Matthew Peretz

This past Thursday, consulting firm and idea incubator inc.well announced the launch of a free Wireless Internet Zone (WIZ) in Jacksonville, Florida. This outdoor WIZ will be one of several expected to be launched by inc.well throughout that city. inc.well designed and developed the technology and implementation framework for the project. The zone is designed […]

Spokane, Wash.-based Itronix Inc., a subsidiary of Acterna Corp., Wednesday announced the immediate availability of an integrated, 802.11b wireless LAN option for its ruggedized GoBook notebook PC. The 802.11b connectivity is provided by the integration of Cisco’s Aironet 350 Series of Wi-Fi/802.11b products. The company claims that the combination of the GoBook’s integrated dipole antenna […]

Wayport, Inc., a provider of 802.11b access in airports and hotels, announced Monday that they are in the process of acquiring nine Laptop Lane locations throughout the U.S. According to Wayport, the Laptop Lane locations are in some of the world’s busiest airports will give Wayport access to customers most likely to demand their wireless […]

World Without Wires, a Tampa, Florida wireless network integrator, announced today that it is implementing a 3Com-based wireless local area network (WLAN) for the NBA’s Orlando Magic at its TD Waterhouse Centre. World Without Wires stated that it worked with RDV Sports, which owns the Orlando Magic and Orlando Miracle teams, to install a 3Com […]

Intersil announced today that the Panasonic MDWD, or Mobile Data Wireless Display and its companion Panasonic Toughbook 07 Mini-PC will incorporate the Intersil PRISM WLAN chip set. The two units are ruggedized for use in harsh environments like factory floors or police patrol cars. Panasonic Computer Solutions Company reported that it has begun taking orders […]

D-Link today introduced its newest entry into the exploding 802.11b product scene. Its new D-Link Air DCF-650W is a compact flash wireless network adapter for handheld PCs and PDAs. The DCF-650W supports 64- and 128-bit WEP encryption, satisfying enterprise WLAN security requirements, according to D-Link. It includes a compact flash user interface for Pocket PC. […]

Colubris Networks, a member of the Wireless Ethernet Compatibility Alliance (WECA), announced today that it has secured agreements enabling it to sell WLAN products to both the US and Canadian governments. Specifically, Colubris has signed reseller agreements with The Baxter Goup, GAITS Corporation, and RF Microsystems, Inc. to sell its secure WLAN routers. Industry analyst […]

Beginning in the first quarter of 2002, Embedded Wireless Devices, Inc. (EWD) announced today that it will be releasing two new processors that simultaneously support IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11b, Bluetooth, HomeRF, and HiperLAN2 WLANs. This means that they will support WLANs and other network infrastructures operating in both the 2.4 and 5.7 GHz bands. The […]

3Com Corporation announced today that it is in the process of deploying 802.11b WLANs in ten elder care facilities run by Rice Management, Inc. The facilities, based in Wisconsin and Michigan, will use the WLANs to increase the efficiency and accuracy of patient care. Prior to this technological tranistion, caregivers used handwritten charts on location […]

On Monday, Envara Inc. added to the information released regarding its new WiND Dual mode 802.11a+b WLAN chipset that I wrote about yesterday on 802.11-Planet. The newly released information concerns two issues considered to be critical in any effective chipset design. These are power consumption and receiver sensitivity. Ideally, the design process would yield minimum […]

ASUSTeK Computer, Inc., a Taiwan-based manufacturer of computer equipment for the OEM market, announced yesterday the integration of Intersil’s PRISM 2.5 chip set into is ASUS WLAN products. Three of the products using the Intersil chip set include an access point, a PCMCIA card, and a home gateway device for small/home office (SOHO). The ASUS […]

Envara, Inc. today announced that its WiND wireless chipset design will be compatible in both the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz operating bands for WLAN devices. The new IEEE 802.11a+b chipset is designed to facilitate the transition from 2.4 GHz, 802.11b networks now being deployed to future deployments of the faster 802.11a 5 GHz WLANs. […]