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Vivato, RIP
Sic transit gloria... This is a sad day: WLAN antenna (or, as the company called it, "WiFi switch") innovator Vivato is shutting down. The following message was posted two days ago on the company's Web site: "This difficult decision was deemed by Vivato to be in the best interest of creditors, shareholders and customers, based upon the Company's projection of its future results."
Vivato came on the scene in 2002 with a splash and a $20 million from confident VCs (it …
STMicroelectronics joins EWC
The EWC (Enhanced Wireless Consortium) bandwagon is filling up, and the 802.11n battle is becoming more interesting. STMicroelectronics, a former member of WWiSE, has joined (EWC), a group formed in October 2005 to offer a third alternative proposal for the 802.11n standard (the other two groups are WWiSE and TGn Sync). ST said it was important to ensure that features specifically designed to enhance battery life and to improve communication range were incorporated into the new standard …
Wipro acquires Austrian chip developer
India's IT outsourcing sector is strong, and getting stronger. In evidence: One of India's largest outsourcing firms, Wipro, has acquired Austrian chip developer New Logic Technologies. The acquisition will allow Wipro's service arm to offer WLAN and Bluetooth capabilities, thus beefing up its IT offerings on the subcontinent. The all-cash $56 million acquisition will add some 120 specialist engineers to Wipro's work force, strengthening the company's wireless R&D activities. It will …
Analysis: Will 802.16 e be the end of WiFi
Several analysts suggest that the approval two weeks ago of the IEEE 802.16e standard (mobile WiMax) would offer WiFi a stiff challenge. About 90 percent of laptops are now delivered with built-in support for WiFi wireless; the technology has been adopted in enterprises and the home; and the number of public WiFi hotspots continues to grow. Will the emergence of Mobile WiMax spell the end of this growing acceptance of WiFi?impasse's CTO Roy Alberts believes that technologies such as …
Indian's WiMax start-up raises $20 million
The Indian economy is not only about outsourcing. The country's evolving telecom industry is beginning to give rise to its own startups, and these start-ups are increasingly appealing to foreign VC firms. The most recent example is last week's announcement that WiMax start-up Telsima has raised $20 million in Series C financing. The round was led by NewPath Ventures and included New Enterprise Associates, CMEA Ventures, ad Jafco Asia (note that NewPath's Vinod Dham, considered Father of …
SPOTLIGHT: Slow to take off
For years frequent fliers have been looking forward to the day when they can settle in their seats, flip open their laptops, surf the Net, download email, even use their VoIP phones. Airlines' financial woes, bad in-flight connections, and regulatory and technical obstacles have always interfered to delay the arrival of such a day. You know what? They will have to wait just a bit longer. Analysis
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> Applied Micro Circuits (AMCC), a leading vendor of embedded processors and network processors, has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance. Story.
> Calypso Wireless has completed the acquisition of Sleipner, a Milan-based company developing software for wireless handheld devices. Press …