Eric Griffith

The evolution of Wi-Fi switches—or at least the access points they control—continues. Today, Trapeze Networks became the latest to announce a program making it possible for third parties to make APs that work with the central management of a Trapeze switch. (Aruba Networks was the first, announcing deals with the likes of Netgear last week.) […]

Cingular Wireless said today at the CTIA Wireless 2005 expo in New Orleans that it’s offering customers wireless data access via both 3G EDGE (Enhanced Data Rates for Global [or GSM] Evolution) networks and 4,000 Wi-Fi-based hotspots. The hotspot access is via partnerships with big name wireless Internet Service Providers (WIPSs) including StayOnline (in hotels), […]

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Marvell Technology Group has a new chip and a new deal, both targeting putting Wi-Fi into phones. The chip is the 88W8385, which the company says is the first 802.11a/b/g chip to embed a CPU and on-chip memory—suitable for products with no external CPU (like a laptop or PDA). The silicon will be […]

A proprietary way of doing things gives you lots of control… but opening things up to others doesn’t always hurt the bottom line. That’s the feeling from Aruba Networks, which is announcing a certification program that hinges on letting other vendors make access points that work out of the box with Aruba’s central switches. The […]

Today, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) gave approval to the WiMedia Alliance—which recently merged with the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group (MBOA-SIG)—to sell ultrawideband wireless products in the United States. MBOA-SIG’s approach to ultrawideband (UWB) was accused of contravening FCC rules on power levels (.DOC file) for wireless products. In a statement today, the […]

WLAN switch vendor Meru Networks—which focuses on providing voice over Wi-Fi capabilities on its systems—says that three of the top VoIP providers to corporations in Japan have settled on Meru as their preferred provider of wireless infrastructure. The companies— Oki Electric, Hitachi, and Fujitsu —provide SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) servers and Wi-Fi-only handsets. They also […]

Netgear first announced its RangeMax products back at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, but as of this month, the line will be with retailers. It includes a router, CardBus PC Card, internal PCI adapter, and an external USB 2.0 adapter. The claim to fame of this hardware is the BeamFlex technology of Video54. It’s […]

At first glance, the news below would make one think we’re a step closer to cellular-type roaming on hotspots, but the dealmaking between companies is far from straightforward. However, one vendor seems to be working hard at making things easier for carriers to negotiate roaming agreements. Airpath Wireless, which provides Wi-Fi hotspot back-end services for […]

Mike Lee, CEO and co-founder of IP3 Networks, wants to get the word out that IP3 is for more than just hotspots now. The company has begun targeting businesses with its NetAccess for Enterprise access control gateway. “The same way we can work at a hotel or convention center or other public network to control […]

The WiMedia Alliance, formed in 2002 to help push the then-forthcoming high-speed Ultrawideband (UWB) wireless standard, announced today that it is merging with the MultiBand OFDM Alliance Special Interest Group (MBOA-SIG). The move is a simple one, intended to make things easier for an area of wireless already awash in acronyms and industry consortiums. WiMedia […]

IBM’s Secure Wireless Networking Solution—a new bundle of products and services from Big Blue—will now utilize wireless networking equipment from Cisco Systems . The combination of IBM and Cisco products has been tested to create an “end-to-end wireless networking solution designed specifically for businesses of approximately 100 to 1,000 employees,” according to a statement. It […]

Vendors looking to make Wi-Fi products running under Linux don’t have to fully develop all the wireless underpinnings for that OS. Devicescape (formerly Instant802) has it ready to sell. Called Universal Wireless Platform (UWP) 2.0, the new software is mean to “accelerate the development of products by helping manufacturers,” says Devicescape CEO David Fraser. The […]