Matthew Peretz

Toshiba’s Computer Systems Group (CSG) today announced the Magnia(R) SG20 wireless mobility server. The Magnia SG20 is a portable wireless server that can be used in various environments including small and medium-sized offices, mobile consultants, remote offices in large organizations, home offices, and other businesses looking for mobile networking capability. About the size of a […]

MeshNetworks, Inc. a leading developer of mobile broadband networking technology, today announced the delivery and commercial availability of its Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). The chip offers OEMs a cost-effective solution for adding MeshNetworks’ Multi-Hop routing technology, high-speed data rates, Quality of Service (QoS) management, and precision geo-location to mobile computing, telematics and entertainment platforms. […]

Handspring, Inc. Tuesday introduced the Treo 90, a PDA with a built-in keyboard and a full-color display. Treo 90 expands the Treo family of handhelds to now include organizers as well as communicators. It comes with 16 MB of memory, Secure Digital and MultiMediaCard expansion capabilities and rechargeable battery. It is available for $299 from […]

Intermec Monday announced its 700-Series Color model, as an addition to its existing 700-Series products, which are designed for industrial, mobile, and retail environments. The color model uses the Intel X-Scale PXA250 processor and runs Windows Pocket PC 2002. Up to three radios can be integrated into each unit, including 802.11b and Bluetooth technologies. Optional […]

Nokia Monday introduced its AO36 Wireless LAN Access Point (AP), specifically designed to be aesthetically customized to the needs of public hotspot providers, such as airports, hotels, convention centers, corporate premises, and any other location where there is a need for flexibility in the visual design of the product. “The owners of public places are […]

A new WISP Association called Pass-One was quietly announced yesterday. Pass-One’s founding ‘Plenary’ meeting is scheduled for June 14th in Boston, at a venue where WISPs will be able to enjoy roaming services in a WLAN covered venue. Pass-One was founded by five WISPs and five WLAN vendors with the ultimate goal of boosting the […]

Today marks both the official company and product launch from AirMagnet, Inc. The company develops wireless network solutions, focusing on deploying, administering, securing, and troubleshooting wireless LANs. AirMagnet also announced today that it has secured $2 million in Series B funding. That brings total funding to date to $2.6 million. AirMagnet’s first product, the AirMagnet […]

NTT Communications, which has been running public WLAN access trials in Tokyo since last July, announced today that on May 15th it will officially launch the first commercial WLAN that is compatible with both 802.11a and 802.11b multi-vendor equipment. NTT Com, which calls the new service Hotspot, stated that it will be available in connection […]

Magis Networks, Inc., a fabless 802.11a chipsets maker, today announced it has capped its $40 million Series B round with a strategic investment from AOL Time Warner Ventures. AOL Time Warner Ventures joins strategic investors Hitachi, Motorola, Panasonic, and SANYO in Magis’ Series B round of funding. All three of Magis’ Series A venture funds […]

Boingo Wireless, Inc. today announced that it is using Portal Software’s Infranet billing platform as its back-end solution for that aspect of its business. Boingo stated that it developed its billing infrastructure using the Infranet solution, because of the platforms flexibility. Infranet supports multiple pricing and service models, depending on customer needs, and is based […]

Cisco Systems today introduced it Aironet 1200 Series Dual Radio WLAN Access Point (AP) and 5 GHz 802.11a radios. The company also announced its Wireless Integrated Network Solutions (WINS) lab, where prospective customers can preview and test Cisco WLAN equipment. The announcements today were accompanied by a briefing from Cisco executives outlining the company’s plans […]

Gateway, Inc. today announced its latest wireless home networking initiative, which is based on a combination of 802.11b products and its notebook computers. A television ad campaign promoting the Gateway Wireless Home Network Solution is scheduled to debut Wednesday. The Gateway Wireless Home Network Solution is a package which includes the Intel AnyPoint Wireless II […]