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On The Wires (WIRES) : Qiao Xing Mobile Communication (QXM) announces its Chairman plans to purchase up to aggregate of $2.0 mln worth of shares pursuant to a 10b5-1 plan.
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Gilat Satellite provides update on merger transaction; cos questioning whether all of the conditions of the merger agreement have been met (GILT) 9.12 : Co announces that it has notified the consortium of private equity investors that had entered into an agreement with the company for its acquisition, that Gilat has fulfilled all of the conditions precedent for the closing of the transaction. The consortium members, The Gores Group LLC, Mivtach Shamir Holdings, companies affiliated with Roy Ben-Yami, Ami Lustig and Eytan Stibbe and DGB Investments, have notified Gilat that they are questioning whether all of the conditions of the merger agreement have been met. The consortium has not provided a formal response to Gilat at this time. The parties are engaged in ongoing discussions on this issue in an effort to complete the transaction in the timeframe contemplated by the merger agreement.
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On The Wires (WIRES) : American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary Appalachian Power has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for renewable wind energy with Beech Ridge Energy, a subsidiary of Invenergy Wind. Through the 20-year agreement, Appalachian Power will purchase all of the output, between 100 and 147 megawatts, from the first phase of the planned 186-megawatt Beech Ridge Energy wind project currently under development in Greenbrier County, WV... SatCon Technology (SATC) says it is a key member of a team of best-in-class clean energy industry leaders recently awarded the Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems contract by Sandia National Laboratories... General Moly (GMO) announces that it has entered into Electrical Transmission Service Agreements with Mount Wheeler Power and Sierra Pacific Power to provide the Mt. Hope Project in Eureka County, Nevada with sufficient power transmission capacity to satisfy its projected electrical needs.
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NDS Group: News Corporation, Permira and NDS announce signing of agreement to take NDS private (NNDS) 60.50 : News Corporation (NWS), two newly incorporated subsidiaries of funds advised by Permira Advisers and NNDS announce that they have signed an agreement pursuant to which NWS and the Permira Newcos would acquire all issued and outstanding NNDS Series A ordinary shares, including those represented by ADS traded on NASDAQ, for the previously announced per share consideration of $63 in cash. The consummation of the transaction would result in NNDS ceasing to be a public company, and the Permira Newcos and NWS owning approximately 51% and 49% of NNDS, respectively. Approximately 67% of the NNDS Series B ordinary shares held by NWS would be cancelled in exchange for $63 per share in a mix of cash of approximately $1.52 billion and a $242 million vendor note. The independent committee of the board of directors of NNDS has approved the agreement and will recommend to the holders of the NNDS Series A ordinary shares that they vote in favor of the scheme of arrangement implementing the transaction. The independent committee has received an opinion from Citi that the per share consideration of $63 in cash is fair, from a financial point of view, to holders of the NNDS Series A ordinary shares, including those in the form of American Depositary Shares.
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MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PhoneBrasil International, Inc. (Pink Sheets:PHBR - News) announces today new plans to capture the extreme market boom in the Brazilian Economy. PhoneBrasil now has over a half dozen engineers and one secretary at their headquarters in Curitiba, Brasil and looks to come online in the near term.
PhoneBrasil will use its billing system and fiber optic cable connections in Brasil for their traffic and minutes to service new and future clients. The company plans to have one fiber optic line in Curitiba, Brasil, one in Sao Paulo, Brasil, and one fiber optic line in Rio De Janerio.
The company’s technical office in Brazil is owned by the CEO, Mr. Anderson Dias, and is a two story Technical & Engineer department building. We have been housing our engineers, technical support, and secretaries here as well.
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Formerly, the term "Wi-Fi" was used only in place of the 2.4GHz 802.11b standard, in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. The Alliance expanded the generic use of the term in an attempt to stop confusion about wireless LAN interoperability.
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Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Any products tested and approved as "Wi-Fi Certified" (a registered trademark) by the Wi-Fi Alliance are certified as interoperable with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a "Wi-Fi Certified" product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that also is certified. Typically, however, any Wi-Fi product using the same radio frequency (for example, 2.4GHz for 802.11b or 11g, 5GHz for 802.11a) will work with any other, even if not "Wi-Fi Certified."
WiFi is us
The world’s largest chip makers have been rolling up their sleeves ahead of the approval of advanced wireless standard 802.11n. Tsutomu Tsuboi of Japanese chip giant Renesas came Israel in search of a trump card. He found it in Israeli company Metalink.
Shmuel Shelah 4 May 06 15:44
The battles at the conferences of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc , are among the most well known in the technology world. Despite this, the battle last year over the new 802.11n standard for wireless communications set new records.
The argument during 2005 was between two groups comprising representatives from IT and telecommunications giants, who had differing ideas as to how exactly the standard should work. Although the differences between the two sides were comparatively small, the battle raged on for more than six months with each side failing to “throw out” the proposal of the other.
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July 2005
Wireless broadband: What it takes
to go public
CYBERCITY Brittany Chase uses a free, public Wi-Fi
network soon to be available throughout St. Cloud, Fla.
Photo by Bill Bachmann
The wireless technology known as Wi-Fi has already widened Internet access through “hot spots” at businesses such as Starbucks and at airports. Now it’s enabling cities to create public broadband networks that turn entire neighborhoods into wireless access zones.
Those municipal networks are spurring debate over whether Internet access is an essential utility, like water, or, as the communications industry contends, just another telecommunications service, and whether governments should provide it.
The New Millennium Research Council, an industry-supported think tank based in Washington, D.C., says municipal networks have resulted in financial disaster in California, Georgia, Iowa, and Ohio. But those networks were built using older cable and fiber systems, not the wireless approach now being adopted.
An uncertain future. More than a dozen states have passed laws to prevent or discourage municipalities from offering Wi-Fi or any Internet service. Laws are pending in nearly a dozen other states. And a Congressional revision of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, expected this session, may determine whether municipal service becomes more widely available.
But at least a dozen communities, from remote towns to Philadelphia, already offer municipal Wi-Fi or plan to soon. Their experiences indicate what its costs and benefits are likely to be for other towns and cities.
Filling a need. In cities we contacted, the circumstances giving rise to a public Wi-Fi network were similar. Consumers and businesses demanded broadband, often for the health of the local economy, but existing providers were too expensive or wouldn’t service the area.
Municipal leaders cite economic benefits from the lower fees they charge--as low as $16 monthly--when compared with commercial DSL or cable, which typically runs $30 to $40 monthly. Commercial hot spots, which deliver access to those without service at home, run about $30 monthly. In some places, the residents’ main benefit is not cheaper service, but having service in an area that commercial providers don’t cover.
costs and benefits
Going public entails costs for site assessment, purchase and installation of wireless equipment, plus ongoing maintenance. Despite those hurdles, some cities have found the effort worthwhile. In Scottsburg, Ind., broadband providers decided the community of 6,000 was too small to make the service pay.
Estimates from several consultants were prohibitive. So, according to Jim Binkley, superintendent of the city’s Electric Department, the community built its own wireless broadband system by erecting a network of antennas and towers, instead of laying down an expensive fiber network. That kept installation costs down to $385,000. The town now charges each household signing up for the service $35 monthly.
According to Binkley, the municipal network saves the school board $6,000 monthly in telecommunications costs.
In 2004, the city of St. Cloud, Fla., installed a free Wi-Fi network for its historic district. Hewlett-Packard designed and installed it, absorbing the $25,000 start-up cost. Service will soon extend to the entire town, covering 15 square miles and 28,000 people for about $1.5 million, with projected annual maintenance costs of $300,000.
Jonathan Baltuch, president of MRI, the company that managed the project, says service is provided free of charge because the $1.5 million comes out of the city’s economic development fund, while maintenance costs will become part of the operating budgets of the city’s municipal, fire, police, and public works departments.
“We’re basically giving the citizens of St. Cloud free high-speed Internet for no more than the cost of a road intersection,” Baltuch says. Consumers who can drop costly cable or DSL service, he says, save more thanks to free Wi-Fi than they pay in city taxes.
PHILADELPHIA STORY
In the most ambitious municipal Wi-Fi project to date, Philadelphia plans to deploy a $10 million network by summer 2006. The project will provide computers and training to low-income families, and free service in parks and other public spaces. Dianah Neff, the city’s chief information officer, says business groups and convention authorities are calling for citywide broadband access to help increase business visits.
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HP Helps Cities Reap Benefits of Wireless Broadband
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HP and alliance partners bring metro-scale Wi-Fi to Franklin, Tenn., and St. Cloud, Fla.
PALO ALTO, CA, Aug. 31, 2005
HP today announced that the cities of Franklin, Tenn., and St. Cloud, Fla., have selected HP technology as the basis for their municipal wireless broadband systems.
The HP Metro-scale Wi-Fi solution will enable the cities to take advantage of the simplest, fastest, most cost-effective way to increase broadband availability for their citizens while also creating and improving public services.
The solution leverages HP’s global portfolio of wireless services and products to enable large communities to meet rapidly changing demands and provide their citizens and stakeholders with greater flexibility and adaptability.
Elements of the portfolio used in these rollouts include a wide range of HP mobile access devices, including the HP iPAQ Pocket PC; industry-standard HP ProLiant servers; consulting and integration services; financial and support services; and the HP OpenView management software platform.
In Franklin, the solution will include broadband capabilities for the city’s first response unit, including police and fire departments. In St. Cloud, HP is expanding an initial Wi-Fi "hot spot" to provide wireless broadband across the city.
As part of the HP Metro-scale Wi-Fi solution, HP forged an alliance with Tropos Networks and Aptilo Networks to help large communities of all kinds - cities, government agencies, large medical center and universities - achieve significant new wireless capabilities, including enhanced collaboration and simplified secure access control through a standard high-speed Wi-Fi network. The Franklin and St. Cloud networks use products from Tropos and Aptilo as part of their overall network solutions.
"We are seeing a global explosion in the demand for large-scale Wi-Fi implementations," said Enrique Barkey, worldwide director, Civilian Agency Solutions, HP. "There is a powerful recognition that large-scale Wi-Fi capability enables the sort of pervasive access that spurs collaboration, innovation and productivity. HP’s 25-year track record in building both wired and wireless network infrastructures enables us to deliver a comprehensive solution that is dynamic, flexible and adaptable."
HP’s broad portfolio meets growing demand for metro-scale Wi-Fi
Franklin, Tenn., has deployed a wireless broadband solution throughout the city, including its historic district, to provide wireless, mobile capabilities for its first responders. The second phase of the project will roll out additional wireless broadband capabilities to the 35-square-mile city.
"Wireless broadband will mean a faster, more comprehensive first response unit and wireless access for departments across the city," said Fred Banner, director, Municipal Information Technology, City of Franklin. "We chose HP because they offer a flexible approach and cost-effective solution that combines world-class technology, services and partners."
St. Cloud, Fla., initially selected HP to deploy a Wi-Fi umbrella as part of their city-wide broadband access program. In 2004, HP and a partner helped the city to develop the "Cyber Spot," a wireless LAN hot spot, and expanded wireless broadband capabilities across the 590-acre Stevens Plantation community. The second phase, which is in progress, includes expanding and providing ongoing support for its current wireless capabilities across the entire city.
"Ubiquitous high-speed wireless will bring lifestyle, educational and economic advantages to St. Cloud," said Glenn Sangiovanni, Mayor of St. Cloud. "With HP’s help, St. Cloud is set to become one of a handful of cities with a city-wide municipal wireless network offered free to our citizens as a public service, which will enrich our education system, grow local commerce and better equip our local law enforcement and emergency response teams."
According to The Wireless Internet Institute (W2i), hundreds of U.S. cities are setting up metro-scale wireless networks and more than 1,000 local governments worldwide have plans in the works. In addition to the many small and mid-size U.S. cities that have implemented metro-scale Wi-Fi or are presently working to do so, recent news reports have spotlighted the plans being launched by large cities such as Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and Minneapolis to add metro-scale Wi-Fi to their municipal infrastructures.
More information on the HP large-scale wireless solutions is available at http://government.hp.com/solutions_detail1.asp?agencyid=0&solutionid=31.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2005, HP revenue totaled $85.2 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at http://www.hp.com.
This news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, as well as assumptions that, if they ever materialize or prove incorrect, could cause the results of HP and its consolidated subsidiaries to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including the expected development, performance or rankings of products or services; statements of expectation or belief; and any statement of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include the development, performance and market acceptance of products and services and other risks that are described from time to time in HP’s Securities and Exchange Commission reports, including but not limited to HP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2005, and other reports filed after HP’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Oct. 31, 2004. HP assumes no obligation and does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
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Performance gains and intelligence in the handset/device, combined with true ubiquitous and high-speed connectivity made possible by WiMAX and other wireless broadband protocols, may usher in a new era in “personal broadband” services. What exactly is “personal broadband?” How is it different than mobile wireless or 3G? These questions will be answered by this industry roundtable session, as will be key question: How can competitive network operators and service providers benefit from a personal broadband service offering?
Case Study: Municipal Network Deployment with Mesh
’’Wireless Alexandria,’’ which went live in April 2005, is the first free, outdoor, wireless Internet zone in the Washington, DC region, and still one of very few of its kind in the U.S. City officials are evaluating a host of Metro Wi-Fi applications, from wireless IP-enabled video cameras to monitor traffic, to Wi-Fi laptops in police cars for mobile investigative services. Learn how Alexandria plans to roll out its network without using taxpayer dollars, and without competing with existing or new service providers. What are the economics, and what are the business model alternatives?
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St. Cloud, Fla. Goes Live With Free Wi-Fi
3/6/2006
The city of St. Cloud, Fla. has activated free citywide high-speed wireless Internet access as a public service for its residents, city departments, schools, hospitals and businesses.
St. Cloud's network plan called for the use of approximately 300 of Tropos Networks' 5210 outdoor Wi-Fi mesh access points. That mesh network would be connected to City Hall using Motorola's Canopy wireless broadband system.
The entire wireless broadband network was planned to serve 28,000 residents, covering the city's 15 square miles.
St. Cloud, an Orlando suburb, contracted with HP and MRI to develop the wireless solution. In addition, HP Services provides network monitoring, operational services and support services on a 24/7 basis to the city.
Users log into the Cyber Spot portal using Wi-Fi-enabled computers to gain access. The portal page requires registration, but there's no fee to use the network.
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ST. CLOUD, Fla. (AP) - Joe Lusardi's friends back in New York couldn't believe it when he told them he'd have free Internet access through this city's new Wi-Fi network. It's free all right, but residents are, to some extent, getting what they pay for.
More than a month after St. Cloud launched what analysts say is the country's first free citywide Wi-Fi network, Lusardi and others in this 28,000-person Orlando suburb are still paying to use their own Internet service providers as dead spots and weak signals keep some residents offline and force engineers to retool the free system.
"Everybody's happy they were going to have it, but I don't know if they're happy right now," said Lusardi, a 66-year-old retired New York City transit worker.
The same troubles with the small town's big Internet project could be lessons for municipalities from Philadelphia to San Francisco considering similar networks.
St. Cloud officials are spending more than $2 million on a network they see as a pioneering model for freeing local families, schools and businesses from monthly Internet bills. It also promises to help the city reduce cell-phone bills and let paramedics in an ambulance talk by voice and video to hospital doctors.
Instead, what they have so far is a work in progress.
"All technology has its hiccups, and sometimes more than hiccups," St. Cloud Mayor Donna Hart said. "I think that it's going to be a major challenge, and it'll probably be a major challenge for some time until the technology is such that it works properly."
Wi-Fi is the same technology behind wireless Internet access in coffee shops, airports and college campuses around the country.
Several cities have Wi-Fi hotspots, but St. Cloud's 15-square-mile network is the first to offer free access citywide, said Seattle-based technology writer Glenn Fleishman, who runs a Web site called Wi-Fi Networking News.
Other cities like Tempe, Ariz., have networks over a larger area (187 square miles), but access isn't free. Planned projects in places like Chicago and Philadelphia would also dwarf St. Cloud's network, but also require a fee for access.
Google Inc. (GOOG) and EarthLink Inc. (ELNK) are teaming up to build a $15 million Wi-Fi network across San Francisco, and their proposal is entering final negotiations. EarthLink's faster offering would cost $20 per month, while Google would provide a slower, free service financed by advertising.
St. Cloud launched the network on a trial basis in May 2004 in a new division of town to help give businesses an incentive to relocate. After further exploring the benefits, officials decided to expand it citywide.
Project supporters say increased efficiency in city government will cover the network's $2.6 million buildout and estimated $400,000 annual operating expense.
For example, phones that use the Wi-Fi network will allow it to cut cell-phone bills for police and city workers. The city can avoid adding 10 more building inspectors because the network will existing employees to enter and access data onsite instead of driving back to the office.
The network also could keep the estimated $450 that St. Cloud households now spend each year on high-speed access in the local economy.
As of last week, nearly 3,500 users had registered for the network, logging 176,189 total hours of use. St. Cloud contracted with Hewlett-Packard Co. to build the project and provide customer support.
"HP is working with the city and its partners to optimize the solution and install additional access points to help improve signal strength in isolated areas of the city," the company said in a statement.
So far, there have been plenty of calls from frustrated residents. Some can see receivers from their homes and still can't sign on - even on the porch. Others have tried to connect countless times.
Still, HP said that there were only 842 help-line calls out of more than 50,000 user sessions in the first 45 days of service.
At first, a desktop computer in Lusardi's house could use the Wi-Fi network with no problem, but his laptop would only work outdoors. Even then it was too slow and unreliable, so he kept his $20 per month Sprint DSL service.
Now the desktop doesn't even work, and he's completely abandoned the idea of dropping his pay service and using the network.
"It's just total frustration," Lusardi said. "I'm going to stay with the DSL and just forget it, because I don't think it's going to work. Very few people are going to use it, and they're going to say it's underutilized and they're going to shut it down."
Lusardi didn't shell out the money for a signal-boosting device St. Cloud recommends for those having trouble connecting - City Hall sells them for $170.
Fleishman said the fact that others share Lusardi's frustration is a crucial technical and public relations problem for the vanguard project. He said residents should understand many won't be able to use the free network without additional equipment to strengthen the signal.
"It's very large and it's very ambitious, so they're going to hit some of these problems before some of the marketing and technology is out there," he said. "Products have to catch up to this new market."
Fleishman said other cities would likely have the same problems - in bigger cities, even larger ones - if they didn't fully inform the public of necessary equipment and network limits.
Former Mayor Glenn Sangiovanni, who spearheaded the project, stressed that kinks were still being worked out, but noted that not everyone was having problems.
"There's a lot of variables, and that's part of it," Sangiovanni said. "It could be the block construction you have, it could be the tin roof you have. There's lots of different things that could be unique to your environment as opposed to my environment.
"We went into this with the expectation that it's really a year plan that we're going to implement," he added. "You don't know what you're going to get into when you take on the whole city because you can't stress test that."
Ashley Austin, a freshman at nearby Florida Christian College, said she likes using the network to do homework on the city's picturesque downtown lakefront. She said it's also the only way to get online if Internet service is down at the wireless telephone store where she works.
"So far I haven't had any problems with the use that I've gotten out of it," she said.
Resident Chuck Cooper, a former city commissioner, bought an antenna, but still gets a shaky connection. Navigating from one site to another still produces errors.
Generally, he says, it's slightly faster than dial-up access. But even critics like him are quick to praise the endeavor in between grumbles over early problems.
"All in all, I guess it's a good idea," Cooper said. "I equate it to cell phones 10 to 15 years ago. You used to have a lot of dropped calls, but now they're substantially better. Hopefully, this will get a little better a lot quicker."
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this will be good for us. i placed the template in the ibox too for the pink chart.
i had to go back and add it because it is in better use this way.
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these are new networking forums with us.
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it still is part of a lot of communications today. with new tachnology is becomes less interest but the technology is still valid.
Wi-Fi is indeed less interesting, or so it seems
Dubi
we lost some board marks. probably no interest for WI-FI.
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY TO OUR FRIENDS, READERS, MY ASSISTANTS, AND TO ALL THAT WORK HARD FOR SHARING AND CARING FOR EACH OTHER HERE AT THE IHUB.
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Azimuth Systems Strengthens Leadership Position with Several Major Milestones; Wi-Fi Test Equipment Leader Ships 1,000th Test Module, Expands Product Line and Attracts Industry-Leading Customers
1/10/2006 9:00:15 AM
ACTON, Mass., Jan 10, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Azimuth Systems Inc., the leading provider of Wi-Fi(R) engineering test equipment, today announced several recent milestones that demonstrate the company's significant growth and sales momentum. In 2005, the company quadrupled its revenue and strengthened its position as the premier provider of test solutions for wireless devices and networks supporting data, voice and video applications. Since introducing its W-Series test platform in August 2003, Azimuth has shipped more than 1,000 test modules to over 75 customers worldwide. Azimuth customers accounted for 95% of all Wi-Fi units sold in 2005, according to Sam Lucero of ABI Research.
"As Wi-Fi continues to proliferate into a wider range of devices, vendors are increasingly using standardized, automated test tools from Azimuth to speed time-to-market and enhance product quality," said Ray Cronin, CEO of Azimuth Systems. "We now have a product portfolio that addresses broad testing needs within all the major Wi-Fi market segments. In 2006, we look forward to expanding our product line in advance of customers' new technology testing requirements."
The latest additions to Azimuth's award-winning product line are the ACE(TM) 400NB, the industry's first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel emulator for testing Wi-Fi products, and the MIMO-ready RadioProof(TM) enclosures, which provide superior RF isolation to facilitate more accurate testing of Wi-Fi, cellular, Bluetooth, WiMAX and other wireless technology products. Azimuth also introduced a desktop platform that provides Wi-Fi design engineers with a compact and cost-effective solution to meet their particular testing needs. Three desktop solution bundles are offered that enable testing of standard PC clients, voice or application-specific clients and voice-capable infrastructure.
In addition to new platform products, Azimuth has enhanced its W-Series 802.11 test platform with significant functionality upgrades. Azimuth's STUDIO(TM) software is the first Wi-Fi data management application to enable the collection, correlation and analysis of critical test data from multiple sources. STUDIO works in tandem with the upgraded Azimuth DIRECTOR(TM) software, the central software tool that executes test scripts for individual Azimuth test platforms.
Azimuth's successful new solutions highlight the importance of standardized, automated test tools in the increasingly complex wireless product development environment. All Azimuth products feature its patented SmartMotion(TM) attenuation system for the precise measurement of performance-over-range. Unlike internally built test solutions and field testing, Azimuth's Wi-Fi test platform provides repeatable, scaleable and automated test results, which speeds time-to-market and improves wireless product quality.
Most recently, the company announced that the Wi-Fi Alliance(R) will be using its new ADEPT(TM) test equipment in the Wi-Fi certification process for device manufacturers - marking the first commercial test equipment hardware to be selected for the Wi-Fi Alliance's stringent certification process. Additionally, Cisco Systems, Inc.(R) approved use of the W-Series test platform for its Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX) certification program, which ensures the compatibility of Wi-Fi devices with Cisco's industry-leading WLAN infrastructure. These partnerships streamline certification testing procedures and highlight Azimuth's position as the leader in Wi-Fi testing.
In 2005, Azimuth also expanded its customer base and international operations to include distribution of Wi-Fi testing equipment throughout Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. The growth of Azimuth's network of customers and international channels in major Wi-Fi technology markets has strengthened the company's dominant position in the wireless data communications test market. It also ensures superior, specialized support and distribution of Azimuth testing solutions to leading international companies.
About Azimuth Systems
Azimuth Systems is a leading provider of wireless data communications test solutions. Azimuth's products are used by the world's leading wireless semiconductor, system vendors and service providers to speed time-to-market and improve wireless product quality. Azimuth's standardized test solutions enable research, development, QA and marketing engineers to test the performance, conformance and certification of wireless devices and networks supporting data, voice and video applications. The company is based in Acton, Massachusetts and is backed by prestigious investors including Kodiak Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. Azimuth may be contacted at (978) 263-6610 or at www.azimuthsystems.com.
Azimuth(R) is a registered trademark and ACE(TM), ADEPT(TM), DIRECTOR(TM), RadioProof(TM), SmartMotion(TM) and STUDIO(TM) are trademarks of Azimuth Systems. Wi-Fi(R), and Wi-Fi Alliance(R) are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
SOURCE: Azimuth Systems, Inc.
Dubi
China Cell-Phone Standard Reportedly Ready
Jan 6, 10:51 AM (ET)
BEIJING (AP) - China's homegrown standard for next-generation cell phone services is ready for use, possibly paving the way for wireless operators to begin upgrading the nation's wireless networks after a lengthy delay, a newspaper reported Friday.
The report by the Communist Party newspaper People's Daily didn't say when 3G licenses might be issued to Chinese and foreign phone producers or whether the new system was able to support as many features as competing standards.
Third-generation wireless systems are designed to move data faster to cell phones and other mobile devices, allowing Web surfing and downloads of music, video and other content.
Tests last June reportedly concluded that China's proposed standards could only support simple functions such as calls and text messages.
But the People's Daily reported Friday that China's TD-SCDMA technology has reached a stage where it can be used to offer 3G services.
"China has been able to produce the desired result of the TD-SCDMA standard in a short time," said a Ministry of Information Industry official, quoted by the newspaper.
"Compared with Europe and the United States, we are relatively late in creating our standard and our investment is far smaller," said the official, whose name wasn't given.
China, the world's biggest cell phone market with 350 million users, chose to develop its own system in order to avoid having to pay for foreign technology. The People's Daily said China has received patents for the TD-SCDMA technology in the United States, Japan, and other countries. It did not give any details.
Makers of telecommunications equipment have waited years for China to let service providers start building 3G networks, which Beijing has postponed while it tried to develop its own standard. The government has said it wants to have 3G services available before the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Executives at equipment companies have said in recent months they expect 3G licenses to be issued in the first half of this year.
TD-SCDMA means Time Division Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access. It is a competitor to WCDMA, the dominant standard in Europe, and CDMA 2000, a technology used in South Korea and by several large operators in the United States.
hi dubi, something new? Anyone can buy a list of your incoming and outgoing phone calls, cell or land-line, for $110 online.
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VoIP Calling Goes Mainstream at CES Event photo
NEW YORK (AP) - Broadband gear maker NetGear Inc. is introducing a cordless phone to dial Skype Internet calls over any Wi-Fi connection without a personal computer, joining a parade of new products at the International Consumer Electronics Show bringing online telephony to the mainstream. Other...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) - Palm Inc.'s newest Treo smartphone is its first based on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows, but the pioneering handheld maker adds plenty of distinct touches of its own. The Treo 700w, available on the Verizon Wireless cellular service starting Thursday, also integrates access to...
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me again dubi, speed and how much information can it do in seconds. a very nice article.
BPL Lights Texas
Under the distracting glare of its sister technology, municipal Wi-Fi, broadband over power lines glows hot.
December 19, 2005
With so much of the communications industry’s attention focused on municipal Wi-Fi deployments, broadband over power lines, the once-sleepy technology that allows for broadband communications over electrical utility networks, has struck again—this time in the state of Texas.
Current Communications, a privately held provider of BPL services, said on Monday it is partnering with TXU Electric, one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, to enable broadband communications over the electrical network in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas.
According to the plan, BPL communications will be available to about 2 million homes and businesses in the highly populated two-city “metroplex” and adjacent communities by the end of 2006.
BPL has been off to a stumbling start in the U.S., with occasional bursts of activity and attention interrupted by extended periods of inaction. But the technology, which uses the electricity grid and wiring in individual homes and businesses as an access route to the Internet, has been a relative blur lately.
It is the other triple-play candidate for voice, data, and video after DSL and cable modems.
Investment Spark
Back in July, Google, Goldman Sachs, and Hearst announced a $100-million investment in Current, which is based in Germantown, Maryland. Current offers a commercial BPL service in Cincinnati, in conjunction with Cinergy Broadband, which is part of the energy conglomerate Cinergy (see TechSpin: Google Bets Electric).
In October the city of Manassas, Virginia, became one of the first municipalities in the U.S. to offer a commercial-grade, non-pilot BPL service. The company behind the service is Communications Technologies of Chantilly, Virginia (see U.S. City Lights up BPL).
At the time of the launch, ComTek said it had already signed up 700 of the roughly 12,500 households in Manassas within the scope of its BPL network and was processing another 500 households that have requested the service. The service is also available to 2,500 businesses in the city.
The company charges $38.95 a month for the service and shares revenue with the city, which owns the municipal power and fiber-optic networks.
In September, Panasonic announced a module and software that will make BPL technology faster than Ethernet and almost as ubiquitous, but less complex than wireless.
Speed Boost
The High Definition Power Line Communication (HD-PLC) evaluation module from the Japanese conglomerate will boost the network speed of BPL to 170 megabits per second (Mbps). That rate will make it faster than most Ethernet networks in the home, which top out at 100 Mbps. It will also beat the speed of the fastest current BPL products by a factor of eight (see Panasonic Speeds BPL).
As part of the Texas deal, TXU will pay about $150 million over 10 years for an ownership stake in Current Communications.
TXU will also get a more efficient utility-monitoring system. Current will take advantage of the intelligence it is building into the utility network to install an advanced digital communications network that will allow the utility to monitor its electric distribution.
TXU will be able to detect and restore outages more effectively, as well as automate the labor-intensive process of meter reading.
http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=14927&hed=BPL%20Lights%20Texas
Dubi
good afternoon friends and readers.
hi dubi, doing some updates for us in the ibox for networking.
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Wi-Fi Alliance(R) Chooses Azimuth Test Solution for Interoperability Test Environments
12/12/2005 11:48:01 AM
ACTON, Mass., Dec 12, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Azimuth ADEPT(TM)-WFA Platform Helps Automate Certification Testing
Azimuth Systems Inc., the leading provider of Wi-Fi engineering test equipment, today announced that the Wi-Fi Alliance(R) has chosen Azimuth's new ADEPT(TM) test equipment for inclusion in the Wi-Fi certification process for device manufacturers. The Azimuth ADEPT-WFA system is a standalone, intelligent device that will be included in future Wi-Fi Alliance certification testbeds to determine whether a product can be Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(R). It is the first commercial test equipment product to be integrated into the Wi-Fi Alliance's stringent certification process.
"We always strive to offer our members the best possible testing capability for Wi-Fi interoperability," said Frank Hanzlik, managing director of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
The Azimuth ADEPT-WFA is an intelligent device that provides advanced capabilities for conformance testing of NAV (network allocation vector), PLCP (physical layer convergence procedure), and Security Attacker functionality. These tests are required as part of the Wi-Fi interoperability test procedure for all 802.11a/b/g products.
"The Wi-Fi Alliance's commitment to, and promotion of, interoperability among all wireless vendors has facilitated customer confidence and unprecedented market growth," said Jeff Abramowitz, vice president of marketing at Azimuth Systems. "Azimuth currently provides test equipment to more than 50 Wi-Fi Alliance members, and we are pleased that the Alliance is now utilizing our technology for industry-wide certification. We appreciate their endorsement and look forward to working with them to move the industry forward with standardized test solutions."
Azimuth's Broad Wi-Fi Solution Portfolio
Azimuth's portfolio of Wi-Fi engineering test solutions includes products involved in automation of the Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability tests. Azimuth offers a suite of software scripts that run on Azimuth's W-Series platform and enable vendors to automate testing of 802.11a/b/g products with Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA(TM)), WPA2(TM), and Wi-Fi Multimedia (WMM(TM)) as an internal pre-certification process. The software suite replaces manual solutions, allowing Wi-Fi vendors to reduce test time for the entire battery of tests from a few days or weeks to a few hours. This enables customers to pre-test in preparation for Wi-Fi Alliance interoperability testing as a regression test on a nightly basis rather than testing as a final QA procedure.
The Azimuth W-Series is the industry's first standardized test solution for system-level testing of IEEE 802.11 wireless access points, clients and application specific devices such as dual-mode cell phones. Azimuth's patented system approach offers an ideal environment to perform design validation, system performance and interoperability testing in addition to certification and conformance testing to the latest industry standards. The engineering desktop versions of the W-Series provide design engineers with a subset of the full-system capabilities at a fraction of its price. The company recently announced the ACE(TM) 400NB, the industry's first multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel emulator for testing next-generation Wi-Fi products. RadioProof(TM) enclosures were also announced; they provide complete radio frequency (RF) isolation to enable repeatable testing of MIMO or SISO Wi-Fi products, as well as broad-based wireless technologies including cellular, Bluetooth and WiMAX.
About Azimuth Systems
Azimuth Systems is a leading provider of wireless data communications test solutions. Azimuth's products are used by the world's leading wireless semiconductor, system vendors and service providers to speed time-to-market and improve wireless product quality. Azimuth's standardized test solutions enable research, development, QA and marketing engineers to test the performance, conformance and certification of wireless devices and networks supporting data, voice and video applications. The company is based in Acton, Massachusetts and is backed by prestigious investors including Kodiak Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. Azimuth may be contacted at (978) 263-6610 or at www.azimuthsystems.com.
Azimuth(R) is a registered trademark and ACE(TM), ADEPT(TM) and RadioProof(TM) are trademarks of Azimuth Systems. Wi-Fi(R), Wi-Fi Alliance(R) are registered trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance; and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM), WMM(TM), WPA(TM), WPA2(TM) are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.
SOURCE: Azimuth Systems
Dubi
iPass Exceeds 35,000 Live Wi-Fi Venues
12/12/2005 8:01:48 AM
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Dec 12, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Making it easier for mobile workers to gain broadband access in major worldwide markets, iPass Inc. (IPAS) announced today that the company exceeded 35,000 live Wi-Fi venues in the company's Global Broadband Roaming network, surpassing its own commitment for 2005 by more than 5,000 venues. iPass continues to offer the industry's largest Wi-Fi footprint to the enterprise market accessible through a single universal client and a single set of usernames and passwords.
"Businesses realize that to maximize productivity, employees need convenient, high speed connectivity wherever they are working," said Ken Denman, CEO of iPass. "Providing the largest Wi-Fi network is of course important to iPass, but it is critical to our customers that our Wi-Fi venues are relevant to their daily business lives. iPass customers appreciate our strategy of growing our virtual network into heavily traveled airports, business traveler hotels in major markets and other important venues -- even aboard long haul flights -- that helps employees stay connected, productive and competitive. Quality of venues available increasingly is the competitive differentiator and we believe we are delivering the highest quality and most important commercial venues to the enterprise user."
The iPass virtual network delivers Wi-Fi access in 57 countries and includes some of the most important worldwide venues for the business traveler. Through Connexion by Boeing, iPass offers its customer services on international flights. The Connexion by Boeing service is available today on more than 130 daily flights offered by Lufthansa, SAS, Japan Airlines, ANA, Singapore Airlines, China Airlines, Korean Air, Asiana Airlines and El Al Israel Airlines. iPass provides Wi-Fi services to passengers at more than 240 airports including 64 of the world's largest 100 airports (as measured by passenger volume) such as Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport (ATL), London Heathrow Airport (LHR) and Haneda International Airport in Tokyo (HND). There are more than 5,000 hotels with iPass Wi-Fi service including hotels in the Marriott, Hyatt and Radisson chains.
To grow the iPass Global Broadband Roaming Wi-Fi footprint beyond 35,000 venues, iPass has integrated more than 70 disparate Wi-Fi hotspot providers -- including recognized leaders such as T-Mobile Hotspot in the United States, BT OpenZone in the United Kingdom and China Telecom in China -- into a single virtual network.
During the second half of 2005, iPass added a substantial number of hotspots from new network integrations. In November, iPass added approximately 9,600 KT hotspots in South Korea, including Inchon International Airport (ICN), and more than 2,500 hotspots from Japan Telecom. iPass also integrated major airport venues during 2005 including Schipol Airport in Amsterdam (AMS), Hong Kong International (HKG), Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Los Angels International (LAX) and Boston Logan (BOS).
About iPass Inc.
iPass Inc. delivers simple and manageable enterprise mobility services that help maximize the productivity of workers as they move between office, home and remote locations. iPass security services -- based on unique Policy Orchestration capabilities -- work to close the gaps in protecting computers, network assets, user identities and data whenever users connect over the Internet. iPass connectivity services utilize the iPass global virtual network, a unified network of hundreds of dial-up, wireless and broadband providers in over 160 countries. iPass services are the choice of hundreds of Global 2000 corporations including General Motors, Hershey Foods and Mellon Financial. Founded in 1996, iPass is headquartered in Redwood Shores, Calif., with offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information visit www.ipass.com.
Dubi
this one thing we need to improve on for security. all need to do a better job for fire wall protection to the user.
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WiFi's Dirty Little Secret -- You're Not Safe!; Protect Your Identity and Your Data When Using a WiFi 'Hotspot' -- StealthSurfer II Makes Wireless Surfing Safe and Worry-Free
12/6/2005 11:25:01 AM
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Dec 06, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Stealth Ideas Inc. (www.stealthsurfer.com), a portable privacy software company, today announced that its recently unveiled StealthSurfer II device will now allow for 100 percent secure and encrypted wireless Web browsing. StealthSurfer II is a thumb-sized flash storage drive which allows consumers to surf the Web with anonymity from any computer -- even over a wireless connection. StealthSurfer II's integrated privacy features keep surfers safe from identity theft as well as from phishing and pharming spam attacks. Ideal for frequent coffee shop surfers, airport travelers, Internet cafe-goers or anyone who uses their laptop wirelessly in a public "hotspot," the StealthSurfer is the most robust and complete privacy and identity protection tool on the market.
The Risk
Wireless networks in public areas or "hotspots" (like Internet cafes) often do not provide adequate security. A recent polling revealed that most public and private WiFi networks used no encryption at all. Moreover, even when the host does have the proper security settings enabled, consumers still leave themselves at risk to knowledgeable hackers or wardrivers (those who use easy-to-obtain "sniffing" software to find unprotected networks). Once penetrated, an experienced attacker could implant malicious programs, including spyware, adware or Trojan horse applications, directly onto a computer.
The Solution
With StealthSurfer II, wireless Internet access is totally safe and secure. By using the device's customized FireFox browser and integrated IP masking, an encrypted tunnel is created between the surfer's laptop and the receiving Web site. This encrypted data stream cannot be read by anyone but the host computer. Any data packets intercepted would appear as illegible data garbage rendering the attack useless. All user data (such as confidential credit card and social security numbers) remains protected and secure.
Tiny enough to carry on a keychain, the USB 2.0 flash drive plugs into the USB port of a computer and allows users to surf the Web with total privacy. The device is available in memory configurations of 128 megabytes to one gigabyte at pricing starting at $89. Small, sleek and versatile, StealthSurfer II offers the very best in portability, privacy and identity theft protection.
Comprehensive Privacy Solution -- All Integrated under One Hood
StealthSurfer II is loaded with a host of privacy-protection tools that are seamlessly integrated into one tiny and portable keychain device. With all these tools "under one hood," users can not only protect their laptop or personal computer, but can now take this virtual "armor" with them wherever they go -- even when traveling or using public computers. The full suite of protection includes:
FireFox (high-speed browser with enhanced security)
Anonymizer Anonymous Surfing (complete IP masking)
RoboForm (one-click form-fill and user ID/password management
application)
Thunderbird (portable e-mail access)
About Stealth Ideas Inc.
Stealth Ideas Inc. is a portable software solution company integrating products for computer software with a focus on secure, convenient and portable applications. The company was launched in 2002 by a team of experienced business owners with a track record for bringing innovative technologies to the consumer arena. Architects of the StealthSurfer and StealthSurfer II have a long history in technology innovations and leadership and are the creators of the third-party telephone billing systems of the early '80s. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.stealthsurfer.com, or call 888-742-4747
Dubi
i wasn't aware of this stuff. Digital Living Room.
#msg-8762680
jack and i just got back from our walk.
we will be going shopping this afternoon, etc.
Digital Living Room Isn’t Cozy
The headaches of home networks have entertainment's future on pause.
December 5, 2005
The much-hyped digital living room that promises to connect all entertainment systems wirelessly isn’t ready for mass adoption, tech experts said at an industry conference Monday.
One big problem thwarting the spread of home media centers and other devices is that tech companies can’t agree on standards, said the panelists, addressing audience members who had paid thousands of dollars to attend an iHollywood conference entitled “Digital Living Room 2005” in San Francisco.
The tech industry is forcing its products on a market that isn’t ready, said Van Baker, an analyst with research firm Gartner.
Despite growing sales of media center PCs, “very few of those are actually in the living room,” according to Mr. Baker (see Media Center PC Shipments Up). Instead, consumers are using the devices as media-focused personal computers.
“‘Necessity is the mother of invention’ is only true in about 10 percent of cases,” he said. “Most of the time, invention is the mother of necessity.”
Mr. Baker contended the biggest barrier to the digital living room was shoddy home networking technology.
“If home networking stays the way it is now, we’re not going to get higher than about 30 percent [adoption],” he said.
All the panelists emphasized a need for device makers to agree on common standards.
“What you need here is people sitting around a table willing to redefine standards, willing to give up the proprietary advantage they think they get,” said Don Norman, co-founder and principal of the Nielsen Norman Group. “That’s the problem: it’s a business issue, not a technical issue.”
Gartner’s Mr. Baker noted that the Coral Consortium, a cross-industry digital rights management compatibility group, does not include market leaders Microsoft and Apple Computer.
Squabbles and Giggles
Personal horror stories about setting up home networks, dealing with incompatible and tangled power cords, and losing files were a recurring theme of the panel.
Mr. Norman noted that despite the fact that he has a degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and led a technology division at Apple Computer, he had to hire someone to install his home television. lol...
Even Brad Hunt, the chief technology officer of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), who spent most of the discussion defending his organization’s efforts to impose protections on digital content, said he had stuck a home network product in the closet after hours of frustration over its incompatibility with his other wireless devices.
At one point, Mr. Norman, a skeptic who couldn’t name one recent product that he thought was worthwhile, sent the audience of entrepreneurs into giggles by poking fun at the long chain of acronyms used by Mr. Hunt to discuss a future of compatible devices and universal standards.
The other panelists and moderator David Pogue of The New York Times ganged up on the MPAA representative. They challenged the association’s support for restrictions such as the broadcast flag and its perceived hesitation in making its content available to digital distributors (see Court Rips TV Anti-Piracy Rule). A broadcast flag would make it difficult, if not impossible, to share copies of broadcasts carrying such a code.
Mr. Hunt said the criticism was undeserved.
“The content owners really want to enable the digital living room,” he said. “The PC is looked upon as a huge opportunity to deliver content directly to the consumer.”
Barriers and Prospects
Amid all the pessimism, IntelCapital’s Mike Buckley tried to provide a positive note.
He said venture capitalists have come back to investing in consumer companies in the two years since his company announced its digital home fund, and pointed to video search and decentralized digital distribution as interesting markets.
Mr. Buckley implied the market would be better off if it were these startups, rather than large existing companies, that were creating the digital living room from scratch.
“We’re coming in with big giants that have their own way to do it,” he said.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=14739&hed=Digital%20Living%20Room%20Isnג̈́...
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Atheros' Dual-band WLAN Access Point Receives Wi-Fi Certification, Is Selected for New Wi-Fi Alliance WMM Test Bed
WMM Power Save Increases Battery Life in Mobile Handheld Devices
12/6/2005 9:05:29 AM
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec 06, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- Atheros Communications, Inc. (ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless solutions, today announced that its dual-band, concurrent wireless LAN (WLAN) access point (AP) reference design, Atheros AR5002AP-2X, has been Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) for WMM(TM) (Wi-Fi Multimedia) Power Save by the Wi-Fi Alliance. The dual-band AP solution has also been chosen for inclusion in the new WMM Power Save certification test bed.
WMM Power Save is an expansion of the WMM program, which provides Quality of Service (QoS) for wireless networks. This advanced WLAN capability features mechanisms included in the IEEE 802.11e standard and is an enhancement of IEEE 802.11 legacy power save. WMM Power Save is designed to provide robust battery power management for handheld devices such as phone handsets and other small mobile devices. The Wi-Fi Alliance began Wi-Fi certification for WMM Power Save on Dec. 6, 2005.
"WMM Power Save is a key technology that will enable handsets and other battery-powered devices to operate with significant improvements on Wi-Fi networks. A growing increase in wireless VoIP and video application use will result in more types of devices connecting to the WLAN in homes and offices. Organizations like Atheros that support this initiative are clearly committed to standards that benefit the industry. We look forward to their support in further deploying WMM Power Save solutions," said Wi-Fi Alliance Managing Director, Frank Hanzlik.
Atheros' AR5002AP-2X 802.11a and 802.11g dual-band, concurrent WLAN AP reference design will be used to test 802.11g or 802.11a/g products that are submitted for certification of WMM Power Save. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED for WMM Power Save products increase battery life in small-form factor devices by enabling an advanced set of features for Wi-Fi networks -- including improved signaling capabilities and fine-tuned power consumption -- that increase the efficiency and flexibility of data transmission in order to conserve power. Atheros' AR5002AP-2X, the WLAN market's leading concurrent dual-band AP solution, is also used by the Wi-Fi Alliance in their test beds for 802.11a, 802.11g, WPA2 and WMM.
"The growth of Wi-Fi technology into the embedded and consumer electronics markets creates new opportunities and challenges. We believe the Wi-Fi Alliance is laying an important foundation for interoperability of smartphones, handhelds and other small devices on Wi-Fi networks," said Mark Hung, director of strategic marketing for Atheros. "By certifying the devices for these power saving features, the Wi-Fi Alliance will enable consumers to more easily find wireless products with better battery life characteristics. Atheros fully supports the latest WMM Power Save features and the company will continue to innovate in areas that help us to deliver a richer wireless user experience."
WMM Power Save has been optimized for small-form factor, battery-operated devices running latency-sensitive applications such as voice, audio, or video, but can benefit any Wi-Fi device. With WMM Power Save, the same amount of data can be wirelessly transmitted in a shorter time while allowing the Wi-Fi device to remain longer in a low-power mode of operation.
For more information about WLAN products that are WMM Power Save certified please visit www.wi-fi.org/certificate.
About Atheros Communications, Inc.
Atheros Communications is a leading developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes. Atheros technology is being used by a broad base of leading customers, including personal computer and networking equipment manufacturers. For more information, visit www.atheros.com or send email to info@atheros.com.
NOTE: Atheros and the Atheros logo are trademarks of Atheros Communications, Inc. WMM(TM) Power Save and Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) are trademarks of the Wi-Fi Alliance. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the sole property of their respective owners.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially, including, but not limited to, the risks detailed in Atheros' Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2005 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in other reports filed with the SEC by Atheros from time to time. These forward- looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. Atheros disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements.
SOURCE Atheros Communications, Inc.
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Short for wireless fidelity and is meant to be used generically when referring of any type of 802.11 network, whether 802.11b, 802.11a, dual-band, etc. The term is promulgated by the Wi-Fi Alliance.
Any products tested and approved as "Wi-Fi Certified" (a registered trademark) by the Wi-Fi Alliance are certified as interoperable with each other, even if they are from different manufacturers. A user with a "Wi-Fi Certified" product can use any brand of access point with any other brand of client hardware that also is certified. Typically, however, any Wi-Fi product using the same radio frequency (for example, 2.4GHz for 802.11b or 11g, 5GHz for 802.11a) will work with any other, even if not "Wi-Fi Certified."
Formerly, the term "Wi-Fi" was used only in place of the 2.4GHz 802.11b standard, in the same way that "Ethernet" is used in place of IEEE 802.3. The Alliance expanded the generic use of the term in an attempt to stop confusion about wireless LAN interoperability.
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