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FierceWiFi October 12, 2005
- New 802.11n group offers alternative standard
- picoChip impresses with 802.16 reference designs
- Bluetooth layered over UWB for 110 Mbps demo
- Alvarion in Italian WiMax trials
- BEA buys ConnecTerra
- SPOTLIGHT: Location, location, location
- ALSO NOTED: Sony Ericsson updates P-series smartphones; Nokia's WLAN phone; and much more...
New 802.11n group offers alternative standard
I am in retreat (or, as they say in the army, I am embarking on a strategic advance to the rear). Four weeks ago, when WWise and TGN Sync said they would bury the hatchet and advance a joint proposal for the 802.11n standard, I declared "La guerre est finie." Last week, against the backdrop of a steady mix of statements about how progress was being made or how the process has stalled, I wrote that this was beginning to resemble the end of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. …
picoChip impresses with 802.16 reference designs
picoChip, an intellectually restless UK company, is first off the blocks again--this time with a new and complete family of 802.16 reference designs. The new line promises to extend its menu of offerings to cover 802.16-2004, 802.16e, and WiBRO for mobile station and base station designs. Unstrung correctly points out that picoChip is the first--and only--company to offer such a wide range of systems: First to offer reference designs for 802.16e, first to support both 802.16d and …
Bluetooth layered over UWB for 110 Mbps demo
So far, both Bluetooth and UWB have fallen a bit (perhaps more than a bit) short of the promise many saw in the two technologies. It was thus not much of a surprise when earlier this year the Bluetooth Special Interest Group and the two groups active in UWB, the WiMedia Alliance and the Ultrawideband Forum, said they would work to merge their wireless technologies. Now we can see the result. In an industry-first, Freescale last week demonstrated UWB silicon operating under existing …
Alvarion in Italian WiMax trials
Several Italian operators have bought Alvarion's WiMax-ready platform, BreezeMAX 3500, to conduct WiMax trials in different regions of Italy. Pilot systems are now in operation in Milan, Rome, Arezzo, Piedmont, Val d'Aosta, Sardinia, Abruzzo, Sicily and Parma. The trials will be completed by the end of this year. The Italian government has selected the Ugo Bordoni Foundation to conduct WiMax field tests across Italy, and the foundation is responsible for handling the pilot projects and …
BEA buys ConnecTerra
Application developer BEA Systems is buying RFID maker ConnecTerra. One of BEA's strong suites is providing middleware--the software layer between the operating system and applications--and the acquisition of ConnecTerra would allow BEA to integrate RFID into its middleware products. BEA has made it known that it was looking to make acquisitions to strengthen its AquaLogic and WebLogic lines. AquaLogic is a service infrastructure product, while WebLogic is an application platform for …
SPOTLIGHT: Location, location, location
Why would bid on offering San Francisco 300 Kbps free WiFi? Glenn Fleishman writes that the company is interested in providing location-specific searches and advertising. Such local advertising represents about 35 percent of print and broadcast advertising dollars spent in the US. By providing a free WiFi network, could also offer localized searches and advertising to both desk-bound and mobile users. Thus would win advertising dollars not just from national companies …
ALSO NOTED: Sony Ericsson updates P-series smartphones; Nokia's WLAN phone; and much more...
> Sony Ericsson updates its P-series smartphones by including 3G, WiFi. Report
> Nokia, too, is showing a WLAN phone. Report
> Canon is showing its new WiFi digital SLR camera, which also uses an Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) display. …