n WLAN Broadband Wireless Controllers
VeriWave is introducing new 802.11n capabilities that
speed the development and delivery of next-generation Wireless LAN
controllers. Using VeriWave's new 4-port 802.11n SISO (Single Input/Single
Output) WaveBlade, Network Equipment Manufacturers can avoid costly and
incomplete manual testing, shorten test cycles by up to 6 months, and save
tens of thousands of dollars by performing comprehensive control-plane and
data-plane testing of WLAN controllers scaling beyond 30 Gbps of traffic. |
| 12/11/08 | Fortress Technologies Launches Certified Training Program
Fortress Technologies announced that it has launched a certified
training program to better enable organizations -- both government and
commercial -- to establish and manage secure wireless networks. Fortress
Certified Training will provide a comprehensive educational program that
includes in-depth lectures, as well as hands-on lab work to practice
creating secure wireless networks using Fortress products. Additionally,
Fortress partners will be certified to sell, service, and support its
solutions. |
| 12/10/08 | Over 1,000 New Broadband Wireless 802.11n Access Points Ordered From Proxim in First Week
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that it has booked orders for over 1,000 of its new 802.11n Access Points (APs), the ORiNOCO AP-8000 and AP-800, within the first week after product launch. |
| 12/09/08 | Aruba Networks Releases Three New Reference Guides for Network Integrators
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of three new reference guides for network integrators that are designing and deploying Aruba solutions. The best practices architectures are intended to reduce the time and expense associated with successfully planning and deploying large campus wireless LANs, role-based network access control on wired networks, and retail applications. |
| 12/08/08 | AireSurf Announces Major Sale of Its MegaFI System
Bryan D. Moir, CEO of Airesurf Networks Holdings Inc. (CNSX:ANH), announced the first major order for its new MegaFI TM System. Mobi-Technology of Mississauga Ontario has agreed to purchase 100 units of the MegaFI TM System to meet local demands for their hotspot business and to showcase the technology at MacWorld in January 2009. |
| 12/08/08 | Radiant Networks Deploys Broadband Wireless Mesh Network for the City of Solon
Radiant Networks
announced that the city of Solon, Ohio has deployed a public access mesh
network using Proxim Wireless' (NASDAQ: PRXM ) ORiNOCO Wi-Fi Mesh and
Tsunami MP.11 point-to-multipoint product lines as the foundation.
Radiant Networks, one of the country's leading wireless engineering
companies, performed the initial site survey and feasibility study to
design a redundant wireless network. |
| 12/08/08 | Single Digits' Premier Wi-Fi Solutions Reinforce Sunday River's Reputation as King of the Hill
Single Digits, Inc. announced the successful deployment of its industry-leading Internet hotspot solutions at Sunday River Resort in Newry, Maine. The resort is leveraging Single Digits technology in two of its hotels, serving over 400 guest rooms across 10 Internet access points. |
| 12/02/08 | D-Link Wins Top Spot in Computer Shopper 802.11n Wi-Fi Router Roundup
D-Link boasts three of the
top five positions in a roundup of 802.11n routers recently published in
Computer Shopper, a leading computer industry publication read by some
half-million readers. |
| 11/24/08 | MaidPro Cleans the Air With AirTight's SpectraGuard Online SaaS Solution
AirTight Networks announced MaidPro, one of the fastest growing
franchise cleaning companies in the nation, has implemented AirTight's
unique wireless vulnerability management solution, SpectraGuard Online,
one of the world's first wireless vulnerability management solutions offered as
software-as-a-service (SaaS). |
| 11/19/08 | D-Link Provides digEcor With Broadband Wireless Solution for In-Flight Entertainment
Airline customers are enjoying more than a bag of peanuts these days. Thanks to wireless networking technology from D-Link, the end-to-end computer network solutions provider for consumers and businesses, air travelers can enjoy digEcor's portable, lightweight in-flight entertainment players that provide passengers with a wide selection of movies, TV shows, music and games. |
| 11/19/08 | University of Cambridge Dons New Broadband Wireless Network From Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the University of Cambridge has selected and is deploying Aruba's wireless
LAN equipment to provide hotspot and wireless service across the
university. The university's legacy network had become unmanageable and its
maintenance a drain on resources. |
| 11/18/08 | Proxim Breaks the 300 Mbps Broadband Wireless Speed Barrier for 802.11n Solutions
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced the availability of the industry's first 802.11n solution to achieve 320 Mbps of throughput with a dual-radio solution. In addition, Proxim's new 802.11n products have been designed to be customer-friendly and overcome the barriers of cost and complexity faced by competing products to deliver 802.11n networks at half the price of existing WLANs. |
| 11/17/08 | Enterasys and Siemens Enterprise Communications Advance Wired/Wireless Integration
Enterasys Networks Inc. announced unified wired and wireless offerings to enhance voice, video and data collaboration -- leveraging new HiPath Wireless and OpenScape Mobility technologies recently added as part of the joint venture with Siemens Enterprise Communications. This is the first step in overall efforts among the companies of the new joint venture to deliver integrated data solutions under a single brand in the coming months. |
| 11/14/08 | Eye-Fi Unveils the 4GB Broadband Wireless Eye-Fi SD Memory Card Anniversary Edition
Eye-Fi Inc. announced a new, limited edition card -- the Eye-Fi Anniversary Edition -- to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its first wireless SD memory card for digital cameras. Eye-Fi also announced it has been chosen as one of Popular Science's 2008 "Best of What's New" award recipients. |
| 11/12/08 | AirTight Protects Against Newly Discovered TKIP WPA Hacking Attacks
AirTight Networks announced an upgrade will be added to its SpectraGuard Enterprise product to provide WPAGuard -- the ability to detect, prevent and locate an attacker using the newly discovered Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) vulnerability on Access Points (AP) using Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol. Two researchers, Erik Tews and Martin Beck have partially broken the TKIP in less than 15 minutes and will demonstrate this attack at PacSec 2008 in Tokyo this week. |
| 11/12/08 | Ekahau Certifies Interoperability With Aerohive Wireless LANs
Ekahau Inc. and Aerohive Networks announced that Ekahau has certified Aerohive's wireless LAN equipment to work with
Ekahau's RTLS products. This certification provides customers with the
assurance that Ekahau RTLS may be quickly and easily deployed on Aerohive
wireless LANs and that the wide range of Aerohive's advanced capabilities,
such as mesh networking, work with Ekahau technology. |
| 11/12/08 | Motorola Announces Voice-over-Wireless-LAN Smart Phones
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola Inc. (NYSE: MOT) unveiled the first offering from its Total Enterprise Access and Mobility (TEAM) integrated voice and data portfolio - the TEAM voice-over-wireless-LAN (VoWLAN) solution. Designed to provide enterprise users with instant mobile access to voice and data services typically tethered to the desk, the TEAM solution helps businesses improve customer service, collaboration and productivity. |
| 11/11/08 | Z-Wave Announces Broadband Wireless Energy Monitoring System for the Whole Home
The long wait for mass-market wireless home control solutions in retail stores is finally over. Today marks the availability of Z-Wave-based home management solutions in Fry's stores across the nation. Stores are located across nine states including California, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. |
| 11/11/08 | Tamalpais Union High School District Deploys Aruba Networks' Wi-Fi Solutions in Every Classroom Across All of Its Campuses
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
the Tamalpais Union High School District in Marin County, California, has
deployed Aruba's Wi-Fi networks across all of the district's campuses. The
district wanted to provide ubiquitous and secure wireless to merge
technology into the day-to-day classroom experience and eliminate
stand-alone computer labs. Following a request for proposal, Aruba was
selected for the project based on its competitive pricing, integrated
security, and easy-to-use network management. |
| 11/07/08 | AT&T Expands Wi-Fi Network with Acquition of 20,000 Wireless Internet Access Points
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced that it has agreed, through one of its
subsidiaries, to acquire privately-held Wayport, Inc., a leading provider
of managed Wi-Fi services in the United States, for approximately $275
million in cash. The deal adds Wayport's focused capabilities and
enterprise customer portfolio with AT&T's leading Internet Protocol (IP)
and 3G networks, and broad consumer and business customer bases, to deliver
enhanced broadband connectivity at home, in the office, on the road, and
virtually anywhere in between.
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| 11/06/08 | 3G Dynasty to Distribute Hong Kong Film via 40,000 Internet Cafes in China
MyStarU.com, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: MYST; Frankfurt Stock Exchange: TQF) announced that its subsidiary 3G Dynasty, Inc. will distribute Hong Kong Film via 40,000 Internet Cafes in China |
| 11/06/08 | Meraki Introduces 'Main Street WiFi' for Cities and Towns
Meraki announced its first-ever Main Street WiFi Starter Pack to assist any town or business district deploy broadband wireless access across a full square mile. |
| 11/05/08 | Taichung Veterans General Hospital Selects Aruba for New Broadband Wireless Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Taiwan's Taichung Veterans General Hospital has selected Aruba to supply its wireless medical network. Founded in 1982, the 1,515 bed hospital has 2,918 doctors and staff, and serves 5,000 outpatients daily. The hospital is accredited at the highest levels by the Taiwan Department of Health and the Ministry of Education, and relies heavily on its networking infrastructure as a business-critical tool. |
| 11/05/08 | Leaders Positioned in the Visionaries Quadrant in Leading Analyst Firm's Wireless LAN Magic Quadrant Research Report
Enterasys and Siemens Enterprise Communications nnounced that the company was positioned in the visionaries quadrant in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Wireless LAN Infrastructure 2008 report (Gartner ID Number G00163188). |
| 10/31/08 | AT&T iPhone Customers to Receive Free Access to Nation's Largest Wi-Fi Network
There are now 17,000 more
reasons for smart shoppers to buy a smartphone from AT&T. AT&T Inc. (NYSE:
T) announced it will begin offering free AT&T Wi-Fi service to
current and new iPhone 3G and iPhone customers. AT&T has the nation's
largest Wi-Fi network, with more than 17,000 hot spots including Starbucks,
Barnes & Noble, and thousands of other locations. |
| 10/29/08 | ZeroG Wireless Secures $17 Million to Finance Low-Power Embedded Wi-Fi
ZeroG Wireless will use the financing to
bring its products to market through expanded sales channels, further build
out its executive team, and develop future products. Alex Benik, from
Battery Ventures, joins the ZeroG Wireless board of directors to form a
six-member board.
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| 10/29/08 | Wireless Wi-Fi Access Points Becoming More Secure
The seventh annual Wireless Security Survey reveals the continued, dramatic
growth of wireless networks in the world's major financial centres. The
survey of London, New York City and Paris examines the proliferation and
inherent security of corporate wireless access points, public hotspots and
- for the first time this year - in-home networks. |
| 10/29/08 | Aruba Networks' Green Island Project Spearheads Wi-Fi Open-Source Research
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the
public launch of Aruba Labs. Administered by the Office of Aruba's Chief
Technology Officer (CTO), Aruba Labs promotes research on Wi-Fi networks
and the all-wireless workplace through three separate initiatives: a
Developers Program, an Advanced Directed Research Program, and The Green
Island Project. |
| 10/29/08 | School Districts Move Quickly to Smarter 802.11n Wi-Fi
Ruckus Wireless announced that it has been selected by fourteen school districts across the country -- including Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD), Schenectady Public Schools, Tonasket School District and Holland Christian Public Schools -- to supply state-of-the art Smart wireless LAN (WLAN) systems based on the emerging 802.11n high-speed wireless standard. |
| 10/28/08 | Dual Mode Cellular/WiFi Phones Hit $7.6B in 2Q08
Market research firm Infonetics Research reports in FMC Equipment, Phones, and Subscribers that sales of dual mode cellular/WiFi phones, including dual service and UMA and IMS seamless FMC client phones, hit $7.6 billion in 2Q08 and are expected to be up 16% for the year, indicating healthy growth for converged cellular/WiFi services in both enterprise and consumer market segments. |
| 10/27/08 | Portsmouth University Takes the Guess Work Out of Its Campus Wi-Fi Network Operation With Aruba's AMP Solution
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
Portsmouth University has deployed AMP Version 6.0 at its U.K. campus. The
AMP platform provides a visual representation of the entire 220 access
point wireless network at a glance, and the IT staff can run status reports
on-demand for auditing purposes. Prior to deploying AMP Portsmouth
University determined network status by checking each individual wireless
controller using Syslog, a cumbersome and time-consuming process that also
lacked a suitable reporting capability. |
| 10/20/08 | ZTE Selects Cavium's OCTEON Processors to Power 3G Wireless Broadband Access Routers
Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM)
announced that ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of
telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has selected the OCTEON
Plus CN5010 MIPS64 processor as the heart of their latest Wireless WCDMA
Broadband Router supporting the growing wireless broadband access
deployments worldwide. ZTE is using the Cavium OCTEON Plus CN5010 to
deliver feature rich broadband access, telecom-grade multi-channel VoIP,
Fax over IP, security services including firewall and VPN, 802.11b/g
wireless LAN, network management and an easy to use graphical user
interface. |
| 10/17/08 | Aruba Networks Releases New Broadband Wireless White Paper Outlining How Merchants Can Comply With the Newest Payment Card Industry Security Standard
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of "Security Is In The Air," a new white paper that describes how merchants can comply with the newest Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) Version 1.2. |
| 10/15/08 | FCC Technology Report Clears the Path for Free Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service
M2Z Networks, Inc.
called on the Federal Communications Commission to move forward and
adopt the service rules for a nationwide wireless broadband network that
will provide all Americans with a lifeline broadband service at 768 kbps
downlink speed for free. |
| 10/13/08 | D-Link Now Shipping Business-Class 802.11n WLAN for the SMB
D-Link announced its first 802.11n WLAN solutions geared specifically for the small to medium business (SMB). The wireless access points (APs) offer superior bandwidth and coverage, multiple operation modes, flexible management and Power over Ethernet (PoE) capabilities. |
| 10/13/08 | D-Link Selects Cavium Networks' OCTEON Processors for SMB 802.11n WLAN Solutions
Cavium Networks (NASDAQ: CAVM) announced that D-Link, an end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business, has selected Cavium Networks' OCTEON MIPS64 processor family for use in its SMB wireless LAN (WLAN) Access Point (AP), DAP-2590. |
| 10/07/08 | College Students Say They Won't Choose Universities without Wi-Fi Internet Access
In a survey released by the Wi-Fi Alliance
and Wakefield Research, nine out of 10 college students in the United
States say Wi-Fi access is as essential to education as classrooms and
computers, and nearly three in five say they wouldn't go to a college that
doesn't have free Wi-Fi. What's more, fully 79 percent said that without
Wi-Fi access, college would be a lot harder. |
| 10/07/08 | Brazilian Army School Selects Aruba Networks and Synergy to Build Secure Broadband Wireless Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that its Synergy has deployed Aruba's wireless networks at the Escola de Aperfeiçoamento de Oficiais (EsAO) Brazilian Army School and surrounding housing complexes. Established in 1919, EsAO serves company- and field-grade officers at its 46 acre Rio de Janeiro campus and housing complexes. |
| 10/07/08 | MaxWiFi Communications Inc. Announces Secure WiFi Internet Access for Hotels
MaxWiFi Communications Inc. announced that after spending $3.5 million dollars over the last 3 years on research and development, the company expects to be awarded multiple technical patents for secure wireless networks for hotel environments. |
| 10/03/08 | Sprint's XOHM Broadband Wireless Internet Service at Demonstrated at WiMAX Smart Home Exhibit
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) and Sprint (NYSE: S) offered a first taste of XOHM service to guests attending a WiMAX open house event last night at Chicago's famed Smart Home. The Smart Home was built using green building techniques, technology that manages home energy use, and is designed with the latest in communications technology in mind. |
| 10/02/08 | First Wireless ISP Launches Integrated 3G and WiFi Mobile Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service
FREEDOM4 has launched a new service to enable customers to get the best possible broadband wireless connection whilst on the move. The combined 3G and WiFi software along with the plug-in dongle selects the highest quality connectivity at any given location to provide users with the ultimate flexible wireless service. |
| 10/02/08 | DoD Customer Signs $3.8 Million Deal for Broadband Wireless Network Security and Encryption Solution
EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: EFJI) announced that it has received an order valued at $3.8 million from a US Department of Defense (DoD) customer. The order calls for the company to develop an advanced security and encryption solution. |
| 10/01/08 | The Aptilo WiMAX CSN System: Helping Service Providers Meet Time-to-Market and Revenue Objectives
Aptilo Networks showcases the Aptilo WiMAX CSN
System, the market's first pre-integrated wireless broadband data and
voice services solution for standards compliant mobile WiMAX
authentication, authorization and accounting (AAA); policy management and
service control. |
| 09/30/08 | New Wi-Fi Roaming Agreement Now Offers Unlimited Internet Access and Voice over IP Calls throughout Europe
free-hotspot.com and DeFi Mobile, a mobile communications company that provides a global IP platform for mobile applications and services, announce today that DeFi Global Access members now have automatic and free open access to more than 3,500 free-hotspot.com Wi-Fi HotSpots across 18 European countries. |
| 09/26/08 | TeliaSonera Selects the Ruckus Smart Wi-Fi System for Its Nordic IPTV Services
Ruckus Wireless announced that TeliaSonera, a tier-one
telecommunications provider in the Nordic region, has selected and is
deploying its award-winning MediaFlex Smart Wi-Fi systems to provide
customers flicker-free wireless distribution of the popular IP-based
digital TV service (IPTV), Telia Digital-TV, throughout their homes. |
| 09/26/08 | Copley Square Hotel Caps Major Renovation with New Colubris Wireless Network
Colubris Networks announced that the Copley Square Hotel, a 143-room
landmark hotel located in the heart of Boston's Back Bay, has deployed
Colubris wireless equipment as part of its recent renovation project. The
Copley Square Hotel deployed the Colubris wireless solution through Safety
NetAccess, a leading national high-tech solutions company that provides a
broad range of technology products and services to its customers. |
| 09/25/08 | Broadband Wireless Network Replaces Dedicated Lines for 173 Funeral Homes
SonicWALL, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNWL) announced that Carriage Services, of Houston, Texas, has implemented a high-performance virtual private network (VPN) and high-speed Unified Threat Management (UTM) by integrating SonicWALL E-Class NSA E7500 and distributed SonicWALL TZ 190 appliances. |
| 09/24/08 | Eye-Fi Makes Broadband Wireless Photo Uploads Twice As Fast
Eye-Fi Inc., makers of the world's first wireless memory card for digital cameras, announced enhancements to its family of Eye-Fi cards that will make the upload of digital photos from camera to computer twice as fast. The faster wireless speeds will also be made available to existing Eye-Fi users at no extra cost. In addition, users will be able to upgrade their Eye-Fi cards to add the individual services they want, including Web sharing, geotagging and hotspot access. |
| 09/24/08 | U.S. Troops in Iraq Receive Broadband Wireless Internet Access from Aruba Networks and Babylon Telecommunications
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
its wireless networks have been deployed by Babylon Telecommunications Inc.
at Joint Base Balad in Iraq to provide Internet access to over 20,000
soldiers. Prior to this deployment there was no authorized Internet access
at the base for the individual soldiers, making it difficult for troops to
stay in touch with loved ones and affecting morale. Babylon
Telecommunications was awarded a contract by the Army & Air Force Exchange
Services (AAFES) to handle the integration services and provide Internet
service at Joint Base Balad, the largest US military base in the region. |
| 09/24/08 | Hindu Temple and Cultural Center Deploys Aerohive Wireless LAN for Mobile VoIP Initiative
Aerohive Networks announced that the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Cultural Center ("BAPS") in Chino Hills, Calif., has deployed an Aerohive wireless LAN solution on its 21-acre campus to support its mobile VoIP initiative. BAPS migrated from Cisco Aironet autonomous access points to Aerohive's cooperative control wireless LAN because of the solution's secure fast roaming, security, mesh connectivity, and low cost. |
| 09/22/08 | Trapeze Networks Builds First Broadband Wireless Point of Sale Stadium in the United States; No Cash Required
Trapeze Networks is the MVP player on a team that has built the first cashless professional sports stadium in the United States, Lawrence-Dumont Stadium, home of the Wichita Wingnuts. Other members of this winning line-up include Total Venue Control, Game Time Food & Beverage Services, EZ Pay and Renaissance Network Solutions. Working together, these companies created a turnkey solution that makes everything about baseball in Wichita a lot more fun. |
| 09/17/08 | D-Link Brings Broadband Wireless Internet Access to Sub-Rural Areas in Texas
D-Link is helping bring Internet access to parts of central Texas classified as 'sub-rural' -- communities that are so small and isolated that they are not recognized by the Census Bureau -- by providing routers and managed switches to LiveAir Networks, a technical services company that brings digital microwave Internet service to the region. |
| 09/17/08 | Broadband Wireless RFID and Wi-Fi Technology at the Center of the Most Advanced Hotel Rooms in Las Vegas
Control4's next-generation automation, coupled with CityCenter's ability to network every guestroom device via one gigabit of bandwidth, will deliver an unrivaled guest experience that will become the benchmark for the hospitality industry. |
| 09/16/08 | Aruba Networks' 802.11n Market Share Grows to More Than 25 Percent in New Dell'Oro Report
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that
in the second calendar quarter of 2008 its share of the enterprise 802.11n
dependent access point wireless LAN market rose to 27.3% in terms of
revenue, and 25.6% in terms of units shipped, up from 4.8% market share for
both categories in the first quarter of 2008. |
| 09/15/08 | Emerging Broadband Wireless Sensor Network Technology Successfully Piloted; Now Available for Licensing
Gentag, Inc. has successfully tested a broad platform including
multi-band cell phone technology and Wi-Fi devices combined with a new
disposable, battery-less (or passive) wireless RFID sensor platform and
proprietary web software, thereby allowing real time scanning of low-cost
wireless RFID 13.56 MHz sensors for virtually any consumer application --
anywhere in the world.
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| 09/12/08 | Napera NetworksNetwork Security Solution Helps Customers Take Control of Wireless Network Access With Strong Wi-Fi Integration
Providing secure wireless access for customers, contractors, or employees is now achievable for small and medium-sized enterprises. Napera Networks launched a new version of its network access control solution, featuring strong Wi-Fi integration. The Napera N24 works with new or existing 802.11 deployments for secure, user-based wireless access for both employees and guest users. Other new features in this version include expanded health checks and automated remediation for Mac OS X computers. |
| 09/12/08 | Azalea Networks Deploys Its 'Intelligent' Broadband Wireless Network Technology in China's City of Hangzhou
Azalea Networks announced a
broadband wireless network deployment covering key areas throughout the
City of Hangzhou in eastern China. This represents the latest in a series
of wireless deployments for Azalea in major Chinese metropolitan areas this
year. |
| 09/11/08 | Motorola Survey Reveals Media Mobility is Key for the Millennial Generation
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced further results of its research into the consumer technology decisions and media consumption habits of the 'Millennial' generation (16-27 year olds). This new study of over 1,200 Millennials from five countries in Europe and the Middle East found that young adults are passionate about being in control of their rich media content and are heavily influencing older generations. |
| 09/11/08 | MSHA Approves ActiveMine's RFID Wi-Fi Tags for Mining Operations
Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced the first US federal regulatory approval of ActiveMine, the premier wireless communications and locating system for mines. The US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has approved ActiveMine's RFID Wi-Fi Tags as intrinsically safe. The RFID Wi-Fi tags are a key component of the system that enable accurate and real-time tracking of people and assets and also offer auxiliary two-way messaging capability. |
| 09/09/08 | General Dynamics Places New Order for NET's NX1000 for Voice, Video and Data in Army WIN-T Program
Network Equipment Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: NWK) announced that it has been awarded an additional order by General Dynamics C4 Systems for the Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) program, to include NET's NX1000. WIN-T is the Army's primary battlefield communications network produced by General Dynamics. The WIN-T system will use NET's NX1000 multiservice networking platform to interface to the Standardized Tactical Entry Point (STEP) of the Defense Information Systems Network. |
| 09/09/08 | Rayspan Metamaterial Licensees Ship 5 Million Wi-Fi Antennas in 2008
Rayspan Corporation is proud to
announce that in the first three quarters of 2008 licensees of its
technologies have shipped more than 800,000 devices equipped with a total
of more than five million metamaterial antennas. The applications supported
by these advanced wireless communications products include WiFi wireless
LANs, laptop PCs, and cellular phones. |
| 09/08/08 | Creanord to Distribute Azimuth's Wireless Broadband Test Equipment for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and LTE
Azimuth Systems, Inc. announced that
Creanord, a premier solutions provider for carriers and service providers
throughout Northern Europe, has become its distributor for Norway, Sweden,
Finland, Denmark, the Baltics (Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania) and Russia.
Through this partnership, Creanord will distribute Azimuth's full range of
hardware and software products for Wi-Fi, WiMAX, LTE and 4G applications,
including the groundbreaking ACE 400WB and ACE MX channel emulators
for testing base station and mobile station/user equipment in a fading
environment under automated real-world scenarios. |
| 09/08/08 | Ekahau Broadens its Market Presence With New Wi-Fi Tags
Ekahau Inc. introduced four new
Wi-Fi tags that expand the functionality of its real-time location tracking
solutions. The tags, which were designed in response to customer demand in a
number of vertical markets, include a personnel badge tag that offers the
industry's first two-way Wi-Fi pager capabilities and other solutions for
industrial, retail and temperature sensitive environments. |
| 09/08/08 | Ameren's Field Force Utilizes NetMotion's Mobile VPN for Seamless Wireless Internet Access
NetMotion Wireless announced that
Ameren, a Midwest provider of energy services, has turned to NetMotion to
maximize the productivity of Ameren's mobile field force. More than 1,900
Ameren employees use Mobility XE, NetMotion's Mobile VPN software, to
secure connections to applications and customer records across wireless
coverage gaps and across various networks. Ameren provides energy services
to 2.4 million customers in Missouri and Illinois and natural gas to nearly
one million customers. |
| 09/04/08 | Aruba Networks Delivers Fault-Tolerant, Secure Wireless LAN to the University of Macau
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN)
announced that University of Macau has deployed a campus-wide Aruba
adaptive wireless LAN at its Taipa campus. Founded in 1981, the urban
campus covers 572,000 square feet and supports more than 6,000 students and
800 faculty and staff. |
| 09/04/08 | D-Link Wireless Networking Solutions Bolster Productivity for Schools and Universities Across the Nation
In Arizona, administrators for the Sanders Unified School District were seeking a dependable, yet affordable security solution to deter break-ins and vandalism at school structures so they could focus their attention on education. |
| 09/03/08 | Wavesat Announces Broadband Wireless Distribution Agreement with DigiPro to Deliver 4G Solutions in China and Taiwan
Wavesat announced a distribution agreement with DigiPro Technology Ltd. to meet the growing demand for Wavesat's Odyssey 8500 TM chipset and reference designs in the China and Taiwan. DigiPro will expand the Company's presence in the region while complementing existing channel relationships.
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| 09/03/08 | Redline Provides Wireless Internet Access on Utah Transit Authority's High-Speed Commuter Trains
Redline Communications Group Inc. (TSX and AIM: RDL) announced that Utah Transit Authority (UTA) has selected Redline's RedACCESS AN80i broadband wireless platform to provide passengers with free Wi-Fi access aboard UTA's new high speed commuter train. |
| 09/03/08 | Buffalo Technology Enables Easy Wi-Fi Set up With Devicescape Software
Devicescape Software announced its central role in enabling
Buffalo Technology to deliver simple and secure Wi-Fi connections for home
and small business environments. Until recently, most users struggled to
set up their wireless network and attach new devices.
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| 09/02/08 | Aruba Networks Delivers Fault-Tolerant, Secure Wireless LAN to the University of Macau
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that University of Macau has deployed a campus-wide Aruba adaptive wireless LAN at its Taipa campus. Founded in 1981, the urban campus covers 572,000 square feet and supports more than 6,000 students and 800 faculty and staff. |
| 08/28/08 | Proxim Wireless Provides Technology to Keep Athletes Connected During Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM) announced that the National Olympic Committee (NOC) National Sports Federation (NSF) in the Netherlands has deployed Proxim Wireless ORiNOCO AP-4000M Access Points at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. |
| 08/27/08 | Ascom Wireless Solutions and Ekahau Introduce WiFi Based Emergency Positioning Solution
Ascom
Wireless Solutions (WS) and Ekahau Inc. announced their collaboration on a
new WiFi positioning solution. Ekahau's location-based services (Ekahau
RTLS) combined with the Ascom i75, a high-end VoWiFi handset from Ascom WS,
create a reliable means of locating people in emergency situations. |
| 08/27/08 | Linksys Broadband Wireless 802.11n Routers Lean to Green
Linksys announced enhanced efforts in helping to save resources and reduce waste. Linksys has begun rolling out eco-friendlier packaging for its consumer networking products, and it has received ENERGY STAR certified ratings on power adapters included with more than thirty of its home networking products.
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| 08/27/08 | Firetide Launches WLAN Controller for Enterprise Wi-Fi Access Networks
Firetide Inc., a leading developer of wireless mesh and access networks, today announced the new Firetide WLAN Controller that enables network-wide management and control of Firetide access points from a single interface. With the launch of the WLAN controller product, Firetide addresses a growing convergence trend in the channel, where a single integrator, be it security or IT, now provides the entire spectrum of networking services to an enterprise – from IP video surveillance to Wi-Fi access for employees and guests. Firetide’s extended wireless portfolio – from high-performance mesh backhaul to feature-rich WLAN management – is an excellent solution for integrators looking to break into new markets. |
| 08/25/08 | Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces the European Patents for Its ASNAP Technology Have Been Fully Paid for in Twenty-Five Countries
Calypso Wireless, Inc., a leading innovator in advanced wireless telecommunications technologies announced that the company has paid all fees associated with the issuance of the patent for its ASNAP technology in twenty-five European countries. |
| 08/22/08 | Socket Introduces New Wireless LAN Products for OEM Customers
Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT) announced it will offer new 802.11 a/b/g Wireless LAN (WLAN) products designed for corporate and industrial OEM customers to use in their embedded and plug-in applications. Three form factors will be available worldwide including modules, Secure Digital and CompactFlash cards. |
| 08/21/08 | American Airlines Launches Broadband Wireless Internet Access on Coast-to-Coast Flights
Marking the beginning of the next wireless revolution, American Airlines made history with the launch of onboard GoGo broadband wireless Internet access, which will be provided by Aircell. |
| 08/21/08 | 802.11n Draft 2.0 Provide Peak Data Rates of 195 Mbps
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Intel announce results from extensive testing of 802.11n Draft 2.0 to validate real-world performance of at least five times the throughput speed over 802.11a/b/g wireless LANs. |
| 08/20/08 | Siemens 802.11n and Outdoor Access Points Now the Green Choice
Siemens Communications, Inc.'s HiPath Wireless 802.11n and Outdoor Access Points have been certified at Microsemi Corporation's PowerDsine testing facility as the first 802.11n or Outdoor access points available today that are able to operate at the low power ratings specified in IEEE 802.3af standards for Power over Ethernet (PoE). |
| 08/19/08 | University of Tennessee at Knoxville Selects Aruba Networks' 802.11n Wireless Network for New Business Administration Facility
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that the University of Tennessee has selected and is deploying Aruba's 802.11n adaptive wireless LAN and secure mobility solution at its Knoxville campus' College of Business Administration. |
| 08/18/08 | Trapeze Engineer Leading Two Important Wi-Fi Alliance Task Groups
The Wi-Fi Alliance, the global, non-profit industry association, has selected Matthew Gast, an engineer in the Office of the CTO at Trapeze Networks, to chair two new, very important task groups. Gast will chair the Wireless Network Management Marketing and Security Technical task groups. |
| 08/06/08 | Aruba Networks Is the First Wireless LAN Vendor to Obtain Common Criteria Certification
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that it is the first wireless LAN supplier to be awarded a Common Criteria EAL-2 certificate for its Wi-Fi solutions. EAL-2 certification is a mandatory prerequisite for many high security applications, and is often required in tandem with validation to Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 for cryptographic security and compliance with Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8100.2 security policies for wireless technologies. |
| 08/06/08 | ROK Mobile International Acquires Wi-Max/Wi-Fi Network Solution Provider MeshLinx Wireless
ROK Mobile Intl, a UK-based telecoms service provider, announced that it has purchased a 51% interest in MeshLinx Wireless Inc., a US-based global network provider of Wi-Max and Wi-Fi network solutions. |
| 07/31/08 | AirTight Releases Free 802.11n Tool to Estimate Coverage, Security and Bill-of-Materials for Broadband Wireless Networks
AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management, announced the release of an 802.11n WLAN Coverage Estimator on its Web site. This free interactive utility helps organizations which are trying to get a better understanding of how 802.11n impacts their environment and the cost of 802.11n rollouts. |
| 07/30/08 | Leading Wireless LAN Security Provider Being Acquired by Motorola
Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately held AirDefense, a leading wireless LAN (WLAN) security provider. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. |
| 07/30/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Deploys WiFi Networks in Israeli
012 Smile.Communications (NASDAQ Global Market and TASE: SMLC), a growth-oriented provider of communication services in Israel, today announced that it has completed an extensive Wi-Fi infrastructure project valued at several million shekels for Israel's Clalit Healthcare system. |
| 07/30/08 | Madrid Hospital Improves Employee Safety With Ekahau Wi-Fi RTLS
Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of
Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), announced that the 12 de
Octubre Hospital in Madrid, Spain, has installed a Wi-Fi-based location
tracking solution that is designed to improve security and safety of its
emergency room employees. The solution, deployed by Indra, is built on the
Ekahau Positioning Engine, a software-based location server that leverages
existing enterprise Wi-Fi infrastructure for location tracking. |
| 07/25/08 | Major Hospitals Making Paradigm Shift to Real Time Digital Communication and Real Time Location Services with Broadband Wireless Technology
Kiang Wu Hospital and Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced that the hospital will deploy Cisco IP (Internet Protocol) broadband wireless networking technologies in its new Dr. Henry Y. T. Fok Specialist Medical Center in Macau. The deployment is designed to support the delivery of high quality medical services and a brand new experience to the communities of Macau and Hong Kong. |
| 07/25/08 | Telstra Launches High-Speed Internet Access Service Using Broadband Wireless Products from Netcomm and Sierra Wireless
Telstra, Australia's leading telecommunications company, has partnered with NetComm Limited, Australia's leading provider of data communication technology and the world's leading 3G embedded module manufacturer, Sierra Wireless to launch a new mobile broadband device. |
| 07/24/08 | Caltech Students and Faculty Receive Secure High-Speed Internet Access from Aruba Networks
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in broadband wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, announced that the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) has deployed Aruba's adaptive wireless LANs across its Pasadena campus. |
| 07/24/08 | Revenue from Internet Video Content and Advertising Will Grow at a Compounded Rate of Nearly 50 Percent over the Next Five Years
The lynchpin in this home entertainment revolution will be the devices connecting the Internet to television screens. Satellite and cable set top boxes, wireless handsets, digital adapter boxes, audio/video players, game consoles, IPTV set top boxes offered by telephone companies, and various video recording and playback devices will be included |
| 07/23/08 | Meru Deploys Broadband Wireless Network at the Blackfen School for Girls
Blackfen School for Girls, in Sidcup, Kent, in the UK, has selected wireless technology from Meru Networks, a provider of wireless infrastructure solutions. |
| 07/22/08 | Colubris' Rob Scott to Participate in Upcoming Ernst & Young Webcast
Colubris Networks, the leading global provider of intelligent wireless LANs (WLANs) for enterprises and service providers, announced that President and CEO Rob Scott has been selected to participate in a webcast panel discussion entitled "Operational Effectiveness," hosted by Ernst & Young. This webcast, the second in the Ernst & Young Strategic Growth Leadership Series, will take place on Wednesday, July 23 at 11:45 a.m. |
| 07/22/08 | FreeWave Unveils High-Performance, Tiny Form Factor Wireless High-Speed Radios With Ethernet
FreeWave Technologies, the largest independent provider of high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radio products and services in the industry, announced the MM2 900 MHz radio with Ethernet. The MM2 is the industry's smallest data radio with the highest performance in its class. With the added convenience and versatility of an Ethernet interface, the new radio ideally is suited for any embedded OEM application including advanced military equipment where space is at a premium, such as RTUs, EFMs, PLCs, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and guided parachutes. |
| 07/21/08 | ShoreTel Certifies Broadband Wireless Interoperability of Entire Trapeze Networks Product Line
Trapeze Networks announces that its entire product line is certified through ShoreTel's Technology Partner Program as inter-operable with the full range of ShoreTel's Pure IP Unified Communications solutions. |
| 07/21/08 | Aruba Networks Installs Broadband Wireless LANs for 2,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots Covering Some 350 Hong Kong Government Premises
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that it is supplying secure wireless equipment to PCCW-HKT Network Services Limited (PCCW) for use at roughly 2,000 new Wi-Fi hot spots serving some 350 Hong Kong Government premises. PCCW, the premier telecommunications provider in Hong Kong and one of Asia's leading players in information and communications technologies, will be the network service provider. |
| 07/17/08 | D-Link Xtreme NTM Dual Band Router Crowned 'King'
D-Link has received top industry recognition for its new Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 from both PC Magazine and LAPTOP Magazine. The D-Link DIR-855 is a powerful dual band 802.11n wireless router engineered to maximize speed, range and performance of a Wi-Fi network when running multiple devices including high definition (HD) media players, game consoles and computers. |
| 07/17/08 | MIPS32 74K Core Featured in Broadcom's New Family of Single-Chip WLAN Router Solutions
MIPS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: MIPS) announced that its superscalar MIPS32 74K processor core is part of the new family of Intensi-fi XLR 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) chipsets from Broadcom Corporation. The new Broadcom solutions provide a single platform for building single- and dual-band 802.11n routers with distinct feature sets and price points. The embedded 74K core helps maintain data rates of up to 300Mbps in each band and supports Broadcom's other features that provide Wi-Fi users with the best possible multimedia experience throughout their homes. |
| 07/17/08 | Drexel University Selects to Aruba Networks' Adaptive 802.11n Broadband Wireless Network Equipment to Provide High-Speed Internet Access Services
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Drexel University has selected and commenced the deployment of Aruba's adaptive 802.11n wireless LAN and secure mobility solution at its Philadelphia campus. Drexel is replacing its second-generation wireless LAN to gain the improvements in speed and range brought by 802.11n. After a comprehensive technical evaluation, including real-world testing in residence halls, Aruba was awarded the project based on its ability to provide airtime fairness, active interference avoidance, and client load-balancing based on its Adaptive Radio Management (ARM) technology. |
| 07/17/08 | Next Generation Municipal Wi-Fi/WiMAX Service Alive and Well in Lompoc, California
The municipal Wi-Fi network in the City of Lompoc, California is achieving commercial success with a growing number of subscribers, using technology from Aptilo Networks, the global leader in integrated solutions for Service Management and Access Control for wireless networks including WiMAX , wireless mesh and Wi-Fi hotspots. Announced today, the City has replaced their existing service management system with the Aptilo Service Management Platform, which enables and manages Wi-Fi access and provides service control. |
| 07/15/08 | Aruba Networks Expands Operations in Italy With New Office in Rome
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in broadband wireless networks and secure unified mobility solutions, announced an expansion of its European operations with a new office in Rome dedicated to developing business throughout Italy. Aruba has been steadily expanding its operations throughout the EMEA region and now fields offices in the UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, Germany, Saudi Arabia, and the Emirates. |
| 07/15/08 | Stephouse Networks Competes for Wi-Fi and WiMAX Service in the City of Portland, Oregon
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, announced that Stephouse Networks, a Portland, OR based ISP, has deployed Proxim equipment to provide the city of Portland with high-speed wireless broadband connectivity. Stephouse has deployed a combination of Proxim's Tsunami MP.11 WiMAX and Proxim's ORiNOCO AP-4000LR Wi-Fi mesh technology to blanket seven square miles of Portland with wireless broadband coverage. |
| 07/15/08 | WPCS Receives $8 Million in New Broadband Wireless Networking Projects
WPCS International Incorporated (Nasdaq: WPCS), a leader in design-build wireless engineering services for specialty communication systems and wireless infrastructure, has announced that, through its subsidiaries, it has received approximately $8 million in new projects. |
| 07/15/08 | free-hotspot.com Spreads Its Wings to Offer Free Wi-Fi Service to Airports
free-hotspot.com, a free Wi-Fi Internet service provider, announced that it has successfully installed its service in two Brittany airports, Quimper Cornouaille and Lannion - Cote de Granit. These installations reflect a commitment by free-hotspot.com to provide its FREE Wi-Fi service in regional as well as international airports. The company plans further airport installations in the UK and the rest of Europe in the near future. |
| 07/10/08 | Raritan Valley Community College Plans to Deploy 802.11n Wireless LAN
Extreme Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: EXTR) announced the shipment of its Altitude 450/451 802.11n type Wireless LAN Access Points (APs). These new APs can be installed both easily and practically using a single Ethernet cable and PoE switch port supporting 802.3af PoE standards, thus providing significant enhancements that remove the hassle of power injectors or separate cable plant. |
| 07/09/08 | BelAir Networks Provides Tessco Customers with Market-Leading Wireless Mesh Products
BelAir Networks, the market leader in broadband wireless mesh networks, has signed a distribution agreement with TESSCO Technologies, the leading provider of the product and supply chain solutions needed to build, operate and use wireless networks and systems. The distribution agreement provides easy access to BelAir Networks best of breed wireless mesh products for TESSCO’s wireless system operators, program managers, contractors, resellers, and self-maintained utility, transportation, enterprise and government organizations. |
| 07/09/08 | Cresskill, N.J., High School Deploys Broadband Wireless Internet Access for 800 Students
Cresskill (N.J.) Junior and Senior High School has installed a wireless LAN from Meru Networks to provide its more than 800 students and faculty with mobile wireless access to the Internet and online educational materials.
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| 07/08/08 | ZyXEL Among First to Receive Mobile WiMAX 2.5 GHz Certification From WiMAX Forum
ZyXEL Communications, Inc. announced that ZyXEL's 2.5 GHz WiMAX MIMO Residential Gateway MAX-206M2 has received the Mobile Forum Certified seal of approval at the WiMAX Forum Global Congress in Amsterdam. ZyXEL is among the first group of WiMAX Forum member companies to be awarded this certification. |
| 07/08/08 | Midland Hotels Picks Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Mesh Wireless LANs to Provide High-Speed Internet Access for Guests
Ruckus Wireless announced that it was been selected by the Midland Hotel Corporation to provide Smart Wireless LAN systems as part of a $17 million renovation of Midland's group of Holiday Inn hotels throughout Massachusetts. |
| 07/08/08 | Motorola Selects NICE Inform for Denmark's Nationwide Public Safety Network, to Combine Radio Over IP and Telephony Communications
NICE Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ: NICE) announced that it has received an order from its strategic partner Motorola on behalf of Denmark's Ministry of the Interior. The Ministry of the Interior will add NICE Inform, NICE's multi-media incident information management solution, to their NICE environment to consolidate radio over-IP and telephony audio content from the Danish public safety network, and to enable scenario reconstruction from a single application. NICE Inform will be used with Motorola Dimetra 6.x TETRA IP technology network, being the only solution in the industry to enable this capability. |
| 07/08/08 | Sandals Resorts Deploy Smart Mesh Networks to Deliver High-Speed Internet Access in 20 Caribbean Resorts
Ruckus Wireless announced that it has been selected by Sandals Resorts International to supply all of its Caribbean properties including Sandals Resorts, Beaches Resorts and The Royal Plantation Collection with an all-802.11n, indoor/outdoor Wireless LAN infrastructure based on its award-winning Smart Mesh Networking technology. |
| 07/04/08 | OmniGlobe Networks Provides High-Speed Internet Access Services to the Rural Communities in Kingston, Ontario
OmniGlobe Networks, Inc, the telecommunications company that provides cost-effective broadband wireless Internet access, satellite and cellular services to remote communities around the globe, announced the signing of an agreement with the City of Kingston to enhance the telecommunications infrastructure in the unserved areas of the region. |
| 07/03/08 | New Linksys by Cisco Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router Makes Home Networking Multimedia Friendly
Linksys announced the Linksys by Cisco Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router (WRT610N). The WRT610N is designed to greatly enhance the entertainment experience for consumers who wish to take advantage of the ever-increasing availability of digital media content, including High-Definition video. |
| 07/02/08 | Stark County Library and Akron-Canton Airport Partner for CAK Free Web Access
If you have some extra time before your next flight out of Akron-Canton Airport (CAK), be sure to try out CAK Free Web Access and check your e-mail or surf the web through a new service made possible by a partnership with the Stark County District Library. |
| 07/01/08 | D-Link Drops Price on Two Best-Selling 802.11n Broadband Wireless Routers
D-Link announced a major price drop on its two most popular 802.11n Wi-Fi routers, representing an additional $20 savings off MSRP on its most affordable Broadband Wireless N Router (DIR-615) and $30 savings on its Xtreme N Gigabit Router (DIR-655). |
| 07/01/08 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Upgrades to Aruba Networks for Reliable, Interference-Free Broadband Wireless Internet Access
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that the University of Tennessee has selected and is deploying Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and secure mobility solution at its Chattanooga campus. Originally founded in 1886 as Chattanooga University, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) today serves 9,000 students on a 101-acre metropolitan campus. |
| 07/01/08 | Number of 802.11n Products on the Rise; Polycom Steals #1 Spot from Cisco in WiFi Phone Share
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research reports that the wireless LAN infrastructure market, which includes independent and dependent access points and WLAN switches and controllers, sequentially increased in revenue but decreased in units shipped in 1Q08, evidence that higher-priced 802.11n products are now shipping in increasing volume. |
| 07/01/08 | More Than 100 Baltimore Public Schools Turn to Meru for Broadband Wireless Internet Access Service
Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) has deployed a wireless LAN (WLAN) from Meru Networks to support video learning, Internet access and other applications for nearly 105,000 students as well as faculty and staff in 171 schools with more than 15 million square feet of total space. |
| 06/30/08 | Wi-Fi Alliance Now Certifying Devices for Voice Over Wi-Fi Applications
Driven by the growing popularity of Wi-Fi technology and voice over IP (VoIP), the Wi-Fi industry has developed a new certification program for voice-capable Wi-Fi devices in home and small office environments. Today, the Wi-Fi Alliance announced the Wi-Fi Certified Voice-Personal program as well as some of the first products that have achieved this certification. This groundbreaking new certification program extends beyond interoperability testing to test the performance of products and help ensure that they deliver good voice quality over the Wi-Fi link. |
| 06/27/08 | Mopar uconnect web to Provide High-Speed Wireless Internet Services to Vehicles from Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge
Mopar announced that it will launch uconnect web, Chrysler LLC's in-vehicle wireless Internet connectivity for Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge consumers in the U.S. uconnect web, powered by Autonet Mobile, delivers continuous Internet connectivity to all vehicle passengers for entertainment and real-time information access on the go. |
| 06/27/08 | Chrysler Umbrella 'uconnect' Broadband Wireless Service Now Offers Phone, Tunes, GPS, Studio and High-Speed Internet Access to the World Wide Web
Consumers are passionate about staying in touch and want to be connected no matter where they are -- home, work, school or vehicle. To focus on the experience and connect customers to the things that matter the most, Chrysler LLC will now bundle innovative consumer technologies under one umbrella name - "uconnect." The function of the feature is directly in the name - uconnect phone, uconnect tunes, uconnect gps, uconnect studios and uconnect web. |
| 06/26/08 | Trapeze Networks Introduces SmartPass 7.0: Intelligent Access Control for Wireless LANs
Trapeze Networks introduces Trapeze SmartPass 7.0, the access management platform for Trapeze NonStop Wireless networking products. SmartPass 7.0 gives network managers precise control over every dimension of the who, what, where, when, why and how of access management. With SmartPass 7.0, network managers have more control over wireless network access than they typically have for the wired network. Network managers can easily control access based on location, traffic, and time-of-day policies. |
| 06/25/08 | Silex Introduces SX-SDWAG 802.11a/b/g SDIO Broadband Wireless Radio Card for OEM Portable Device Applications
Silex Technology announced the SX-SDWAG, the first world's first broadband wireless module that provides 802.11a/b/g capabilities in an SDIO card form factor. Designed for wireless local area network (WLAN) applications that require low power consumption, the SX-SDWAG is ideal for battery-operated portable devices in the medical, weights and measures, transportation and other industries. |
| 06/23/08 | Aruba Networks and Omni Data Secure Clinton Public School System With Wireless IP Video Surveillance Solution
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, announced that the Clinton Public School System in Connecticut has selected Aruba's wireless LAN technology for use in wireless video surveillance systems at the district's four elementary, intermediate, and high schools. Aruba partner OMNI Data LLC will be providing integration services. |
| 06/20/08 | Motorola Develops One Point Wireless Network Management Control System for Wireless Internet Service Providers
Motorola, Inc. ( NYSE: MOT) announced the North American availability of its new set of software products for designing, deploying and managing outdoor wireless networks: the Motorola One Point Wireless Suite. The suite features MeshPlanner, PTP LINKPlanner and introduces Motorola's new Wireless Manager which provides IT managers and network operators enhanced visibility and control of Motorola's wireless broadband products. |
| 06/20/08 | Motorola Wi-Fi Access Point Doubles the Broadband Wireless Reach Within the Home for Faster High-Speed Internet Access Services
Motorola (NYSE:MOT) announced a new full-featured wireless gateway for the savvy home networker or ambitious small business that provides twice the reach of wireless gateways available off-the-shelf at retail stores. Highly secure, simple to setup and easy to use, the Motorola Netopia four-port ethernet high-performance wireless gateway (model 7107-65) features one-button pairing and seamless connectivity to an existing in-home broadband connection. |
| 06/19/08 | Helius Technology Powers In-Mall Digital Signage Broadband Wireless Network
Helius, a Hughes company, has teamed with PlasMedia Productions on one of the nation's largest in-mall digital signage broadband wireless networks, servicing over 3,600 advertisers in 100 locations. PlasMedia selected the Helius digital signage solution because it allowed them to quickly expand their business and meet all of their technology requirements. |
| 06/18/08 | Proxim Introduces Broadband Wireless Point-to-Point Solution with T1/E1, Ethernet, AES Security, QOS and Multiple Frequency Support in a Single Box
Proxim Wireless Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXM), a leading provider of end-to-end broadband wireless systems that deliver the quadruple play, announced the Lynx.G5 family of carrier-class point-to-point radios. These new products provide carriers, utilities and enterprises advanced flexibility for high-performance voice and data backhaul by enabling the choice between any frequency in the 2.4 GHz or 5.15-5.95 GHz spectrum. |
| 06/18/08 | Azalea Networks Expands Global Reach With Rollout of its 'Intelligent' Broadband Wireless Network Routing Technology to North American Market
Azalea Networks, a leading innovator in wireless network equipment and technology, unveiled its plans for global expansion through superior broadband wireless solutions at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The market leader for broadband wireless network routing solutions in China, Azalea is introducing the benefits of its purpose-built network "intelligence" for broadband wireless infrastructure through the delivery of wireless routing technology that sets new standards in price and performance. |
| 06/18/08 | Crowne Plaza Houston Upgrades to High-Speed Wireless Internet Access in Days with BelAir Networks
As the Crowne Plaza Houston North Greenspoint undergoes a multi-million dollar renovation, one element is critical to enhancing the guest experience at the hotel -- high-speed wireless Internet service. The Crowne Plaza is known for its excellence and commitment to customer service for those staying in the largest city in the state of Texas. With BelAir Networks and AFL Telecommunications, the hotel now offers high-speed Wi-Fi Internet access access throughout the facility giving guests access whenever and wherever they need it. |
| 06/18/08 | Wireless Matrix Broadband Wireless Locomotive Network Deployments Surpass 10,000 Internet Access Subscribers
Wireless Matrix Corporation (TSX:WRX) announced that deployments of its locomotive communications solution suite have surpassed 10,000 subscribers. Working with the majority of Class 1 railroads in North America since 1999, Wireless Matrix provides critical data communications and industry-standard application support to the company's broad base of rail customers. |
| 06/17/08 | Tektronix Communications Adds Broadband Wireless Network Application to Network Optimization Suite of Solutions
Tektronix Communications, a leading worldwide provider of communications network management and diagnostics solutions, announced the availability of automatic radio optimization, a new application that is part of OptiMon, the suite of advanced network optimization products based on Tektronix' Network and Service Analyzer (NSA) platform, widely adopted by wireless operators and manufacturers' professional services teams around the world. |
| 06/17/08 | Sprint Selects Samsung's Instinct to Compete with Apple iPhone on EVDO Broadband Wireless Network
Sprint (NYSE: S) and Samsung Mobile announced the upcoming availability of a new wireless device, Samsung Instinct, which offers consumers an industry-leading user experience by combining full touch screen functionality with fast speeds available on the nation's largest mobile broadband network. This revolutionary device speeds up the user experience like no other touch screen phone and brings the customer's most-used applications and contacts within a single finger tap. |
| 06/17/08 | Calypso Wireless, Inc. Announces European Patents for Wireless Wi-Fi and 3G Detection and Switching Technology in Twenty-Five Countries
Calypso Wireless, Inc. (OTC: CLYW / CLYW.PK), a leading innovator in advanced wireless telecommunications technologies announced that the company has received news that its patent applications for its ASNAP technology have been accepted in twenty-five European countries. With those rights now secure and the newly established ability to protect those rights in Europe as well as America, the company has begun the process of monetizing its technology.
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| 06/17/08 | Ruckus Wireless Casts Safety Net to Trapeze Resellers Caught in the Wi-Fi Circus
In an effort to bring peace and prosperity to networking resellers not interested in selling specialty wire, cable and cord products for the electronics and electrical markets, Ruckus Wireless said it will offer Trapeze partners compelling incentives to immediately become Ruckus Big Dog Partners. |
| 06/16/08 | Trapeze Networks Awarded Broadband Wireless FIPS Certification
Across the federal government, civilian and intelligence agencies and the Department of Defense (DoD), work is constantly underway to become more mobile so they can make real time responses to real world needs and opportunities. But mobility must not be purchased with compromised data security. Now, federal government agencies can deploy wireless networks without hesitation because the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has certified that Trapeze Networks' equipment meets the Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 level 2 requirements, and provides end-to-end FIPS-certified data encryption over an assured channel, per the Department of Defense Directive 8100.2. |
| 06/12/08 | Utilities See 'Municipal Broadband Wireless Smart Grids' as Best Way to Combat Rising Fuel Costs
Escalating energy costs, combined with growing energy demand and increased regulatory pressures, have led to substantial innovations within the energy industry. Chief among these is the growth of the Smart Grid, a vastly improved means of managing energy delivery that incorporates principals and best practices from the computer networking industry. Given this environment, Trilliant Incorporated, a leader in delivering intelligent networks that power the Smart Grid, is pleased to report that the company has now delivered more than 750,000 devices with integrated intelligent communications supporting advanced metering, demand response and other Smart Grid applications. |
| 06/12/08 | Apple iPhone 3G Application Helps Singles Hookup in Public for Dating
iCloseBy.com announces the latest release of iFob, a popular Wi-Fi hotspot application that helps singles hookup with other singles looking for action while on the go. As an accepted member of both the Apple Developer Network and Apple's iPhone Developer Program, iCloseBy.com has used the Apple iPhone SDK and has developed iFob 2.0 for Apple's consideration. iFob 2.0, including all of the functionality of the earlier versions of iFob (still available free download for Windows PCs), now has the unified look-and-feel of other Apple native iPhone software apps, as well as a newly added ability to 'real-space-real-time' locate other willing iFob users from GPS-like cell-tower triangulation. |
| 06/12/08 | Tractor Supply Builds Broadband Wireless Networks in 745 Stores Nationwide to Enhance Mobility, Improve Productivity, Achieve Better Inventory Management and Increase Store Profitability
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT ) and PartnerSelect Business Partner Quest Solution and PartnerSelect Premier Independent Software Vendor (ISV) StepOne Systems, announced that Tractor Supply, the largest retail farm and ranch chain in the United States, has deployed an end-to-end Motorola enterprise mobility solution that includes deployment of 802.11 wireless LAN (WLAN) across its 745 stores nationwide to improve productivity, inventory management and store profitability. |
| 06/11/08 | Flirtomatic Released for the iPhone and iTouch to Improve Mobile Dating
Flirtomatic, a mobile and online flirting service, released its alpha version of Flirtomatic. The alpha version can be obtained worldwide and has an enriched mobile interface, built specifically for the users of iPhone and iTouch. |
| 06/11/08 | D-Link Introduces Two Affordable Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Network Cameras for High Quality Video Monitoring and Recording
D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumer and business, announced it is now shipping two new cost-effective network cameras for remote monitoring of the home or small office, providing an all-in-one solution for creating a surveillance camera network over an existing wired or Wi-Fi network. |
| 06/10/08 | AirWave Wireless Announces Investment Protection Program for Trapeze Customers
AirWave Wireless announced a new investment protection program to provide stable, flexible management for Trapeze Wireless customers, including customers of Trapeze's OEM partners Nortel, 3Com and Enterasys. The new program extends preferential pricing to existing Trapeze customers who transition to the AirWave Wireless Management Suite 6, the industry's leading multi-vendor wireless network management software. |
| 06/09/08 | Aruba Networks Selected by Plainfield Community Consolidated School District for 802.11N Broadband Wireless Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, announced that the Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 in Illinois has selected Aruba's broadband wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for use across the district's twenty-eight elementary, intermediate, and high schools. |
| 06/09/08 | Spectrum Interactive plc to Migrate All WiFi Services to Aptilo Networks' Service Management Platform
Aptilo Networks announced that Spectrum Interactive will migrate its entire WiFi network infrastructure -- which includes wireless hotspots in some of the UK's busiest airports, as well as Premium Inn, Travelodge and Radisson Edwardian hotels throughout the country -- to the Aptilo Service Management Platform, a solution that enables and manages WiFi access and provides service control. The move will unify Spectrum's back-end WiFi systems, standardizing on the Aptilo platform. |
| 06/05/08 | Fortress Technologies Demonstrate National Security Agency Suite B Cryptography Enabled Broadband Wireless Network During U.S. Navy's Trident Warrior '08 Exercise
Fortress Technologies, a leading provider of secure broadband wireless solutions, announced that it has been selected to demonstrate a National Security Agency (NSA) Suite B cryptography enabled wireless network during the Trident Warrior '08 exercise. Known as the Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) Coalition Suite B Enabled Network (MCSBEN), this solution will enable the sharing/coordinating of Secret-level information via an encryption tunnel that is compatible with pre-existing wireless communications systems. |
| 06/05/08 | D-Link Canada Offers Free Network Assessment to Identify Business Needs, Recommend Broadband Wireless Network Solutions
D-Link announced a Free Network Assessment Offer in which highly qualified and proficient D-Link sales engineers meet one-on-one with Small-to-Medium Business (SMB) or Enterprise network administrators to quantify the needs of their specific network environment and present available options. |
| 06/04/08 | Caribou Coffee to Offer Totally Free WiFi
Caribou Coffee Company Inc. (Nasdaq: CBOU) announced that it now offers completely free wireless fidelity (WiFi) Internet access service for its customers in more than 80 percent of its stores across the United States. Through a partnership with Wandering WiFi, Caribou Coffee is the largest company-owned coffeehouse operator to offer customers a completely free WiFi service. |
| 06/03/08 | Ruckus Wireless 802.11n Smart Mesh Networking Wins Award for Excellence in Networking Technology Innovation
Ruckus Wireless announced today that it was named a NXTcomm Eos Award winner for its pioneering 802.11n smart mesh networking technology. Selected for excellence in technology innovation in the Access Networking category, Ruckus and its Smart Wi-Fi meshing technology will be recognized at the NXTcomm 2008 conference June 16-19 in Las Vegas. |
| 06/03/08 | Norwegian Embassies Connect 109 Embassies with Secure Broadband Wireless Biometric Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of the Norwegian Government has commenced deployment of Aruba wireless LANs at its embassies and offices worldwide. 60 embassies and offices will be deployed this year, and all 109 embassies will be completed by mid 2009. The network will offer secure wireless connectivity to employees, and extend the secure network to public areas of the embassies to support the introduction of multi-media biometric terminals. |
| 06/03/08 | Cambria County Activates Next-Generation Broadband Wireless Communication Network Designed by CONXX
Pennsylvania's Cambria County has activated its county-wide, multi-service communications network designed by CONXX. The highly versatile network enables the county to utilize a single, carrier-grade network for county government, education, public safety, commercial and residential applications. |
| 06/03/08 | Ozmo and Intel Team Up on Low-Power Peripheral Connectivity for Wi-Fi Personal Area Broadband Wireless Networks
Ozmo Devices announced that the company is collaborating with Intel Corporation to enable low-power devices to operate with Intel's Wi- Fi Personal Area Network (Wi-Fi PAN) technology. Ozmo Devices' technology will be publicly demonstrated for the first time on Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at Intel's Booth #L0816 at Computex at the Taipei World Trade Center Exhibition Hall, Taiwan. Attendees will see first hand how Ozmo Devices' patent-pending technology extends Intel's Wi-Fi PAN technology to include connectivity with low-power wireless peripherals such as mice and headsets. |
| 06/02/08 | Healthcare Providers Improve Patient Care and Hospital Operations with Wi-Fi Broadband Wireless Services from Ruckus Wireless
Ruckus Wireless announced that Midwest Surgical Hospital (Midwest) and United Clinic have standardized on the Ruckus ZoneFlex Smart Wireless LAN (WLAN) system to enable reliable and secure wireless communications across their healthcare facilities. |
| 05/29/08 | WiNetworks Announced the WiN7200 Pico Base Station for Optimizing WiMAX Coverage
A Pico Base Station for optimising indoor and outdoor WiMAX coverage has been introduced by WiNetworks, a company working in the development and integration of WiMAX 802.16e Wave 2 (MIMO) technologies, available as part of the Win-Max family of products in the 2.XGHz and 3.XGHz frequency range. |
| 05/29/08 | Ekahau Announces Compatibility With Broadband Wireless 802.11n Internet Access Points
Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), announced that its Ekahau RTLS location tracking solution and Ekahau Site Survey (ESS) Wi-Fi network planning and optimization tools will work seamlessly with the upcoming 802.11n standard. |
| 05/29/08 | Cisco Utilizes RFID to Track Business Mobility Solutions
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced an evolved architecture that helps empower businesses to meet and exceed mobility demands and move beyond basic wireless networking into the next generation of business mobility -- transforming the way business is done by fostering broader collaboration and new levels of productivity. This announcement is part of Cisco Motion -- Cisco's innovative vision for business mobility that delivers practical solutions to integrate mobile devices, applications, security and disparate networks into a unified platform. |
| 05/28/08 | Motorola Launches Broadband Wireless Enterprise Partner Program
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced its Motorola Enterprise Broadband Wireless Partner Program designed to ensure the best deployment of WLANs for enterprise mobility with the ability of seamless wireless connectivity throughout the enterprise. Motorola has the industry's most comprehensive wireless portfolio, spanning from Wi-Fi to wireless wide area networking (WWAN) and covering indoors and outdoors to enable the all-wireless enterprise. |
| 05/27/08 | D-Link Adds Dollars to Government Stimulus Checks
D-Link announced a broadband wireless tax refund rebate program designed to let consumers take advantage of additional savings and expand the value of their government stimulus checks when purchasing high-performance D-Link 802.11n Wi-Fi networking and connectivity gear for building out the ultimate digital home. |
| 05/21/08 | Sierra Wireless to Launch Intelligent Vehicle Tracking and Mobile Resource Management Device
Sierra Wireless (NASDAQ: SWIR - TSX: SW) announced the newest addition to its AirLink product suite, the PinPoint XT - an intelligent device ideally suited for vehicle tracking, fleet management and telematics solutions. The PinPoint XT is expected to be widely available for GSM and CDMA networks worldwide in the second half of 2008. |
| 05/21/08 | Aruba Networks' 802.11N Broadband Wireless Network Selected by Houston's Spring Branch Independent School District
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN), a global leader in broadband wireless LANs and secure unified mobility solutions, today announced that Spring Branch Independent School District (ISD) in Houston, Texas has selected Aruba's 802.11n wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for use across the district's 51 facilities including 46 elementary, intermediate, and high schools. |
| 05/21/08 | AT&T Announces Free Wireless Internet Access for LaptopConnect Customers at 17,000 Wi-Fi Hotspots
Want to move your office to the hottest spot in town? Go right ahead. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced that qualifying LaptopConnect customers can now access more than 17,000 Wi-Fi hot spots free of charge. Users can access Wi-Fi at nearly 7,000 participating Starbucks locations plus thousands more AT&T Wi-Fi locations, including restaurants, airports, hotels and other convenient locations across the United States. |
| 05/21/08 | Automotive Transmission Manufacturer Deploys RFID Broadband Wireless Management System to Automate Parts Replenishment at Two- Million Square Foot Assembly Plant
WhereNet Corp., a Zebra Technologies company (Nasdaq: ZBRA) and the leader in wireless solutions for tracking and managing enterprise assets, announced that GETRAG FORD Transmissions, one of the largest manufacturers of automotive transmissions in the world, has deployed WhereNet's new Material Flow- Replenishment System at its two-million square foot assembly plant in Cologne, Germany to automate parts replenishment processes as part of the company's lean manufacturing initiative. |
| 05/21/08 | RuBee Pilot Kit Offers Safe, Secure Visibility With Improved Performance Over RFID in Harsh Environment Applications
A complete pilot kit that allows designers to create pilot projects quickly using RuBee (IEEE P1902.1) wireless asset visibility was announced today by Visible Assets, Inc. (Visible). Visible's new RuBee Pilot Kit (RPK) and licensing package includes an IEEE P1902.1 license plus the RuBee hardware, software, and support designers need to carry out a new industry application pilot. |
| 05/20/08 | Wavesat Introduces Industry Leading Multimode Architecture Enabling WiMAX, WiFi and Future 4G Technologies
Wavesat, a leading supplier of Broadband Wireless semiconductor solutions, introduced its new family of 4G Broadband Wireless chipset named Odyssey TM , with a unique flexible, multimode 4G architecture enabling WiMAX Wave2, WiFi, XG-PHS and seamless migration to future 4G technologies such as LTE. |
| 05/19/08 | Broadband Wireless Femtocells Too Expensive to Compete with Wi-Fi
This white paper examines the underpinnings of the technology, the claimed benefits for both operators and consumers, and the reasons why the market hasn't yet developed. Furthermore, the paper offers a comparison of femtocells and Wi-Fi access points, and concludes with an analysis of how the two technologies might coexist in homes in the future. |
| 05/19/08 | NETGEAR Broadband Wireless Routers Now Available at Wal-Mart
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) announced the availability of NETGEAR's industry-leading routers for wireless networking at Wal-Mart stores across the U.S. and via Walmart.com. |
| 05/19/08 | GGZ-NML Hospital Deploys Ekahau's Broadband Wireless Real Time Location System for Staff Safety in Psychiatric Care Unit
Ekahau Inc., a leading provider of Wi-Fi-based Real Time Location Systems (RTLS), announced that GGZ-NML, a hospital in Venray, The Netherlands, is the first healthcare organization in that country to use Ekahau RTLS to ensure the safety of its employees in the psychiatric care unit. |
| 05/15/08 | AT&T Builds on U-verse Broadband Wireless Platform to Deliver 10 MBPS Download Speeds to Small Businesses
AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) announced the immediate availability of the AT&T U-verse platform for high-speed Internet access to small businesses in more than 40 U.S. markets. AT&T High Speed Internet U-verse Enabled Business Edition offers download speeds up to 10 Mbps, which, depending on the applications needed, can serve up to 32 Internet access connections over existing telephone wiring in the customer's business. |
| 05/15/08 | Fujitsu and Socket Mobile Form Strategic Partnership for Mobile Sales Tools
Socket Mobile, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT) and Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation announced a strategic partnership and plans for joint product offerings aimed at improving mobile data collection in a variety of industries. Combining the mobile data collection capabilities of Socket Mobile with the tablet and ultra-mobile computing expertise of Fujitsu will offer trusted, proven solutions for improving customer service by increasing the tools available to mobile workers. |
| 05/15/08 | Rogers Wireless Becomes First North American Carrier to Launch Yahoo! oneSearch(TM)
Rogers Wireless, Inc. (TSX:RCI)(NYSE:RCI) and Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO) announced the availability of Yahoo! oneSearch, Yahoo!'s award-winning mobile search service, to Rogers Wireless and Fido customers across Canada. With this launch, Rogers becomes the first North American carrier to bring Yahoo!'s revolutionary mobile search service and starting point to the mobile Internet directly to its customers. |
| 05/14/08 | Homeland Integrated Security Systems to Add Broadband Wireless Personal Tracking and Energy Management Modules
Homeland Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HISU) announced that the Company will be adding two new products to its existing line in 2008. The new products include a two-inch by two-inch personal tracking device and a "plug and play" energy management module for machine-to-machine applications. |
| 05/13/08 | EarthLink to Discontinue Operation of Its Municipal Wi-Fi Network in Philadelphia
EarthLink (Nasdaq: ELNK) notified its Wi-Fi customers in Philadelphia that EarthLink is terminating its Philadelphia Wi-Fi service and that EarthLink is providing its customers a thirty-day transition period through June 12, 2008. |
| 05/13/08 | Research Report Shows Diverse Business Needs Driving a Wide Array of New Technologies to Support Advanced Broadband Wireless Applications
The next-generation of wireless technology has a new focus: enabling mobile business operations. This transcends the old wireless goals of voice roaming and a local data dynamic in favor of a new focus on enabling business operations remotely. Data-capable devices are in wide deployment, with nearly 90% of IT executives indicating their organizations either support or use such instruments, according to Nemertes' latest benchmark study, "Next-Generation Wireless". |
| 05/13/08 | Aruba and Riverbed Announce Broadband Wireless Solutions for Mobile Workers and the Server-Less Remote Office
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) and Riverbed Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: RVBD) announced a joint solution that allows mobile and remote users to achieve LAN-like access to data and applications wherever they work or roam. The joint solution also establishes a new productivity and real-time collaboration model for remote offices by offering untethered wireless connectivity without compromising network security or application performance. |
| 05/09/08 | ActiveMine Broadband Wireless Mesh Network Provides Communications for Mining Opertations
Active Control Technology Inc. (TSX-V:ACT) announced a major enhancement of ActiveMine, the premier wireless communications and locating system for mines, that represents a breakthrough in underground mining communications. |
| 05/07/08 | WiMax Will Be the Next DSL for More Than 5 Billion People Worldwide; LTE Years Away from Meaningful Existence
We believe there is a role for LTE as the natural evolution of GSM/HSPA-and probably also CDMA/EV-DO-but we believe it is years away. As such, it contrasts sharply with WiMax, which is being deployed today and for which spectrum has already been made available. WiMax already has an ecosystem which looks a lot like WiFi in terms of cost and diversity, whereas LTE simply is not even defined yet, much less available. |
| 05/07/08 | SmartRiverside Unwires Riverside Convention Center with BelAir Networks
BelAir Networks announced that an industry-leading mobile broadband mesh technology is being deployed to provide high-speed wireless access at the Riverside Convention Center in Riverside, California, the largest city in one of the U.S.'s fastest growing metropolitan areas. The deployment supports the city's SmartRiverside initiative, which is focused on driving economic development and digital inclusion programs and fostering technology innovation in this fast growing high tech community. |
| 05/06/08 | Predicting the Future Triumph of Clearwire's $14 Billion Broadband Wireless Network
Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) and Sprint Nextel (NYSE: S) announced Wednesday that the companies will combine their broadband wireless units to create a $14.55 billion mobile wireless communications company to provide internet access, phone service, movies, games and a variety of other broadband wireless data services. The new company, which will retain Clearwire's name, will continue developing a mobile network based on WiMax technology, which promises much faster speeds than the latest 3g cellular networks. |
| 05/02/08 | New Trend for Money Making for Wi-Fi Hotspots in 'Co-Working' Centers on Wall Street
Rockefeller Group Business Centers is pleased to announce the opening of the company's first Co-Working Center at their 48 Wall Street location. A Co-Working Center is a concept whereby clients are offered a communal work environment in a professional office setting as well as having access to the company's WiFi and hard wired high speed Internet, printing, copy, and business support services. |
| 05/02/08 | SDG Systems Announces Wi-Fi Linux-based TDS Nomad Hand Held Computer
SDG Systems, LLC announced the general availability and support of the TDS Nomad rugged mobile hand-held computer running the Linux operating system. SDG Systems will market and sell the Linux-based Nomad, providing technical and warranty support. The Nomad provides a high level of device integration including Bluetooth, 802.11, GPS, Camera, Barcode scanning and USB host and client ports. |
| 05/02/08 | Ohio Wesleyan Picks 802.11n Broadband Wireless Technology for Campus-wide Network
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Ohio Wesleyan University has selected and commenced deployment of Aruba's 802.11n adaptive wireless LANs across its Delaware, Ohio, campus. Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation's leading liberal arts universities with138 full-time faculty members and 1,850 students drawn from across the world. |
| 05/01/08 | Cisco and Nokia Utilize Wi-Fi to Fill in 3G Cellular Gaps
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) and Nokia announced growing customer and partner acceptance of their combined mobile unified communications solution. The Mobile Business Solution from Cisco and Nokia extends the rich Cisco Unified Internet Protocol (IP) Phone capabilities to Nokia Eseries smartphones over Cisco Unified Wireless Networks to offer users a seamless mobile experience in the enterprise Wi-Fi environment and public cellular networks. |
| 04/29/08 | Trapeze Networks Publishes White Papers on Best Practices in Broadband Wireless 802.11n Network Management
Trapeze Networks announced it is publishing two white papers to better meet the demand it's receiving for more information about its NonStop Wireless announcement. Trapeze is also publishing a white paper by two industry luminaries and members of the Trapeze team on WLAN management issues related to 802.11n. |
| 04/29/08 | D-Link Shows Off Broadband Wireless Products at Interop
D-Link plans to show off its latest product solutions for network switching, security, surveillance, wireless, storage and IP-based telephony when Booth 1813 turns into a virtual business networking scenario at Interop 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas April 29 to May 1. |
| 04/29/08 | PacketHop Announces Availability of Draft IEEE 802.11s Broadband Wireless Mesh Networking Products
PacketHop, Inc., an SRI International company and an innovator in instant broadband wireless mesh networking communications systems, announced the commercial availability of its IEEE Draft 802.11s mesh product. PacketHop's implementation of the upcoming IEEE 802.11s industry standard enables the creation of meshed peer-to-peer communications structures -- as a standalone network or in conjunction with existing access points -- and opens new and strategic market opportunities for OEMs. |
| 04/28/08 | Fortune 500 Chemical Company Relies on Fortinet to Help Protect New Broadband Wireless Network at More Than 800 Retail Locations
Fortinet announced that Ashland Inc. has deployed FortiWifi wireless multi-threat security appliances for VPN and Web filtering at more than 800 of its Valvoline Instant Oil Change locations throughout the United States. Ashland has also deployed Fortinet's enterprise-class FortiGate-5000 Series, FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer management and reporting appliances at its headquarters. |
| 04/28/08 | NETGEAR Unveils Dual-Band 802.11n Wireless Access Point at Interop
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) announced the launch of the ProSafe 802.11n Dual Band Wireless Access Point (WNDAP330), a feature-rich dual-band wireless solution that enables small and medium businesses to enjoy the enhanced speed and coverage benefits of 5GHz 802.11n wireless technology and provides the ability to support existing legacy 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a devices. |
| 04/24/08 | Interop Las Vegas to Showcase ZyXEL Broadband Wireless Routing Products
ZyXEL Communications, Inc., a leading provider of secure broadband wireless networking, Internet connectivity and routing products, will showcase secure Internet connectivity products with three key Value Added Resale partners -- BestComm, Feeney Wireless, and MultiTrends at Interop Las Vegas -- and will discuss their latest deployments in hospitality, digital signage and with a world-renowned fast food chain.
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| 04/24/08 | Psion Teklogix and AeroScout Announce RFID Partnership for Wi-Fi Real-Time Asset Management Solutions
Psion Teklogix (LSE: PON.L) and AeroScout, Inc. announced a partnership to develop automated real-time asset management solutions. Integrating AeroScout's Wi-Fi-based Active RFID tags and MobileView software with Psion Teklogix' rugged mobile computers, the companies offer customers accurate and scalable automated inventory tracking and yard management solutions. |
| 04/23/08 | New Aruba Teleworker Broadband Wireless Solution Delivers Secure Network Access to Remote Mobile Workers
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced its new Mobile Remote Access Point (RAP) software that securely delivers the enterprise network to mobile users using a combination of Wi-Fi and wireless broadband connectivity. Targeted at organizations with highly mobile workers, temporary secure access needs, first responder or disaster recovery requirements, or tactical applications in which a WAN is not otherwise available, the Mobile RAP offers a truly instant-on, no set-up connectivity solution. |
| 04/23/08 | Hotel Contractor Adds Ultra Fast 802.11n Broadband Wireless Option for Hotel Operators
Ruckus Wireless announced that Lodgian, Inc. (Amex: LGN), one of the largest independent owners and operators of full-service hotels in the United States, has become one of the first hotel operators to deploy the next generation of Wi-Fi technology, known as 802.l1n, throughout its Crowne Plaza Beach Oceanfront Resort Hotel in Melbourne, Florida. |
| 04/23/08 | Aerohive Networks Introduces New Broadband Wireless Portfolio of 802.11n Outdoor Access Points
Aerohive Networks, creators of the "cooperative control" broadband wireless LAN (WLAN) access point (HiveAP), announced a portfolio of 802.11n HiveAPs. The portfolio includes the attractively designed dual-radio HiveAP 320 for indoor use, the metal-chassis dual-radio HiveAP 340 for indoor-industrial use, and the waterproof three-radio HiveAP 380 for outdoor use. |
| 04/23/08 | Aerohive Networks Introduces Cooperative Control Broadband Wireless Network Management Software for Public Spectrum Wi-Fi Internet Access Points
Aerohive Networks, creators of the "cooperative control" wireless LAN (WLAN) access point (HiveAP), announced a series of enhancements to the company's product portfolio. The HiveAP operating system software has been upgraded to version 3.0 with significant new functionality, including AeroScout location tracking. |
| 04/22/08 | Aruba Networks Unveils Access Points That Can Be Upgraded to 802.11n via Software Download
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced a new line of 802.11a/b/g access points that can be upgraded over-the-network to enable 802.11n dual-radio operation. The new access points allow enterprises, schools, universities, hospitals, and other institutions to prepare for a future migration to 802.11n without incurring the cost of an immediate upgrade. |
| 04/21/08 | eMeter Announces Interoperability Program with Leading Broadband Wireless Mesh Networking Meter Reading Companies
eMeter Corporation, a provider of meter data management (MDM) enterprise software to electric, gas, and water utilities, announced the launch of its IntegratedMDM Program with market-leading Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) companies Cellnet+Hunt, CURRENT Technologies, Eka Systems, Elster Group, Sensus Metering, and Trilliant Inc. |
| 04/18/08 | Lantronix Announces Winners of Its Annual Wireless Design Contest
At the Embedded Systems Conference in San Jose, Calif. yesterday, Lantronix, Inc. (Nasdaq:LTRX) announced the winners of its annual Wireless Design Contest. The contest challenges engineers, students, and hobbyists to develop a creative and practical wireless product using Lantronix's MatchPort(r) b/g, an 802.11 b/g embedded wireless device server module. |
| 04/18/08 | Strix Systems Access/One Wireless Mesh Networks Deployed for the City of Thorold in Ontario Canada
Strix Systems announced the deployment of Strix Access/One® Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) for the City of Thorold in Ontario, Canada. ReliaClear Canada Inc. of Ontario, Canada is Strix Gold Partner deploying the solution and responsible for distribution, resale and deployment of Strix Access/One wireless mesh network systems and professional services throughout Canada. |
| 04/18/08 | Lockheed Martin Opens Wireless Wi-Fi Cyber Security Lab
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) recently opened a new Wireless Cyber Security Center, one of only a handful of technology labs capable of testing wireless communications systems in a classified environment. The lab allows defense and intelligence agencies to test and evaluate wireless systems like 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a Top Secret / Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) network. |
| 04/18/08 | FreeFi Networks Leads Coalition to Provide Enhanced Wi-Fi Service to Roxbury Community College
FreeFi Networks, a Los Angeles-based company offering content and advertiser supported Internet access, today announced the launch of upgraded Wi-Fi service at Roxbury Community College located in Boston, Massachusetts. The launch brings a newly installed and enhanced Internet experience to students, faculty and staff of the college. |
| 04/17/08 | Aruba Networks to Deliver Secure Broadband Wireless Network to More than 120 K-12 Schools in Oregon's Lane Education Service District Region
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Lane Education Service District (ESD), based in Eugene, Oregon, has selected Aruba's wireless LAN technology and identity-based security for its facilities and has recommended deployment to sixteen school districts and more than 120 elementary, intermediate, and high schools in the region. |
| 04/17/08 | NETGEAR Presents Business Case for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Go Wireless at Interop Trade Show
NETGEAR, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR) is sponsoring its second SMB Solutions Summit at the Interop trade show in Las Vegas, April 29-May 1, 2008. Company executives will offer presentations on a variety of networking issues relevant to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in three sessions on three consecutive days as part of the trade show's agenda of events that are free to all registered attendees. The sessions will be held in Meeting Room Reef E/F on Level 2 of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center |
| 04/17/08 | Samsung Medical Center Deploys Broadband Wireless Voice and Data Network for 4,700 Member Medical Staff
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that Samsung Medical Center in Seoul, Korea has deployed Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and identity-based security solutions throughout the hospital and Cancer Center. The Aruba network provides secure voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN), nurse call, and data access to the staff of 4,700 throughout the 60,000 square meter facility. |
| 04/17/08 | Strix Systems Deploys Broadband Wireless Mesh Surveillance Network for the City of Pittsburg in California
Strix Systems announced the deployment of Strix Access/One wireless systems for the City of Pittsburg, California. Strix Access/One was chosen for its ability to deliver the highest throughput and lowest latency wireless mesh network for high quality stationary and mobile IP-based video surveillance. |
| 04/16/08 | Setting Marketing Trends in the Wireless Internet Service Provider (WISP) Industry
Due to mistakes made by Google, Earthlink, Sprint and other big companies in the broadband wireless industry, many members of the press seem to have lost their appetite for wireless Internet service provider stories. Regardless, of the media who now frown on the ability for broadband wireless technology to provide high-speed Internet access, the truth is that there are literally thousands and thousands of companies doing it successfully around the world. |
| 04/15/08 | Accton Integrates WiFi and Digital Networking with Audio Equipment
Accton Technology (TAIEX: 2345) is proud to announce the availability of its Internet radio modules, integrating WiFi, Ethernet, and multimedia capabilities into one module. This enables radio and audio equipment manufacturers to upgrade their devices to support multimedia and Internet radio functions an electronic BOM cost approaching USD $15 (note) per module. |
| 04/14/08 | Cisco 'Empowered Branch' Delivers More Applications and New Broadband Wireless Business Models; Opens Routers to Customers and Third-Party Applications
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) announced new broadband wireless solutions that further optimize branch offices of all sizes, allowing companies to customize branch networks to meet their unique business needs. By opening its industry-leading Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR) and Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) platforms to customers and third-party application developers, Cisco enables its customers to optimize the branch infrastructure while extending their accessibility to business resources. It also provides Cisco channel partners with new opportunities to deliver differentiated solutions and services that better align with customers' business needs. |
| 04/14/08 | Sierra Wireless and Wavefront Announce Best Mobile Broadband Wireless and GPS Real Time Location Services Contest
Sierra Wireless Inc. (SW:TO, SWIR:NASDAQ) and Wavefront, a commercialization accelerator for the British Columbia Wireless and New Media industries, announced the launch of the "Sierra Wireless - Wavefront Developer Challenge." The purpose of the six-month challenge is to find best-in-class broadband wireless enterprise or consumer applications that take advantage of the mobile broadband and GPS capabilities built into Sierra Wireless PC cards, ExpressCards, and USB modems. |
| 04/11/08 | AirTight Granted Another Patent on Accurate Broadband Wireless Autoclassification Technology
AirTight Networks, a provider of wireless vulnerability management (WVM) solutions and the first wireless security company to offer WVM on-demand, announced at RSA 2008 that it has been awarded another U.S. patent, number 7,339,914, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for its fully automated and accurate autoclassification technology. |
| 04/10/08 | Motorola Receives Award for Innovative RFS7000 Broadband Wireless LAN Switch
The Enterprise Mobility business of Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced that its RFS7000 Wireless LAN (WLAN) switch was named Best of Show at the FOSE 2008 conference. The solution was also named the best new product in the "Networking Equipment" category. |
| 04/09/08 | AirTight Broadens Corporate Identity with New Broadband Wireless Vulnerability Management Applications
AirTight Networks, a leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) expanded its corporate identity to a broader definition of the market to include its leadership position in wireless vulnerability management (WVM) The updated brand reflects AirTight's growing portfolio of both product and SaaS wireless security offerings, as well as the diverse needs of the marketplace as wireless technology introduces new benefits, new challenges and new threats to a larger group of industries. |
| 04/09/08 | Broadband Wireless Solutions Drive 4x Increased Mobility and Decision Making Processes at Best-in-Class Organizations
In the newly released benchmark report "Fixed Mobile Convergence in the Enterprise," Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), found that Best-in-Class organizations that have deployed FMC solutions have benefited from significantly higher levels of employee performance and workflow efficiencies, all the while significantly improving the speed of the decision making process. |
| 04/09/08 | Airspan Completes FCC Certification for Full Product Suite in the 3.65 GHz Frequency Band
Airspan Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: AIRN) announced that it has obtained FCC certification to market its compact MicroMAX base station in the 3.65 GHz frequency band as well as the full suite of subscriber devices including the indoor EasyST and outdoor ProST, both of which also support optional WiFi and VoIP extensions. |
| 04/08/08 | iPass Expands Tokyo Footprint With Addition of More Than 2,000 Wi-Fi Access Points
iPass Inc. (NASDAQ: IPAS) announced it has added the municipal wireless network encircled by Tokyo's Yamanote Line to the iPass global network as part of a roaming agreement with Tokyo-based, livedoor Co. Ltd. With more than 2,000 access points spanning over 60 square kilometers, this Wi-Fi network is one of the largest in the world. |
| 04/08/08 | Ruckus Wireless Joins Security Council to Protect Wireless Wi-Fi Credit Card Transactions
Ruckus Wireless announced that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council as a new Participating Organization. As a Participating Organization, Ruckus Wireless will work with the Council to evolve the PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) and other payment card data protection standards. |
| 04/08/08 | Fortified Holdings Announces NOMAD TAP System Sale to New York City Fire Department
Fortified Holdings Corp. (OTCBB: FFDH) announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Fortified DataCom ( www.fortifieddatacom.com ) has been awarded a contract to deliver and support the field deployment of NOMAD Tactical Access Points from the New York City Fire Department (NYFD). |
| 04/08/08 | Aruba Networks Selected by University of Wyoming for Pervasive Wireless LAN
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced that the University of Wyoming has selected Aruba's adaptive wireless LAN and AirWave Wireless Management Suite for deployment at its Laramie campus. Founded in 1887 as a land grant institution, the university is today home to more than 13,000 students and the sole provider of baccalaureate and graduate education in the state. The university sought to replace its legacy wireless network with a more reliable, easier to manage solution, and selected Aruba based on its low cost, robust design, and centralized management architecture. |
| 04/04/08 | 7signal Launches Pioneering Wi-Fi Quality Assurance Solution; New Innovative Solution Ensures Systematic End-User Quality In Business Critical Wireless Networks
7signal, a developer of wireless quality measurement and monitoring solutions, has launched the 7signal Sapphire Wireless Quality Assurance (WQA) system. Sapphire is the first system to continuously monitor and measure Wi-Fi network and end-user application quality. |
| 04/04/08 | StarMetro Offers Wireless Internet Access To Tallahassee Riders
Parvus Corporation announced that Tallahassee-based StarMetro started offering Wireless Fidelity (WiFi), a technology that allows for wireless Internet connections, on ten of its coaches. This new technology will allow StarMetro bus riders to access the Internet via wireless enabled devices, such as laptops and personal digital assistants. |
| 04/03/08 | Mobility and Broadband Speeds Unite As Nokia Evolves The Internet Experience
Ushering in the next generation of wireless broadband devices, Nokia (NYSE: NOK ) unveiled its newest Nseries device, the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet -- WiMAX Edition, Nokia's first device engineered to take advantage of new wide-area high-speed mobile WiMAX networks. This pocket-sized device lets consumers enjoy an open Internet experience, allowing for access to the full Internet without barriers, while on the go. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition is the latest iteration of Nokia's popular line of Internet Tablet products. For the first time, the power and convenience of the Internet Tablet platform is combined with next generation wide-area wireless broadband capability, allowing users to easily and quickly access all of their favorite Internet services beyond local area hot spots. The Nokia N810 WiMAX Edition is expected to be available in the United States during the summer of 2008 in areas where WiMAX connectivity is available. |
| 04/02/08 | Wi-LAN Signs Multiple V-chip and Wi-Fi Licenses
Wi-LAN Inc. ("Wi-LAN" or the "Company") (TSX:WIN), a leading technology innovation and licensing company, today announced that it has signed three license agreements for its V-chip technology. The Company has signed license agreements for its U.S. V-chip Patent with Maxmedia Corporation (Maxmedia), Zentech Manufacturing Inc. (Zentech) and Ultima Electronics Corporation (Ultima). These agreements provide for the payment of running royalties for the life of the patent. |
| 04/01/08 | 012 Smile.Communications Deploys Extensive Broadband Wireless Communications Network for Microsoft Tech-Ed 2008
Smile.Communications (NASDAQ: SMLC )(TASE:SMLC) announced that it has deployed a state-of-the-art wireless network across seven hotels to serve the participants in Microsoft's three-day Tech-Ed conference in Eilat. This is the third time in a row that 012 Smile has co-operated with Microsoft to carry out major communications technology projects for the software giant. |
| 04/01/08 | NETGEAR and Tatara Systems to Show Interoperable Broadband Wireless Femtocell Solution at CTIA Wireless in Las Vegas
NETGEAR Inc. (Nasdaq: NTGR ) announced a plan to achieve interoperability between NETGEAR's Femtocell Voice Gateway (DVG834GH) and the Tatara Convergence Server. |
| 03/29/08 | Aircell Completes Nationwide Network; Completes Coast-to-Coast Flight Accessing Internet, Email and Testing User-Facing Systems
Aircell announces the completion and full operational readiness of the nation's first wireless network designed specifically to provide mobile broadband services to commercial and business airline passengers while flying over the U.S. The company's wireless network enables full corporate and personal email, VPN access, web surfing and much more. |
| 03/26/08 | Socket Mobile Releases Cisco Certified Enhanced Wi-Fi Companion Software
Socket Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCKT) announced the immediate availability of Enhanced Wi-Fi Companion (e-WFC), a software platform that adds robust, enterprise-class wireless connectivity to any business mobility device such as the Socket Mobile SoMo 650 handheld computer. With CCX certification, e-WFC greatly increases Wireless LAN (WLAN) security, mobility and overall network management. |
| 03/26/08 | Colubris Partners with AeroScout to Enable Real-time Location Detection over Wireless Networks
Colubris Networks announced that the company is working with AeroScout, Inc., the leading provider of Unified Asset Visibility solutions, to allow organizations to track high-value equipment, mobile devices, patients and personnel via a Colubris wireless network. Current and future Colubris healthcare customers will be able to easily utilize AeroScout's real-time location solution (RTLS) to maximize patient safety, more effectively use equipment, improve business processes and enhance patient care. |
| 03/26/08 | Aruba Teams Up With Gaylord Entertainment to Provide Wi-Fi Services for Its Resorts and Convention Centers
Marketwire and Gaylord Entertainment (NYSE: GET ) announced that Gaylord is deploying a state-of-the-art Wi-Fi network throughout all public areas of the company's Gaylord Opryland, Gaylord Texan, Gaylord Palms, and Gaylord National Resorts. The finished deployments will comprise one of the largest wireless network projects in the hospitality industry. |
| 03/26/08 | Azimuth Systems Announces Expanded Channel Emulator Product Line and Features for Mobile WiMax
Azimuth Systems Inc. announced a range of enhancements and expansions to the world-class ACE 400WB channel emulator designed for MIMO broadband wireless communications testing. The ACE 400WB is an industry-leading channel emulator with up to 4x4 MIMO bi-directional capabilities. The company is also announcing the release of three new ACE 400WB models optimized for 2x2 MIMO, MIMO Wi-Fi and uni-directional testing. |
| 03/21/08 | Free WiMAX and Wi-Fi White Paper Details Delivering Broadband Services to Fixed and Mobile Broadband Wireless Clients
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced the availability of a new white paper on Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) that explores the strengths and weaknesses of this technology for delivering broadband wireless services to fixed and mobile clients. The widespread availability of WiMAX has for years been just around the corner but non-interoperable implementations and frequency spectrum licensing issues have hindered deployments. |
| 03/19/08 | Aruba Networks and Avaya Collaborate on Green Teleworker Voice and Data Access Solutions
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARUN) announced it is working with Avaya, Inc. to provide a voice and data access solution for teleworkers. The unified mobility solution securely delivers enterprise voice and data applications to teleworkers in any location, regardless of how they connect to the communications network or what enterprise applications they need to access. |
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