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FierceWiFi June 6, 2006
- WiMAX makes waves at GLOBALCOMM
- U.S. lags in WiMAX deployment
- Taiwan, China produce more WiFi gear
- Financial industry adopts WiFi, neglects its risks
- Accton to manufacture gear for FON
- SPOTLIGHT: The advantages of backwardness
- ALSO NOTED: Conexant chip targets handhelds; Alt telco PeterStar to launch WiMAX in Kaliningrad; and much more...
WiMAX makes waves at GLOBALCOMM
There are about 20,000 participants and 450 exhibitors at GLOBALCOMM in Chicago this week, and they will hear a lot about WiMAX at the show--and not only at FierceMarkets WiMAX Strategies event (which takes place tomorrow and Thursday). The short list of WiMAX related unveilings, announcements, and demos include:
- Alvarion announces its new BreezeACCESS VL 4.0 system, which offers carrier class triple play services in the 5GHz bands. The new version updates the …
U.S. lags in WiMAX deployment
The United States accounts for but a tiny fraction for the as-yet small market for WiMAX technology, but industry representatives say the expected emergence of equipment operating in U.S. frequency bands later this year will help bolster demand in this country. "There has been a little bit of a cloud over the market," because of the lack of certified products, said Carlton O'Neal, vice president of marketing for Alvarion. "The market has been relatively small."
Alvarion should …
Taiwan, China produce more WiFi gear
As has been the case with other electronics and communications gear (but also, it occurs to us, with sneakers and T-shirts), more and more of the production is being done in Asia. Recently published market research says that production of WLAN APs in Taiwan and mainland China will likely continue to grow steadily and keep pace with developments on the standards front. Gear makers are directing their efforts more toward improving 802.11g and 802.11a APs, with combination products also in …
Financial industry adopts WiFi, neglects its risks
Financial services institutions have invested much money and effort to make their wired communication networks secure. The same cannot be said about their wireless networks. New research from TowerGroup underscores this fact against the backdrop of increasing number of instances of data theft in the financial services industry. WiFi networks, if not properly managed, will emerge as a channel of significant threat to reputation and customer trust. "The first and perhaps the most onerous …
Accton to manufacture gear for FON
Maybe FON is not today's version of the 1960s, but still, there is something about its concept of sharing that brings the good old days of the 1960s communes to mind. Not that purely capitalist tools mind, as evidenced by reports that Taiwanese networking vendor Accton Technology is close to a deal with FON SA to manufacturer wireless equipment for the Spanish company. In February Madrid-based FON made the headlines by announcing the completion of a $21.7 million Series A funding round …
SPOTLIGHT: The advantages of backwardness
In the 1950s the economist Alexander Gerschenkron wrote about the "advantages of backwardness": Japan and Germany were destroyed during the Second World War, so that when they began to rebuild, they availed themselves of the latest technologies and industrial processes then available. In the process they leap-frogged the US and UK, the countries which won the war, because the winners were still using 1930s technology in their industrial plants. Thus, backwardness or destruction …
ALSO NOTED: Conexant chip targets handhelds; Alt telco PeterStar to launch WiMAX in Kaliningrad; and much more...
> Conexant has rolled its out its vCX53121, a new chip targeted at low power WiFi-equipped devices such as battery-powered handheld and MP3 players. Report.
> 5G Wireless Communications has completed concept testing in Delta State, Nigeria, and will begin to provide the state with last-mile solutions for voice, video and data via multiple citywide WiFi deployments. Press …