Matthew Peretz

Telenor Mobil, a Norwegian wireless access provider, announced today that its Wireless Internet Zone (WLAN) service is no longer free. The company has arrived at two pricing models that were put into place today. This is quite significant as carriers worldwide struggle with methods of monetizing wireless services. The Telenor service had been offered as […]

Last week, Wayport, Inc. and iPass, Inc. announced that they have teamed to provide iPass customers with 802.11b WLAN access at Wayport-enabled locations throughout the United States. iPass maintains a secure, remote access network with over 14,000 global access points in 150 countries. The company stated that iPass users benefit from a single service source […]

Netaphor Software announced Tuesday that it will soon release it’s product, PDAlert. PDAlert is designed for wireless monitoring of network devices in the enterprise. PDAlert runs on handhelds equipped with 802.11b modules. Currently supported PDAs, according to Netaphor, include Palm handhelds, devices running Palm OS v3.5, Handspring Visors, and Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs. PDAlert will […]

Intersil Corporation announced yesterday that it is releasing its new WLAN access point-on-a-chip reference design using an ARM9-based Medium Access Controller (MAC) combined with an Open Source Linux OS. The PRISM ISL36356A is designed to be used in SOHO, enterprise, and public WLANs. The company claims that the use of the Linux operating system will […]

IceFyre Semiconductor, a fabless semiconductor startup founded in February, 2001, Monday announced its solution to the power consumption problems plaguing enterprise-level deployment of 802.11a and HiperLAN2 WLANs. IceFyre claims to have achieved a 4x power savings over the nearest conventional problem while addressing the requirement for a cost effective CMOS solution. The company stated that […]

Avaya Corporation Monday announced the release of its Access Point-3 (AP-3) for 802.11 WLANs. The access point is designed to facilitate the migration of network infrastructures from operating in the 2.4 GHz range (802.11b) to 802.11a radios in the 5 Ghz range. The AP-3 utilizes a twin 32-bit CardBus slot architecture. This dual-slot architecture is […]

Fujitsu PC Corporation Monday unveiled its latest pen tablet PC, the Stylistic LT P-600. The new unit is decribed as a fully functioning PC without a keyboard. A stylus or pen is used for all input, although there is an optional wireless keyboard and mini-dock available. The device is targeted for use in vertical markets […]

Intermec Technologies Corp., today announced the release of what it claims is the first 802.11a access point. The announcement took place at the Networld+Interop show in Atlanta. Intermec’s new MobileLANaccess 2106 is designed for both the enterprise and small business markets. The 802.11a standard supports speeds up to 54 Mbps under the IEEE specifications and […]

Newbury Networks, a Boston-based startup funded by idealab! Boston and run by executives from other wireless companies, announced yesterday the availability of a solution for building location and context-aware applications for 802.11b networks. The new platform is called AuraServer. The company described it as a solution enabling the development of appplications that leverage wireless users, […]

A beta version of riteMail for Pocket PC is now available, according to a report yesterday from Parascript’s Pen&Internet division. The recently formed Pen&Internet division of Parascript LLC first launched a version of riteMail for Java-enabled computing platforms at PC Expo earlier this year. riteMail for Pocket PC, like its desktop counterpart, is designed to […]

The new Atheros AR5000 802.11a chipset has begun shipping in volume, according to information released yesterday by the company. The chipset is targeted towards companies developing WLAN solutions based on the 5-GHz, IEEE 802.11a standards. Proxim, Intermec, Card Access, TDK, and others have announced plans to develop WLAN solutions based on the new chipset. Atheros […]

The results of a new study released Friday by Statistical Research Inc. (SRI) do not bode well for the immediate future of what is loosely called ‘interactive TV’ or iTV in the United States. On the broadest level, the study revealed that consumers have little or no interest in many of the features of interactive […]