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A Wi-Fi semiconductor company has introduced a design that will make it easier for handset makers to create wireless voice over IP (VoIP) phones. Atmel’s AT76C901 allows original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and original design manufacturers (ODM) to implement an entire phone design with very few active components, said Richard Bisset, a product marketing director at […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Wireless LAN software developer PanGo Networks said Wednesday at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo here that it has closed a $4.4 million round of venture capital funding and will relocate to Boston. IDG Ventures of Boston led the round, along with Alexandria, Va.-based Columbia Capital. Previous investor Innovation Works also […]

SAN JOSE, CALIF. — Each network is unique, so it only makes sense that administrators should be able to tailor their monitoring software to meet their specific needs. That’s the idea behind Network Chemistry’s Wireless Intrusion Protection System, which the company plans to roll out this week here at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo. […]

Patrons of U.K. hotspots will soon be able to make voice calls over public wireless LANs, thanks to a new service from Internet access provider Broadreach Networks. The service, called ReadytoTalk, won’t officially launch until next summer, but Broadreach will do a test run with 40,000 customers in the interim. The voice over IP (VoIP) […]

Model: PEG-UX50 Price: $599.99 (after a $50 mail-in rebate) Pros: built-in Wi-Fi; nice keyboard, feature-packed Cons: can’t switch to portrait mode; battery dies quickly with heavy Wi-Fi use; expensive Sony has been pushing the handheld design envelope since it first introduced its Clié personal entertainment organizer three years ago. With the head-turning UX50, Sony has […]

Broadband wireless providers are starting to roll out 802.16a-compliant products, but interoperability is still a ways off, according to one company. Airspan Networks of Boca Raton, Fla., on Friday launched two new products based on the IEEE 802.16a standard for wireless metropolitan area networks (MAN). The AS4030 and the AS3030 are available immediately in North […]

In a sign that voice over Wi-Fi could be headed for the mainstream, a top handheld computer maker has introduced a new PDA with built-in 802.11b and voice over IP (VoIP) capabilities. Toshiba’s $599 e800/805 Pocket PC will be bundled with VLI’s Gphone software, allowing users to make and receive phone calls over a wireless […]

Once 802.16a gear starts rolling out next year, wireless broadband will quickly pick up steam, according to a new report from ABI. The research firm said it expects broadband wireless equipment sales to surpass $1.5 billion by 2008, in large part due to the new WiMax standard. The 802.16a standard was approved in January, but […]

Intel and Sybase subsidiary iAnywhere Solutions on Monday unveiled a toolkit designed to spur development of wireless applications. The package, dubbed the Wi-Fi Toolkit, includes iAnywhere software, Intel-based mobile devices and a wireless LAN access point. It’s intended to provide software developers with the tools needed to create Wi-Fi applications specifically for small and medium-sized […]

In an effort to simply matters for enterprises looking to deploy voice applications over wireless networks, WLAN switch startup Airespace has partnered with two leading voice over Wi-Fi companies to ensure interoperability with their products. Interoperability is often cited as a barrier to enterprise adoption of VoWLAN. With no standards in place — Quality of […]

The town of Niverville, Manitoba, took a page out of W.P. Kinsella’s book to attract a big business to its small community. When Mediplan Health Consulting, the province’s largest Internet pharmacy, was scouting locations for a new facility near Winnipeg, the company liked what it saw in Niverville. There was just one problem: the rural […]

A Canadian fixed wireless company plans to unveil the first product compliant with the new 802.16a wireless metropolitan area network (MAN) standard at the ITU Telecom World Conference in Geneva this month. Redline Communications, of Markham, Ontario, said that its product, which operates in the 3.5GHz band that has been licensed for fixed wireless access […]