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HSINCHU, Taiwan, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- MediaTek Inc., a leading fabless semiconductor company for wireless communications and digital multimedia solutions, today applauded the introduction of the Wi-Fi Alliance's Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WMM®-Admission Control program and announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ralink Technology, was selected to be in the Wi-Fi CERTIFIED WMM®-Admission Control test bed as the benchmark for advanced Wi-Fi performance and interoperability....

AUSTIN, Texas, May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wi-Fi Alliance® today announced that it will soon begin to certify products for two new programs that deliver enterprise-grade voice quality, mobility, power savings and security protections. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070516/SFW029LOGO) Wi-Fi CERTIFIED(TM) Voice-Enterprise is designed to support good voice call quality in large enterprise networks that require support for advanced WPA2(TM)-Enterprise security...

NEW ORLEANS, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- INTERNATIONAL CTIA -- Ruckus Wireless(TM) today announced that it has been selected by Time Warner Cable Inc. to supply advanced, Smart Wi-Fi equipment to extend Time Warner's popular broadband services to an increasingly mobile subscriber base. With thousands of miles of cable plant already in the ground and no appetite for spending billions to build mobile networks from scratch, cable operators are using Wi-Fi to cost-effectively extend...

AUSTIN, Texas, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Seamless connection to Wi-Fi on the go is the overwhelming preference of smartphone and tablet users, according to a new survey released today by the Wi-Fi Alliance®. Ninety percent of those polled said they would likely stick with their current service provider if it offered the ability to connect automatically in Wi-Fi hotspots, and 72 percent said they would pay more for it. Seventy percent said they would switch providers if...

TOKYO, April 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Today, a group of major companies involved in smart utility network products and technology announced the creation of the Wi-SUN (Wireless Smart Utility Network) Alliance to support certification and promotion of an interconnect standard for wireless smart grid devices to better communicate from remote locations and with home appliances. The Wi-SUN Alliance is supporting the emerging IEEE 802.15.4g standard for wireless communications of...

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ruckus Wireless(TM) (Ruckus) today announced that its ZoneFlex(TM) Smart Wi-Fi system has been selected by one of the nation's leading warehousing companies, WOW Logistics (WOW), and 25 other top warehousing and logistics companies around the world to address wireless instability, coverage and performance issues within massive, noisy operations full of all kinds of RF enemies. In addition to WOW Logistics, the international...

NEWTON, Mass. and SAN DIEGO, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Ambient Corporation (NASDAQ: AMBT), a leading provider of flexible and scalable smart grid communications platforms and technologies, announced today that it has joined the Wi-Fi Alliance, a global non-profit industry association of hundreds of leading companies devoted to seamless connectivity. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20090311/AMBIENTLOGO ) "By incorporating open, standards-based communication...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Utilities, appliance makers and other vendors attending DistribuTECH 2012 in San Antonio this week have an opportunity to witness an important milestone for smart energy. The Wi-Fi Alliance will conduct a multi-vendor interoperability demonstration of Wi-Fi device connectivity to both Wi-Fi and ZigBee meters. This will be the first public demonstration of SEP 2 over multiple technologies. (Logo:...

AUSTIN, Texas, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- With more than a billion products shipped in 2011 and continued growth in mobile and digital home devices, Wi-Fi is thriving. Yet the industry is not resting on its laurels. A number of inventive new offerings on the horizon will improve Wi-Fi's usefulness in multimedia, deliver yet another performance boost, and provide easy access to Wi-Fi on the go. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20070516/SFW029LOGO) "Each year our...

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Qualcomm Atheros Inc., the networking and connectivity subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated (NASDAQ: QCOM), today announced a software package that enables solutions in its Hy-Fi(TM) portfolio to comply with the recently approved IEEE 1905.1 draft standard for hybrid home networking. The 1905.1 standard will drive industry interoperability of products that leverage combinations of wireless and wireline technologies--Wi-Fi®,...