802.11n technology makes muni-Wi-Fi possible 

By Lynnette Luna

The IEEE officially ratified the 802.11n standard — a super-charged Wi-Fi technology that dramatically changes the capabilities and economies of the mesh networking business....

Will WiMAX displace Wi-Fi in public safety? 

By Lynnette Luna

The wireless broadband technology known as WiMAX tends to get lost in the hype surrounding Long Term Evolution technology...

Atheros announces power-efficient mobile Wi-Fi chip 

By Donny Jackson

Semiconductor company Atheros this week announced it has developed a new 802.11g chip for mobile devices that will be three times more power efficient and will provide almost twice the data throughput as current solutions...

Burbank utility deploys Wi-Fi-enabled meters from SmartSynch 

By Donny Jackson

Municipally owned Burbank Water and Power in Burbank, Calif., this week announced it has started deployment of the world’s first Wi-Fi-enabled SmartMeters from Mississippi-based vendor SmartSynch to let the utility more efficiently manage its energy network and read meters automatically...

Cisco targets government market 

By Donny Jackson

Cisco Systems this week announced its Cisco Mobile Government solution, which is designed to give public-safety and government workers mobile access to high-speed applications via wireless connections in licensed and unlicensed bands...

ShotSpotter partners with Tropos Networks 

By Mary Rose Roberts

ShotSpotter announced yesterday that its Gunshot Location System (GLS) would be integrated with Tropos Networks’ Metro-Scale Wi-Fi Mesh solutions so municipalities can deploy a Wi-Fi mesh network that can simultaneously support the transmission of gunfire data to public-safety officials...

Broadcom announces cheaper Wi-Fi chip 

By Donny Jackson

Broadcom this week announced a new low-cost wireless LAN solution that is designed to let manufacturers build smaller, more affordable Wi-Fi products, including products that operate in the 4.9 GHz band dedicated for public-safety use...

Motorola unveils enhanced radio card 

By Mary Rose Roberts

Motorola announced the LA-5127 Wireless Networker CompactFlash client radio card with 802.11b/g connectivity. According to the company, the radio card offers enhanced Wi-Fi Protected Access 2 (WPA2) enterprise mode security and enables wireless network connectivity for non-wireless equipment such as mobile printers, weight scales, instrumentation and health-care monitoring devices...

New Airwave solution manages Wi-Fi, WiMAX and mesh 

By Donny Jackson

Airwave Wireless yesterday announced version 5.0 of its wireless management software suite that expands its support for Wi-Fi networks to include management for WiMAX and mesh networks, as well as a new “Enterprise Edition” that provides enhanced scalability...

Wi-Fi Alliance announces availability of simpler security products 

By Donny Jackson

Small businesses and telecommuters at home should be able to work more securely over Wi-Fi networks with the availability of the first products that have been certified under the Wi-Fi Alliance’s Protected Setup program designed to make the setup process easier and quicker...

Atheros’ new solution reduces 802.11g costs  

By Donny Jackson

Atheros Communications today launched the AR5007EG chip, an integrated 802.11g PCI Express (PCIe) solution designed to provide cost-effective wireless LAN, or WLAN connectivity for desktop and lower-cost notebook PCs projected to hit the market during the next two years....

iPass announces unified solution for mobile enterprise connectivity 

By Donny Jackson

California-based iPass this week announced the availability of Virtual Office and Device Lockdown solutions as part of the company’s effort to provide enterprises a unified package that lets employees securely work from mobile and remote broadband connections...

Motorola releases incident-scene management suite 

By Donny Jackson

Motorola last week introduced Incident Scene Management, a suite of wireless broadband solutions for public-safety and government entities that are required to coordinate responses to large-scale emergencies....

iPass partners with Tropos, US Wireless Online 

By Donny Jackson

Enterprise connectivity software vendor iPass this week announced a partnership with mesh-networking equipment maker Tropos Networks to make ...

Atheros launches network processor, draft 802.11n chipset 

By Donny Jackson

Wireless gearmaker Atheros Communications yesterday announced the launch of a cost-optimized, draft 802.11n chipset and the company’s first family of network processors....