Intel, IBM announce chip breakthroughs 

By Donny Jackson

In separate announcements, technology giants Intel and IBM announced a transistor-gate breakthrough that promises to maintain the Moore’s Law paradigm affecting all processing technologies for several years...

Atheros announces Bluetooth chip for PC market 

By Donny Jackson

Atheros Communications yesterday announced the Atheros AR3011, a Bluetooth 2.1+Enhanced Data Rate (EDR) solution for laptop and desktop PCs, according to the company...

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...

Federal Signal purchases Codespear 

By Donny Jackson

Illinois-based Federal Signal last week announced it has paid $17 million to buy Codespear, a privately held company that boasts software-based interoperability and alert-notification solutions used extensively throughout its home state of Michigan...

TCS sells two enterprise units 

By Donny Jackson

Maryland-based TeleCommunications Systems (TCS) yesterday announced it has sold two of its three enterprise units and plans to sell the other during the next two months...

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...

SK Telecom announces plans to use Staccato UWB in phones 

By Donny Jackson

Korean wireless carrier SK Telecom has announced plans to use Staccato Communications ultrawideband (UWB) platform to deliver the first UWB personal-area-network (PAN) services via mobile phone in late 2007...

Cingular, NetMotion announce strategic partnership 

By Donny Jackson

Cingular Wireless yesterday announced that it will sell NetMotion Wireless’ Mobility XE as its mobile VPN solution for its data customers—the first time NetMotion has forged such a relationship with a commercial wireless carrier....

Cohda Wireless demonstrates advantages in Australia trial  

By Donny Jackson

Cohda Wireless this week announced that trial deployments of its technology in Adelaide, Australia, demonstrate significant advantages in using its advanced receiver solution in wide-area 802.11 networks. The solution enables latency-sensitive applications like video and voice over IP (VoIP) in challenging environments....

Airwave lands French airports deal  

By Mary Rose Roberts

France-based wireless network provider Hub telecom—part of the Aéroports de Paris group—recently licensed AirWave Wireless’s Wireless Management Suite to remotely monitor and maintain more than 1600 access points at seven French Airports, including the Paris-Orly Airport....