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AirWave Wireless Inc. this week will introduce the latest version of its wireless LAN management platform, which can track even more access points. AMP (AirWave Management Platform) Version 3.0 includes a Master Console that lets enterprises manage as many as 20,000 access points in multiple locations, said officials in San Mateo, Calif. Previous versions of […]

Networking industry veteran 3Com Corp. is jumping into the wireless LAN switching fray through a partnership with Trapeze Networks Inc. that promises to push wireless technology throughout the companys current product line. 3Com, of Marlboro, Mass., later this year will begin reselling a version of Trapezes Mobility Exchange Switch and management software under the 3Com […]

Airgo Networks Inc. has a new licensee prepared to put the vendors multisignal wireless LAN technology in the hands of users this fall. Belkin Corp. will introduce two products based on Airgos True MIMO (multiple input/multiple output) smart-antenna technology, said Airgo officials in Palo Alto, Calif. MIMO technology works by taking advantage of multipath propagation, […]

Research in Motion Ltd. is widening the playing field of devices that support its popular wireless e-mail server. The Waterloo, Ontario, company announced that Motorola Inc. and Siemens AG will support the BlackBerry server on upcoming wireless devices. Siemens, of Munich, Germany, is the first company to support BlackBerry Built-In, an upgraded version of RIMs […]

With performance at a premium for enterprises packing their WLANs with heavy-duty applications such as voice over IP, wireless gear makers are finding ways to improve the speed and security of the networks. Airespace Inc. has teamed with two partners to create a way to eliminate the need for wireless devices to reauthenticate with a […]

Last year, the wireless LAN industry was inundated with startups hoping to make their mark with centralized wireless LAN management platforms. Today, major incumbent WLAN players such as Cisco Systems Inc. and Symbol Technologies Inc. consider just two of those startups as formidable competition: Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. and Airespace Inc., both of which reported […]

Verizon Wireless last week announced plans to sell the Motorola V710 phone, marking the first time the carrier will offer a device that supports Bluetooth technology. In addition to Bluetooth, the phone includes a 1.23-megapixel camera, speech recognition technology and support for Qualcomms Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless application development platform. The Motorola V710 is […]

Managing a wireless network that spans more than 900 acres is no mean feat. So when Maurice Ficklin had the chance to participate in a device management study with two major technology companies, he jumped at the opportunity. Ficklin is director of technical services and CIO at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, which […]

A wireless LAN hardware company is set to publicize a RADIUS server security hack that can thwart the recently ratified 802.11i protocol and any WLAN infrastructure that keeps encryption keys housed in access points rather than on a central switch. Aruba Wireless Networks Inc. will bring its findings to the Internet Engineering Task Force meeting […]

Cell phone technology giant Qualcomm Inc. announced strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday. Net income was $486 million, or 58 cents per share, up 154 percent from the same quarter last year. Revenues were $1.3 billion, up 50 percent from the same quarter in 2003. San Diego-based Qualcomm, which makes chip sets using CDMA (code division multiple […]