wireless local area networks

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.-The enterprise wireless local area network equipment market, including both access points and switch/appliances, will overwhelm the market for standalone WLAN equipment, according to a report from Dell’Oro Group. The report said digital subscriber line and cable customer …

SCHAUMBURG, Ill.-Motorola Inc. said its equity investment arm made an undisclosed financial investment in wireless local area network developer Trapeze Networks Inc. Trapeze Networks designs a WLAN mobility solution that allows users to roam securely anywhere in a network and …

Nortel Networks Ltd. and collaborating members of the Wi-Mesh Alliance said they plan to present a proposal for a new global mesh wireless local area networks standard to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 802.11 Task Group in …

Despite highly publicized launches of consumer-oriented products and services, the mobile enterprise market remains a hotly contested segment for wireless carriers as evident by numerous announcements made during the past several weeks. However, analysts warn that carriers need to refine …

Nextel Communications Inc. threw its hat into the public Wi-Fi space with the launch of its commonly named WiFi HotSpot service. The carrier has previously stayed out of the public Wi-Fi arena, though it did provide limited campus and in-building …

LAS VEGAS-Cisco Systems announced availability of its Wireless Location Appliance, which provides for simultaneous tracking of 802.11-enabled wireless clients from within a wireless local area network infrastructure. Using radio-frequency fingerprinting capabilities, the product allows enterprises to track mobile devices, including …

NEW YORK-Colubris Networks said it has agreed to acquire Kiwi Networks, while Wireless Telecom Group Inc. said it has modified the deal to acquire Willtek Communications. Both Colubris and Kiwi are Wireless LAN companies. “Integrating Kiwi’s patent-protected RF management and …

SEATTLE-TeleSym, which provides mobile Voice over Internet Protocol solutions said it has entered a manufacturing agreement with Active Voice L.L.C. Active Voice will manufacture TeleSym’s SymPhone enterprise mobile VoIP solution, including assembling and shipping SymPhone Call Registry and SymPhone Call …

Bayly Communications Inc. named Fernando Anaya as its sales representative for Latin America. Most recently, Anaya was sales manager for Motorola Inc. in Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America. Cranite Wireless local area network security company Cranite Systems Inc. made …

With a new product and two deployments, Tropos Networks Inc. has staked itself firmly in the wireless LAN space. The firm announced its Tropos 4210, an in-vehicle mesh Wi-Fi router. It combines the company’s fixed and mobile offerings. Tropos said …

BOSTON-The market for data cards in Western Europe is potentially large, according to a new report from The Yankee Group. Operators, faced with restricted third-generation coverage, capacity and handsets have focused on business users and cellular PCMCIA cards for initial …

MUNICH, Germany—Siemens AG said it has supplied a network of wireless local area networks for Greek operator Vodafone Panafon to allow the carrier to offer WLAN services across five countries. Vodafone customers in Greece, France, Italy, Switzerland and Portugal can …

With 802.11n still lurking in the distance, wireless players are stepping up efforts to wed cellular and wireless local area networks while earnestly preparing Wi-Fi for wedded bliss. The “n” protocol will not be ready for a few years, but …

LONDON-Worldwide wireless local area network hardware revenue reached $719.5 million during the second quarter, a 3-percent increase from the previous quarter, according to a quarterly analysis from Infonetics Research. Infonetics said it expects WLAN hardware revenues to grow 9 percent …

With alliances and product rollouts, mesh technology is picking up enough momentum to graduate it from infancy status. Variously described as dynamic and ad hoc, the technology comes across as a technology to solve other technologies’ problems, whether in the …

TORONTO-Nortel Networks Ltd. has announced two agreements about mesh technology, emphasizing the increasing profile of the technology around the world. Nortel entered into agreements with PacketHop Inc. and National Taiwan University. Nortel and PacketHop have agreed to market a mesh …

LONDON-The buildout of third-generation wireless technologies are poised to transform the way enterprises do business, according to a new report from Frost & Sullivan. The analysis also indicates state-of-the-art communications systems must continue to evolve if businesses are truly going …

Both the mobile infrastructure space and wireless local area network arena are heading toward sunnier times, according to reports by the Dell’Oro Group. WLAN is enjoying a big boost with a 75-percent increase in enterprise-class equipment sales. The study also …

The wireless industry enjoyed a flood of investment news last week. Among the announcements: c Wireless broadband provider TeraGo Networks Inc. garnered $6.4 million in financing, bringing total investments in it to $34.8 million in the past four years. c …

It’s already been a hectic week for investment in the wireless arena, with several companies scoring millions of dollars in venture-capital funding. Some of the more significant announcements since Monday: Wireless local area network switch start-up Aruba Wireless Networks secured …

Enterprise users can now seamlessly switch between outside GSM networks and enterprise 802.11-based wireless local area networks for both voice and data using Motorola Inc.’s Enterprise Seamless Mobility solution, launched today in collaboration with Avaya and Proxim. The solution features …

WASHINGTON-The nation’s first Wi-Fi health lawsuit has been withdrawn by parents of Illinois school children, continuing the trend of failed litigation alleging health risks from wireless communications. In this case, the class action filed last year against Oak Park Elementary …

Wireless solutions designed specifically for nurses, the largest healthcare group in the U.S. and the biggest users of IT systems in hospitals, could streamline the otherwise inefficient healthcare field. But to be successful with nurse end-users, technology companies have to …

SAN FRANCISCO-Hewlett-Packard Co. has entered an agreement to sell wireless local area network equipment from Aruba Networks. HP will leverage the equipment in sales and services to its clients in North America in the first instance, and later, around the …

It appears Hewlett-Packard Co. is gearing up to enter the smart-phone market with a new iPAQ personal digital assistant that features a quad-band GSM/GPRS radio. According to documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, the new high-end iPAQ Pocket PC …