Latest IEEE 802.11 Stories

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wi-Fi Alliance is hosting its inaugural Wi-Fi Smart Energy Forum this week in Chicago. The opening day of the event featured the first large-scale interoperable demonstration of Wi-Fi SEP 2 implementations. In addition, Dr. George Arnold, national coordinator for smart grid interoperability at U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), delivered a keynote address on Tuesday morning. (Logo:...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a newly released market forecast report by Dell'Oro Group, the trusted source for market information about the networking and telecommunications industries, overall Wireless LAN (WLAN) market revenues are expected to surpass $8 billion in 2015, a 49% increase over 2010 revenues. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101012/SF80035LOGO) "The wireless LAN market continues its rapid expansion, as it tries to keep pace with the large...

TORONTO and PALO ALTO, Calif., July 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Amer Networks, a manufacturer and global distributor of networking, storage and security products, and PowerCloud(TM) Systems, the leading software platform provider for cloud-managed networking services, today announce that the Boaz City School District in Boaz, AL, has upgraded its wireless network to Amer's cloud-managed 802.11n wireless solution powered by CloudCommand(TM). The multi-site installation demonstrates the...

VC Technology Could Reduce Worldwide Road Crash Deaths; Save Billions in Costs by Giving Drivers "Eyes Behind Their Head" Navigation Capability PISCATAWAY, N.J., July 26, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Saving lives by reducing vehicle accidents and millions of resulting annual deaths is a compelling reason for the world to care about Vehicular Communications (VC) technology that can alert drivers to crashes and other dangers before they could possibly see or be aware of it. This is the...

NEW YORK, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Extricom Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of high-performance, next generation wireless LAN (WLAN) infrastructure solutions have today announced their collaboration with SMG Europe and On-Communications to provide their seamless wireless solution [http://www.extricom.com ] to the Manchester Evening News Arena - the largest indoor concert arena in Europe. Ticket holders and performers will now be able to access a seamless high...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless today announced that its ZoneFlex midrange Smart Wi-Fi system performed up to 10 times faster than higher end competitive wireless products from Cisco, Aruba, HP and others, in the industry's first independent Wi-Fi interference and capacity tests released by Tom's Hardware, one of the Internet's premiere resources for unbiased reviews, news and information on technology. According to Tom's Hardware, the wireless LAN testing...

TAIPEI, Taiwan and SAN JOSE, Calif., May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), and Wilocity, a leading developer of 60 GHz multi-gigabit wireless chipsets for the mobile computing, consumer electronics and peripheral markets, today announced the AR9004TB, the industry's first tri-band Wi-Fi chipset that integrates the multi-gigabit performance of in-room 60 GHz band with seamless handoff...

AUSTIN, Texas, May 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- At the recent Connected Home Global Summit in London, England, the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct program from the Wi-Fi Alliance® received top honors in the Best Contribution to Interconnectivity Standards. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Wi-Fi Direct(TM) is a certification designation given to products that are capable of device-to-device connections without the presence of a traditional home, office or hotspot network. (Logo:...

AUSTIN, Texas, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., LG Electronics, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. have become Sponsor members of the Wi-Fi Alliance, and each has appointed a Director to the organization's Board. The technology leaders join Apple, Atheros, Broadcom, Cisco, Comcast, Dell, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola Solutions, Nokia, Sony Corporation, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments as Sponsor members of the nearly 400-member Wi-Fi Alliance. (Logo:...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., May 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless(TM) today announced that it has been selected by Pacific Seafood, one of the nation's leading seafood processing and distribution companies, to provide Smart 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) products and technology across its enterprise to support warehouse, inventory, trading and back office applications. Pacific Seafood has now standardized on the Ruckus ZoneFlex(TM) 802.11n WLAN system including indoor dual-band ZoneFlex 7962...