Eric Griffith

Shipping now to “early access partners” is the ADEPT-n MIMO test platform  from Azimuth Systems of Acton, Massachusetts. The new single-box test solution is the latest from the company that provides test equipment used by the Wi-Fi Alliance for interoperability testing — testing that will soon include checks on the 802.11n draft 2.0 specification. “What […]

Later this year, Colubris Networks plans to deliver an access point in a new case design, complete with dual radios: one for legacy 802.11a/b/g clients, and another to handle the fast-approaching 802.11n revolution. The new product, the Colubris MultiService Access Point 625 (MAP-625), “complements our controllers and management platform,” says Carl Blume, Colubris’ director of […]

Reporting what it calls “record first quarter 2007 results” — and it would be a record, since it’s the company’s first post-IPO public report — Clearwire of Kirkland, Washington said it had more cash flow positive markets, a customer growth record with 41% more new subscribers than in Q1 of 2006, and revenue of $29.3 […]

Intel’s latest Centrino chipset — the Centrino Pro, formerly code-named “Santa Rosa” — officially debuts today in a number of laptops. The consumer version is called Centrino Duo. Both chipsets feature the Core 2 Duo chips, the DirectX 10-compatible Mobile 965 Express chipset, Intel Turbo flash-based memory built in for caching data, and, on the […]

The Wall Street Journal announced this morning that T-Mobile USA will soon be launching the nationwide rollout of its fixed/mobile convergence solution, which lets its cellular (GSM) customers also make calls over Wi-Fi connections, using dual-mode phones supporting both. Calls made on one network continue even as the user moves onto the other. T-Mobile has […]

RFprotect Mobile from Network Chemistry has been around for a few years, allowing field techs to test networks for vulnerability. Now, the software, which runs with a variety of 802.11a/b/g adapters, will work with another kind of wireless: satellite-based global position systems (GPS) . “We saw demand from organizations that have a large corporate campus […]

While products from Ruckus Wireless, PePWave (formerly PePLink) and others do their job of extending a metro-size mesh network into homes, that’s not an option all the mesh providers want to ignore. Enter Strix Systems today, with the announcement of the Access/One(R) Network Edge Wireless System 150 (EWS 150), a high-power unit that will serve […]

SputnikNet Express Wi-Fi service has been upgraded to offer locally-targeted advertising to hotspot venue owners. Sputnik president and CEO David LaDuke said in an announcement today that non-technical business owners can add their own logo and identity info easily, and that localized content is now an option. It’s part of a “great opportunity for business […]

Most enterprise equipment vendors wouldn’t jump on the 802.11n bandwagon too early, but with the Wi-Fi Alliance prepared to certify pre-ratification 11n product for interoperability, companies like Meru Networks are ready to take advantage. “We are excited by 11n,” says Steve Troyer, vice president of product marketing for the company. “We see it as an […]

Recent earnings reports from ISP EarthLink indicated a loss of subscribers during the first quarter of 2007, plus a loss of $30 million (compared to profits of $16.4 million a year ago). This prompted a report from the Associated Press saying that the company will be studying performance of its citywide Wi-Fi in four markets […]

This week, the cities of London, England and Toronto, Ontario, Canada officially turned on their citywide Wi-Fi — but it’ll cost you. London’s network specifically covers the City of London, the smaller geographical area and major financial and commercial center inside Greater London. It’s also known as Square Mile, as that is its approximate area […]

Buffalo Technology today announced two new home networking routers, the AirStation Wireless-N Nfiniti Router (WZR2-G300N), which support the latest 11n draft from the IEEE in 2.4GHz only, and the AirStation Wireless-G High Speed Router (WHR-G125). They also both have new, flat case designs in contrast to Buffalo’s usual stand-up look. The 11n (below) features a […]