Eric Griffith

Research companies are now starting to report on the numbers for revenue and unit sales of wireless LAN products for the first quarter of 2003. So far the worldwide totals are showing low growth in revenue due to the price declines we’ve come to love and that the companies can’t avoid. But that growth might […]

Changes in the way WLANs are thought of and deployed in businesses might make this year the best yet for Wi-FI, but there’s little denying when you look at the numbers for the year 2002 that it was the best wireless LANs have seen yet. In-Stat/MDR of Scottsdale, AZ, has a report out where they […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance is launching a new program starting today to create a global brand for easier recognition of public access hotspots. The Wi-Fi ZONE program will also include setting a minimum standard of quality for hotspots before they can label themselves a Wi-Fi ZONE or display the ZONE logo. The Wi-Fi ZONE branding would […]

Announcements from companies big and small this week are pushing the monitor farther and farther away from the computer by sending the video signal over a Wi-Fi connection. This week, Wi-Fi chip maker Intersil announced it has, in conjunction with Microsoft, created drivers for its PRISM 802.11b wireless LAN chips that support Windows CE for […]

The Comdex show used to mean big booths with lots to see for all the paid attendees. However, not all the big names setup for the public, especially these days. For example, Intersil of Irvine, CA, will be at the show, but only in a private suite to meet with vendors, partners, and the press. […]

Agere Systems and Proxim Corporation have both entered into strategic partnerships with Swedish mobile solutions provider Ericsson in an effort to push Wi-Fi-based public access hotspots into the mainstream. The goal of the Ericsson Mobile Operator Wireless LAN: to integrate hotspots with mobile 2G and 3G cellular networks and allow roaming between the two types […]